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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin captīvāre (“to capture”).
Pronunciation
Verb
cativar (first-person singular present cativo, first-person singular preterite cativei, past participle cativado)
- to captivate, to charm, to seduce, to attract
2015, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, O Pequeno Príncipe, Pelekanos Books, →ISBN:O que significa "cativar"? – É uma coisa de que toda a gente se esqueceu - disse a raposa. Significa criar laços.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to dominate
- to capture
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cativar.
Further reading
Spanish
Verb
cativar (first-person singular present cativo, first-person singular preterite cativé, past participle cativado)
- Obsolete spelling of cautivar.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading