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]
  • 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

Further reading

Occitan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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