acatar

Catalan

Verb

acatar (first-person singular present acato, past participle acatat)

1. to comply with, to abide by

Conjugation

Conjugation of acatar (first conjugation)

infinitive			acatar
present participle			acatant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acatat		acatada
		plural		acatats		acatades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acato	acates	acata	acatem	acateu	acaten
	imperfect	acatava	acataves	acatava	acatàvem	acatàveu	acataven
	future	acataré	acataràs	acatarà	acatarem	acatareu	acataran
	preterite	acatí	acatares	acatà	acatàrem	acatàreu	acataren
	conditional	acataria	acataries	acataria	acataríem	acataríeu	acatarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	acati	acatis	acati	acatem	acateu	acatin
	imperfect	acatés	acatessis	acatés	acatéssim	acatéssiu	acatessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	acata	acati	acatem	acateu	acatin

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, present active infinitive of *accaptō, from Latin a +‎ captō (“to catch, grasp”).

Verb

acatar (first-person singular present indicative acato, past participle acatado)

1. (transitive) to observe
2. (transitive) to respect, worship
3. (transitive) to obey, heed, comply

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb acatar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	acatar
Personal	acatar	acatares	acatar	acatarmos	acatardes	acatarem
Gerund
	acatando
Past participle
Masculine	acatado			acatados
Feminine	acatada			acatadas
Indicative
Present	acato	acatas	acata	acatamos	acatais	acatam
Imperfect	acatava	acatavas	acatava	acatávamos	acatáveis	acatavam
Preterite	acatei	acataste	acatou	acatamos acatámos	acatastes	acataram
Pluperfect	acatara	acataras	acatara	acatáramos	acatáreis	acataram
Future	acatarei	acatarás	acatará	acataremos	acatareis	acatarão
Conditional
	acataria	acatarias	acataria	acataríamos	acataríeis	acatariam
Subjunctive
Present	acate	acates	acate	acatemos	acateis	acatem
Imperfect	acatasse	acatasses	acatasse	acatássemos	acatásseis	acatassem
Future	acatar	acatares	acatar	acatarmos	acatardes	acatarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	acata	acate	acatemos	acatai	acatem
Negative (não)	-	acates	acate	acatemos	acateis	acatem

Synonyms

• (to respect): respeitar
• (to comply): cumprir

Derived terms

• acatamento

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Spanish

Etymology

Compare Portuguese acatar. a- +‎ catar, or Vulgar Latin *accaptāre, present active infinitive of *accaptō, from Latin a +‎ captō (“to catch, grasp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaˈtaɾ/, [akaˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

acatar (first-person singular present acato, first-person singular preterite acaté, past participle acatado)

1. (transitive) to comply with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			acatar
gerund			acatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acatado		acatada
		plural		acatados		acatadas
		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	acato	acatastú acatásvos	acata	acatamos	acatáis	acatan
	imperfect	acataba	acatabas	acataba	acatábamos	acatabais	acataban
	preterite	acaté	acataste	acató	acatamos	acatasteis	acataron
	future	acataré	acatarás	acatará	acataremos	acataréis	acatarán
	conditional	acataría	acatarías	acataría	acataríamos	acataríais	acatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acate	acatestú acatésvos2	acate	acatemos	acatéis	acaten
	imperfect (ra)	acatara	acataras	acatara	acatáramos	acatarais	acataran
	imperfect (se)	acatase	acatases	acatase	acatásemos	acataseis	acatasen
	future1	acatare	acatares	acatare	acatáremos	acatareis	acataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acatatú acatávos	acate	acatemos	acatad	acaten
	negative		no acates	no acate	no acatemos	no acatéis	no acaten

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, still used in legal jargon and set phrases.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acatar^{edit data}

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 acatar
	dative	acatarme	acatarte	acatarle, acatarse	acatarnos	acataros	acatarles, acatarse
	accusative	acatarme	acatarte	acatarlo, acatarla, acatarse	acatarnos	acataros	acatarlos, acatarlas, acatarse
with gerund acatando
	dative	acatándome	acatándote	acatándole, acatándose	acatándonos	acatándoos	acatándoles, acatándose
	accusative	acatándome	acatándote	acatándolo, acatándola, acatándose	acatándonos	acatándoos	acatándolos, acatándolas, acatándose
with informal second-person singular imperative acata
	dative	acátame	acátate	acátale	acátanos	not used	acátales
	accusative	acátame	acátate	acátalo, acátala	acátanos	not used	acátalos, acátalas
with formal second-person singular imperative acate
	dative	acáteme	not used	acátele, acátese	acátenos	not used	acáteles
	accusative	acáteme	not used	acátelo, acátela, acátese	acátenos	not used	acátelos, acátelas
with first-person plural imperative acatemos
	dative	not used	acatémoste	acatémosle	acatémonos	acatémoos	acatémosles
	accusative	not used	acatémoste	acatémoslo, acatémosla	acatémonos	acatémoos	acatémoslos, acatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acatad
	dative	acatadme	not used	acatadle	acatadnos	acataos	acatadles
	accusative	acatadme	not used	acatadlo, acatadla	acatadnos	acataos	acatadlos, acatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative acaten
	dative	acátenme	not used	acátenle	acátennos	not used	acátenles, acátense
	accusative	acátenme	not used	acátenlo, acátenla	acátennos	not used	acátenlos, acátenlas, acátense

Derived terms

• acatable
• acatamiento

Related terms

• catar

Further reading

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