vedar

Inherited from Latin vetāre. Doublet of vetar, a learned borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veˈðaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

vedar (first-person singular present vedo, first-person singular preterite vedí, past participle vedat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Balearic, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to ban, prohibit
2. (transitive) to impede, get in the way

• veda
• vedat

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

From Latin videō.

• IPA^(key): /βeˈdar/

vedar (third-person singular present vi or viad, past participle vedoit)

1. to see

• Homophone: vear (some dialects)

vedar m

1. indefinite plural of ved

vedar

1. present of veda

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vedar, from Latin vetāre (“to forbid; to oppose”). Doublet of vetar.

• Hyphenation: ve‧dar

vedar (first-person singular present vedo, first-person singular preterite vedei, past participle vedado)

1. (transitive) to ban; to prohibit

   Synonyms: banir, ilegalizar, proibir

   Antonyms: conceder, legalizar, liberar, permitir

2. (transitive) to impede; to obstruct

   Synonyms: estancar, impedir, obstar, obstruir

   Antonyms: desimpedir, desobstruir

3. (transitive) to seal (close securely)

   Synonyms: estancar, fechar, obturar, selar

4. (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vedrъ. Cognate with Russian вёдро (vjódro, “fair weather”), Slovene veder (“bright, cheerful”), Bulgarian ведър (vedǎr, “serene, bright”).

• IPA^(key): /ʋêdar/
• Hyphenation: ve‧dar

vȅdar (Cyrillic spelling ве̏дар, definite vȅdrī, comparative vedriji)

1. clear (especially of sky)

   vedar dan ― clear day

2. cheerful, serene

Inherited from Old Spanish vedar, from Latin vetāre. Doublet of vetar.

• IPA^(key): /beˈdaɾ/ [beˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ve‧dar

vedar (first-person singular present vedo, first-person singular preterite vedé, past participle vedado)

1. (transitive) to ban, prohibit

• “vedar”, 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