captar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin captāre, possibly through a form cattare and a reconstruction cap(i)tare, with influence from cap(i)talis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəpˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kapˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kapˈta] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captí, past participle captat) (intransitive) to beg (request money) Synonym: mendicar (transitive) to pick up, receive (a signal) Synonym: rebre (transitive, pronominal) to capture (attention, etc.), to win over Synonyms: obtenir, guanyar-se ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “captar”, 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 “captar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “captar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kapˈtaɾ/ [kɑpˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: cap‧tar === Verb === captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captei, past participle captado) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Further reading ==== “captar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “captar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin captāre. Doublet of catar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: cap‧tar === Verb === captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captei, past participle captado) to capture to catch to intercept ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== captação ==== Related terms ==== capturar === Further reading === “captar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “captar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hungarian kaptár. === Noun === captar n (plural captare) beehive cover ==== Declension ==== === References === captar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin captāre. Doublet of catar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kabˈtaɾ/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: cap‧tar === Verb === captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite capté, past participle captado) to capture, perceive, register, understand Synonyms: cachar, comprender, entender ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “captar”, 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