relatar

Catalan

Etymology

From relat +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.ləˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.laˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

relatar (first-person singular present relato, first-person singular preterite relatí, past participle relatat)

1. (transitive) to report, relate, tell

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relatar (first conjugation)

infinitive			relatar
gerund			relatant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		relatat		relatada
		plural		relatats		relatades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	relato	relates	relata	relatem	relateu	relaten
	imperfect	relatava	relataves	relatava	relatàvem	relatàveu	relataven
	future	relataré	relataràs	relatarà	relatarem	relatareu	relataran
	preterite	relatí	relatares	relatà	relatàrem	relatàreu	relataren
	conditional	relataria	relataries	relataria	relataríem	relataríeu	relatarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	relati	relatis	relati	relatem	relateu	relatin
	imperfect	relatés	relatessis	relatés	relatéssim	relatéssiu	relatessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	relata	relati	relatem	relateu	relatin
	negative (no)	—	no relatis	no relati	no relatem	no relateu	no relatin

Derived terms

• relador

Related terms

• relat
• relatar

Further reading

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

Ido

Verb

relatar (present tense relatas, past tense relatis, future tense relatos, imperative relatez, conditional relatus)

1. (intransitive) to relate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relatar

		present		past		future
infinitive		relatar		relatir		relator
tense		relatas		relatis		relatos
conditional		relatus
imperative		relatez
adjective active participle		relatanta		relatinta		relatonta
adverbial active participle		relatante		relatinte		relatonte
nominal active participle	singular	relatanto		relatinto		relatonto
	plural	relatanti		relatinti		relatonti

Derived terms

• interrelatar
• relatigar (“to put in relation”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From relato (“account; narration”) +‎ -ar, from Latin relātus (“narration”), past participle of referō (“to carry back; to refer”).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈta(ʁ)/ [he.laˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈta(ɾ)/ [he.laˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈta(ʁ)/ [χe.laˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.laˈta(ɻ)/ [he.laˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.lɐˈtaɾ/

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

• Hyphenation: re‧la‧tar

Verb

relatar (first-person singular present relato, first-person singular preterite relatei, past participle relatado)

1. to narrate; to relate (to tell in a descriptive way)

   Synonyms: contar, narrar, referir

2. to report (to recount an event or incident)

   Synonym: reportar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relatar (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	relatar
Personal	relatar	relatares	relatar	relatarmos	relatardes	relatarem
Gerund
	relatando
Past participle
Masculine	relatado			relatados
Feminine	relatada			relatadas
Indicative
Present	relato	relatas	relata	relatamos	relatais	relatam
Imperfect	relatava	relatavas	relatava	relatávamos	relatáveis	relatavam
Preterite	relatei	relataste	relatou	relatamos1, relatámos2	relatastes	relataram
Pluperfect	relatara	relataras	relatara	relatáramos	relatáreis	relataram
Future	relatarei	relatarás	relatará	relataremos	relatareis	relatarão
Conditional	relataria	relatarias	relataria	relataríamos	relataríeis	relatariam
Subjunctive
Present	relate	relates	relate	relatemos	relateis	relatem
Imperfect	relatasse	relatasses	relatasse	relatássemos	relatásseis	relatassem
Future	relatar	relatares	relatar	relatarmos	relatardes	relatarem
Imperative
Affirmative		relata	relate	relatemos	relatai	relatem
Negative (não)		não relates	não relate	não relatemos	não relateis	não relatem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• relatado
• relativo
• relato
• relator
• relatoria
• relatorial
• relatório
• relatorista

 

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /relaˈtaɾ/ [re.laˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧la‧tar

Verb

relatar (first-person singular present relato, first-person singular preterite relaté, past participle relatado)

1. to tell

   Synonyms: contar, narrar

2. to report

   Synonym: reportar

3. to relate

   Synonym: relacionar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			relatar
gerund			relatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		relatado		relatada
		plural		relatados		relatadas
		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	relato	relatastú relatásvos	relata	relatamos	relatáis	relatan
	imperfect	relataba	relatabas	relataba	relatábamos	relatabais	relataban
	preterite	relaté	relataste	relató	relatamos	relatasteis	relataron
	future	relataré	relatarás	relatará	relataremos	relataréis	relatarán
	conditional	relataría	relatarías	relataría	relataríamos	relataríais	relatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	relate	relatestú relatésvos2	relate	relatemos	relatéis	relaten
	imperfect (ra)	relatara	relataras	relatara	relatáramos	relatarais	relataran
	imperfect (se)	relatase	relatases	relatase	relatásemos	relataseis	relatasen
	future1	relatare	relatares	relatare	relatáremos	relatareis	relataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		relatatú relatávos	relate	relatemos	relatad	relaten
	negative		no relates	no relate	no relatemos	no relatéis	no relaten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of relatar

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 relatar
	dative	relatarme	relatarte	relatarle, relatarse	relatarnos	relataros	relatarles, relatarse
	accusative	relatarme	relatarte	relatarlo, relatarla, relatarse	relatarnos	relataros	relatarlos, relatarlas, relatarse
with gerund relatando
	dative	relatándome	relatándote	relatándole, relatándose	relatándonos	relatándoos	relatándoles, relatándose
	accusative	relatándome	relatándote	relatándolo, relatándola, relatándose	relatándonos	relatándoos	relatándolos, relatándolas, relatándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative relata
	dative	relátame	relátate	relátale	relátanos	not used	relátales
	accusative	relátame	relátate	relátalo, relátala	relátanos	not used	relátalos, relátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative relatá
	dative	relatame	relatate	relatale	relatanos	not used	relatales
	accusative	relatame	relatate	relatalo, relatala	relatanos	not used	relatalos, relatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative relate
	dative	reláteme	not used	relátele, relátese	relátenos	not used	reláteles
	accusative	reláteme	not used	relátelo, relátela, relátese	relátenos	not used	relátelos, relátelas
with first-person plural imperative relatemos
	dative	not used	relatémoste	relatémosle	relatémonos	relatémoos	relatémosles
	accusative	not used	relatémoste	relatémoslo, relatémosla	relatémonos	relatémoos	relatémoslos, relatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative relatad
	dative	relatadme	not used	relatadle	relatadnos	relataos	relatadles
	accusative	relatadme	not used	relatadlo, relatadla	relatadnos	relataos	relatadlos, relatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative relaten
	dative	relátenme	not used	relátenle	relátennos	not used	relátenles, relátense
	accusative	relátenme	not used	relátenlo, relátenla	relátennos	not used	relátenlos, relátenlas, relátense

Related terms

• relación
• relato

 

Further reading

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