cativar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin captīvāre (“to capture”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ca‧ti‧var
=== Verb ===
cativar (first-person singular present cativo, first-person singular preterite cativei, past participle cativado)
to captivate, to charm, to seduce, to attract
to dominate
to capture
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
cativo
cativante
cativador
=== Further reading ===
“cativar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“cativar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
“cativar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“cativar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Verb ===
cativar (first-person singular present cativo, first-person singular preterite cativé, past participle cativado)
obsolete spelling of cautivar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“cativar”, 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