dilatar

Borrowed from Latin dīlātāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.ləˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.laˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatí, past participle dilatat)

1. to dilate
2. to postpone

   Synonym: ajornar

• dilatació

• “dilatar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dilatar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dilatar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dilatar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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dilatar (present tense dilatas, past tense dilatis, future tense dilatos, imperative dilatez, conditional dilatus)

1. to dilate, expand, enlarge (in volume)

    Conjugation of dilatar

		present		past		future
infinitive		dilatar		dilatir		dilator
tense		dilatas		dilatis		dilatos
conditional		dilatus
imperative		dilatez
adjective active participle		dilatanta		dilatinta		dilatonta
adverbial active participle		dilatante		dilatinte		dilatonte
nominal active participle	singular	dilatanto		dilatinto		dilatonto
	plural	dilatanti		dilatinti		dilatonti
adjective passive participle		dilatata		dilatita		dilatota
adverbial passive participle		dilatate		dilatite		dilatote
nominal passive participle	singular	dilatato		dilatito		dilatoto
	plural	dilatati		dilatiti		dilatoti

Borrowed from Latin dīlātāre.

• Hyphenation: di‧la‧tar

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatei, past participle dilatado)

1. to dilate, expand, enlarge, widen

• dilatação

From Latin dīlātāre.

• IPA^(key): /dilaˈtaɾ/ [d̪i.laˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧la‧tar

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilaté, past participle dilatado)

1. to prolong

   Synonym: prolongar

2. to delay, postpone

   Synonym: aplazar

3. to dilate

• “dilatar”, 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