equilibrar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aequilībrāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.ki.liˈβɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.ki.liˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.ki.liˈbɾaɾ]

equilibrar (first-person singular present equilibro, first-person singular preterite equilibrí, past participle equilibrat)

1. (transitive) to balance

• equilibrat

• equilibri

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

Derived from equilibro +‎ -ar. Decision no. 757, Progreso V.

• IPA^(key): /eku̯iliˈbrar/, /ekviliˈbrar/

equilibrar (present equilibras, past equilibris, future equilibros, conditional equilibrus, imperative equilibrez)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to be in state of equilibrium, balance, counterpoise
2. (transitive, archaic) to equilibrate; to put in balance, equilibrium

   Synonym: equilibrigar

• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 171
• Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 659

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aequilībrāre (“to weigh out, to apportion”), from Latin aequilībris (“of the same weight, in balance”).

• Hyphenation: e‧qui‧li‧brar

equilibrar (first-person singular present equilibro, first-person singular preterite equilibrei, past participle equilibrado)

1. (transitive) to balance, equilibrate

• equilíbrio

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

From Vulgar Latin *aequilībrāre.

• IPA^(key): /ekiliˈbɾaɾ/ [e.ki.liˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧qui‧li‧brar

equilibrar (first-person singular present equilibro, first-person singular preterite equilibré, past participle equilibrado)

1. (transitive) to balance

   Synonym: balancear

2. (reflexive) to even out
3. (reflexive) to equilibrate

• “equilibrar”, 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