# comunicar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

comunicar
* (transitive) to communicate

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “comunicar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commūnicāre. Compare the inherited doublet combregar (“give or receive Communion”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ku.mu.niˈka]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ko.mu.niˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ko.mu.niˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

comunicar (first-person singular present comunico, first-person singular preterite comuniquí, past participle comunicat)
* to communicate

#### Related terms

* comunicació
* comunicatiu

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin commūnicāre. Compare the doublet comungar.

### Verb

comunicar (first-person singular present comunico, first-person singular preterite comuniquei, past participle comunicado)
* to communicate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commūnicāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

comunicar
* to communicate

#### Related terms

* comunicacion

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* communicar (pre-standardization spelling)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commūnicāre (“to communicate; to share”), from communis (“common; public”). Doublet of comungar (“to give communion”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.mu.niˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.mu.niˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.mu.niˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.mu.niˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ko.mu.niˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ko.mu.niˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.mu.niˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ko.mu.niˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ku.mu.niˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ku.mu.niˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ku.mu.niˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: co‧mu‧ni‧car

### Verb

comunicar (first-person singular present comunico, first-person singular preterite comuniquei, past participle comunicado)
* to communicate (impart or transmit)
    Synonyms: contagiar, repassar, transmitir
* to communicate (impart information or knowledge of; to make known)
    Synonyms: divulgar, noticiar
* to communicate (express or convey ideas)
    Synonym: transmitir

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* comunicar-se

#### Related terms

* comunicação
* comunicacional
* comunicado
* comunicador
* comunicante
* comunicativamente
* comunicativo
* comunicável
* comunicologia
* comunicólogo

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commūnicāre. Compare the inherited doublet comulgar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /komuniˈkaɾ/ [ko.mu.niˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: co‧mu‧ni‧car

### Verb

comunicar (first-person singular present comunico, first-person singular preterite comuniqué, past participle comunicado)
* (sometimes reflexive) to communicate
    Gracias por comunicarme.Thank you for letting me know.
    Gracias por comunicarte conmigo.Thank you for letting me know. (literally, "Thank you for communicating yourself with me," using comunicarse.
* to connect

#### 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

* comunicación
* comunicado
* comunicativo

### Further reading

* “comunicar”, 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