Etymology

From àncora +‎ -arCategory:Catalan terms suffixed with -ar#ANCORAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əŋ.kuˈɾa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ANCORAR
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əŋ.koˈɾa]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ANCORAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aŋ.koˈɾaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#ANCORAR

Verb

ancorar (first-person singular present ancoro, first-person singular preterite ancorí, past participle ancorat)Category:Catalan lemmas#ANCORARCategory:Catalan verbs#ANCORARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#ANCORARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#ANCORARCategory:Pages with entries#ANCORARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ANCORAR; root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to anchor (secure with an anchor)

Further reading

• “ancorar”, 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
• “ancorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ancorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ancorar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology

From áncora +‎ -arCategory:Galician terms suffixed with -ar#ANCORAR.

Verb

ancorar (first-person singular present ancoro, first-person singular preterite ancorei, past participle ancorado)Category:Galician lemmas#ANCORARCategory:Galician verbs#ANCORARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#ANCORARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#ANCORARCategory:Pages with entries#ANCORARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ANCORAR

1. to anchor (secure with an anchor)

Further reading

• “ancorar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Verb

ancorarCategory:Interlingua lemmas#ANCORARCategory:Interlingua verbs#ANCORARCategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#ANCORARCategory:Pages with entries#ANCORARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ANCORARCategory:Interlingua verbs ending in -ar#ANCORAR

1. to anchor

Etymology

From ancora +‎ -arCategory:Occitan terms suffixed with -ar#ANCORAR.

Verb

ancorarCategory:Occitan lemmas#ANCORARCategory:Occitan verbs#ANCORARCategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#ANCORARCategory:Pages with entries#ANCORARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ANCORARCategory:Occitan first group verbs#ANCORAR

1. to anchor (secure with an anchor)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ancorar			aver ancorat
gerund		ancorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ancorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ancori	ancoras	ancora	ancoram	ancoratz	ancoran
	imperfect	ancoravi	ancoravas	ancorava	ancoràvem	ancoràvetz	ancoravan
	preterite	ancorèri	ancorères	ancorèt	ancorèrem	ancorèretz	ancorèron
	future	ancorarai	ancoraràs	ancorarà	ancorarem	ancoraretz	ancoraràn
	conditional	ancorariái	ancorariás	ancorariá	ancorariam	ancorariatz	ancorarián
	conditional 2nd form1	ancorèra	ancorèras	ancorèra	ancoreram	ancoreratz	ancorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ancore	ancores	ancore	ancorem	ancoretz	ancoren
	imperfect	ancorèssi	ancorèsses	ancorèsse	ancorèssem	ancorèssetz	ancorèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			ancora		ancorem	ancoratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		ancorar			aver ancorat
gerund		ancorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ancorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ancore	ancores	ancora	ancoram	ancoratz	ancoron
	imperfect	ancorave	ancoraves	ancorava	ancoraviam	ancoraviatz	ancoravon
	preterite	ancorere	ancoreres	ancoret	ancorem	ancoretz	ancoreron
	future	ancorarai	ancoraràs	ancorará	ancorarem	ancoraretz	ancorarán
	conditional	ancorariá	ancorariás	ancorariá	ancorariam	ancorariatz	ancorarián
	conditional 2nd form1	ancorèra	ancorèras	ancorèra	ancoreram	ancoreratz	ancorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ancore	ancores	ancore	ancorassiam	ancorassiatz	ancoron
	imperfect	ancoresse	ancoresses	ancoresse	ancoressiam	ancoressiatz	ancoresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			ancora		ancorassiam	ancoratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		ancorar			aver ancorat
gerund		ancorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ancorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ancori	ancoras	ancora	ancoram	ancoratz	ancoran
	imperfect	ancoravi	ancoravas	ancorava	ancoràvam	ancoràvatz	ancoravan
	preterite	ancorèi	ancorès	ancorè	ancorèm	ancorètz	ancorèn
	future	ancorarèi	ancoraràs	ancorarà	ancoraram	ancoraratz	ancoraràn
	conditional	ancorarí	ancorarés	ancoraré	ancorarem	ancoraretz	ancorarén
	conditional 2nd form1	ancorèra	ancorèras	ancorèra	ancoreram	ancoreratz	ancorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ancori	ancores	ancore	ancorem	ancoretz	ancoren
	imperfect	ancorèssi	ancorèsses	ancorèsse	ancorèssem	ancorèssetz	ancorèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			ancora		ancorem	ancoratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		ancorar			aver ancorat
gerund		ancorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ancorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ancore	ancoras	ancora	ancoram	ancoratz	ancoran
	imperfect	ancorava	ancoravas	ancorava	ancoràvam	ancoràvatz	ancoravan
	preterite	ancorei	ancoreras	ancoret	ancorèram	ancorèratz	ancoreran
	future	ancorarai	ancoraràs	ancorará	ancorarem	ancoraretz	ancorarán
	conditional	ancorariá	ancorariàs	ancorariá	ancorariam	ancorariatz	ancorarián
	conditional 2nd form1	ancorèra	ancorèras	ancorèra	ancoreram	ancoreratz	ancorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ancore	ancores	ancore	ancorem	ancoretz	ancoren
	imperfect	ancorèsse	ancorèsses	ancorèsse	ancorèssem	ancorèssetz	ancorèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			ancora		ancorem	ancoratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		ancorar			aver ancorat
gerund		ancorant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		ancorat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	ancore	ancores	ancora	ancoram	ancoratz	ancoran
	imperfect	ancoravi	ancoravas	ancorava	ancoràvem	ancoràvetz	ancoravan
	preterite	ancorère	ancorères	ancorèt	ancoreriam	ancoreriatz	ancorèron
	future	ancorarai	ancoraràs	ancorarà	ancorarem	ancoraretz	ancoraràn
	conditional	ancorariáu	ancorariás	ancorariá	ancorariam	ancorariatz	ancorarián
	conditional 2nd form1	ancorèra	ancorèras	ancorèra	ancoreram	ancoreratz	ancorèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ancore	ancores	ancore	ancorem	ancoretz	ancoran
	imperfect	ancorèsse	ancorèsses	ancorèsse	ancoressiam	ancoressiatz	ancorèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			ancora		ancorem	ancoratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Category:Occitan verbs

