baratar

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Catalan

Etymology

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

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to barter, swap
    Synonym: bescanviar

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Galician

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “baratar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Occitan

Etymology

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

Verb

baratar

  1. to barter

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

From barato +‎ -ar.

Verb

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
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Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

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

  1. Alternative form of desbaratar
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Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɾaˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ba‧ra‧tar

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) to barter
    Synonym: trocar

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