# baratar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Of pre-Roman origin. Compare Proto-Celtic *brātu (“treachery”). Cognate with English barter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [bə.ɾəˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ba.ɾaˈtaɾ]

### Verb

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratí, past participle baratat)
* (transitive) to barter, swap
    Synonym: bescanviar

#### Derived terms

* barat
* barata
* baratador
* barater
* desbaratar

### Further reading

* “baratar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese baratar. Further etymology is uncertain: perhaps ultimately from Celtic. Compare French baratter, Old French barater, English barter, Occitan baratar, Spanish baratar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baɾaˈtaɾ/

### Verb

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)
* (obsolete) to barter, negotiate
* (obsolete) to debate
* (obsolete) to proceed, act

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* abaratar
* desbaratar
* malbaratar

#### Related terms

* barato

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baratar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barat”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baratar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “baratar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old French barateor (“swindler, deceiver”), from barate (“strife, fraud”); see barater. Compare French baratter and Irish brath (“treachery”).

### Verb

baratar
* to barter

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ba.ɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [ba.ɾaˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ba.ɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [ba.ɾaˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ba.ɾaˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ba.ɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [ba.ɾaˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ba.ɾaˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐ.ɾɐˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɐ.ɾɐˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɐ.ɾɐˈta.ɾi/

### Etymology 1

From barato +‎ -ar.

#### Verb

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)
* (transitive) to sell cheaply
    Synonym: baratear
* to conduct business only with money, to not barter
* to conduct business cheaply
* (transitive) to give in return
* (transitive, figurative) to cheapen, to discount
* (reflexive) to sell oneself short, to cheapen oneself

##### Conjugation

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

#### References

* “baratar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “baratar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Verb

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)
* Alternative form of desbaratar

##### Conjugation

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

#### References

* “baratar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish barato (“low price”), from baratar (“to cheat (in sales)”), from Old French barateor (“swindler, deceiver”), from barate (“strife, fraud”); see barater. Compare French baratter and Irish brath (“treachery”), and also English barter.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baɾaˈtaɾ/ [ba.ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ba‧ra‧tar

### Verb

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baraté, past participle baratado)
* (obsolete) to barter
    Synonym: trocar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* barato

#### Related terms

* abaratar

### Further reading

* “baratar”, 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