baratar

Of pre-Roman origin. Compare Proto-Celtic *brātu (“treachery”). Cognate with English barter.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bə.ɾəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ba.ɾaˈtaɾ]

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratí, past participle baratat)

1. (transitive) to barter, swap

   Synonym: bescanviar

• barat
• barata
• baratador
• barater
• desbaratar

• “baratar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese baratar. Further etymology is uncertain: perhaps ultimately from Celtic.^[1] Compare French baratter, Old French barater, English barter, Occitan baratar, Spanish baratar.

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈtaɾ/

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)

1. (obsolete) to barter, negotiate
2. (obsolete) to debate
3. (obsolete) to proceed, act

• abaratar
• desbaratar
• malbaratar

• barato

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baratar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “barat”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baratar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old French barateor (“swindler, deceiver”), from barate (“strife, fraud”); see barater. Compare French baratter and Irish brath (“treachery”).

baratar

1. to barter

From barato +‎ -ar.

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)

1. (transitive) to sell cheaply

   Synonym: baratear

2. to conduct business only with money, to not barter
3. to conduct business cheaply
4. (transitive) to give in return
5. (transitive, figurative) to cheapen, to discount
6. (reflexive) to sell oneself short, to cheapen oneself

• “baratar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “baratar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Unknown.

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)

1. Alternative form of desbaratar

• “baratar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Inherited from Old Spanish barato (“low price”), from baratar (“to cheat (in sales)”), from Old French barateor (“swindler, deceiver”), from barate (“strife, fraud”); see barater. Compare French baratter and Irish brath (“treachery”), and also English barter.

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈtaɾ/ [ba.ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧tar

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baraté, past participle baratado)

1. (obsolete) to barter

   Synonym: trocar

• “baratar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28