encertar

Catalan

Etymology

From en- +‎ cert +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese and Spanish acertar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.sərˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.seɾˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

encertar (first-person singular present encerto, first-person singular preterite encertí, past participle encertat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to get right, to do correctly
2. to guess

   Synonym: endevinar

3. to hit a target

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encertar (first conjugation)

infinitive			encertar
gerund			encertant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encertat		encertada
		plural		encertats		encertades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	encerto	encertes	encerta	encertem	encerteu	encerten
	imperfect	encertava	encertaves	encertava	encertàvem	encertàveu	encertaven
	future	encertaré	encertaràs	encertarà	encertarem	encertareu	encertaran
	preterite	encertí	encertares	encertà	encertàrem	encertàreu	encertaren
	conditional	encertaria	encertaries	encertaria	encertaríem	encertaríeu	encertarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	encerti	encertis	encerti	encertem	encerteu	encertin
	imperfect	encertés	encertessis	encertés	encertéssim	encertéssiu	encertessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	encerta	encerti	encertem	encerteu	encertin
	negative (no)	—	no encertis	no encerti	no encertem	no encerteu	no encertin

Derived terms

• encert
• encertant
• encertat

Further reading

• “encertar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “encertar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “encertar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “encertar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of encetar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sehˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sehˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.sehˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sehˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seɾˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seɾˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seχˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seχˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seɻˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seɻˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨɾˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨɾˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨɾˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: en‧cer‧tar

Verb

encertar (first-person singular present encerto, first-person singular preterite encertei, past participle encertado)

1. (Portugal, informal, regional) (transitive) to open, to start (a package)

   Synonym: encetar

   encertar um pacote de bolachas ― to start a pack of cookies

2. (Portugal, informal, regional) (transitive) to cut, to take a piece (of food)

   Synonym: encetar

   encertar um melão ― to cut open a melon

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encertar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	encertar
Personal	encertar	encertares	encertar	encertarmos	encertardes	encertarem
Gerund
	encertando
Past participle
Masculine	encertado			encertados
Feminine	encertada			encertadas
Indicative
Present	encerto	encertas	encerta	encertamos	encertais	encertam
Imperfect	encertava	encertavas	encertava	encertávamos	encertáveis	encertavam
Preterite	encertei	encertaste	encertou	encertamos1, encertámos2	encertastes	encertaram
Pluperfect	encertara	encertaras	encertara	encertáramos	encertáreis	encertaram
Future	encertarei	encertarás	encertará	encertaremos	encertareis	encertarão
Conditional	encertaria	encertarias	encertaria	encertaríamos	encertaríeis	encertariam
Subjunctive
Present	encerte	encertes	encerte	encertemos	encerteis	encertem
Imperfect	encertasse	encertasses	encertasse	encertássemos	encertásseis	encertassem
Future	encertar	encertares	encertar	encertarmos	encertardes	encertarem
Imperative
Affirmative		encerta	encerte	encertemos	encertai	encertem
Negative (não)		não encertes	não encerte	não encertemos	não encerteis	não encertem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• enxertar

Further reading

• “encertar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024