datar

See also: dátar and dātar

Catalan

Etymology

From data +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [daˈtaɾ]

Verb

datar (first-person singular present dato, first-person singular preterite datí, past participle datat)

1. (transitive) to date (put a date on)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of datar (first conjugation)

infinitive			datar
gerund			datant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		datat		datada
		plural		datats		datades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dato	dates	data	datem	dateu	daten
	imperfect	datava	dataves	datava	datàvem	datàveu	dataven
	future	dataré	dataràs	datarà	datarem	datareu	dataran
	preterite	datí	datares	datà	datàrem	datàreu	dataren
	conditional	dataria	dataries	dataria	dataríem	dataríeu	datarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dati	datis	dati	datem	dateu	datin
	imperfect	datés	datessis	datés	datéssim	datéssiu	datessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	data	dati	datem	dateu	datin
	negative (no)	—	no datis	no dati	no datem	no dateu	no datin

Related terms

• data
• datació

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ardat, tarda, tardà

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay datar, from Proto-Malayic *datar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dataʀ. Doublet of latar and rata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdatar/
• Hyphenation: da‧tar

Adjective

datar

1. flat (having no variations in altitude)

Verb

datar (used in the form mendatar)

1. to be horizontal

Conjugation

Conjugation of datar (meng-, transitive)

root	datar
	active	passive		basic imperative	emphatic jussive
		reflective1	ordinary
	ordinary
nominative	mendatar			datar	datarlah
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2	mendatarkan		didatarkan	datarkan	datarkanlah
	causative
nominative
accusative / dative / locative
perfective causative / applicative2

¹ There is another form of reflective passive verb with affixation of ke- -an which is not included in the table. This form is only attested in active voice without causative affixation of per-.
² The -kan row is either causative or applicative. With transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Some of these forms do not normally exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• dataran
• mendatar
• mendatarkan
• pendataran
• sedatar

Further reading

• “datar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *datar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dataʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dataʀ. Doublet of rata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /data(r)/
• Rhymes: -ata(r), -ta(r), -a(r)

Adjective

datar (Jawi spelling داتر, comparative lebih datar, superlative paling datar)

1. flat (having no variations in altitude)

Derived terms

• dataran
• datarkan
• kedataran
• mendatar
• mendatarkan
• pendatar
• pendataran

Descendants

• Indonesian: datar

Verb

datar (used in the form mendatar)

1. to be horizontal

Further reading

• "datar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

datar

1. present tense of date

Portuguese

Etymology

From data +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈta(ʁ)/ [daˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈta(ʁ)/ [daˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /daˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /daˈta(ʁ)/ [daˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /daˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɐˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: da‧tar

Verb

datar (first-person singular present dato, first-person singular preterite datei, past participle datado)

1. (transitive) to date (estimate the age of)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of datar (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	datar
Personal	datar	datares	datar	datarmos	datardes	datarem
Gerund
	datando
Past participle
Masculine	datado			datados
Feminine	datada			datadas
Indicative
Present	dato	datas	data	datamos	datais	datam
Imperfect	datava	datavas	datava	datávamos	datáveis	datavam
Preterite	datei	dataste	datou	datamos1, datámos2	datastes	dataram
Pluperfect	datara	dataras	datara	datáramos	datáreis	dataram
Future	datarei	datarás	datará	dataremos	datareis	datarão
Conditional	dataria	datarias	dataria	dataríamos	dataríeis	datariam
Subjunctive
Present	date	dates	date	datemos	dateis	datem
Imperfect	datasse	datasses	datasse	datássemos	datásseis	datassem
Future	datar	datares	datar	datarmos	datardes	datarem
Imperative
Affirmative		data	date	datemos	datai	datem
Negative (não)		não dates	não date	não datemos	não dateis	não datem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• datável

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From data +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈtaɾ/ [d̪aˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: da‧tar

Verb

datar (first-person singular present dato, first-person singular preterite daté, past participle datado)

1. (transitive) to date, assign a date to
2. (intransitive) to date

   Las letras podrían datar de la Guerra Civil Española.

   The letters may date to the Spanish Civil War.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of datar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			datar
gerund			datando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		datado		datada
		plural		datados		datadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dato	datastú datásvos	data	datamos	datáis	datan
	imperfect	databa	databas	databa	datábamos	databais	databan
	preterite	daté	dataste	dató	datamos	datasteis	dataron
	future	dataré	datarás	datará	dataremos	dataréis	datarán
	conditional	dataría	datarías	dataría	dataríamos	dataríais	datarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	date	datestú datésvos2	date	datemos	datéis	daten
	imperfect (ra)	datara	dataras	datara	datáramos	datarais	dataran
	imperfect (se)	datase	datases	datase	datásemos	dataseis	datasen
	future1	datare	datares	datare	datáremos	datareis	dataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		datatú datávos	date	datemos	datad	daten
	negative		no dates	no date	no datemos	no datéis	no daten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of datar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive datar	dative	datarme	datarte	datarle, datarse	datarnos	dataros	datarles, datarse
	accusative	datarme	datarte	datarlo, datarla, datarse	datarnos	dataros	datarlos, datarlas, datarse
with gerund datando	dative	datándome	datándote	datándole, datándose	datándonos	datándoos	datándoles, datándose
	accusative	datándome	datándote	datándolo, datándola, datándose	datándonos	datándoos	datándolos, datándolas, datándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative data	dative	dátame	dátate	dátale	dátanos	not used	dátales
	accusative	dátame	dátate	dátalo, dátala	dátanos	not used	dátalos, dátalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative datá	dative	datame	datate	datale	datanos	not used	datales
	accusative	datame	datate	datalo, datala	datanos	not used	datalos, datalas
with formal second-person singular imperative date	dative	dáteme	not used	dátele, dátese	dátenos	not used	dáteles
	accusative	dáteme	not used	dátelo, dátela, dátese	dátenos	not used	dátelos, dátelas
with first-person plural imperative datemos	dative	not used	datémoste	datémosle	datémonos	datémoos	datémosles
	accusative	not used	datémoste	datémoslo, datémosla	datémonos	datémoos	datémoslos, datémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative datad	dative	datadme	not used	datadle	datadnos	dataos	datadles
	accusative	datadme	not used	datadlo, datadla	datadnos	dataos	datadlos, datadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative daten	dative	dátenme	not used	dátenle	dátennos	not used	dátenles, dátense
	accusative	dátenme	not used	dátenlo, dátenla	dátennos	not used	dátenlos, dátenlas, dátense

Related terms

• antedatar

Further reading

• “datar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025