otorgar

• atorgar (obsolete)

From Early Medieval Latin auctōricāre. Cf. Portuguese outorgar.

• IPA^(key): /otoɾˈɡaɾ/ [o.t̪oɾˈɣ̞aɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧tor‧gar

otorgar (first-person singular present otorgo, first-person singular preterite otorgué, past participle otorgado)

1. (transitive) to grant (bestow or confer)

   Synonym: conferir

   • 2018 September 26, Jesús Ruiz Mantilla, Javier Gil, “Luces y sombras en Lavapiés”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Vivir, consumir, relacionarse y pasar tiempo en estos lugares produce mayor satisfacción a la persona. Además, otorga estatus y distinción.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to award (give an award for merit)
3. (transitive) to draw up, draft (compose (a document), especially following a standard form)

• “otorgar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28