coartar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coartāre.

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)

  1. to limit, restrict

Conjugation

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin coarctāre (to compress, constrain).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.aʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.ahˈta(h)]
 
  • (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)

  1. to limit, restrict

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 In Portugal, the spelling with -c- was superseded following the 1990 Orthographic Agreement.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

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin coartāre.

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)

  1. to limit, restrict
  2. to inhibit, to cramp someone's style

Conjugation

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Further reading