# orar
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* horar

### Etymology

Probably an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [uˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [oˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [oˈɾaɾ]

### Verb

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orí, past participle orat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (intransitive, religion) to pray
    Synonym: pregar
* (intransitive) to orate, to perorate
    Synonym: perorar

#### Related terms

* oració

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

### Verb

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orei, past participle orado)
* to pray
    Synonyms: pregar, rezar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [oˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [oˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /oˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [oˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /oˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: o‧rar

### Verb

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orei, past participle orado)
* to pray (petition a higher being)
    Synonym: rezar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* oração

### Further reading

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French horaire, from Latin horarius.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

orar m or n (feminine singular orară, masculine plural orari, feminine and neuter plural orare)
* hourly

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oˈɾaɾ/ [oˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: o‧rar

### Verb

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite oré, past participle orado)
* (intransitive) to pray
    Synonym: rezar
* (intransitive) to orate, or speak in favor of or against something in public
    Synonym: pronunciar

#### 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

* oración f
* oratorio m

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “orar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “orar”, 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

### Anagrams

* raro