dilatar

Borrowed from Latin dīlātāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.ləˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.laˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatí, past participle dilatat)

1. to dilate
2. to postpone

   Synonym: ajornar

• dilatació

• “dilatar”, 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
• “dilatar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “dilatar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dilatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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dilatar (present tense dilatas, past tense dilatis, future tense dilatos, imperative dilatez, conditional dilatus)

1. to dilate, expand, enlarge (in volume)

Borrowed from Latin dīlātāre.

• Hyphenation: di‧la‧tar

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatei, past participle dilatado)

1. to dilate, expand, enlarge, widen

• dilatação

From Latin dīlātāre.

• IPA^(key): /dilaˈtaɾ/ [d̪i.laˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧la‧tar

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilaté, past participle dilatado)

1. to prolong

   Synonym: prolongar

2. to delay, postpone

   Synonym: aplazar

3. to dilate

• “dilatar”, 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