argumentar

Borrowed from Latin argūmentārī.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.ɡu.mənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.ɣu.menˈtaɾ]

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, first-person singular preterite argumentí, past participle argumentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (ambitransitive) to argue (make a case for a point of view)

• argument
• argumentació

• “argumentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “argumentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “argumentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “argumentar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From argumento (“argument”) +‎ -ar (compare Latin argūmentor, argūmentārī).

• IPA^(key): /arɡumenˈtar/

argumentar (present tense argumentas, past tense argumentis, future tense argumentos, imperative argumentez, conditional argumentus)

1. (transitive) to argue (a case), to try to prove something

• argumentar in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Learned borrowing from Latin argūmentārī.

• Hyphenation: ar‧gu‧men‧tar

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, first-person singular preterite argumentei, past participle argumentado)

1. (ambitransitive) to debate; to argue (put forth arguments)

   Argumentara contra a lei proposta. ― He had argued against the proposed law.

• “argumentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “argumentar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “argumentar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “argumentar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “argumentar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “argumentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin argūmentārī.

• IPA^(key): /aɾɡumenˈtaɾ/ [aɾ.ɣ̞u.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ar‧gu‧men‧tar

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, first-person singular preterite argumenté, past participle argumentado)

1. (ambitransitive) to argue (to make a case for a point of view)
2. (transitive) to dispute

   Synonym: disputar

• “argumentar”, 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