moderar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin moderārī, present active infinitive of moderor (“regulate, restrain, moderate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.ðəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.ðəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.ðeˈɾaɾ]

Verb

moderar (first-person singular present modero, first-person singular preterite moderí, past participle moderat)

1. (transitive) to moderate (to reduce the excessiveness of)

Related terms

• moderació
• moderador
• moderat

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin moderārī, present active infinitive of moderor (“regulate, restrain, moderate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmo.de.ˈɾa(ʁ)/

Verb

1. (transitive) to moderate (to reduce the excessiveness of)
2. (transitive) to moderate (to act as the moderator of)

Synonyms

• (to reduce the excessiveness of): temperar, regular, controlar

Related terms

• moderação
• moderado
• moderador

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin moderārī, present active infinitive of moderor (“regulate, restrain, moderate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /modeˈɾaɾ/ [mo.ð̞eˈɾaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to moderate, to temper (to reduce the excessiveness of)

Related terms

• moderación
• moderado
• moderador

Further reading

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