penetrar

Borrowed from Latin penetrāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.nəˈtɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.neˈtɾaɾ]

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penetrar (first-person singular present penetro, first-person singular preterite penetrí, past participle penetrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to penetrate, get inside

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

Learned borrowing from Latin penetrāre.

• Hyphenation: pe‧ne‧trar

penetrar (first-person singular present penetro, first-person singular preterite penetrei, past participle penetrado)

1. to penetrate (manage to get through)
2. to penetrate (have sex with a hole)
3. to get into, to get in

For quotations using this term, see Citations:penetrar.

• compenetrar

• penetrante

From Latin penetrāre.

• IPA^(key): /peneˈtɾaɾ/ [pe.neˈt̪ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧ne‧trar

penetrar (first-person singular present penetro, first-person singular preterite penetré, past participle penetrado)

1. to penetrate

• “penetrar”, 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