formatar
Portuguese
Etymology
From formato (“format”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /foʁ.maˈta(ʁ)/ [foɦ.maˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /foɾ.maˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /foʁ.maˈta(ʁ)/ [foʁ.maˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /foɻ.maˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.mɐˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fuɾ.mɐˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: for‧ma‧tar
Verb
formatar (first-person singular present formato, first-person singular preterite formatei, past participle formatado)
- to format (create or edit the layout of a document)
- (computing) to format (to prepare a mass storage medium for initial use)
Conjugation
Conjugation of formatar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- reformatar
Further reading
- “formatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025