# revistar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From revista +‎ -ar. Compare Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish revistar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [rə.βisˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [rə.visˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.visˈtaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: re‧vis‧tar

### Verb

revistar (first-person singular present revisto, first-person singular preterite revistí, past participle revistat)
* (transitive) to review
    El general ha revistat les tropes de la guarnició.The general has reviewed the troops of the garrison.

#### Conjugation
### References

* “revistar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

## Galician
### Etymology

From revista +‎ -ar. Compare Catalan, Portuguese, and Spanish revistar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rebisˈtaɾ/ [re.β̞is̺ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: re‧vis‧tar

### Verb

revistar (first-person singular present revisto, first-person singular preterite revistei, past participle revistado) revistar (first-person singular present revisto, first-person singular preterite revistei, past participle revistado, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) to review
    O rei revistaba a garda nacional.The king reviewed the national guard.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin revīsitāre (“to visit again, to revisit”), from re- + vīsitō (“to visit”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.visˈta(ʁ)/ [he.visˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.visˈta(ʁ)/ [he.visˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.visˈta(ɾ)/ [he.visˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.viʃˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.viʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.visˈta(ɻ)/ [he.visˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.viʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.viʃˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.biʃˈtaɾ/ [ʁɨ.βiʃˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.viʃˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: re‧vis‧tar

### Verb

revistar (first-person singular present revisto, first-person singular preterite revistei, past participle revistado)
* to search, to seek
    Synonyms: buscar, examinar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* revista
* revistador
* revistável

### Further reading

* “revistar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “revistar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From revista +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rebisˈtaɾ/ [re.β̞isˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧vis‧tar

### Verb

revistar (first-person singular present revisto, first-person singular preterite revisté, past participle revistado)
* to review, look over

#### 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.

### Further reading

* “revistar”, 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