Etymology

From âncora (“anchor”) +‎ -arCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar#ANCORAR.

Pronunciation

Verb

ancorar (first-person singular present ancoro, first-person singular preterite ancorei, past participle ancorado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#ANCORARCategory:Portuguese verbs#ANCORARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#ANCORARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#ANCORARCategory:Pages with entries#ANCORARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ANCORAR

1. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#ANCORAR) to anchor (to secure a watercraft with an anchor)

   O capitão quer ancorar o barco no meio do river. ― The captain wants to anchor the boat in the middle of the river.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#ANCORAR

2. (pronominal) to hold on to (to grasp tightly) [with em ‘something’]

   Synonym: segurar-se em

   Me ancorei no corrimão para não cair. ― I held on to the handrail so I wouldn’t fall.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#ANCORAR

3. (pronominal) to be strongly based [with em ‘on something’]

   Synonyms: alicerçar-se em, fundamentar-se em, (not implying as strong a basis) basear-se em

   Nosso sistema legal se ancora no dos romanos. ― Our legal system is based on the Roman one.Category:Portuguese terms with usage examples#ANCORAR

4. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#ANCORAR, broadcastingCategory:pt:Broadcasting#ANCORAR, rareCategory:Portuguese terms with rare senses#ANCORAR) to anchor (to host a news program)

   Synonym: apresentar

Further reading

• “ancorar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ancorar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ancorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

From áncora +‎ -arCategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -ar#ANCORAR. Doublet of anclarCategory:Spanish doublets#ANCORAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ankoˈɾaɾ/ [ãŋ.koˈɾaɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#ANCORARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#ANCORAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#ANCORARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#ANCORAR
• Syllabification: an‧co‧rar

Verb

ancorar (first-person singular present ancoro, first-person singular preterite ancoré, past participle ancorado)Category:Spanish lemmas#ANCORARCategory:Spanish verbs#ANCORARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#ANCORARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#ANCORARCategory:Pages with entries#ANCORARCategory:Pages with 6 entries#ANCORAR

1. to anchor (secure with an anchor)

   Synonym: anclar

Further reading

• “ancorar”, 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