# marcar
## Asturian
### Verb

marcar (first-person singular indicative present marco, past participle marcáu)
* to mark
* to write down
* to dial
* to show, say, read (a measurement)
* to mark (in sports)
* to scar (emotionally)

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

From marca +‎ -ar or from Vulgar Latin *marcāre, of Germanic origin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [mərˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [maɾˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

marcar (first-person singular present marco, first-person singular preterite marquí, past participle marcat)
* to mark
* to brand (an animal)
* (sports) to score
* to indicate, to show
* to dial (a telephone number)

#### Derived terms

* demarcar
* desmarcar

#### Related terms

* marca

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɾˈkaɾ/ [maɾˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: mar‧car

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese marcar, from Medieval Latin marcāre.

#### Verb

marcar (first-person singular present marco, first-person singular preterite marquei, past participle marcado)
* (dated) to demarcate, delimit
    Synonyms: derregar, estremar, deslindar
** 1862, anonymous author, Album de la Caridad, A Coruña: Imprenta del Hospicio Provincial, page 267:Pois a renda temos paga, / E o tarreo ben marcadoSince we had paid our rent, and the terrain is correctly delimited

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

##### Derived terms

* comarca
* demarcar

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian marcare (“to put a mark”).

#### Verb

marcar (first-person singular present marco, first-person singular preterite marquei, past participle marcado)
* to mark, put a mark

##### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “marcar”, 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), “marcar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “marcar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marcar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “marcar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Interlingua
### Verb

marcar
* to mark

#### Conjugation
## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

From Medieval Latin marcāre, from Medieval Latin marco, frequent in local documents since the 9th century together with its derivatives marcar and demarcar (“to demarcate”). Given its early local documentation, with this meaning ("to delimit") it is not a borrowing from Italian, but from Gothic or Suevic, from Proto-Germanic *markō (“boundary, region”), from Proto-Indo-European *mórǵs (“boundary, border”).

### Verb

marcar
* to demarcate; to delimit (to mark the limits or boundaries of something)
    Synonym: demarcar
** 1273, Miguel Romaní (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310). 3 vols. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións (1989, 1989, 1993), page 387:
    vendemus et outorgamus uno tallo de herdade, o qual esta marcado per marcos ontre a casa de Pedro Perez et o lagar que esta ante o celeyro de Fernan AresWe sell and give a patch of land which is delimited by boundary stones in between the house of Pedro Pérez and the wine press before the granary of Fernán Ares

#### Descendants

* Fala: marcal
* Galician: marcar
* Portuguese: marcar

### References

* ↑ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo, s.v. marco.
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “marcar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marc”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese marcar, from Medieval Latin marcāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /maʁˈka(ʁ)/ [mahˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /maʁˈka(ʁ)/ [mahˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /maɾˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /maʁˈka(ʁ)/ [maχˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /maɻˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐɾˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐɾˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɐɾˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: mar‧car

### Verb

marcar (first-person singular present marco, first-person singular preterite marquei, past participle marcado)
* to mark
* (sports) to score
* to show (give a time)
* (sports) to mark, man-mark
* to set (a time or a tone)
* (Brazil, intransitive, slang, of genitalia) to be visible beneath clothing
* (Internet) to tag (to attach the name of a user so that they are linked from the post)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* marcação
* marcada
* marcador

### Further reading

* “marcar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “marcar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “marcar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From marca +‎ -ar or from Italian marcare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɾˈkaɾ/ [maɾˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: mar‧car

### Verb

marcar (first-person singular present marco, first-person singular preterite marqué, past participle marcado)
* to mark, to set
    marcar el ritmo ― to set the pace
* to write down, jot down
* (sports) to score
* to show, read, say (of a measuring device)
* to beat, make (a rhythm)
* to dial
* to frame
* (reflexive, Spain) to fancy, have a hankering for

#### 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

* marcador
* marcaje
* marcapáginas
* marcapasos
* marcar el paso

#### Related terms

* marca
* marcado
* marco

### Further reading

* “marcar”, 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