# argumentar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin argūmentārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ər.ɡu.mənˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aɾ.ɣu.menˈtaɾ]

### Verb

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, first-person singular preterite argumentí, past participle argumentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive, intransitive) to argue (make a case for a point of view)

#### Related terms

* argument
* argumentació

### Further reading

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

## Ido
### Etymology

From argumento (“argument”) +‎ -ar (compare Latin argūmentor, argūmentārī).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arɡumenˈtar/

### Verb

argumentar (present tense argumentas, past tense argumentis, future tense argumentos, imperative argumentez, conditional argumentus)
* (transitive) to argue (a case), to try to prove something

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* argumentar in Ido-English Dictionary by L. H. Dyer, 1924

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin argūmentārī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁ.ɡu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aɦ.ɡu.mẽˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /aʁ.ɡu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aɦ.ɡu.mẽˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /aɾ.ɡu.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /aʁ.ɡu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aʁ.ɡu.mẽˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /aɻ.ɡu.mẽˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.ɡu.mẽˈtaɾ/ [ɐɾ.ɣu.mẽˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.ɡu.mẽˈtaɾ/ [ɐɾ.ɣu.mẽˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐɾ.ɡu.mẽˈta.ɾi/ [ɐɾ.ɣu.mẽˈta.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: ar‧gu‧men‧tar

### Verb

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, first-person singular preterite argumentei, past participle argumentado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to debate; to argue (put forth arguments)
    Argumentara contra a lei proposta. ― He had argued against the proposed law.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* arguir
* argumentação
* argumentado
* argumentador
* argumentante
* argumentativo
* argumentável
* argumentista
* argumento

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin argūmentārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aɾɡumenˈtaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞u.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ar‧gu‧men‧tar

### Verb

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, first-person singular preterite argumenté, past participle argumentado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to argue (to make a case for a point of view)
* (transitive) to dispute
    Synonym: disputar

#### 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

* argumentable
* argumentación
* argumentador
* argumento

#### Further reading

* “argumentar”, 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