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• horar

Probably an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈɾaɾ]

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orí, past participle orat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive, religion) to pray

   Synonym: pregar

2. (intransitive) to orate, to perorate

   Synonym: perorar

• oració

• “orar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “orar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “orar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “orar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Galician-Portuguese, an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orei, past participle orado)

1. to pray

   Synonyms: pregar, rezar

From Old Galician-Portuguese, an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

• Hyphenation: o‧rar

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orei, past participle orado)

1. to pray (petition a higher being)

   Synonym: rezar

• oração

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

Borrowed from French horaire, from Latin horarius.

orar m or n (feminine singular orară, masculine plural orari, feminine and neuter plural orare)

1. hourly

An early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾaɾ/ [oˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧rar

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite oré, past participle orado)

1. (intransitive) to pray

   Synonym: rezar

2. (intransitive) to orate, or speak in favor of or against something in public

   Synonym: pronunciar

• “orar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• raro