# confortar
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confortar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cōnfortāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koɱfoɾˈtaɾ]

### Verb

confortar (first-person singular present conforto, first-person singular preterite confortei, past participle confortado)
* to comfort, ease; to strengthen; to give courage
    Synonym: reconfortar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* confortábel
* conforto
* desconfortar
* reconfortar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “confortar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “confortar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “confortar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “confortar”, 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), “confortar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfortāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.foʁˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.fohˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.foʁˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.fohˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.foɾˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.foʁˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.foχˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.foɻˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fuɾˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fuɾˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fuɾˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

confortar (first-person singular present conforto, first-person singular preterite confortei, past participle confortado)
* to comfort

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōnfortāre. In Old Spanish, its rhizotonic conjugations showed the expected diphthongization (cf. confuerto), but this was later leveled to /o/ by analogy with arrhizotonic forms. Despite the resemblance, not a doublet of conhortar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konfoɾˈtaɾ/ [kõɱ.foɾˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧for‧tar

### Verb

confortar (first-person singular present conforto, first-person singular preterite conforté, past participle confortado)
* (transitive) to comfort, console

#### 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

* confortable
* confortamiento
* confortante
* confortativo
* reconfortar

#### Related terms

* confort
* confortación
* confortador

### References

* ↑ Penny, Ralph. 2002. A history of the Spanish language. Cambridge University Press. Page 183

### Further reading

* “confortar”, 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