elaborar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlabōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborí, past participle elaborat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: fabricar, produir

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonym: idear

Conjugation

Derived terms

• elaborable

Related terms

• elaboració

Further reading

• “elaborar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “elaborar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “elaborar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “elaborar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ēlabōrō.

Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborei, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: fabricar, producir

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonym: idear

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• elaboración

Further reading

• “elaborar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “elaborar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English elaborate, French élaborer, Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar, from Late Latin ēlabōrāre, present active infinitive of ēlabōrō. Compare Esperanto ellabori.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.la.bo.ˈrar/, /ɛ.la.bɔ.ˈɾaɾ/

Verb

elaborar (present tense elaboras, past tense elaboris, future tense elaboros, imperative elaborez, conditional elaborus)

1. (transitive) to elaborate, work out (in detail), produce (by careful labour)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elaborar

		present		past		future
infinitive		elaborar		elaborir		elaboror
tense		elaboras		elaboris		elaboros
conditional		elaborus
imperative		elaborez
adjective active participle		elaboranta		elaborinta		elaboronta
adverbial active participle		elaborante		elaborinte		elaboronte
nominal active participle	singular	elaboranto		elaborinto		elaboronto
	plural	elaboranti		elaborinti		elaboronti
adjective passive participle		elaborata		elaborita		elaborota
adverbial passive participle		elaborate		elaborite		elaborote
nominal passive participle	singular	elaborato		elaborito		elaboroto
	plural	elaborati		elaboriti		elaboroti

Derived terms

• elaboro (“elaboration”)

Interlingua

Verb

elaborar

1. to elaborate

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlabōrāre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧la‧bo‧rar

Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborei, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to devise, conceive, formulate

   Precisamos de elaborar um plano. ― We need to devise a plan.

2. (transitive) to make more complex, develop further, better, improve
3. (transitive) to modify a food for it to be incorporated by an organism

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

• elaboração

References

Further reading

• “elaborar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “elaborar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “elaborar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “elaborar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēlabōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elaboˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧la‧bo‧rar

Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaboré, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: producir, fabricar

   Esta fábrica elabora hormigón.

   This factory produces concrete.

   pan elaborado con harina integral ― bread made with whole grain flour

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonyms: idear, proyectar

   Hemos elaborado un plan de negocio para recuperar las pérdidas del año pasado.

   We've come up with a business plan to recoup last year's losses.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

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