quadrar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin quadrāre (“to make square, put in order, arrange, complete”). First attested in the 14th century.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kwəˈðɾa]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [kwaˈðɾaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kwaˈðɾa]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Homophone: quadrà
Hyphenation: qua‧drar
=== Verb ===
quadrar (first-person singular present quadro, first-person singular preterite quadrí, past participle quadrat) (ambitransitive)
to square
(figurative) to add up, make sense
Antonym: desquadrar
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“quadrar”, 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
“quadrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“quadrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “quadrar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Interlingua ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English quadrate, French carrer, Italian quadràre, Spanish cuadrar and Portuguese quadrar; all from Latin quadrāre. By surface analysis, quadr- + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kwaˈdrar/
Rhymes: -ar
Hyphenation: qua‧drar
=== Verb ===
quadrar (transitive)
to square
to give the shape of a square
(mathematics) to square (of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power)
to fit/suit to a T
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin quadrāre (“to make square, put in order, arrange, complete”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʁ, -a, (Portugal) -aɾ, (Southern Portugal) -aɾi
Hyphenation: qua‧drar
=== Verb ===
quadrar (first-person singular present quadro, first-person singular preterite quadrei, past participle quadrado)
to square
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“quadrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“quadrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“quadrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026