arbitrar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin arbitrō (“I judge”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ər.biˈtɾa]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.biˈtɾaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ar.biˈtɾa]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Hyphenation: ar‧bi‧trar
Homophone: arbitrà (except Valencian)
=== Verb ===
arbitrar (first-person singular present arbitro, first-person singular preterite arbitrí, past participle arbitrat)(transitive)
to arbitrate
to referee
to procure
Synonym: procurar-se
(figurative) to conceive (of), to formulate
Synonym: concebre
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=== Further reading ===
“arbitrar”, 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
“arbitrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“arbitrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “arbitrar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin arbitrārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aɾbiˈtɾaɾ/ [aɾ.β̞iˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Hyphenation: ar‧bi‧trar
=== Verb ===
arbitrar (first-person singular present arbitro, first-person singular preterite arbitrei, past participle arbitrado)
(transitive) to arbitrate
to referee (to act as a referee)
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“arbitrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“arbitrar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin arbitrārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
arbitrar (first-person singular present arbitro, first-person singular preterite arbitrei, past participle arbitrado)
to referee (to act as a referee)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
arbitrário
=== Further reading ===
“arbitrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“arbitrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“arbitrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French arbitraire, from Latin arbitrarius.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ar.biˈtrar/
=== Adjective ===
arbitrar m or n (feminine singular arbitrară, masculine plural arbitrari, feminine/neuter plural arbitrare)
arbitrary
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“arbitrar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin arbitrārī.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aɾbiˈtɾaɾ/ [aɾ.β̞iˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ar‧bi‧trar
=== Verb ===
arbitrar (first-person singular present arbitro, first-person singular preterite arbitré, past participle arbitrado)
(transitive) to arbitrate (to make a judgment on as an arbitrator or arbiter)
(intransitive, transitive) to referee; to umpire
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=== Further reading ===
“arbitrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025