optar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin optāre (“to choose”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [upˈta] IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [opˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [opˈtaɾ] === Verb === optar (first-person singular present opto, first-person singular preterite optí, past participle optat); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/ to pick, choose, go for ==== Conjugation ==== == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === oftar, oftarr optarr === Adverb === optar (positive opt, superlative optast) oftener === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “opt”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin optāre (“to choose”). Compare the inherited doublet outar. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: op‧tar === Verb === optar (first-person singular present opto, first-person singular preterite optei, past participle optado) to opt; to choose; to pick Synonyms: decidir, escolher, selecionar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== opção opcional optante optativamente optativo === Further reading === “optar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “optar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin optāre (“to choose”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /obˈtaɾ/ [oβ̞ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: op‧tar === Verb === optar (first-person singular present opto, first-person singular preterite opté, past participle optado) to opt ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “optar”, 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