incorporar

to incorporate

verb een-kohr-poh-RAHR Less Common

Origin: From Latin incorporare ('to embody'), from corpus ('body').

Also means

to include, to add

Usage Note

Incorporar means 'to incorporate' or 'to add (in)', and incorporarse (reflexive) means 'to join' or 'to sit/stand up' from a lying position: el paciente se incorporó en la cama = 'the patient sat up in bed'. This reflexive use to mean 'to report for duty' or 'to join an organization' (incorporarse al trabajo) has no direct English equivalent.

Examples

"Vamos a incorporar nuevas funciones al sistema."

Natural Translation

We are going to incorporate new features into the system.

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