Etymology

From LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#DETECTAR detegere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.təkˈta]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#DETECTAR
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.tekˈtaɾ]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#DETECTAR

Verb

detectar (first-person singular present detecto, first-person singular preterite detectí, past participle detectat)Category:Catalan lemmas#DETECTARCategory:Catalan verbs#DETECTARCategory:Catalan first conjugation verbs#DETECTARCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#DETECTARCategory:Pages with entries#DETECTARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DETECTAR; root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to detect

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Occitan entries#DETECTAR

Pronunciation

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Verb

detectarCategory:Occitan lemmas#DETECTARCategory:Occitan verbs#DETECTARCategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#DETECTARCategory:Pages with entries#DETECTARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DETECTARCategory:Occitan first group verbs#DETECTAR

1. to detect

Alternative forms

• detetar (Portugal)

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from English#DETECTARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from English#DETECTAR detect, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#DETECTAR detectus.^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧tec‧tar

Verb

detectar (first-person singular present detecto, first-person singular preterite detectei, past participle detectado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#DETECTARCategory:Portuguese verbs#DETECTARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#DETECTARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#DETECTARCategory:Pages with entries#DETECTARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DETECTAR (Brazilian Portuguese spellingCategory:Brazilian Portuguese forms#DETECTAR, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. to detect
2. to reveal

References

Further reading

• “detectar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Etymology

From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#DETECTAR detegere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deteɡˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.t̪eɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#DETECTARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#DETECTAR
• Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#DETECTARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#DETECTAR
• Syllabification: de‧tec‧tar

Verb

detectar (first-person singular present detecto, first-person singular preterite detecté, past participle detectado)Category:Spanish lemmas#DETECTARCategory:Spanish verbs#DETECTARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#DETECTARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#DETECTARCategory:Pages with entries#DETECTARCategory:Pages with 4 entries#DETECTAR

1. to detect

Further reading

• “detectar”, 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