aperturar

A business and banking neologism, especially common in Peru and other parts of Latin America, meaning "to open" an account, a file, or a process (aperturar una cuenta bancaria). Style guides and RAE-aligned usage consider it unnecessary — abrir already does the job — but it persists in official banking and administrative documents.

• El cliente aperturó una cuenta de ahorros. — The client opened a savings account.
• Para aperturar el expediente se necesitan estos documentos. — To open the file, these documents are needed.
• Los puristas prefieren decir abrir en lugar de aperturar. — Purists prefer to say abrir instead of aperturar.

Using aperturar in general writing thinking it sounds more formal than abrir — style guides actually flag it as redundant jargon; abrir una cuenta is the recommended, standard phrasing outside banking paperwork.

Often confused with abrir.