accionar

Catalan

Etymology

From acció +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

accionar (first-person singular present acciono, first-person singular preterite accioní, past participle accionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. (transitive) to operate, to put into motion
  2. (transitive, law) to file, to initiate (a lawsuit)
  3. (intransitive) to gesticulate

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • accionament

Further reading

Portuguese

Verb

accionar (first-person singular present acciono, first-person singular preterite accionei, past participle accionado)

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

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From acción +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɡθjoˈnaɾ/ [aɣ̞.θjoˈnaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /aɡsjoˈnaɾ/ [aɣ̞.sjoˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ac‧cio‧nar

Verb

accionar (first-person singular present acciono, first-person singular preterite accioné, past participle accionado)

  1. (transitive) to put into motion; to start
    Synonym: activar
  2. (intransitive) to gesticulate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading