clicar

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

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

1. (intransitive, transitive, computing) to click

   Synonym: fer clic

• “clicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from English click.^[1][2]

• Hyphenation: cli‧car

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.

From clic +‎ -ar.

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

1. to click a computer mouse

   Synonyms: hacer clic, cliquear

• “clicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10