citar
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin citāre (“to summon”), from cieō (“move, stir”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]citar (first-person singular present cito, first-person singular preterite cití, past participle citat)
- (transitive) to summon, gather together
- (transitive) to quote, cite
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | citar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | citant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | citat | citada | |||||
| plural | citats | citades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | cito | cites | cita | citem | citeu | citen | |
| imperfect | citava | citaves | citava | citàvem | citàveu | citaven | |
| future | citaré | citaràs | citarà | citarem | citareu | citaran | |
| preterite | cití | citares | cità | citàrem | citàreu | citaren | |
| conditional | citaria | citaries | citaria | citaríem | citaríeu | citarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | citi | citis | citi | citem | citeu | citin | |
| imperfect | cités | citessis | cités | citéssim | citéssiu | citessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | cita | citi | citem | citeu | citin | |
| negative (no) | — | no citis | no citi | no citem | no citeu | no citin | |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “citar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “citar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “citar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “citar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Ido
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Esperanto citi, English cite, French citer, German zitieren, Italian citare, Russian цити́ровать (citírovatʹ), Spanish citar, all ultimately from Latin citāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]citar (present tense citas, past tense citis, future tense citos, imperative citez, conditional citus)
- (transitive) to cite, to quote
Conjugation
[edit]| present | past | future | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | citar | citir | citor | ||||
| tense | citas | citis | citos | ||||
| conditional | citus | — | — | ||||
| imperative | citez | — | — | ||||
| adjective active participle | citanta | citinta | citonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | citante | citinte | citonte | ||||
| nominal active participle |
singular | citanto | citinto | citonto | |||
| plural | citanti | citinti | citonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | citata | citita | citota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | citate | citite | citote | ||||
| nominal passive participle |
singular | citato | citito | citoto | |||
| plural | citati | cititi | citoti | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin citāre (“to summon”), from cieō (“move, stir”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: ci‧tar
Verb
[edit]citar (first-person singular present cito, first-person singular preterite citei, past participle citado)
- (transitive) to summon
- (transitive) to cite, quote (refer to a statement that has been made by someone else)
- Synonym: referir
Conjugation
[edit]| 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 | citar | |||||
| Personal | citar | citares | citar | citarmos | citardes | citarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| citando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | citado | citados | ||||
| Feminine | citada | citadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | cito | citas | cita | citamos | citais | citam |
| Imperfect | citava | citavas | citava | citávamos | citáveis | citavam |
| Preterite | citei | citaste | citou | citamos1, citámos2 | citastes | citaram |
| Pluperfect | citara | citaras | citara | citáramos | citáreis | citaram |
| Future | citarei | citarás | citará | citaremos | citareis | citarão |
| Conditional | citaria | citarias | citaria | citaríamos | citaríeis | citariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | cite | cites | cite | citemos | citeis | citem |
| Imperfect | citasse | citasses | citasse | citássemos | citásseis | citassem |
| Future | citar | citares | citar | citarmos | citardes | citarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | cita | cite | citemos | citai | citem | |
| Negative (não) | não cites | não cite | não citemos | não citeis | não citem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “citar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “citar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “citar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “citar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “citar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “citar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin citāre (“to summon”), from cieō (“move, stir”). Cognate with English cite.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /θiˈtaɾ/ [θiˈt̪aɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /siˈtaɾ/ [siˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ci‧tar
Verb
[edit]citar (first-person singular present cito, first-person singular preterite cité, past participle citado)
- (transitive) to cite
- (transitive) to summon
- (transitive) to schedule, make an appointment
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | citar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | citando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | citado | citada | |||||
| plural | citados | citadas | |||||
| 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 | cito | citastú citásvos |
cita | citamos | citáis | citan | |
| imperfect | citaba | citabas | citaba | citábamos | citabais | citaban | |
| preterite | cité | citaste | citó | citamos | citasteis | citaron | |
| future | citaré | citarás | citará | citaremos | citaréis | citarán | |
| conditional | citaría | citarías | citaría | citaríamos | citaríais | citarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cite | citestú citésvos2 |
cite | citemos | citéis | citen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
citara | citaras | citara | citáramos | citarais | citaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
citase | citases | citase | citásemos | citaseis | citasen | |
| future1 | citare | citares | citare | citáremos | citareis | citaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | citatú citávos |
cite | citemos | citad | citen | ||
| negative | no cites | no cite | no citemos | no citéis | no citen | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “citar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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