# captar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin captāre, possibly through a form cattare and a reconstruction cap(i)tare, with influence from cap(i)talis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kəpˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kapˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captí, past participle captat)
* (intransitive) to beg (request money)
    Synonym: mendicar
* (transitive) to pick up, receive (a signal)
    Synonym: rebre
* (transitive, pronominal) to capture (attention, etc.), to win over
    Synonyms: obtenir, guanyar-se

#### Related terms

* capta
* captació

### References

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

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kapˈtaɾ/ [kɑpˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: cap‧tar

### Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captei, past participle captado)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin captāre. Doublet of catar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kapˈta(ʁ)/ [kapˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kapˈta(ʁ)/ [kapˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kapˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kapˈta(ʁ)/ [kapˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kapˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈptaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈptaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐˈpta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: cap‧tar

### Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite captei, past participle captado)
* to capture
* to catch
* to intercept

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* captação

#### Related terms

* capturar

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kaptár.

### Noun

captar n (plural captare)
* beehive cover

#### Declension
### References

* captar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin captāre. Doublet of catar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kabˈtaɾ/ [kaβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cap‧tar

### Verb

captar (first-person singular present capto, first-person singular preterite capté, past participle captado)
* to capture, perceive, register, understand
    Synonyms: cachar, comprender, entender

#### 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

* captador

#### Related terms

* captación
* captura
* capturar

### Further reading

* “captar”, 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