significar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre.

Verb

significar (first-person singular indicative present significo, past participle significáu)

1. to mean, signify

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siŋ.ni.fiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siŋ.ni.fiˈkaɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquí, past participle significat)

1. to mean, to signify

   Synonym: voler dir

   Si hi ha núvols al cel, significa que plourà. ― If there are clouds in the sky, it means that it's going to rain.

Further reading

• “significar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “significar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “significar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “significar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin significāre.

Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)

1. to mean, signify

Verb

significar

1. to mean; signify

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin significāre.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sig‧ni‧fi‧car

Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)

1. (transitive) to mean (to have a particular meaning)

   A palavra “livro” significa um conjunto de páginas ligadas. ― The word “book” means a collection of bound pages.

2. (transitive, often taking que and a subordinate clause) to mean; to signify (to indicate a consequence)

   Isso significa guerra. ― This means war.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɡnifiˈkaɾ/ [siɣ̞.ni.fiˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sig‧ni‧fi‧car

Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiqué, past participle significado)

1. to signify
2. to mean
3. (pronominal) to stand out

   Synonym: distinguirse

   se significa por su inteligencia ― He stands out for his intelligence.

4. (pronominal) to speak out, to assert (to voice one's opinion) [with en ‘in regards to something’]

   significarse en contra de la guerra ― to speak out against the war

Further reading

• “significar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10