actuar

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

1. to act

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

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

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

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

• acurat, acurta, acurtà, raucat, trauca, traucà

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ak.tuˈar/

actuar m (plural actuari)

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

• “actuar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /aɡˈtwaɾ/ [aɣ̞ˈt̪waɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ac‧tuar

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 moderación ― to 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

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

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