untar

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ tar.

Verb

untar (third-person singular simple present untars, present participle untarring or (uncommon) untaring, simple past and past participle untarred or (uncommon) untared)

1. (computing, transitive) To extract from a tar archive.
   • 2002, John Bryan Callender, Perl for Web site management, page 405:

     I untarred (and ungzipped) that file using the following command: […]

   • 2002, Luis Argerich, Professional PHP4 XML, page 764:

     This should completely reset everything to exactly the way it was after you untared/ungzipped PHP […]

Anagrams

• Rutan, Turan, arnut, run at, tanru

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [unˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [unˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite untí, past participle untat)

1. (transitive) to anoint
2. (transitive) to smear, to grease
3. (transitive, figurative) to bribe
4. (reflexive) to get greasy, to smear oneself
5. (reflexive, figurative) to take a cut

Conjugation

    Conjugation of untar (first conjugation)

infinitive			untar
gerund			untant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		untat		untada
		plural		untats		untades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	unto	untes	unta	untem	unteu	unten
	imperfect	untava	untaves	untava	untàvem	untàveu	untaven
	future	untaré	untaràs	untarà	untarem	untareu	untaran
	preterite	untí	untares	untà	untàrem	untàreu	untaren
	conditional	untaria	untaries	untaria	untaríem	untaríeu	untarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	unti	untis	unti	untem	unteu	untin
	imperfect	untés	untessis	untés	untéssim	untéssiu	untessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	unta	unti	untem	unteu	untin
	negative (no)	—	no untis	no unti	no untem	no unteu	no untin

Derived terms

• unt
• untador
• untament
• untatge
• untet
• untó

Related terms

• untuós
• untura

Further reading

• “untar”, 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
• “untar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “untar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “untar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese untar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [unˈtaɾ]

Verb

untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite untei, past participle untado)

1. to anoint
2. to smear; to spread
3. to bribe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of untar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	untar
Personal	untar	untares	untar	untarmos	untardes	untaren
Gerund
	untando
Past participle
Masculine	untado			untados
Feminine	untada			untadas
Indicative
Present	unto	untas	unta	untamos	untades	untan
Imperfect	untaba	untabas	untaba	untabamos	untabades	untaban
Preterite	untei	untaches	untou	untamos	untastes	untaron
Pluperfect	untara	untaras	untara	untaramos	untarades	untaran
Future	untarei	untarás	untará	untaremos	untaredes	untarán
Conditional	untaría	untarías	untaría	untariamos	untariades	untarían
Subjunctive
Present	unte	untes	unte	untemos	untedes	unten
Imperfect	untase	untases	untase	untásemos	untásedes	untasen
Future	untar	untares	untar	untarmos	untardes	untaren
Imperative
Affirmative		unta	unte	untemos	untade	unten
Negative (non)		non untes	non unte	non untemos	non untedes	non unten

    Reintegrated conjugation of untar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	untar
Personal	untar	untares	untar	untarmos	untardes	untarem
Gerund
	untando
Past participle
Masculine	untado			untados
Feminine	untada			untadas
Indicative
Present	unto	untas	unta	untamos	untades, untais	untam
Imperfect	untava	untavas	untava	untávamos	untávades, untáveis, untávais1	untavam
Preterite	untei	untaste, untache1	untou	untamos	untastes	untárom, untaram
Pluperfect	untara	untaras	untara	untáramos	untárades, untáreis, untárais1	untaram
Future	untarei	untarás	untará	untaremos	untaredes, untareis	untarám, untarão
Conditional	untaria	untarias	untaria	untaríamos	untaríades, untaríeis, untaríais1	untariam
Subjunctive
Present	unte	untes	unte	untemos	untedes, unteis	untem
Imperfect	untasse	untasses	untasse	untássemos	untássedes, untásseis	untassem
Future	untar	untares	untar	untarmos	untardes	untarem
Imperative
Affirmative		unta	unte	untemos	untade, untai	untem
Negative (nom)		nom untes	nom unte	nom untemos	nom untedes, nom unteis	nom untem

¹Less recommended.

References

• “untar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “untar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “untar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “untar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “untar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “untar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Ladino

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish untar, from Late Latin unctāre.

Verb

untar

1. to dip in a sauce or soup
2. to anoint

Old High German

Alternative forms

• undar, under

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *undar (compare Old English under, Old Norse undir).

