facilitar

facilitar

1. (transitive) to facilitate (to make easier)

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fə.si.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fa.si.liˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

facilitar (first-person singular present facilito, first-person singular preterite facilití, past participle facilitat)

1. (transitive) to facilitate (to make easier)
2. (transitive) to provide, to send, to deliver

   Synonym: proporcionar

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

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧li‧tar

facilitar (first-person singular present facilito, first-person singular preterite facilitei, past participle facilitado)

1. (transitive) to facilitate (to make easier)
2. (transitive) to provide, to send, to deliver

   Synonym: proporcionar

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

By surface analysis, fácil +‎ -itar. Compare French faciliter and Italian facilitare.

• Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧li‧tar

facilitar (first-person singular present facilito, first-person singular preterite facilitei, past participle facilitado)

1. (transitive) to facilitate (make simple or easy)
2. (transitive) to help; assist
3. (transitive) to make available; provide

   Synonym: proporcionar

4. (intransitive) to act carelessly, without discretion; trust excessively and recklessly
5. (reflexive) to ready

• “facilitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “facilitar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “facilitar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “facilitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From fácil.

• IPA^(key): /faθiliˈtaɾ/ [fa.θi.liˈt̪aɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fasiliˈtaɾ/ [fa.si.liˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧ci‧li‧tar

facilitar (first-person singular present facilito, first-person singular preterite facilité, past participle facilitado)

1. (transitive) to facilitate (to make easier)
2. (transitive) to provide, to send, to deliver

   Synonyms: proporcionar, entregar

• “facilitar”, 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