captar

From Latin captāre, possibly through a form cattare and a reconstruction cap(i)tare, with influence from cap(i)talis.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəpˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kapˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captí, past participle captat)

1. (intransitive) to beg (request money)

   Synonym: mendicar

2. (transitive) to pick up, receive (a signal)

   Synonym: rebre

3. (transitive, pronominal) to capture (attention, etc.), to win over

   Synonyms: obtenir, guanyar-se

• “captar”, 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
• “captar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “captar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /kapˈtaɾ/ [kɑpˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cap‧tar

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captei, past participle captado)

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• “captar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “captar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Learned borrowing from Latin captāre. Doublet of catar.

• Hyphenation: cap‧tar

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captei, past participle captado)

1. to capture
2. to catch
3. to intercept

• captação

• capturar

Borrowed from Hungarian kaptár.

captar n (plural captare)

1. beehive cover

• captar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Borrowed from Latin captāre. Doublet of catar.

• IPA^(key): /kabˈtaɾ/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cap‧tar

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite capté, past participle captado)

1. to capture, perceive, register, understand

   Synonyms: cachar, comprender, entender

• “captar”, 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