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captar.

to capture

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/kapˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[kapˈta(h)]Brazil/kapˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo/kapˈta(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. to capture

  2. to catch

  3. to intercept

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin capiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin captārelbor. Portuguese captar Learned borrowing from Latin captāre. Doublet of catar.

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