potenciar

From potència +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pu.tən.siˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [po.tən.siˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [po.ten.siˈaɾ]
• Homophone: potencià
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

potenciar (first-person singular present potencio, first-person singular preterite potencií, past participle potenciat)

1. (transitive) to promote, strengthen

• “potenciar”, 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
• “potenciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “potenciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From potência +‎ -ar.

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: po‧ten‧ci‧ar

potenciar (first-person singular present potencio, first-person singular preterite potenciei, past participle potenciado)

1. (arithmetic) raise a number to an exponent
2. (arithmetic) symbolize the power of a number, given the exponent
3. promote the development or effectiveness of; intensify; potentialize; reinforce
4. make a medicine more effective by the action of another substance

• “potenciar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “potenciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From potencia +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /potenˈθjaɾ/ [po.t̪ẽn̟ˈθjaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /potenˈsjaɾ/ [po.t̪ẽnˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: po‧ten‧ciar

potenciar (first-person singular present potencio, first-person singular preterite potencié, past participle potenciado)

1. (transitive) to promote, strengthen

   Synonyms: promover, fortalecer

• “potenciar”, 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