refractar

Borrowed from English refract.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.fɾəkˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fɾakˈtaɾ]

refractar (first-person singular present refracto, first-person singular preterite refractí, past participle refractat)

1. (transitive) to refract
2. (pronominal) to refract

   La llum es refracta en passar d'un medi a un altre.

   Light refracts when passing from one medium to another.

• refractiu

• “refractar”, 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

Borrowed from French réfractaire, from Latin refractarius.

refractar m or n (feminine singular refractară, masculine plural refractari, feminine and neuter plural refractare)

1. refractory

From Latin refrāctum, neuter form of refrāctus, the perfect passive participle of refringō, itself from re- (“again”) + frangō (“to break”).

• IPA^(key): /refɾaɡˈtaɾ/ [re.fɾaɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧frac‧tar

refractar (first-person singular present refracto, first-person singular preterite refracté, past participle refractado)

1. (transitive, optics) to refract

• “refractar”, 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