telefonar

Catalan

Etymology

From telèfon +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefoní, past participle telefonat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. to telephone

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefonei, past participle telefonado)

1. to telephone, phone, call on the phone

Conjugation

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English telephone, French téléphoner, German telefonieren, Italian telefonare, Russian телефонировать (telefonirovatʹ), Spanish telefonear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /telefoˈnar/

Verb

telefonar (present tense telefonas, past tense telefonis, future tense telefonos, imperative telefonez, conditional telefonus)

1. (transitive) to telephone

   Tu mustas telefonor me kande tu arivos. ― You have to call me when you arrive.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of telefonar

		present		past		future
infinitive		telefonar		telefonir		telefonor
tense		telefonas		telefonis		telefonos
conditional		telefonus
imperative		telefonez
adjective active participle		telefonanta		telefoninta		telefononta
adverbial active participle		telefonante		telefoninte		telefononte
nominal active participle	singular	telefonanto		telefoninto		telefononto
	plural	telefonanti		telefoninti		telefononti
adjective passive participle		telefonata		telefonita		telefonota
adverbial passive participle		telefonate		telefonite		telefonote
nominal passive participle	singular	telefonato		telefonito		telefonoto
	plural	telefonati		telefoniti		telefonoti

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

telefonar m

1. indefinite plural of telefon

Portuguese

Etymology

From telefone +‎ -ar. Compare French téléphoner.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧nar

Verb

telefonar (first-person singular present telefono, first-person singular preterite telefonei, past participle telefonado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to telephone

Conjugation

Further reading

• “telefonar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “telefonar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “telefonar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “telefonar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “telefonar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “telefonar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• telefoner (Puter)

Etymology

From telefon (“telephone”) +‎ -ar.

Noun

telefonar

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to telephone, call