dedicar

From Latin dēdicō.

dedicar (first-person singular indicative present dedico, past participle dedicáu)

1. to dedicate

Borrowed from Latin dēdicāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.ðiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [de.ðiˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: dedicà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

dedicar (first-person singular present dedico, first-person singular preterite dediquí, past participle dedicat)

1. to dedicate
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to engage oneself [+ a (object) = with/in]; to work in

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

From Latin dēdicō.

dedicar (first-person singular present dedico, first-person singular preterite dediquei, past participle dedicado)

1. to dedicate

• dedicación

Learned borrowing from Latin dēdicāre (“to dedicate”).

• Hyphenation: de‧di‧car

dedicar (first-person singular present dedico, first-person singular preterite dediquei, past participle dedicado)

1. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a) to dedicate (to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes)

   Synonym: consagrar

   Este templo foi decicado a Júpiter. ― This temple was dedicated to Jupiter.

2. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a) to dedicate; to earmark (to set apart for a special use)

   O governo pretende decicar alguns milhões de reais à construção da ponte. ― The government intends to earmark a few million reais for the bridge’s construction.

3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with a or without a second object) to dedicate (to commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action)

   Eu me dediquei muito para conseguir este emprego. ― I really dedicated myself to getting this job.

   Ela se dedicou aos estudos. ― She dedicated herself to her studies.

4. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a or para (uncommon)) to dedicate (to address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection)

   Dedico esta dissertação aos meus pais e professores. ― I dedicate this thesis to my parents and my professors.

Borrowed from Latin dēdicāre.

• IPA^(key): /dediˈkaɾ/ [d̪e.ð̞iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧di‧car

dedicar (first-person singular present dedico, first-person singular preterite dediqué, past participle dedicado)

1. to dedicate, to spend time
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to devote oneself
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to engage oneself [+ a (object) = with/in]; to work

   ¿A qué te dedicas? ― What do you do for a living?

   Me dedico a la conservación. ― I work in conservation.

• “dedicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014