# ancorar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From àncora +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əŋ.kuˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əŋ.koˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [aŋ.koˈɾaɾ]

### Verb

ancorar (first-person singular present ancoro, first-person singular preterite ancorí, past participle ancorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* to anchor (secure with an anchor)

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From áncora +‎ -ar.

### Verb

ancorar (first-person singular present ancoro, first-person singular preterite ancorei, past participle ancorado)
* to anchor (secure with an anchor)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

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

## Interlingua
### Verb

ancorar
* to anchor

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | ancorar | ancorar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | ancorante | ancorate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | ancora | ha ancorate |
| active | past | ancorava | habeva ancorate |
| active | future | ancorara | habera ancorate |
| active | conditional | ancorarea | haberea ancorate |
| active | imperative | ancora | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es ancorate | ha essite ancorate |
| passive | past | esseva ancorate | habeva essite ancorate |
| passive | future | essera ancorate | habera essite ancorate |
| passive | conditional | esserea ancorate | haberea essite ancorate |
| passive | imperative | sia ancorate | |

#### Derived terms

* disancorar

#### Related terms

* ancora
* ancorage

## Occitan
### Etymology

From ancora +‎ -ar.

### Verb

ancorar
* to anchor (secure with an anchor)

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From âncora (“anchor”) +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.koˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.koˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.koˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.koˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ɐ̃.koˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɐ̃.koˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ɐ̃.koˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.koˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.kuˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.kuˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ̃.kuˈɾa.ɾi/

### Verb

ancorar (first-person singular present ancoro, first-person singular preterite ancorei, past participle ancorado)
* (transitive) to anchor (to secure a watercraft with an anchor)
    O capitão quer ancorar o barco no meio do river. ― The captain wants to anchor the boat in the middle of the river.
* (pronominal) to hold on to (to grasp tightly) [with em ‘something’]
    Synonym: segurar-se em
    Me ancorei no corrimão para não cair. ― I held on to the handrail so I wouldn’t fall.
* (pronominal) to be strongly based [with em ‘on something’]
    Synonyms: alicerçar-se em, fundamentar-se em, (not implying as strong a basis) basear-se em
    Nosso sistema legal se ancora no dos romanos. ― Our legal system is based on the Roman one.
* (transitive, broadcasting, rare) to anchor (to host a news program)
    Synonym: apresentar

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “ancorar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Etymology

From áncora +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ankoˈɾaɾ/ [ãŋ.koˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: an‧co‧rar

### Verb

ancorar (first-person singular present ancoro, first-person singular preterite ancoré, past participle ancorado)
* to anchor (secure with an anchor)
    Synonym: anclar

#### 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

* ancoraje

### Further reading

* “ancorar”, 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