dilatar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dīlātāre, present active infinitive of dīlātō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.ləˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.laˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatí, past participle dilatat)

1. to dilate
2. to postpone

Synonyms

• (postpone): ajornar

Related terms

• dilatació

Further reading

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

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Ido

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Verb

dilatar (present tense dilatas, past tense dilatis, future tense dilatos, imperative dilatez, conditional dilatus)

1. to dilate, expand, enlarge (in volume)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dilatar

		present		past		future
infinitive		dilatar		dilatir		dilator
tense		dilatas		dilatis		dilatos
conditional		dilatus
imperative		dilatez
adjective active participle		dilatanta		dilatinta		dilatonta
adverbial active participle		dilatante		dilatinte		dilatonte
nominal active participle	singular	dilatanto		dilatinto		dilatonto
	plural	dilatanti		dilatinti		dilatonti
adjective passive participle		dilatata		dilatita		dilatota
adverbial passive participle		dilatate		dilatite		dilatote
nominal passive participle	singular	dilatato		dilatito		dilatoto
	plural	dilatati		dilatiti		dilatoti

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dīlātāre, present active infinitive of dīlātō.

Verb

1. to dilate, expand, enlarge, widen

Related terms

• dilatação

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīlātāre, present active infinitive of dīlātō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dilaˈtaɾ/ [d̪i.laˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to dilate
2. to prolong
3. to delay, postpone

Related terms

• dilatación

Further reading

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