orientar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
From orient + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
orientar (first-person singular present oriento, first-person singular preterite orientí, past participle orientat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
(transitive) to orient
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
desorientar
orientació
reorientar
=== Further reading ===
“orientar”, 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
“orientar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“orientar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“orientar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From oriente + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: o‧ri‧en‧tar
=== Verb ===
orientar (first-person singular present oriento, first-person singular preterite orientei, past participle orientado)
to guide, conduct
to orient, orientate
to manage, oversee
(Portugal, informal) to get, to find
Synonym: arranjar
Orientaste um bom café? ― Did you find a nice café?
Orienta-me cinquenta cêntimos. ― Give me fifty cents.
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
desorientar
orientação
reorientar
=== Further reading ===
“orientar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“orientar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From oriente + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /oɾjenˈtaɾ/ [o.ɾjẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: o‧rien‧tar
=== Verb ===
orientar (first-person singular present oriento, first-person singular preterite orienté, past participle orientado)
(transitive) to orient
(reflexive) to get one's bearings
(reflexive) to be directed
(pronominal) to aim, to point at
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“orientar”, 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