# administrar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əd.mi.nisˈtɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ad.mi.nisˈtɾaɾ]
* Audio (Barcelona):(file)
* Homophone: administrà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

administrar (first-person singular present administro, first-person singular preterite administrí, past participle administrat)
* (transitive) to administer (cause to take)
* (transitive) to administer, to manage (manage or supervise the conduct of)

#### Related terms

* administració
* administrador
* administratiu

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin administrāre.

### Verb

administrar (first-person singular present administro, first-person singular preterite administrei, past participle administrado)
* (transitive) to administer (cause to take)
* (transitive) to administer, manage (manage or supervise the conduct of)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* administración
* administrador
* administrativo

### Further reading

* “administrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin administrāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

administrar
* to administer

#### Related terms

* administracion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin administrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nisˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.nisˈtɾa(h)], /ad͡ʒ.mi.nisˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.nisˈtɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nisˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.nisˈtɾa(h)], /ad͡ʒ.mi.nisˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.nisˈtɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nisˈtɾa(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.mi.nisˈtɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.d͡ʒi.mi.niʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.mi.niʃˈtɾa(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.mi.niʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.mi.niʃˈtɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ad͡ʒ.mi.nisˈtɾa(ɻ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.mi.nisˈtɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐd.mi.niʃˈtɾaɾ/ [ɐð.mi.niʃˈtɾaɾ], /ɐd.mɨ.niʃˈtɾaɾ/ [ɐð.mɨ.niʃˈtɾaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐd.mi.niʃˈtɾaɾ/ [ɐð.mi.niʃˈtɾaɾ], /ɐd.mɨ.niʃˈtɾaɾ/ [ɐð.mɨ.niʃˈtɾaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐd.mi.niʃˈtɾa.ɾi/ [ɐð.mi.niʃˈtɾa.ɾi], /ɐd.mɨ.niʃˈtɾa.ɾi/ [ɐð.mɨ.niʃˈtɾa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧nis‧trar

### Verb

administrar (first-person singular present administro, first-person singular preterite administrei, past participle administrado)
* (transitive) to manage

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* administração
* administrador
* administrativo

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin administrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adminisˈtɾaɾ/ [að̞.mi.nisˈt̪ɾaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ad‧mi‧nis‧trar

### Verb

administrar (first-person singular present administro, first-person singular preterite administré, past participle administrado)
* (transitive) to administer (cause to take)
* (transitive) to administer, to manage (manage or supervise the conduct of)

#### 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

* autoadministrarse

#### Related terms

* administración
* administrador
* administrativo

### Further reading

* “administrar”, 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