potar

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

Verb

potar

1. can; be able to

Conjugation

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• potá (São Vicente)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: po‧tar

Verb

potar (first-person singular active indicative aîpotar, first-person singular negative active indicative naîpotari, noun potara) (transitive)

1. to want; to wish
2. to desire (to want emotionally or sexually)
3. to tend (to be likely to do something or have a certain habit)

Spanish

Etymology

From pote +‎ -ar.

Verb

potar (first-person singular present poto, first-person singular preterite poté, past participle potado)

1. (colloquial, Spain) to puke, to throw up

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

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