elaborar

Borrowed from Latin ēlabōrāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.lə.βuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.lə.boˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.la.boˈɾaɾ]

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborí, past participle elaborat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: fabricar, produir

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonym: idear

• elaborable

• elaboració

• “elaborar”, 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
• “elaborar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “elaborar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “elaborar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin ēlabōrō.

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborei, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: fabricar, producir

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonym: idear

• elaboración

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

Borrowed from English elaborate, French élaborer, Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar, from Late Latin ēlabōrāre. Compare Esperanto ellabori.

• IPA^(key): /e.la.bo.ˈrar/, /ɛ.la.bɔ.ˈɾaɾ/

elaborar (present tense elaboras, past tense elaboris, future tense elaboros, imperative elaborez, conditional elaborus)

1. (transitive) to elaborate, work out (in detail), produce (by careful labour)

• elaboro (“elaboration”)

elaborar

1. to elaborate

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlabōrāre.^[1][2]

• Hyphenation: e‧la‧bo‧rar

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborei, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to devise, conceive, formulate

   Precisamos de elaborar um plano. ― We need to devise a plan.

2. (transitive) to make more complex, develop further, better, improve
3. (transitive) to modify a food for it to be incorporated by an organism

• elaboração

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

From Latin ēlabōrāre.

• IPA^(key): /elaboˈɾaɾ/ [e.la.β̞oˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧la‧bo‧rar

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaboré, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: producir, fabricar

   Esta fábrica elabora hormigón.

   This factory produces concrete.

   pan elaborado con harina integral ― bread made with whole grain flour

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonyms: idear, proyectar

   Hemos elaborado un plan de negocio para recuperar las pérdidas del año pasado.

   We've come up with a business plan to recoup last year's losses.

• “elaborar”, 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