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reptar

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin reputāre. Doublet of reputar.

Verb

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reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptí, past participle reptat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to challenge
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 17, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Si tinguéssim una balança el reptaria a posar tots els seus llibres en un platet i l'Aneris en l'altre.
      If we had had scales, I would have challenged him to put all his books in one scale and Aneris in the other one.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin rēptāre.

Verb

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reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptí, past participle reptat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to slither
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Further reading

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Interlingua

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reptar

  1. to creep
  2. to crawl

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Old Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan reptar, inherited from Latin reputāre.

Verb

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reptar

  1. to challenge, defy

Descendants

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  • Spanish: retar

Descendants

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Portuguese

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁepˈta(ʁ)/ [hepˈta(h)], /ʁe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [he.piˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁepˈta(ɾ)/ [hepˈta(ɾ)], /ʁe.piˈta(ɾ)/ [he.piˈta(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁepˈta(ʁ)/ [χepˈta(χ)], /ʁe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.piˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁepˈta(ɻ)/ [hepˈta(ɻ)]
 

  • Hyphenation: rep‧tar

Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin reptāre.

Verb

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reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptei, past participle reptado)

  1. (intransitive) to slither
  2. (intransitive) to crawl, to creep
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Etymology 2

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Semi-learned borrowing from Latin reputāre.

Verb

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reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptei, past participle reptado)

  1. (transitive) to challenge someone
    Synonym: desafiar
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin reptāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rebˈtaɾ/ [reβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: rep‧tar

Verb

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reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite repté, past participle reptado)

  1. to slither
    Synonym: deslizarse
  2. to crawl; to creep
    Synonym: arrastrarse

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