# montar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

### Verb

montar
* to mount; get on (a vehicle, horse, bicycle, escalator etc.)
* to ride (bike, bicycle, escalator etc.)
* to put together; to assemble
* to stack; to pile up
* to mount; ride (sexually)
* to ready; to prepare (an event etc.)
* to set up; to establish
* to beat (eggs, cream etc.)
* (reflexive) to play truant

#### Conjugation
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese montar, from Old French monter from Vulgar Latin *mōntāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /monˈtaɾ/

### Verb

montar (first-person singular present monto, first-person singular preterite montei, past participle montado)
* to ride
* to amount to; to increase
* to assemble
* (navigation) to round (a cape)
* (zoology) to mount

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* monte
* monteira
* monteiro
* remota
* remotar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “montar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “montar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “montar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “montar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “montar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “montar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “montar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese montar, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *mōntāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mõˈta(ʁ)/ [mõˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /mõˈta(ʁ)/ [mõˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /mõˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /mõˈta(ʁ)/ [mõˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /mõˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mõˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mõˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mõˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: mon‧tar

### Verb

montar (first-person singular present monto, first-person singular preterite montei, past participle montado)
* to go up, climb
* to mount, to ride
    O cavaleiro montou o seu cavalo. ― The rider mounted his horse.
* to assemble
    Ele montou o puzzle. ― He assembled the puzzle.
* (Brazil, drag slang, reflexive) to transform oneself into a drag persona
    Ele se montou para o Halloween. ― He dressed up in drag for Halloween.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* desmontar
* monta
* monta-cargas
* montação
* montador
* montaria

### Further reading

* “montar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish montar, borrowed from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /monˈtaɾ/ [mõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mon‧tar

### Verb

montar (first-person singular present monto, first-person singular preterite monté, past participle montado)
* to mount
* to ride
* to set up
* to establish
* (Spain, cooking) to whip, beat
* (reflexive) to hump

#### 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

* capote de montar
* montacargas
* montar el pollo
* montar en cólera
* montar la brecha
* montar la guardia
* montar la trinchera
* montar un numerito
* montar un pollo
* montar un show
* montar un teatro
* montar una escena
* montárselo
* monto un circo y me crecen los enanos
* silla de montar
* tanto monta, monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando

#### Related terms

* montaje
* montura

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “monte”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 132

### Further reading

* “montar”, 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

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Classical Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare Italian montare.

### Verb

montar
* (transitive, intransitive) to mount

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.