clicar

Catalan

Verb

clicar (first-person singular present clico, past participle clicat)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, computing) to click

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • fer clic

Further reading


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English click.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kliˈka(ʁ)/ [kliˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kliˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kliˈka(ʁ)/ [kliˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kliˈka(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: cli‧car

Verb

clicar (first-person singular present clico, first-person singular preterite cliquei, past participle clicado)

  1. (transitive, computing) to click with a mouse
  2. to click (to cause to make a click)
  3. to press (to activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it)
  4. to have a sudden realization, to have a light-bulb moment
    Demorei muito a resolver o problema porque o meu cérebro não estava a clicar.
    I took to much time solving the problem because my brain wasn't having any light-bulb moments.

Conjugation

References

  1. clicar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. clicar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From clic + -ar.

Verb

clicar (first-person singular present clico, first-person singular preterite cliqué, past participle clicado)

  1. to click a computer mouse
    Synonyms: hacer clic, cliquear

Conjugation

Further reading

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