# cativar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin captīvāre (“to capture”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.tiˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.tiˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.tiˈbaɾ/ [kɐ.tiˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.tiˈva.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ca‧ti‧var

### Verb

cativar (first-person singular present cativo, first-person singular preterite cativei, past participle cativado)
* to captivate, to charm, to seduce, to attract
** 2006, Eduardo Giffoni Flórido, As grandes personagens da história do cinema brasileiro: 1970-1979‎, Fraiha, →ISBN, page 130:Nuno Leal Maia é um grande amigo dos amigos. Quem já conviveu ou convive com ele sabe da sua personalidade alegre e descontraída, sem estrelismo, que cativa as pessoas com o seu bom humor constante.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* to dominate
* to capture

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* cativo
* cativante
* cativador

### Further reading

* “cativar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
* “cativar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

## Spanish
### Verb

cativar (first-person singular present cativo, first-person singular preterite cativé, past participle cativado)
* Obsolete spelling of cautivar.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cativar | cativar | cativar | cativar | cativar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cativando | cativando | cativando | cativando | cativando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cativado | cativado | cativada | cativada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cativados | cativados | cativadas | cativadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | cativo | cativas$^{tú}$ cativás$^{vos}$ | cativa | cativamos | cativáis | cativan |
| indicative | imperfect | cativaba | cativabas | cativaba | cativábamos | cativabais | cativaban |
| indicative | preterite | cativé | cativaste | cativó | cativamos | cativasteis | cativaron |
| indicative | future | cativaré | cativarás | cativará | cativaremos | cativaréis | cativarán |
| indicative | conditional | cativaría | cativarías | cativaría | cativaríamos | cativaríais | cativarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | cative | catives$^{tú}$ cativés$^{vos2}$ | cative | cativemos | cativéis | cativen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | cativara | cativaras | cativara | cativáramos | cativarais | cativaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | cativase | cativases | cativase | cativásemos | cativaseis | cativasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | cativare | cativares | cativare | cativáremos | cativareis | cativaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | cativa$^{tú}$ cativá$^{vos}$ | cative | cativemos | cativad | cativen |
| imperative | negative | | no catives | no cative | no cativemos | no cativéis | no cativen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “cativar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014