# convocar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convocāre (“to assemble; to convene, convoke; to summon, muster”), from con- + vocō (“to call, summon, invoke”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kum.buˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [koɱ.voˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koɱ.voˈkaɾ]

### Verb

convocar (first-person singular present convoco, first-person singular preterite convoquí, past participle convocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
* to summon, convene, bring together, assemble
    Antonym: desconvocar

#### Related terms

* convocació
* convocatori
* convocatòria

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin convocāre (“to assemble; to convene, convoke; to summon, muster”), from con- + vocō (“to call, summon, invoke”).

### Verb

convocar (first-person singular present convoco, first-person singular preterite convoquei, past participle convocado)
* to call, convene, convoke
* to call up, enlist

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* convocatoria
* desconvocar

### Further reading

* “convocar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “convocar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convocāre (“to assemble; to convene, to convoke; to summon, to muster”), from con- + vocō (“to call, to summon, to invoke”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.voˈka(ʁ)/ [kõ.voˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.voˈka(ʁ)/ [kõ.voˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.voˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.voˈka(ʁ)/ [kõ.voˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.voˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.vuˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.vuˈkaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.buˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.vuˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: con‧vo‧car

### Verb

convocar (first-person singular present convoco, first-person singular preterite convoquei, past participle convocado)
* to convene, convoke
* to summon, muster, assemble

#### Conjugation

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

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:convocar.

#### Related terms

* convocação
* evocar
* invocar
* provocar
* desconvocar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convocāre (“to assemble; to convene, convoke; to summon, muster”), from con- + vocō (“to call, summon, invoke”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /komboˈkaɾ/ [kõm.boˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧vo‧car

### Verb

convocar (first-person singular present convoco, first-person singular preterite convoqué, past participle convocado)
* to call, convene, convoke
* to call up, enlist

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* convocación
* convocatoria
* desconvocar

### Further reading

* “convocar”, 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