telefonar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefoní, past participle telefonat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/
- to telephone
Conjugation
Further reading
- “telefonar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “telefonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “telefonar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “telefonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Verb
telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefonei, past participle telefonado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English telephone, French téléphoner, German telefonieren, Italian telefonare, Russian телефонировать (telefonirovatʹ), Spanish telefonear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /telefoˈnar/
Verb
telefonar (present tense telefonas, past tense telefonis, future tense telefonos, imperative telefonez, conditional telefonus)
- (transitive) to telephone
- Tu mustas telefonor me kande tu arivos. ― You have to call me when you arrive.
Conjugation
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | telefonar | telefonir | telefonor | ||||
tense | telefonas | telefonis | telefonos | ||||
conditional | telefonus | ||||||
imperative | telefonez | ||||||
adjective active participle | telefonanta | telefoninta | telefononta | ||||
adverbial active participle | telefonante | telefoninte | telefononte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | telefonanto | telefoninto | telefononto | |||
plural | telefonanti | telefoninti | telefononti | ||||
adjective passive participle | telefonata | telefonita | telefonota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | telefonate | telefonite | telefonote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | telefonato | telefonito | telefonoto | |||
plural | telefonati | telefoniti | telefonoti |
Derived terms
- telefonala (“phone, telephone”)
- telefonilo (“telephone”)
- telefono (“a phone call”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Portuguese
Etymology
From telefone + -ar. Compare French téléphoner.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.le.foˈna(ʁ)/ [te.le.foˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /te.le.foˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /te.le.foˈna(ʁ)/ [te.le.foˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /te.le.foˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.lɨ.fuˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.lɨ.fuˈna.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧nar
Verb
telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefonei, past participle telefonado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to telephone
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “telefonar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “telefonar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “telefonar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “telefonar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “telefonar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “telefonar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.