restar

Inherited from Latin restāre.

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

restar (first-person singular present resto, first-person singular preterite restí, past participle restat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to stay, remain

   Synonym: quedar

2. (intransitive) to be left

   Synonym: quedar

3. (arithmetic, transitive) to subtract

   Synonym: sostreure

4. (sports, transitive) to return (a serve)

   Synonym: retornar

• contrarestar
• resta
• restada
• restant

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

Borrowed from French rester, Spanish restar, Italian restare, all from Latin restō, restāre (“stand firm; stay behind; remain”).

restar (present tense restas, past tense restis, future tense restos, imperative restez, conditional restus)

1. (intransitive) to remain, stay, abide

The verb meaning to rest is repozar.

• resto

restar (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of restare

• sterra

restar m

1. indefinite plural of rest

From Latin rēstāre, from re- +‎ stō.

restar (first-person singular present resto, first-person singular preterite restei, past participle restado)

1. to remain
2. to stay

Borrowed from Latin restāre (“to stand firm, remain”).

• IPA^(key): /resˈtaɾ/ [resˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: res‧tar

restar (first-person singular present resto, first-person singular preterite resté, past participle restado)

1. (transitive) to subtract, to reduce, to deduct

   Synonyms: reducir, disminuir

2. (intransitive) to remain

   Synonyms: quedar, permanecer, sobrar

3. (ambitransitive, sports) to return (hit the ball back after a serve)

• “restar”, 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
• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “estar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 778

From Latin restāre. Compare Italian restare.

restar

1. (intransitive) to stay, remain

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.