pactar

From pacte +‎ -ar. First attested in 1418.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəkˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pakˈtaɾ]

pactar (first-person singular present pacto, first-person singular preterite pactí, past participle pactat)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to form a pact

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

pactar (first-person singular present pacto, first-person singular preterite pactei, past participle pactado)

1. alternative form of pactuar

From pacto +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /paɡˈtaɾ/ [paɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pac‧tar

pactar (first-person singular present pacto, first-person singular preterite pacté, past participle pactado)

1. (transitive) to agree upon

   Synonyms: acordar, paccionar

2. (intransitive) To make an agreement or contract
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 48:

     El deseo o la necesidad de tener dinero arrastran al hombre a pactar con el Diablo.

     The desire or need for money draws man to make deals with the Devil.

• acordar

• “pactar”, 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