# reptar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rəpˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [repˈtaɾ]

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin reputāre. Doublet of reputar.

#### Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptí, past participle reptat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to challenge
** 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 17, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:Si tinguéssim una balança el reptaria a posar tots els seus llibres en un platet i l'Aneris en l'altre.If we had had scales, I would have challenged him to put all his books in one scale and Aneris in the other one.

##### Derived terms

* reptador
* reptament
* repte

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin rēptāre.

#### Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptí, past participle reptat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (intransitive) to slither

##### Derived terms

* reptant

##### Related terms

* reptació
* rèptil

### Further reading

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

## Interlingua
### Verb

reptar
* to creep
* to crawl

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | reptar | reptar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | reptante | reptate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | repta | ha reptate |
| active | past | reptava | habeva reptate |
| active | future | reptara | habera reptate |
| active | conditional | reptarea | haberea reptate |
| active | imperative | repta | |

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* rebtar, rectar

### Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan reptar, inherited from Latin reputāre.

### Verb

reptar
* to challenge, defy

#### Descendants

* Spanish: retar

#### Descendants

* Spanish: retar

### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “retar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 890

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁepˈta(ʁ)/ [hepˈta(h)], /ʁe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [he.piˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁepˈta(ʁ)/ [hepˈta(h)], /ʁe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [he.piˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁepˈta(ɾ)/ [hepˈta(ɾ)], /ʁe.piˈta(ɾ)/ [he.piˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁepˈta(ʁ)/ [χepˈta(χ)], /ʁe.piˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.piˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁepˈta(ɻ)/ [hepˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɛˈptaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɛˈptaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɛˈpta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: rep‧tar

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin reptāre.

#### Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptei, past participle reptado)
* (intransitive) to slither
* (intransitive) to crawl, to creep

##### Conjugation

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

### Etymology 2

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin reputāre.

#### Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptei, past participle reptado)
* (transitive) to challenge someone
    Synonym: desafiar

##### Conjugation

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

##### Derived terms

* repto

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reptāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rebˈtaɾ/ [reβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: rep‧tar

### Verb

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite repté, past participle reptado)
* to slither
    Synonym: deslizarse
* to crawl; to creep
    Synonym: arrastrarse

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “reptar”, 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

### Anagrams

* trepar