# citar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin citāre (“to summon”), from cieō (“move, stir”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [siˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [siˈtaɾ]

### Verb

citar (first-person singular present cito, first-person singular preterite cití, past participle citat)
* (transitive) to summon, gather together
* (transitive) to quote, cite

#### Derived terms

* cita

#### Related terms

* citació

### Further reading

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

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto citi, English cite, French citer, German zitieren, Italian citare, Russian цити́ровать (citírovatʹ), Spanish citar, all ultimately from Latin citāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡siˈtar/

### Verb

citar (present tense citas, past tense citis, future tense citos, imperative citez, conditional citus)
* (transitive) to cite, to quote

#### Derived terms

* citato (“author cited”)
* cito (“citing, citation”)
* citajo (“citation, text cited”)

### See also

* mencionar (“to mention”)
* referar (“to refer to”)
* alegar (“to adduce, advance, allege”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin citāre (“to summon”), from cieō (“move, stir”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /siˈta(ʁ)/ [siˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /siˈta(ʁ)/ [siˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /siˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /siˈta(ʁ)/ [siˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /siˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /siˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /siˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /siˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ci‧tar

### Verb

citar (first-person singular present cito, first-person singular preterite citei, past participle citado)
* (transitive) to summon
    Synonyms: chamar, clamar, intimar
* (transitive) to cite, quote (refer to a statement that has been made by someone else)
    Synonym: referir

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* citável

#### Related terms

* citação
* citado

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin citāre (“to summon”), from cieō (“move, stir”). Cognate with English cite.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θiˈtaɾ/ [θiˈt̪aɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈtaɾ/ [siˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ci‧tar

### Verb

citar (first-person singular present cito, first-person singular preterite cité, past participle citado)
* (transitive) to cite
* (transitive) to summon
* (transitive) to schedule, make an appointment

#### 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

* cita
* citación

### Further reading

* “citar”, 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