# equilibrar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aequilībrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ə.ki.liˈβɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ə.ki.liˈbɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.ki.liˈbɾaɾ]

### Verb

equilibrar (first-person singular present equilibro, first-person singular preterite equilibrí, past participle equilibrat)
* (transitive) to balance

#### Derived terms

* equilibrat

#### Related terms

* equilibri

### Further reading

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

## Ido
### Etymology

Derived from equilibro +‎ -ar. Decision no. 757, Progreso V.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eku̯iliˈbrar/, /ekviliˈbrar/

### Verb

equilibrar (present equilibras, past equilibris, future equilibros, conditional equilibrus, imperative equilibrez)
* (intransitive, transitive) to be in state of equilibrium, balance, counterpoise
* (transitive, archaic) to equilibrate; to put in balance, equilibrium
    Synonym: equilibrigar

#### Conjugation
### References

* Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 171
* Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 659

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aequilībrāre (“to weigh out, to apportion”), from Latin aequilībris (“of the same weight, in balance”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.ki.liˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [e.ki.liˈbɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.ki.liˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [e.ki.liˈbɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.ki.liˈbɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.ki.liˈbɾa(ʁ)/ [e.ki.liˈbɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.ki.liˈbɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.ki.liˈbɾaɾ/ [i.ki.liˈβɾaɾ], /e.ki.liˈbɾaɾ/ [e.ki.liˈβɾaɾ], (with elision) /i.kliˈbɾaɾ/ [i.kliˈβɾaɾ], (with elision) /e.kliˈbɾaɾ/ [e.kliˈβɾaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.ki.liˈbɾaɾ/ [i.ki.liˈβɾaɾ], /e.ki.liˈbɾaɾ/ [e.ki.liˈβɾaɾ], (with elision) /i.kliˈbɾaɾ/ [i.kliˈβɾaɾ], (with elision) /e.kliˈbɾaɾ/ [e.kliˈβɾaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.ki.liˈbɾa.ɾi/ [i.ki.liˈβɾa.ɾi], /e.ki.liˈbɾa.ɾi/ [e.ki.liˈβɾa.ɾi], (with elision) /i.kliˈbɾa.ɾi/ [i.kliˈβɾa.ɾi], (with elision) /e.kliˈbɾa.ɾi/ [e.kliˈβɾa.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: e‧qui‧li‧brar

### Verb

equilibrar (first-person singular present equilibro, first-person singular preterite equilibrei, past participle equilibrado)
* (transitive) to balance, equilibrate

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* equilíbrio

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *aequilībrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ekiliˈbɾaɾ/ [e.ki.liˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: e‧qui‧li‧brar

### Verb

equilibrar (first-person singular present equilibro, first-person singular preterite equilibré, past participle equilibrado)
* (transitive) to balance
    Synonym: balancear
* (reflexive) to even out
* (reflexive) to equilibrate

#### 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

* equilibrado
* equilibrio
* equilibrista

### Further reading

* “equilibrar”, 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