coartar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ku.ərˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.ərˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ko.aɾˈtaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
coartar (first-person singular present coarto, first-person singular preterite coartí, past participle coartat)
Conjugation
Conjugation of coartar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | coartar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | coartant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | coartat | coartada | |||||
| plural | coartats | coartades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | coarto | coartes | coarta | coartem | coarteu | coarten | |
| imperfect | coartava | coartaves | coartava | coartàvem | coartàveu | coartaven | |
| future | coartaré | coartaràs | coartarà | coartarem | coartareu | coartaran | |
| preterite | coartí | coartares | coartà | coartàrem | coartàreu | coartaren | |
| conditional | coartaria | coartaries | coartaria | coartaríem | coartaríeu | coartarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | coarti | coartis | coarti | coartem | coarteu | coartin | |
| imperfect | coartés | coartessis | coartés | coartéssim | coartéssiu | coartessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | coarta | coarti | coartem | coarteu | coartin | |
| negative (no) | — | no coartis | no coarti | no coartem | no coarteu | no coartin | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “coartar”, 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
- “coartar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “coartar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “coartar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin coarctāre (“to compress, constrain”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.aʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.ahˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.aɾˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.aʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.aχˈta(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ko.aɻˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kwaɾˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kwaɾˈta.ɾi/
Verb
coartar (first-person singular present coarto, first-person singular preterite coartei, past participle coartado)
Usage notes
Both coartar and coarctar are standard in Brazil. In Portugal, the spelling with -c- was superseded following the 1990 Orthographic Agreement. This is similar to cases such as receção and espetador.
Conjugation
Conjugation of coartar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “coartar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “coartar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
- “coartar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “coartar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koaɾˈtaɾ/ [ko.aɾˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧ar‧tar
Verb
coartar (first-person singular present coarto, first-person singular preterite coarté, past participle coartado)
- to limit, restrict
- to inhibit, to cramp someone's style
Conjugation
Conjugation of coartar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of coartar
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 coartar | dative | coartarme | coartarte | coartarle, coartarse | coartarnos | coartaros | coartarles, coartarse |
| accusative | coartarme | coartarte | coartarlo, coartarla, coartarse | coartarnos | coartaros | coartarlos, coartarlas, coartarse | |
| with gerund coartando | dative | coartándome | coartándote | coartándole, coartándose | coartándonos | coartándoos | coartándoles, coartándose |
| accusative | coartándome | coartándote | coartándolo, coartándola, coartándose | coartándonos | coartándoos | coartándolos, coartándolas, coartándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative coarta | dative | coártame | coártate | coártale | coártanos | not used | coártales |
| accusative | coártame | coártate | coártalo, coártala | coártanos | not used | coártalos, coártalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative coartá | dative | coartame | coartate | coartale | coartanos | not used | coartales |
| accusative | coartame | coartate | coartalo, coartala | coartanos | not used | coartalos, coartalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative coarte | dative | coárteme | not used | coártele, coártese | coártenos | not used | coárteles |
| accusative | coárteme | not used | coártelo, coártela, coártese | coártenos | not used | coártelos, coártelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative coartemos | dative | not used | coartémoste | coartémosle | coartémonos | coartémoos | coartémosles |
| accusative | not used | coartémoste | coartémoslo, coartémosla | coartémonos | coartémoos | coartémoslos, coartémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative coartad | dative | coartadme | not used | coartadle | coartadnos | coartaos | coartadles |
| accusative | coartadme | not used | coartadlo, coartadla | coartadnos | coartaos | coartadlos, coartadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative coarten | dative | coártenme | not used | coártenle | coártennos | not used | coártenles, coártense |
| accusative | coártenme | not used | coártenlo, coártenla | coártennos | not used | coártenlos, coártenlas, coártense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “coartar”, 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