contratar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contractāre, or from contrato + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: con‧tra‧tar
=== Verb ===
contratar (first-person singular present contrato, first-person singular preterite contratei, past participle contratado)
to contract, hire
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
contrato
=== Further reading ===
“contratar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“contratar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin contractāre, or from contrato + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kontɾaˈtaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: con‧tra‧tar
=== Verb ===
contratar (first-person singular present contrato, first-person singular preterite contraté, past participle contratado)
to contract, to take on
Synonym: contraer
to hire
Synonym: emplear
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“contratar”, 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