# placar
## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin plācāre.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /plaˈka(ʁ)/ [plaˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /plaˈka(ʁ)/ [plaˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /plaˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /plaˈka(ʁ)/ [plaˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /plaˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /plɐˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /plɐˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /plɐˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pla‧car

#### Verb

placar (first-person singular present placo, first-person singular preterite plaquei, past participle placado)
* (obsolete) to calm

##### Conjugation

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

##### Related terms

* aplacar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French plaquer.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /plaˈka(ʁ)/ [plaˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /plaˈka(ʁ)/ [plaˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /plaˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /plaˈka(ʁ)/ [plaˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /plaˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /plɐˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /plɐˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /plɐˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pla‧car

#### Verb

placar (first-person singular present placo, first-person singular preterite plaquei, past participle placado)
* (rugby) to tackle

##### Conjugation

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

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from French placard.

#### Alternative forms

* placard

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /plaˈkaʁ/ [plaˈkah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /plaˈkaʁ/ [plaˈkah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /plaˈkaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /plaˈkaʁ/ [plaˈkaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /plaˈkaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /plaˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /plaˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /plaˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pla‧car

#### Noun

placar m (plural placares)
* placard (a sheet of paper or cardboard with a written or printed announcement)
* scoreboard (board that displays the score of a game)
* (by extension) the scores of a game at a given time
    Synonyms: pontuação, (Brazil) escore

### References

* 1 2 3 “placar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* 1 2 3 “placar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* ↑ “placar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* ↑ “placar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin plācāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /plaˈkaɾ/ [plaˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pla‧car

### Verb

placar (first-person singular present placo, first-person singular preterite plaqué, past participle placado)
* (obsolete) to calm
    Synonym: calmar
* (rugby) to tackle
    Synonyms: entrar (soccer/football), taclear (American football)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* placaje

### Further reading

* “placar”, 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