# petar
## English
### Noun

petar (plural petars)
* Obsolete form of petard.
** c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:hoist with his own petar

### References

* “petar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap

## Asturian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈtaɾ/ [peˈt̪aɾ]

### Verb

petar
* (impersonal) to interest
    nun me peta dirI don't feel like going

## Catalan
### Etymology

From pet +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pəˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [peˈtaɾ]

### Verb

petar (first-person singular present peto, first-person singular preterite petí, past participle petat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (intransitive) to explode, to burst
* (intransitive, computing, informal, of a program) to crash
* (intransitive, pronominal) to fart

#### Derived terms

* petada
* petaner

#### Descendants

* → Spanish: petar

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since circa 1800. From peto (“woodpecker”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈtaɾ/

### Verb

petar (first-person singular present peto, first-person singular preterite petei, past participle petado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to knock, to impact
    Quen peta na porta?Who is knocking on the door?
* (transitive) to churn
* (intransitive, figurative) to want
    —Vai facer a cama! —Non me peta!"Make your bed!" "I don't want to!"
    —Por que? —Porque me peta."Why?" "Because I want to."

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Synonyms

* bater
* (to want to do): apetecer

#### Related terms

* petada (“knock”)
* petador (“knocker”)
* peteiro (“beak”)
* petelo (“small mallet”)
* petelar (“to knock gently and repeatedly”)

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “petar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “petar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “petar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “petar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Cf. Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. petar.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpe.tar/, [ˈpɛt̪är]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpe.tar/, [ˈpɛːt̪är]

### Verb

petar
* first-person singular future passive indicative of petō

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan petar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈtaɾ/ [peˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pe‧tar

### Verb

petar (first-person singular present peto, first-person singular preterite peté, past participle petado)
* (colloquial) to explode, blow up, let off, set off
    Synonyms: explotar, estallar
* (colloquial, transitive) to please, gratify, content
    Synonym: agradar
* to fill up; cram; be packed
    Anoche la discoteca estaba petada.Last night the disco was packed.
* (reflexive, computing) crash (a malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable)
    Se ha petado Windows, tengo que reiniciar el ordenador.Windows has crashed, I have to restart the computer.

#### 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

* petarlo
* petarse

### Further reading

* “petar”, 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

### Anagrams

* parte

## Swedish
### Verb

petar
* present indicative of peta

### Anagrams

* Petra, paret, repat

## Venetan
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

petar
* (transitive) to attach, stick

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.