# adular
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adulārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.ðuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.ðuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: a‧du‧lar
* Homophone: adulà (except Velencian)

### Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulí, past participle adulat)
* to flatter, adulate

#### Related terms

* adulador

### Further reading

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

## Interlingua
### Verb

adular
* to adulate, to flatter

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | adular | adular |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | adulante | adulate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | adula | ha adulate |
| active | past | adulava | habeva adulate |
| active | future | adulara | habera adulate |
| active | conditional | adularea | haberea adulate |
| active | imperative | adula | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es adulate | ha essite adulate |
| passive | past | esseva adulate | habeva essite adulate |
| passive | future | essera adulate | habera essite adulate |
| passive | conditional | esserea adulate | haberea essite adulate |
| passive | imperative | sia adulate | |

#### Related terms

* adulation
* adulator
* adulatori

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

adular
* to adulate, to flatter

#### Related terms

* adulacion

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Adular. First attested in 1827.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈdu.lar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ular
* Syllabification: a‧du‧lar

### Noun

adular m inan
* (mineralogy) adularia

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adular”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Ignacy Jakowicki (1827) Wykład oryktognozyi i początków geognozyi‎, page 119

### Further reading

* adular in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adular”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 10

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlārī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.duˈla(ʁ)/ [a.duˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.duˈla(ʁ)/ [a.duˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.duˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.duˈla(ʁ)/ [a.duˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.duˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈlaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈlaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.duˈla.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuˈla.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: a‧du‧lar

### Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulei, past participle adulado)
* (transitive) to flatter; to adulate (compliment someone excessively)
    Synonyms: puxar saco, bajular, elogiar
* (transitive, Northeastern Brazil) to esteem, to have good regards for someone
    Synonyms: estimar, considerar, adorar
* (transitive, Minas Gerais) to pet, to caress
    Synonyms: acariciar, acarinhar

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* adulação
* adulador
* adulativo
* adulatório

### Further reading

* “adular”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “adular”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “adular” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “adular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “adular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “adular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French adulaire.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.duˈlar/

### Noun

adular n (plural adulare)
* (mineralogy) adularia

#### Declension
### Further reading

* adular in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aduˈlaɾ/ [a.ð̞uˈlaɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧du‧lar

### Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulé, past participle adulado)
* (transitive) to flatter
    Synonyms: alabar, halagar

#### 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

* adulón

#### Related terms

* adulación
* adulador
* adulancia
* adulante

### Further reading

* “adular”, 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