disparar

Alteration of Old Catalan desparar (possibly by influence of Spanish disparar), either from des- + parar or inherited from Latin disparāre (“separate”), from dis- + parō (“make equal”), although it was taken as the negative of parō (“prepare, arrange”) in Romance.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dis.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dis.paˈɾaɾ]

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disparar (first-person singular present disparo, first-person singular preterite disparí, past participle disparat)

1. to shoot

   Synonym: tirar

• parar

• “disparar”, 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
• “disparar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese desparar, from Latin disparāre (“separate”), from dis- + parō (“make equal”), although it was taken as the negative of parō (“prepare, arrange”) in Romance.

disparar (first-person singular present disparo, first-person singular preterite disparei, past participle disparado)

1. to shoot, fire

   Synonym: tirar

• parar

• “disparar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “disparar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From alteration of Old Galician-Portuguese desparar, from Latin disparāre (“to separate”),^[1] from dis- + parō (“make equal”), although it was taken as the negative of parō (“prepare, arrange”) in Romance.

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disparar (first-person singular present disparo, first-person singular preterite disparei, past participle disparado)

1. to shoot, to fire (a weapon)

   Synonym: atirar

2. (figuratively, transitive) to shoot up, to soar (to grow rapidly: prices etc.)
   • 2018 May 2, Sofia Cristino, “Apesar do “elevado dinamismo”, estão a fechar mais lojas em Lisboa do que as que abrem”, in o corvo‎^[1]:

     A alteração à lei do arrendamento fez disparar o preço das rendas para valores históricos, conduzindo muitos estabelecimentos comerciais a fechar portas em Lisboa.

     A change in the housing law made renting fees soar to historical values and is forcing many commercial establishments to close shop in Lisbon.

3. (intransitive) to go off (an alarm), to trip (a circuit breaker)

• “disparar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “disparar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

Latinizing alteration of Old Spanish desparar, from Latin disparāre (“separate”), from dis- + parō (“make equal”), although it was taken as the negative of parō (“prepare, arrange”) in Romance.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /dispaˈɾaɾ/ [d̪is.paˈɾaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dis‧pa‧rar

disparar (first-person singular present disparo, first-person singular preterite disparé, past participle disparado)

1. to shoot, to fire (e.g. a weapon, a rocket)

   Synonym: tirar

2. (reflexive) to rise, to go up, to skyrocket
3. (reflexive) to go off, to be suddenly jolted into action

• “disparar”, 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