dictar

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictāre, present active infinitive of dictō.

Pronunciation

Verb

dictar (first-person singular present dicto, first-person singular preterite dictí, past participle dictat)

  1. to dictate

Conjugation

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Interlingua

Verb

dictar

  1. to dictate

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dictāre, present active infinitive of dictō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diɡˈtaɾ/ [d̪iɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

dictar (first-person singular present dicto, first-person singular preterite dicté, past participle dictado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to dictate
  2. (transitive) to pronounce
  3. (transitive)to give; to deliver (i.e. a lecture)
  4. (law, transitive) to lay down
    dictar la ley
    lay down the law
    • 1854, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, La campana de Huesca:
      El rey de armas se encogió de hombros, y sin atreverse ya a contrarrestar la voluntad poderosa del almogávar, comenzó a dictar la sentencia, aunque no sin dudar y balbucir, y detenerse como quien obra de mala gana.
      The King of Arms shrugged his shoulders, and not daring to counteract the mighty will of the almogavar, began to lay down the sentence, not without spluttering and pausing like a reticent worker.
    • 2015 October 8, “El Supremo dicta la inviolabilidad del dormitorio de los soldados”, in El País[1]:
      El Supremo dicta la inviolabilidad del dormitorio de los soldados
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2016 January, “Venezuela: La ilegitimidad política”, in El Nacional[2]:
      No sólo basta la licitud de la acción política para que sea acatada por los subordinados; es decir, que sea dictada o ejercida bajo determinadas normas legales sino que tenga un reconocimiento por parte de los ciudadanos como justa, razonable y equitativa.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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