platicar

• platigar

Possibly from a reconstructed Vulgar Latin form *placitare, from placitum (“sentence, judgement, verdict”).

• IPA^(key): /platiˈkaɾ/ [pla.t̪iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pla‧ti‧car

platicar (first-person singular indicative present platico, past participle platicáu)

1. (dated) to chat
2. (archaic) to preach

• platiqueru
• plática

• “platicar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “platicar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Possibly from a reconstructed Vulgar Latin form *placitare, from placitum (“sentence, judgement, verdict”).

• IPA^(key): /platiˈkaɾ/ [pla.t̪iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pla‧ti‧car

platicar (first-person singular present platico, first-person singular preterite platiqué, past participle platicado)

1. (Latin America, colloquial) to chat, to talk

   Synonyms: conversar, charlar, (Honduras) chatear, tertuliar

   Estuvieron horas platicando en el bar.

   They were talking for hours at the bar.

   • 1993, “Pacas de a kilo”, performed by Los Tigres del Norte:

     Por ahí andan platicando que un día me van a matar / No me asustan las culebras, yo sé perder y ganar

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “platicar”, 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