# encertar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From en- +‎ cert +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese and Spanish acertar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ən.sərˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [en.seɾˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

encertar (first-person singular present encerto, first-person singular preterite encertí, past participle encertat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* to get right, to do correctly
* to guess
    Synonym: endevinar
* to hit a target

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | encertar | encertar | encertar | encertar | encertar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | encertant | encertant | encertant | encertant | encertant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | encertat | encertat | encertada | encertada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | encertats | encertats | encertades | encertades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | encerto | encertes | encerta | encertem | encerteu | encerten |
| indicative | imperfect | encertava | encertaves | encertava | encertàvem | encertàveu | encertaven |
| indicative | future | encertaré | encertaràs | encertarà | encertarem | encertareu | encertaran |
| indicative | preterite | encertí | encertares | encertà | encertàrem | encertàreu | encertaren |
| indicative | conditional | encertaria | encertaries | encertaria | encertaríem | encertaríeu | encertarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | encerti | encertis | encerti | encertem | encerteu | encertin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | encertés | encertessis | encertés | encertéssim | encertéssiu | encertessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | encerta | encerti | encertem | encerteu | encertin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no encertis | no encerti | no encertem | no encerteu | no encertin |

#### Derived terms

* encert
* encertant
* encertat

### Further reading

* “encertar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “encertar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “encertar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “encertar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Alteration of encetar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sehˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sehˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sehˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sehˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seɾˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seɾˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seχˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seχˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seɻˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seɻˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.sɨɾˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.sɨɾˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.sɨɾˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: en‧cer‧tar

### Verb

encertar (first-person singular present encerto, first-person singular preterite encertei, past participle encertado)
* (Portugal, informal, regional) (transitive) to open, to start (a package)
    Synonym: encetar
    encertar um pacote de bolachas ― to start a pack of cookies
* (Portugal, informal, regional) (transitive) to cut, to take a piece (of food)
    Synonym: encetar
    encertar um melão ― to cut open a melon

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* enxertar

### Further reading

* “encertar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024