Etymology

From LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#CAPTAR captāre, possibly through a form cattare and a reconstruction cap(i)tare, with influence from cap(i)talis.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəpˈta]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CAPTAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kapˈtaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#CAPTAR

• Audio (Barcelona):

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  Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#CAPTAR
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)Category:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)#CAPTARCategory:Rhymes:Catalan/a(ɾ)/2 syllables#CAPTAR

Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captí, past participle captat)Category:Catalan lemmas#CAPTARCategory:Catalan verbs#CAPTARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#CAPTARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CAPTARCategory:Pages with entries#CAPTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CAPTAR

1. (intransitiveCategory:Catalan intransitive verbs#CAPTAR) to beg (request money)

   Synonym: mendicar

2. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#CAPTAR) to pick up, receive (a signal)

   Synonym: rebre

3. (transitiveCategory:Catalan transitive verbs#CAPTAR, pronominal) to capture (attention, etc.), to win over

   Synonyms: obtenir, guanyar-se

References

Further reading

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapˈtaɾ/ [kɑpˈt̪aɾ]Category:Galician terms with IPA pronunciation#CAPTAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ#CAPTARCategory:Rhymes:Galician/aɾ/2 syllables#CAPTAR
• Hyphenation: cap‧tar

Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captei, past participle captado)Category:Galician lemmas#CAPTARCategory:Galician verbs#CAPTARCategory:Galician verbs ending in -ar#CAPTARCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#CAPTARCategory:Pages with entries#CAPTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CAPTAR

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Category:Requests for definitions in Galician entries#CAPTAR

Etymology

Learned borrowing from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#CAPTARCategory:Portuguese learned borrowings from Latin#CAPTARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#CAPTAR captāre. Doublet of catarCategory:Portuguese doublets#CAPTAR.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cap‧tar

Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captei, past participle captado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CAPTARCategory:Portuguese verbs#CAPTARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#CAPTARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CAPTARCategory:Pages with entries#CAPTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CAPTAR

1. to capture
2. to catch
3. to intercept

Further reading

• “captar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “captar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from HungarianCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Hungarian#CAPTARCategory:Romanian terms derived from Hungarian#CAPTAR kaptár.

Noun

captar n (plural captare)Category:Romanian lemmas#CAPTARCategory:Romanian nouns#CAPTARCategory:Romanian countable nouns#CAPTARCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CAPTARCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#CAPTARCategory:Pages with entries#CAPTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CAPTAR

1. beehive cover

References

• captar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Etymology

Borrowed from LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Latin#CAPTARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CAPTAR captāre. Doublet of catarCategory:Spanish doublets#CAPTAR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kabˈtaɾ/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#CAPTARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CAPTAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#CAPTARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#CAPTAR
• Syllabification: cap‧tar

Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite capté, past participle captado)Category:Spanish lemmas#CAPTARCategory:Spanish verbs#CAPTARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#CAPTARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CAPTARCategory:Pages with entries#CAPTARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#CAPTAR

1. to capture, perceive, register, understand

   Synonyms: cachar, comprender, entender

Further reading

• “captar”, 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