conectar
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /koːˈnek.tar/, [koːˈnɛkt̪är]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /koˈnek.tar/, [koˈnɛkt̪är]
Verb
cōnectar
- first-person singular future passive indicative of cōnectō
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- conetar
- connectar (obsolete)
Etymology
From English connect, from Latin cōnectō (“to connect”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.nekˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.nekˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.nekˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.nekˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.nekˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.nekˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.nɛˈktaɾ/, /ku.nɛˈtaɾ/
- Hyphenation: co‧nec‧tar
Verb
conectar (first-person singular present conecto, first-person singular preterite conectei, past participle conectado)
- (transitive) to connect (join two or more pieces)
- Synonyms: unir, ligar, juntar, vincular
- Antonyms: desconectar, separar
- inflection of conectar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of conectar (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 | conectar | |||||
| Personal | conectar | conectares | conectar | conectarmos | conectardes | conectarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| conectando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | conectado | conectados | ||||
| Feminine | conectada | conectadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | conecto | conectas | conecta | conectamos | conectais | conectam |
| Imperfect | conectava | conectavas | conectava | conectávamos | conectáveis | conectavam |
| Preterite | conectei | conectaste | conectou | conectamos1, conectámos2 | conectastes | conectaram |
| Pluperfect | conectara | conectaras | conectara | conectáramos | conectáreis | conectaram |
| Future | conectarei | conectarás | conectará | conectaremos | conectareis | conectarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| conectaria | conectarias | conectaria | conectaríamos | conectaríeis | conectariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | conecte | conectes | conecte | conectemos | conecteis | conectem |
| Imperfect | conectasse | conectasses | conectasse | conectássemos | conectásseis | conectassem |
| Future | conectar | conectares | conectar | conectarmos | conectardes | conectarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | conecta | conecte | conectemos | conectai | conectem | |
| Negative (não) | não conectes | não conecte | não conectemos | não conecteis | não conectem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- conectado
- conectivo
- conector
- conexão
- conexivo
- conexo
Further reading
- “conectar” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “conectar” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “conectar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “conectar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “conectar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From English connect, from Latin conēctere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koneɡˈtaɾ/ [ko.neɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧nec‧tar
Verb
conectar (first-person singular present conecto, first-person singular preterite conecté, past participle conectado)
- (transitive) to connect, connect up, link
- (transitive, electronics) to plug in, connect
- Synonym: enchufar
- (transitive, electronics) to wire
- (transitive) to hook up (colloquial)
- (intransitive) to click (i.e. get along well)
- (reflexive) to connect, get connected
Conjugation
Conjugation of conectar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | conectar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | conectando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | conectado | conectada | |||||
| plural | conectados | conectadas | |||||
| 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 | conecto | conectastú conectásvos | conecta | conectamos | conectáis | conectan | |
| imperfect | conectaba | conectabas | conectaba | conectábamos | conectabais | conectaban | |
| preterite | conecté | conectaste | conectó | conectamos | conectasteis | conectaron | |
| future | conectaré | conectarás | conectará | conectaremos | conectaréis | conectarán | |
| conditional | conectaría | conectarías | conectaría | conectaríamos | conectaríais | conectarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | conecte | conectestú conectésvos2 | conecte | conectemos | conectéis | conecten | |
| imperfect (ra) | conectara | conectaras | conectara | conectáramos | conectarais | conectaran | |
| imperfect (se) | conectase | conectases | conectase | conectásemos | conectaseis | conectasen | |
| future1 | conectare | conectares | conectare | conectáremos | conectareis | conectaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | conectatú conectávos | conecte | conectemos | conectad | conecten | ||
| negative | no conectes | no conecte | no conectemos | no conectéis | no conecten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of conectar
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 conectar | |||||||
| dative | conectarme | conectarte | conectarle, conectarse | conectarnos | conectaros | conectarles, conectarse | |
| accusative | conectarme | conectarte | conectarlo, conectarla, conectarse | conectarnos | conectaros | conectarlos, conectarlas, conectarse | |
| with gerund conectando | |||||||
| dative | conectándome | conectándote | conectándole, conectándose | conectándonos | conectándoos | conectándoles, conectándose | |
| accusative | conectándome | conectándote | conectándolo, conectándola, conectándose | conectándonos | conectándoos | conectándolos, conectándolas, conectándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative conecta | |||||||
| dative | conéctame | conéctate | conéctale | conéctanos | not used | conéctales | |
| accusative | conéctame | conéctate | conéctalo, conéctala | conéctanos | not used | conéctalos, conéctalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative conectá | |||||||
| dative | conectame | conectate | conectale | conectanos | not used | conectales | |
| accusative | conectame | conectate | conectalo, conectala | conectanos | not used | conectalos, conectalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative conecte | |||||||
| dative | conécteme | not used | conéctele, conéctese | conéctenos | not used | conécteles | |
| accusative | conécteme | not used | conéctelo, conéctela, conéctese | conéctenos | not used | conéctelos, conéctelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative conectemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | conectémoste | conectémosle | conectémonos | conectémoos | conectémosles | |
| accusative | not used | conectémoste | conectémoslo, conectémosla | conectémonos | conectémoos | conectémoslos, conectémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative conectad | |||||||
| dative | conectadme | not used | conectadle | conectadnos | conectaos | conectadles | |
| accusative | conectadme | not used | conectadlo, conectadla | conectadnos | conectaos | conectadlos, conectadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative conecten | |||||||
| dative | conéctenme | not used | conéctenle | conéctennos | not used | conéctenles, conéctense | |
| accusative | conéctenme | not used | conéctenlo, conéctenla | conéctennos | not used | conéctenlos, conéctenlas, conéctense | |
Related terms
- anexar
- anexionar
- anexo
- conector
- conexión
- desconectar
- interconectar
- nexo
- reconectar
Further reading
- “conectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014