# acreditar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From a- +‎ crèdit (“credit”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.kɾə.ðiˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.kɾe.ðiˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

acreditar (first-person singular present acredito, first-person singular preterite acredití, past participle acreditat)
* to accredit

#### Derived terms

* acreditació

### Further reading

* “acreditar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akɾediˈtaɾ/ [ɑ.kɾe.ð̞iˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧cre‧di‧tar

### Verb

acreditar (first-person singular present acredito, first-person singular preterite acreditei, past participle acreditado)
* to accredit

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* acreditación

### Further reading

* “acreditar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

acreditar
* to accredit

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* accreditar (obsolete)

### Etymology

From a- +‎ crédito +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [a.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɾɨ.diˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.kɾɨ.ðiˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɾɨ.diˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.kɾɨ.ðiˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.kɾɨ.diˈta.ɾi/ [ɐ.kɾɨ.ðiˈta.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧cre‧di‧tar
* Audio (Portugal):(file)

### Verb

acreditar (first-person singular present acredito, first-person singular preterite acreditei, past participle acreditado)
* (intransitive) to believe (to accept that someone is telling the truth) [with em ‘in someone’]
    Synonyms: confiar, crer
* (transitive or intransitive) to believe (to accept that something is true) [with em ‘in something’; or with que (+ clause) ‘that something is true’]
* (transitive) to believe, to think (to consider likely) [with que (+ clause) ‘that’]
    Synonyms: achar, crer
* (transitive) to accredit (bring into credit)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:acreditar.

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a- +‎ crédito (“credit”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /akɾediˈtaɾ/ [a.kɾe.ð̞iˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧cre‧di‧tar

### Verb

acreditar (first-person singular present acredito, first-person singular preterite acredité, past participle acreditado)
* (transitive) to accredit

#### 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

* acreditación
* acreditado
* acreditante
* acreditativo

### Further reading

* “acreditar”, 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

## Venetan
### Etymology

Compare Italian accreditare.

### Verb

acreditar
* (transitive) To confirm
* (transitive) To substantiate
* (transitive) To credit

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* acreditarse