disposar

Back-formed from Latin dispositus, perfect participle of dispōnō.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dis.puˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dis.poˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [dis.poˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

disposar (first-person singular present disposo, first-person singular preterite disposí, past participle disposat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to arrange, to lay out, to line up
   • 1964, Josep M. de Sagarra, La ruta blava:

     Aquests pobles fan pensar en un entremig polsós de Mollet i Granollers. Pobles disposats al llarg de la carretera, amb una arquitectura tan impersonal, tan pobra i tan poc musulmana com vulgueu...

     Those towns call to mind a dusty interval between Mollet and Granollers. Towns arranged along the length of the highway, with an architecture as impersonal, as poor, and as little Islamic as you could want...

2. (transitive) to prepare

   Synonym: preparar

3. (transitive) to provide
4. (intransitive, with de) to make use of
5. (intransitive, with de) to have available, to be at the disposal of

• disposador

• dispost
• posar

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