# fermentar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fermentāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fər.mənˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [feɾ.menˈtaɾ]

### Verb

fermentar (first-person singular present fermento, first-person singular preterite fermentí, past participle fermentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (intransitive, transitive) to ferment

#### Related terms

* fermentació

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* afermentar, formentar, furmentar

### Etymology

From Latin fermentāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [feɾmenˈtaɾ]

### Verb

fermentar (first-person singular present fermento, first-person singular preterite fermentei, past participle fermentado)
* to ferment
* (of dough, bread) to rise

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fermentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “fermentar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fermentar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “fermentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fermentar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fermentāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /feʁ.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [feɦ.mẽˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /feʁ.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [feɦ.mẽˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /feɾ.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /feʁ.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [feʁ.mẽˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /feɻ.mẽˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨɾ.mẽˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɨɾ.mẽˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɨɾ.mẽˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: fer‧men‧tar

### Verb

fermentar (first-person singular present fermento, first-person singular preterite fermentei, past participle fermentado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to ferment

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* fermentação

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin fermentāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feɾmenˈtaɾ/ [feɾ.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Argentina):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fer‧men‧tar

### Verb

fermentar (first-person singular present fermento, first-person singular preterite fermenté, past participle fermentado)
* to ferment

#### 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

* fermentador

#### Related terms

* fermentación

### Further reading

* “fermentar”, 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