# telefonar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From telèfon +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [tə.lə.fuˈna]
* IPA: (Balearic) [tə.lə.foˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [te.le.foˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefoní, past participle telefonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* to telephone

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Verb

telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefonei, past participle telefonado)
* to telephone, phone, call on the phone

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English telephone, French téléphoner, German telefonieren, Italian telefonare, Russian телефонировать (telefonirovatʹ), Spanish telefonear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /telefoˈnar/

### Verb

telefonar (present tense telefonas, past tense telefonis, future tense telefonos, imperative telefonez, conditional telefonus)
* (transitive) to telephone
    Tu mustas telefonor me kande tu arivos. ― You have to call me when you arrive.

#### Derived terms

* telefonala (“phone, telephone”)
* telefonilo (“telephone”)
* telefono (“a phone call”)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

telefonar m
* indefinite plural of telefon

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From telefone +‎ -ar. Compare French téléphoner.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /te.le.foˈna(ʁ)/ [te.le.foˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /te.le.foˈna(ʁ)/ [te.le.foˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /te.le.foˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /te.le.foˈna(ʁ)/ [te.le.foˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /te.le.foˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨ.lɨ.fuˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨ.lɨ.fuˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɨ.lɨ.fuˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧nar

### Verb

telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefonei, past participle telefonado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to telephone

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

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

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* telefoner (Puter)

### Etymology

From telefon (“telephone”) +‎ -ar.

### Noun

telefonar
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to telephone, call