tacar

Catalan

Etymology

From taca +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Homophone: tacà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

tacar (first-person singular present taco, first-person singular preterite taquí, past participle tacat)

1. (transitive) to stain

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tacat

Further reading

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

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin tacēre, present active infinitive of taceō.

Verb

tacar

1. to be silent, keep quiet

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪ˠɑkəɾˠ/, /ˈt̪ˠakəɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish tacar, from to- + ad- + cor.

Noun

tacar m (genitive singular tacair, nominative plural tacair)

1. verbal noun of tacair
2. gleaning, collection
3. (mathematics) set

Declension

Derived terms

• fo-thacar (“subset”)
• tacar carachtar (“character set”)
• iamh an tacair (“closure of set”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish tacair (attested only in the genitive singular).

Noun

tacar m (genitive singular tacair)

1. (literary) art, contrivance

Usage notes

The predominant use of this word is the genitive singular tacair used attributively as an adjective meaning “artificial, imitation”, e.g. leathar tacair (“artificial leather”), marmar tacair (“imitation marble”).

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 tacair ‘artificial, contrived’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tacar ‘gathering, collection’”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tacar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “tacar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “tacar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “tacar”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN

Portuguese

Etymology

From taco (“stick, bat”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧car

Verb

tacar (first-person singular present taco, first-person singular preterite taquei, past participle tacado)

1. to bat (hit with a bat)
2. (Brazil) to launch; to cast; to toss (throw forcefully)

   Synonyms: lançar, arremessar

Conjugation

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈkaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧car

Verb

tacar (first-person singular present taco, first-person singular preterite taqué, past participle tacado)

1. (transitive) To hit the balls, in a game of billiards, with a cue
2. (transitive) To put a bunch of people or things in one place.
3. (transitive, archaic) To point out something, in doing so, causing a stain, a hole, some damage.

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian attaccare

Verb

tacar

1. to start, commence
2. to attach, stick (to)
3. to connect, link
4. to attack, infect
5. to light; to activate

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.