significar

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

significar (first-person singular indicative present significo, past participle significáu)

1. to mean, signify

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈkaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

significar (first-person singular present significo, past participle significat)

1. to mean, to signify

   Si hi ha núvols al cel, significa que plourà. ― If there are clouds in the sky, it means that it's going to rain.

   Synonym: voler dir

• significat

• significació
• significant
• significatiu

• “significar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “significar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “significar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “significar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)

1. to mean, signify
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of significar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of significar

• Note: signific- are changed to signifiqu- before front vowels (e).

significar

1. to mean; signify

Learned borrowing from Latin significāre.

• Hyphenation: sig‧ni‧fi‧car

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)

1. (transitive) to mean (to have a particular meaning)

   A palavra “livro” significa um conjunto de páginas ligadas. ― The word “book” means a collection of bound pages.

2. (transitive, often taking que and a subordinate clause) to mean; to signify (to indicate a consequence)

   Isso significa guerra. ― This means war.

3. inflection of significar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

• IPA^(key): /siɡnifiˈkaɾ/ [siɣ̞.ni.fiˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sig‧ni‧fi‧car

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiqué, past participle significado)

1. to signify
2. to mean
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stand out

   Synonym: distinguirse

   se significa por su inteligencia ― He stands out for his intelligence.

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with en) to speak out, to assert (to voice one's opinion)

   significarse en contra de la guerra ― to speak out against the war

• “significar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014