# restar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin restāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəsˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [resˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

restar (first-person singular present resto, first-person singular preterite restí, past participle restat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (intransitive) to stay, remain
    Synonym: quedar
* (intransitive) to be left
    Synonym: quedar
* (arithmetic, transitive) to subtract
    Synonym: sostreure
* (sports, transitive) to return (a serve)
    Synonym: retornar

#### Derived terms

* contrarestar
* resta
* restada
* restant

### Further reading

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

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rester, Spanish restar, Italian restare, all from Latin restō, restāre (“stand firm; stay behind; remain”).

### Verb

restar (present tense restas, past tense restis, future tense restos, imperative restez, conditional restus)
* (intransitive) to remain, stay, abide

#### Usage notes

The verb meaning to rest is repozar.

#### Related terms

* resto

## Italian
### Verb

restar (apocopated)
* Apocopic form of restare

### Anagrams

* sterra

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

restar m
* indefinite plural of rest

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin rēstāre, from re- +‎ stō.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁesˈta(ʁ)/ [hesˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁesˈta(ʁ)/ [hesˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁesˈta(ɾ)/ [hesˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁeʃˈta(ʁ)/ [χeʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁesˈta(ɻ)/ [hesˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨʃˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨʃˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

restar (first-person singular present resto, first-person singular preterite restei, past participle restado)
* to remain
* to stay

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin restāre (“to stand firm, remain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /resˈtaɾ/ [resˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: res‧tar

### Verb

restar (first-person singular present resto, first-person singular preterite resté, past participle restado)
* (transitive) to subtract, to reduce, to deduct
    Synonyms: reducir, disminuir
* (intransitive) to remain
    Synonyms: quedar, permanecer, sobrar
* (transitive, intransitive, sports) to return (hit the ball back after a serve)

#### 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

* restarle importancia (“to downplay, to play down; to de-emphasize”)

#### Related terms

* arrestar
* restante
* resto

### Further reading

* “restar”, 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
* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “estar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 778

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin restāre. Compare Italian restare.

### Verb

restar
* (intransitive) to stay, remain

#### Conjugation

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