Preposition

untar

1. under

Descendants

• Middle High German: under
  • German: unter
  • Hunsrik: unne
  • Luxembourgish: ënner
  • Yiddish: אונטער (unter)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• unctar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese untar, from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈta(ʁ)/ [ũˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈta(ʁ)/ [ũˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ũˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ũˈta(ʁ)/ [ũˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ũˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: un‧tar

Verb

untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite untei, past participle untado)

1. to smear; to spread (to distribute in a thin layer)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of untar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	untar
Personal	untar	untares	untar	untarmos	untardes	untarem
Gerund
	untando
Past participle
Masculine	untado			untados
Feminine	untada			untadas
Indicative
Present	unto	untas	unta	untamos	untais	untam
Imperfect	untava	untavas	untava	untávamos	untáveis	untavam
Preterite	untei	untaste	untou	untamos1, untámos2	untastes	untaram
Pluperfect	untara	untaras	untara	untáramos	untáreis	untaram
Future	untarei	untarás	untará	untaremos	untareis	untarão
Conditional	untaria	untarias	untaria	untaríamos	untaríeis	untariam
Subjunctive
Present	unte	untes	unte	untemos	unteis	untem
Imperfect	untasse	untasses	untasse	untássemos	untásseis	untassem
Future	untar	untares	untar	untarmos	untardes	untarem
Imperative
Affirmative		unta	unte	untemos	untai	untem
Negative (não)		não untes	não unte	não untemos	não unteis	não untem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• untar as mãos a alguém

Related terms

• besuntar
• ungir
• untadela
• untado
• untador
• untadura
• unteiro
• unto
• untório
• untura

Further reading

• “untar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “untar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Romanian

Etymology

From unt +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unˈtar/

Noun

untar n (plural untari)

1. butter maker

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	untar	untarul		untari	untarile
genitive-dative	untar	untarului		untari	untarilor
vocative	untarule			untarilor

Further reading

• “untar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish untar, from Late Latin unctāre, frequentative of Latin ungere (via its past participle unctus), from earlier unguere, from Proto-Italic *ongʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /unˈtaɾ/ [ũn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: un‧tar

Verb

untar (first-person singular present unto, first-person singular preterite unté, past participle untado)

1. (transitive) to spread, to smear; to rub on (to distribute in a thin layer over)

   pasta para untar ― spread [food that can be spread]

2. (transitive, colloquial) to bribe (to ask a person to do something in exchange for a reward)

   Synonym: sobornar

   medios untados

   bribed media

3. (reflexive) To get smeared

Conjugation

    Conjugation of untar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			untar
gerund			untando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		untado		untada
		plural		untados		untadas
		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	unto	untastú untásvos	unta	untamos	untáis	untan
	imperfect	untaba	untabas	untaba	untábamos	untabais	untaban
	preterite	unté	untaste	untó	untamos	untasteis	untaron
	future	untaré	untarás	untará	untaremos	untaréis	untarán
	conditional	untaría	untarías	untaría	untaríamos	untaríais	untarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	unte	untestú untésvos2	unte	untemos	untéis	unten
	imperfect (ra)	untara	untaras	untara	untáramos	untarais	untaran
	imperfect (se)	untase	untases	untase	untásemos	untaseis	untasen
	future1	untare	untares	untare	untáremos	untareis	untaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		untatú untávos	unte	untemos	untad	unten
	negative		no untes	no unte	no untemos	no untéis	no unten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of untar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive untar	dative	untarme	untarte	untarle, untarse	untarnos	untaros	untarles, untarse
	accusative	untarme	untarte	untarlo, untarla, untarse	untarnos	untaros	untarlos, untarlas, untarse
with gerund untando	dative	untándome	untándote	untándole, untándose	untándonos	untándoos	untándoles, untándose
	accusative	untándome	untándote	untándolo, untándola, untándose	untándonos	untándoos	untándolos, untándolas, untándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative unta	dative	úntame	úntate	úntale	úntanos	not used	úntales
	accusative	úntame	úntate	úntalo, úntala	úntanos	not used	úntalos, úntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative untá	dative	untame	untate	untale	untanos	not used	untales
	accusative	untame	untate	untalo, untala	untanos	not used	untalos, untalas
with formal second-person singular imperative unte	dative	únteme	not used	úntele, úntese	úntenos	not used	únteles
	accusative	únteme	not used	úntelo, úntela, úntese	úntenos	not used	úntelos, úntelas
with first-person plural imperative untemos	dative	not used	untémoste	untémosle	untémonos	untémoos	untémosles
	accusative	not used	untémoste	untémoslo, untémosla	untémonos	untémoos	untémoslos, untémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative untad	dative	untadme	not used	untadle	untadnos	untaos	untadles
	accusative	untadme	not used	untadlo, untadla	untadnos	untaos	untadlos, untadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative unten	dative	úntenme	not used	úntenle	úntennos	not used	úntenles, úntense
	accusative	úntenme	not used	úntenlo, úntenla	úntennos	not used	úntenlos, úntenlas, úntense

Related terms

• unción
• ungir
• untuoso
• untura

Further reading

• “untar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024