# interpretar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin interpretārī.

### Verb

interpretar (first-person singular indicative present interpreto, past participle interpretáu)
* to interpret
* (theater) to perform
* (music) to play
* to act, play (a role)

#### Related terms

* interpretación

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interpretārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [in.tər.pɾəˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [in.teɾ.pɾeˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

interpretar (first-person singular present interpreto, first-person singular preterite interpretí, past participle interpretat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* to interpret
* to play (a role)
* to perform

#### Related terms

* intèrpret
* interpretació
* interpretatiu

### Further reading

* “interpretar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “interpretar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “interpretar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “interpretar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin interpretārī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teʁ.pɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.pɾeˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teʁ.pɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.pɾeˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.teɾ.pɾeˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.teʁ.pɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teχ.pɾeˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teɻ.pɾeˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨɾ.pɾɨˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨɾ.pɾɨˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨɾ.pɾɨˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

interpretar (first-person singular present interpreto, first-person singular preterite interpretei, past participle interpretado)
* to interpret (explain or tell the meaning of)
* to interpret (apprehend and represent by means of art)
* (computing) to interpret (run a script)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:interpretar.

#### Related terms

* interpretação
* interpretativo
* intérprete

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin interpretārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inteɾpɾeˈtaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.pɾeˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: in‧ter‧pre‧tar

### Verb

interpretar (first-person singular present interpreto, first-person singular preterite interpreté, past participle interpretado)
* to interpret, explain, decipher
    Synonyms: explicar, descifrar
* to interpret, translate (orally)
    Synonyms: traducir, trasladar
* (theater) to act a part
    Synonym: actuar
* (music) to perform
    Synonym: ejecutar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* malinterpretar

#### Related terms

* interpretación
* interpretativo
* intérprete

### See also

* traducir

### Further reading

* “interpretar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10