dilatar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dīlātāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [di.ləˈta]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [di.laˈtaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [di.laˈta]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatí, past participle dilatat)
to dilate
to postpone
Synonym: ajornar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
dilatació
=== Further reading ===
“dilatar”, 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
“dilatar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“dilatar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dilatar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Ido ==
=== Etymology ===
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=== Verb ===
dilatar (present tense dilatas, past tense dilatis, future tense dilatos, imperative dilatez, conditional dilatus)
to dilate, expand, enlarge (in volume)
==== Conjugation ====
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin dīlātāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: di‧la‧tar
=== Verb ===
dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatei, past participle dilatado)
to dilate, expand, enlarge, widen
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
dilatação
=== Further reading ===
“dilatar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“dilatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin dīlātāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /dilaˈtaɾ/ [d̪i.laˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: di‧la‧tar
=== Verb ===
dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilaté, past participle dilatado)
to prolong
Synonym: prolongar
to delay, postpone
Synonym: aplazar
to dilate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“dilatar”, 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