conectar
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [koːˈnɛk.tar]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [koˈnɛk.tar]
Verb
cōnectar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of cōnectō
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From English connect, from Latin cōnectō (“to connect”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.nekˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.nekˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.nekˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.nekˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.nekˈta(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ko.nekˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.nɛˈktaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.nɛˈkta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: co‧nec‧tar
Verb
conectar (first-person singular present conecto, first-person singular preterite conectei, past participle conectado)
- (transitive) to connect (join two or more pieces)
Conjugation
Conjugation of conectar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “conectar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “conectar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “conectar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “conectar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English connect, from Latin conēctere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koneɡˈtaɾ/ [ko.neɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧nec‧tar
Verb
conectar (first-person singular present conecto, first-person singular preterite conecté, past participle conectado)
- (transitive) to connect, connect up, link
- (transitive, electronics) to plug in, connect
- Synonym: enchufar
- (transitive, electronics) to wire
- (transitive) to hook up (colloquial)
- (intransitive) to click (i.e. get along well)
- (reflexive) to connect, get connected
Conjugation
Conjugation of conectar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of conectar
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 conectar | dative | conectarme | conectarte | conectarle, conectarse | conectarnos | conectaros | conectarles, conectarse |
| accusative | conectarme | conectarte | conectarlo, conectarla, conectarse | conectarnos | conectaros | conectarlos, conectarlas, conectarse | |
| with gerund conectando | dative | conectándome | conectándote | conectándole, conectándose | conectándonos | conectándoos | conectándoles, conectándose |
| accusative | conectándome | conectándote | conectándolo, conectándola, conectándose | conectándonos | conectándoos | conectándolos, conectándolas, conectándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative conecta | dative | conéctame | conéctate | conéctale | conéctanos | not used | conéctales |
| accusative | conéctame | conéctate | conéctalo, conéctala | conéctanos | not used | conéctalos, conéctalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative conectá | dative | conectame | conectate | conectale | conectanos | not used | conectales |
| accusative | conectame | conectate | conectalo, conectala | conectanos | not used | conectalos, conectalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative conecte | dative | conécteme | not used | conéctele, conéctese | conéctenos | not used | conécteles |
| accusative | conécteme | not used | conéctelo, conéctela, conéctese | conéctenos | not used | conéctelos, conéctelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative conectemos | dative | not used | conectémoste | conectémosle | conectémonos | conectémoos | conectémosles |
| accusative | not used | conectémoste | conectémoslo, conectémosla | conectémonos | conectémoos | conectémoslos, conectémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative conectad | dative | conectadme | not used | conectadle | conectadnos | conectaos | conectadles |
| accusative | conectadme | not used | conectadlo, conectadla | conectadnos | conectaos | conectadlos, conectadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative conecten | dative | conéctenme | not used | conéctenle | conéctennos | not used | conéctenles, conéctense |
| accusative | conéctenme | not used | conéctenlo, conéctenla | conéctennos | not used | conéctenlos, conéctenlas, conéctense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “conectar”, 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