# computar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin computāre. First attested in 1839. Doublet of comptar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kum.puˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kom.puˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kom.puˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

computar (first-person singular present computo, first-person singular preterite computí, past participle computat)
* (transitive) to calculate, compute

#### Related terms

* computable
* computació
* computador

### References

* ↑ “computar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin computāre. Doublet of contar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.puˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.puˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.puˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.puˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.puˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.puˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.puˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.puˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.puˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.puˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.puˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: com‧pu‧tar

### Verb

computar (first-person singular present computo, first-person singular preterite computei, past participle computado)
* (transitive) compute (reckon, calculate)
    Synonyms: orçar, calcular, avaliar
* (transitive, computing, of a computer) to execute operations
    Synonym: rodar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* computação
* computador
* computável
* cômputo

### See also

* informática

### Further reading

* “computar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “computar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “computar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “computar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “computar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “computar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin computāre. Doublet of contar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kompuˈtaɾ/ [kõm.puˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: com‧pu‧tar

### Verb

computar (first-person singular present computo, first-person singular preterite computé, past participle computado)
* (transitive) to compute

#### 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

* computación

### Further reading

* “computar”, 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