petar

See also: Petar

English

Noun

petar (plural petars)

1. Obsolete form of petard.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:

     hoist with his own petar

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “petar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap

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Asturian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈtaɾ/, [peˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

petar

1. (impersonal) to interest

   nun me peta dir

   I don't feel like going

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Catalan

Etymology

From pet +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈtaɾ]

Verb

petar (first-person singular present peto, first-person singular preterite petí, past participle petat)

1. (intransitive) to explode, to burst
2. (intransitive, computing, informal, of a program) to crash
3. (intransitive, pronominal) to fart

Derived terms

• petada
• petaner

Descendants

• → Spanish: petar

Further reading

• “petar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “petar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “petar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

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Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1800. From peto (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) to knock, to impact

   Quen peta na porta?

   Who is knocking on the door?

2. (transitive) to churn
3. (intransitive, figurative) to want

   —Vai facer a cama! —Non me peta!

   "Make your bed!" "I don't want to!"

   —Por que? —Porque me peta.

   "Why?" "Because I want."

Synonyms

• bater
• (to want to do): apetecer

Related terms

• petada (“knock”)
• petador (“knocker”)
• peteiro (“beak”)
• petelo (“small mallet”)
• petelar (“to knock gently and repeatedly”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “petar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “petar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “petar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tar/, [ˈpɛt̪är]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tar/, [ˈpɛːt̪är]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) petar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of petō

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan petar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈtaɾ/ [peˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

petar (first-person singular present peto, first-person singular preterite peté, past participle petado)

1. (colloquial) to explode, blow up, let off, set off

   Synonyms: explotar, estallar

2. (colloquial, transitive) to please, gratify, content

   Synonym: agradar

3. to fill up; cram; be packed

   Anoche la discoteca estaba petada. ― Last night the disco was packed.

4. (reflexive, computing) crash (a malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable)

   Se ha petado Windows, tengo reiniciar el ordenador.

   Windows has crashed, I have to restart the computer.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of petar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			petar
gerund			petando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		petado		petada
		plural		petados		petadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	peto	petastú petásvos	peta	petamos	petáis	petan
	imperfect	petaba	petabas	petaba	petábamos	petabais	petaban
	preterite	peté	petaste	petó	petamos	petasteis	petaron
	future	petaré	petarás	petará	petaremos	petaréis	petarán
	conditional	petaría	petarías	petaría	petaríamos	petaríais	petarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pete	petestú petésvos2	pete	petemos	petéis	peten
	imperfect (ra)	petara	petaras	petara	petáramos	petarais	petaran
	imperfect (se)	petase	petases	petase	petásemos	petaseis	petasen
	future1	petare	petares	petare	petáremos	petareis	petaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		petatú petávos	pete	petemos	petad	peten
	negative		no petes	no pete	no petemos	no petéis	no peten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of petar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive petar
	dative	petarme	petarte	petarle, petarse	petarnos	petaros	petarles, petarse
	accusative	petarme	petarte	petarlo, petarla, petarse	petarnos	petaros	petarlos, petarlas, petarse
with gerund petando
	dative	petándome	petándote	petándole, petándose	petándonos	petándoos	petándoles, petándose
	accusative	petándome	petándote	petándolo, petándola, petándose	petándonos	petándoos	petándolos, petándolas, petándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative peta
	dative	pétame	pétate	pétale	pétanos	not used	pétales
	accusative	pétame	pétate	pétalo, pétala	pétanos	not used	pétalos, pétalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative petá
	dative	petame	petate	petale	petanos	not used	petales
	accusative	petame	petate	petalo, petala	petanos	not used	petalos, petalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pete
	dative	péteme	not used	pétele, pétese	pétenos	not used	pételes
	accusative	péteme	not used	pételo, pétela, pétese	pétenos	not used	pételos, pételas
with first-person plural imperative petemos
	dative	not used	petémoste	petémosle	petémonos	petémoos	petémosles
	accusative	not used	petémoste	petémoslo, petémosla	petémonos	petémoos	petémoslos, petémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative petad
	dative	petadme	not used	petadle	petadnos	petaos	petadles
	accusative	petadme	not used	petadlo, petadla	petadnos	petaos	petadlos, petadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative peten
	dative	pétenme	not used	pétenle	pétennos	not used	pétenles, pétense
	accusative	pétenme	not used	pétenlo, pétenla	pétennos	not used	pétenlos, pétenlas, pétense

Derived terms

• petarlo
• petarse

Anagrams

• parte

Further reading

• “petar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Verb

petar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of peta.

Anagrams

• Petra, paret, repat

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Venetian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

petar

1. (transitive) to attach, stick

Conjugation

• Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of petar (first conjugation)

infinitive	petar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		petando
past participle		petà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	peto	(te) peti	(el/ła) peta	petémo, petòn	peté	(i/łe) peta
imperfect	petava	(te) petavi	(el/ła) petava	petàvimo	petavi	(i/łe) petava
future	petarò	(te) petarè	(el/ła) petarà	petarémo	petarè	(i/łe) petarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	petarìa	(te) petarisi	(el/ła) petarìa	petarìsimo	petarisi	(i/łe) petarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	pete, peta	(te) peti	(el/ła) pete, (el/ła) peta	petémo, petone	peté	(i/łe) pete, (i/łe) peta
imperfect	petase	(te) petasi	(el/ła) petase	petàsimo	petasi	(i/łe) petase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) peta	(el/ła) peta, (el/ła) pete	petémo	peté	(i/łe) peta, (i/łe) pete