lactar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lactāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [la.kiˈta(h)], /lakˈta(ʁ)/ [lakˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [la.kiˈta(h)], /lakˈta(ʁ)/ [lakˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /la.kiˈta(ɾ)/, /lakˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /la.kiˈta(ʁ)/ [la.kiˈta(χ)], /lakˈta(ʁ)/ [lakˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /lakˈta(ɻ)/, /la.kiˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈktaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈktaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈkta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: lac‧tar

Verb

lactar (first-person singular present lacto, first-person singular preterite lactei, past participle lactado)

1. to breastfeed

   Synonyms: amamentar, aleitar, lactar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lactar (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	lactar
Personal	lactar	lactares	lactar	lactarmos	lactardes	lactarem
Gerund
	lactando
Past participle
Masculine	lactado			lactados
Feminine	lactada			lactadas
Indicative
Present	lacto	lactas	lacta	lactamos	lactais	lactam
Imperfect	lactava	lactavas	lactava	lactávamos	lactáveis	lactavam
Preterite	lactei	lactaste	lactou	lactamos1, lactámos2	lactastes	lactaram
Pluperfect	lactara	lactaras	lactara	lactáramos	lactáreis	lactaram
Future	lactarei	lactarás	lactará	lactaremos	lactareis	lactarão
Conditional	lactaria	lactarias	lactaria	lactaríamos	lactaríeis	lactariam
Subjunctive
Present	lacte	lactes	lacte	lactemos	lacteis	lactem
Imperfect	lactasse	lactasses	lactasse	lactássemos	lactásseis	lactassem
Future	lactar	lactares	lactar	lactarmos	lactardes	lactarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lacta	lacte	lactemos	lactai	lactem
Negative (não)		não lactes	não lacte	não lactemos	não lacteis	não lactem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• lactação
• leite

 

Further reading

• “lactar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lactāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡˈtaɾ/ [laɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lac‧tar

Verb

lactar (first-person singular present lacto, first-person singular preterite lacté, past participle lactado)

1. to breastfeed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lactar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lactar
gerund			lactando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lactado		lactada
		plural		lactados		lactadas
		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	lacto	lactastú lactásvos	lacta	lactamos	lactáis	lactan
	imperfect	lactaba	lactabas	lactaba	lactábamos	lactabais	lactaban
	preterite	lacté	lactaste	lactó	lactamos	lactasteis	lactaron
	future	lactaré	lactarás	lactará	lactaremos	lactaréis	lactarán
	conditional	lactaría	lactarías	lactaría	lactaríamos	lactaríais	lactarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lacte	lactestú lactésvos2	lacte	lactemos	lactéis	lacten
	imperfect (ra)	lactara	lactaras	lactara	lactáramos	lactarais	lactaran
	imperfect (se)	lactase	lactases	lactase	lactásemos	lactaseis	lactasen
	future1	lactare	lactares	lactare	lactáremos	lactareis	lactaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lactatú lactávos	lacte	lactemos	lactad	lacten
	negative		no lactes	no lacte	no lactemos	no lactéis	no lacten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lactar

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 lactar
	dative	lactarme	lactarte	lactarle, lactarse	lactarnos	lactaros	lactarles, lactarse
	accusative	lactarme	lactarte	lactarlo, lactarla, lactarse	lactarnos	lactaros	lactarlos, lactarlas, lactarse
with gerund lactando
	dative	lactándome	lactándote	lactándole, lactándose	lactándonos	lactándoos	lactándoles, lactándose
	accusative	lactándome	lactándote	lactándolo, lactándola, lactándose	lactándonos	lactándoos	lactándolos, lactándolas, lactándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lacta
	dative	láctame	láctate	láctale	láctanos	not used	láctales
	accusative	láctame	láctate	láctalo, láctala	láctanos	not used	láctalos, láctalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lactá
	dative	lactame	lactate	lactale	lactanos	not used	lactales
	accusative	lactame	lactate	lactalo, lactala	lactanos	not used	lactalos, lactalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lacte
	dative	lácteme	not used	láctele, láctese	láctenos	not used	lácteles
	accusative	lácteme	not used	láctelo, láctela, láctese	láctenos	not used	láctelos, láctelas
with first-person plural imperative lactemos
	dative	not used	lactémoste	lactémosle	lactémonos	lactémoos	lactémosles
	accusative	not used	lactémoste	lactémoslo, lactémosla	lactémonos	lactémoos	lactémoslos, lactémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lactad
	dative	lactadme	not used	lactadle	lactadnos	lactaos	lactadles
	accusative	lactadme	not used	lactadlo, lactadla	lactadnos	lactaos	lactadlos, lactadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lacten
	dative	láctenme	not used	láctenle	láctennos	not used	láctenles, láctense
	accusative	láctenme	not used	láctenlo, láctenla	láctennos	not used	láctenlos, láctenlas, láctense

Related terms

• leche

 

Further reading

• “lactar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28