dilatar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīlātāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [di.ləˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [di.laˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [di.laˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatí, past participle dilatat)

1. to dilate
2. to postpone

   Synonym: ajornar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of dilatar (first conjugation)

infinitive			dilatar
gerund			dilatant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dilatat		dilatada
		plural		dilatats		dilatades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dilato	dilates	dilata	dilatem	dilateu	dilaten
	imperfect	dilatava	dilataves	dilatava	dilatàvem	dilatàveu	dilataven
	future	dilataré	dilataràs	dilatarà	dilatarem	dilatareu	dilataran
	preterite	dilatí	dilatares	dilatà	dilatàrem	dilatàreu	dilataren
	conditional	dilataria	dilataries	dilataria	dilataríem	dilataríeu	dilatarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dilati	dilatis	dilati	dilatem	dilateu	dilatin
	imperfect	dilatés	dilatessis	dilatés	dilatéssim	dilatéssiu	dilatessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	dilata	dilati	dilatem	dilateu	dilatin
	negative (no)	—	no dilatis	no dilati	no dilatem	no dilateu	no dilatin

Related terms

• dilatació

Further reading

• “dilatar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “dilatar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “dilatar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dilatar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

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Etymology

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Verb

dilatar (present tense dilatas, past tense dilatis, future tense dilatos, imperative dilatez, conditional dilatus)

1. to dilate, expand, enlarge (in volume)

Conjugation

Conjugation of dilatar

		present		past		future
infinitive		dilatar		dilatir		dilator
tense		dilatas		dilatis		dilatos
conditional		dilatus		—		—
imperative		dilatez		—		—
adjective active participle		dilatanta		dilatinta		dilatonta
adverbial active participle		dilatante		dilatinte		dilatonte
nominal active participle	singular	dilatanto		dilatinto		dilatonto
	plural	dilatanti		dilatinti		dilatonti
adjective passive participle		dilatata		dilatita		dilatota
adverbial passive participle		dilatate		dilatite		dilatote
nominal passive participle	singular	dilatato		dilatito		dilatoto
	plural	dilatati		dilatiti		dilatoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīlātāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.laˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.laˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.laˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.laˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.laˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.laˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.laˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.laˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.lɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.lɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.lɐˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: di‧la‧tar

Verb

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilatei, past participle dilatado)

1. to dilate, expand, enlarge, widen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dilatar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	dilatar
Personal	dilatar	dilatares	dilatar	dilatarmos	dilatardes	dilatarem
Gerund
	dilatando
Past participle
Masculine	dilatado			dilatados
Feminine	dilatada			dilatadas
Indicative
Present	dilato	dilatas	dilata	dilatamos	dilatais	dilatam
Imperfect	dilatava	dilatavas	dilatava	dilatávamos	dilatáveis	dilatavam
Preterite	dilatei	dilataste	dilatou	dilatamos1, dilatámos2	dilatastes	dilataram
Pluperfect	dilatara	dilataras	dilatara	dilatáramos	dilatáreis	dilataram
Future	dilatarei	dilatarás	dilatará	dilataremos	dilatareis	dilatarão
Conditional	dilataria	dilatarias	dilataria	dilataríamos	dilataríeis	dilatariam
Subjunctive
Present	dilate	dilates	dilate	dilatemos	dilateis	dilatem
Imperfect	dilatasse	dilatasses	dilatasse	dilatássemos	dilatásseis	dilatassem
Future	dilatar	dilatares	dilatar	dilatarmos	dilatardes	dilatarem
Imperative
Affirmative		dilata	dilate	dilatemos	dilatai	dilatem
Negative (não)		não dilates	não dilate	não dilatemos	não dilateis	não dilatem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• dilatação

Further reading

• “dilatar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dilatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīlātāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dilaˈtaɾ/ [d̪i.laˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧la‧tar

Verb

dilatar (first-person singular present dilato, first-person singular preterite dilaté, past participle dilatado)

1. to prolong

   Synonym: prolongar

2. to delay, postpone

   Synonym: aplazar

3. to dilate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dilatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			dilatar
gerund			dilatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dilatado		dilatada
		plural		dilatados		dilatadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dilato	dilatastú dilatásvos	dilata	dilatamos	dilatáis	dilatan
	imperfect	dilataba	dilatabas	dilataba	dilatábamos	dilatabais	dilataban
	preterite	dilaté	dilataste	dilató	dilatamos	dilatasteis	dilataron
	future	dilataré	dilatarás	dilatará	dilataremos	dilataréis	dilatarán
	conditional	dilataría	dilatarías	dilataría	dilataríamos	dilataríais	dilatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dilate	dilatestú dilatésvos2	dilate	dilatemos	dilatéis	dilaten
	imperfect (ra)	dilatara	dilataras	dilatara	dilatáramos	dilatarais	dilataran
	imperfect (se)	dilatase	dilatases	dilatase	dilatásemos	dilataseis	dilatasen
	future1	dilatare	dilatares	dilatare	dilatáremos	dilatareis	dilataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dilatatú dilatávos	dilate	dilatemos	dilatad	dilaten
	negative		no dilates	no dilate	no dilatemos	no dilatéis	no dilaten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of dilatar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive dilatar	dative	dilatarme	dilatarte	dilatarle, dilatarse	dilatarnos	dilataros	dilatarles, dilatarse
	accusative	dilatarme	dilatarte	dilatarlo, dilatarla, dilatarse	dilatarnos	dilataros	dilatarlos, dilatarlas, dilatarse
with gerund dilatando	dative	dilatándome	dilatándote	dilatándole, dilatándose	dilatándonos	dilatándoos	dilatándoles, dilatándose
	accusative	dilatándome	dilatándote	dilatándolo, dilatándola, dilatándose	dilatándonos	dilatándoos	dilatándolos, dilatándolas, dilatándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative dilata	dative	dilátame	dilátate	dilátale	dilátanos	not used	dilátales
	accusative	dilátame	dilátate	dilátalo, dilátala	dilátanos	not used	dilátalos, dilátalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative dilatá	dative	dilatame	dilatate	dilatale	dilatanos	not used	dilatales
	accusative	dilatame	dilatate	dilatalo, dilatala	dilatanos	not used	dilatalos, dilatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative dilate	dative	diláteme	not used	dilátele, dilátese	dilátenos	not used	diláteles
	accusative	diláteme	not used	dilátelo, dilátela, dilátese	dilátenos	not used	dilátelos, dilátelas
with first-person plural imperative dilatemos	dative	not used	dilatémoste	dilatémosle	dilatémonos	dilatémoos	dilatémosles
	accusative	not used	dilatémoste	dilatémoslo, dilatémosla	dilatémonos	dilatémoos	dilatémoslos, dilatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dilatad	dative	dilatadme	not used	dilatadle	dilatadnos	dilataos	dilatadles
	accusative	dilatadme	not used	dilatadlo, dilatadla	dilatadnos	dilataos	dilatadlos, dilatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dilaten	dative	dilátenme	not used	dilátenle	dilátennos	not used	dilátenles, dilátense
	accusative	dilátenme	not used	dilátenlo, dilátenla	dilátennos	not used	dilátenlos, dilátenlas, dilátense

Related terms

• dilatación

Further reading

• “dilatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025