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Etymology
From fosfat + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
fosfatar (first-person singular present fosfato, first-person singular preterite fosfatí, past participle fosfatat)
- (transitive) to phosphate, phosphatize
Conjugation
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
From fosfato + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
fosfatar (first-person singular present fosfato, first-person singular preterite fosfatei, past participle fosfatado)
- (transitive) to phosphate
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fosfatar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “fosfatar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “fosfatar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “fosfatar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “fosfatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From fosfato + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fosfaˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fos‧fa‧tar
Verb
fosfatar (first-person singular present fosfato, first-person singular preterite fosfaté, past participle fosfatado)
- (transitive) to phosphate
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.