actuar

Asturian

Verb

actuar (first-person singular indicative present actuo, past participle actuáu)

  1. to act

Conjugation

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin āctuāre, from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (do, act).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ək.tuˈa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ak.tuˈaɾ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
  • Homophone: actuà
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

actuar (first-person singular present actuo, first-person singular preterite actuí, past participle actuat)

  1. (intransitive) to act
  2. (transitive) to play (a part)

Conjugation

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Portuguese

Verb

actuar (first-person singular present actuo, first-person singular preterite actuei, past participle actuado)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of atuar. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Conjugation

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French actuaire, Latin actuarius (copyist, account-keeper).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ak.tuˈar/

Noun

actuar m (plural actuari)

  1. (finance) actuary
  2. (historical) registrar, actuary, clerk (in the Roman Empire)

Declension

Declension of actuar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative actuar actuarul actuari actuarii
genitive-dative actuar actuarului actuari actuarilor
vocative actuarule actuarilor

References

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin āctuāre (actuate), from Latin āctus, perfect passive participle of agō (do, act).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡˈtwaɾ/ [aɣ̞ˈt̪waɾ]
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ac‧tuar

Verb

actuar (first-person singular present actúo, first-person singular preterite actué, past participle actuado)

  1. to act, to behave
    Synonyms: obrar, comportarse, portarse
    actuar con moderaciónto exercise restraint, to show restraint
    ¡Para de tocar todo! Estás actuando como un niño.
    Stop touching everything! You're acting like a child.
  2. to act, to perform
  3. to actuate
  4. (law) to litigate, to sue

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