# masturbar
## Asturian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mastuɾˈbaɾ/ [mas̪.t̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: mas‧tur‧bar

### Verb

masturbar (first-person singular indicative present masturbo, past participle masturbáu)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Related terms

* masturbación

### Further reading

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [məs.turˈba]
* IPA: (Valencia) [mas.tuɾˈbaɾ]

### Verb

masturbar (first-person singular present masturbo, first-person singular preterite masturbí, past participle masturbat)
* (transitive) to masturbate
* (reflexive) to masturbate oneself

#### Related terms

* masturbació
* masturbador
* masturbatori

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin masturbārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mastuɾˈbaɾ/ [mas̺.t̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: mas‧tur‧bar

### Verb

masturbar (first-person singular present masturbo, first-person singular preterite masturbei, past participle masturbado)
* 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

* “masturbar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “masturbar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “masturbar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

masturbar
* to masturbate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | masturbar | masturbar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | masturbante | masturbate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | masturba | ha masturbate |
| active | past | masturbava | habeva masturbate |
| active | future | masturbara | habera masturbate |
| active | conditional | masturbarea | haberea masturbate |
| active | imperative | masturba | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es masturbate | ha essite masturbate |
| passive | past | esseva masturbate | habeva essite masturbate |
| passive | future | essera masturbate | habera essite masturbate |
| passive | conditional | esserea masturbate | haberea essite masturbate |
| passive | imperative | sia masturbate | |

#### Related terms

* masturbation

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mas.turˈbaːr/
* Rhymes: -aːr

### Noun

masturbar m
* verbal noun of mmasturba

## Occitan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin masturbārī.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
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### Verb

masturbar
* to masturbate

#### Related terms

* masturbacion

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 434.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin masturbārī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mas.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/ [mas.tuɦˈba(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mas.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/ [mas.tuɦˈba(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mas.tuɾˈba(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /maʃ.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/ [maʃ.tuʁˈba(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mas.tuɻˈba(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐʃ.tuɾˈbaɾ/ [mɐʃ.tuɾˈβaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐʃ.tuɾˈbaɾ/ [mɐʃ.tuɾˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɐʃ.tuɾˈba.ɾi/ [mɐʃ.tuɾˈβa.ɾi]

### Verb

masturbar (first-person singular present masturbo, first-person singular preterite masturbei, past participle masturbado)
* (reflexive) to masturbate (manually stimulate one's sexual organs)
    O rapaz masturbava-se todas as noites. ― The young man masturbated every night.
    Masturbo-me por prazer. ― I masturbate for pleasure.
* (transitive) to masturbate (manually stimulate someone else's sexual organs)
    Um parceiro masturba o outro. ― One partner masturbates the other.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* masturbação
* masturbador
* masturbatório

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin masturbārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mastuɾˈbaɾ/ [mas.t̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mas‧tur‧bar

### Verb

masturbar (first-person singular present masturbo, first-person singular preterite masturbé, past participle masturbado)
* (transitive) to masturbate
* (reflexive) to masturbate oneself

#### Usage notes

* If the verb is used on oneself, the reflexive pronoun "me" must be added before the conjugated form of masturbar.
    Compare:
       Yo me masturbo. ― I masturbate (myself).
       Yo masturbo... ― I masturbate... (someone else).

#### 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

* masturbación
* masturbador
* masturbatorio

### Further reading

* “masturbar”, 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