captar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin captō, captāre, possibly through a form cattare and a reconstruction cap(i)tare, with influence from cap(i)talis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəpˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kapˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captí, past participle captat)

1. (intransitive) to beg (request money)
2. (transitive) to pick up, receive (a signal)

Related terms

• capta
• captació

 

Further reading

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

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Galician

Verb

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Further reading

• “captar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō. Doublet of catar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapˈta(ʁ)/
• IPA^(key): /kapˈtaɾ/

Verb

1. to capture
2. to catch
3. to intercept
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Related terms

• captação
• capturar

 

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captāre, present active infinitive of captō. Doublet of catar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabˈtaɾ/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to capture, perceive, register, understand

   Synonyms: cachar, comprender, entender

Related terms

• captación
• captura
• capturar

 

Further reading

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