encertar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From en- +‎ cert +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese and Spanish acertar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ən.sərˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [en.seɾˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [en.serˈta] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === encertar (first-person singular present encerto, first-person singular preterite encertí, past participle encertat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ to get right, to do correctly to guess Synonym: endevinar to hit a target ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== encert encertant encertat === Further reading === “encertar”, 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 “encertar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “encertar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “encertar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Alteration of encetar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: en‧cer‧tar === Verb === encertar (first-person singular present encerto, first-person singular preterite encertei, past participle encertado) (Portugal, informal, regional) (transitive) to open, to start (a package) Synonym: encetar encertar um pacote de bolachas ― to start a pack of cookies (Portugal, informal, regional) (transitive) to cut, to take a piece (of food) Synonym: encetar encertar um melão ― to cut open a melon ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== enxertar === Further reading === “encertar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “encertar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026