# acatar
## Catalan
### Etymology

First attested in 1521, hence probably borrowed from Spanish acatar.

### Verb

acatar (first-person singular present acato, first-person singular preterite acatí, past participle acatat)
* (transitive) to comply with, to abide by

#### Derived terms

* acatament
* desacatar

### References

* ↑ “acatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Further reading

* “acatar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “acatar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “acatar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese acatar, from Vulgar Latin *accattāre, from Late Latin cattāre, from Latin captāre. Compare Galician and Spanish acatar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kaˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kaˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kaˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kaˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.kaˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.kaˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kaˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.kaˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɐˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɐˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɐˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

acatar (first-person singular present acato, first-person singular preterite acatei, past participle acatado)
* (transitive) to observe
* (transitive) to respect, worship
    Synonym: respeitar
* (transitive, intransitive) to obey, heed, comply
    Synonym: cumprir
** 2024 August 31, Jeniffer Gularte, Mariana Muniz, quoting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “Lula: Musk tem de respeitar decisão do STF”, in Diário do Pará, page B1:E se esse país tomou uma decisão através da Suprema Corte, ele tem que acatar.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* acatamento

### Further reading

* “acatar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “acatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish acatar ("look at closely, consider", later "pay homage to"), from Vulgar Latin *accattāre, from Late Latin cattāre, from Latin captāre. Compare Portuguese acatar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akaˈtaɾ/ [a.kaˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧ca‧tar

### Verb

acatar (first-person singular present acato, first-person singular preterite acaté, past participle acatado)
* (transitive) to comply with, to obey
    Synonyms: cumplir, obedecer

#### 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

* acatable
* acatamiento

#### Related terms

* catar

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: acatar

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “catar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 921

### Further reading

* “acatar”, 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