confiscar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscāre (to declare property of the fisc).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fisˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fisˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.fisˈkaɾ]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Hyphenation: con‧fis‧car
  • Homophone: confiscà (except Valencian)

Verb

confiscar (first-person singular present confisco, first-person singular preterite confisquí, past participle confiscat)

  1. to confiscate

Conjugation

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin confiscō, confiscāre (declare property of the fisc).

Pronunciation

Verb

confiscar

  1. (transitive) to confiscate

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscāre (declare property of the fisc).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fisˈka(ʁ)/ [kõ.fisˈka(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.fisˈka(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.fiʃˈka(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiʃˈka(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.fisˈka(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fiʃˈkaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fiʃˈka.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: con‧fis‧car

Verb

confiscar (first-person singular present confisco, first-person singular preterite confisquei, past participle confiscado)

  1. (transitive) to confiscate (to take possession of by force)
    Synonym: reter

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfiscāre (declare property of the fisc).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konfisˈkaɾ/ [kõɱ.fisˈkaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧fis‧car

Verb

confiscar (first-person singular present confisco, first-person singular preterite confisqué, past participle confiscado)

  1. to confiscate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading