# documentar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [du.ku.mənˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [do.ku.mənˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [do.ku.menˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tar
* Homophone: documentà (except Valencian)

### Verb

documentar (first-person singular present documento, first-person singular preterite documentí, past participle documentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to document

#### Related terms

* document

#### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dokumenˈtaɾ/ [d̪o.ku.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* IPA: /dokumɛnˈtaɾ/ [d̪o.ku.mɛ̃n̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tar

### Verb

documentar (first-person singular present documento, first-person singular preterite documentei, past participle documentado)
* to document

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Further reading

* “documentar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “documentar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From documento +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /do.ku.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [do.ku.mẽˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /do.ku.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [do.ku.mẽˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /do.ku.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /do.ku.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [do.ku.mẽˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /do.ku.mẽˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /du.ku.mẽˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /du.ku.mẽˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /du.ku.mẽˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: do‧cu‧men‧tar

### Verb

documentar (first-person singular present documento, first-person singular preterite documentei, past participle documentado)
* (transitive) to document (to record in documents)
* (programming, transitive) to write the documentation of

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* documentação

#### Related terms

* documental
* documentário

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French documentaire. By surface analysis, document +‎ -ar.

### Adjective

documentar m or n (feminine singular documentară, masculine plural documentari, feminine and neuter plural documentare)
* documentary

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

From documento +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dokumenˈtaɾ/ [d̪o.ku.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: do‧cu‧men‧tar

### Verb

documentar (first-person singular present documento, first-person singular preterite documenté, past participle documentado)
* (transitive) to document
* (reflexive) to research, to do one's homework, to get information, to gather information

#### 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

* documento

#### Further reading

* “documentar”, 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