contacto

See also: contactó

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kunˈtak.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [konˈtak.to]

Verb

contacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of contactar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈtaːk.toː/, [kɔn̪ˈt̪äːkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈtak.to/, [kon̪ˈt̪äkt̪o]

Participle

contāctō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of contāctus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtak.tu/, /kõˈta.ki.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtak.tu/, /kõˈta.ki.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈtak.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈta.ktu/

• Rhymes: -aktu
• Hyphenation: con‧tac‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin contāctus.

Noun

contacto m (plural contactos)

1. European Portuguese form standard spelling of contato.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of contactar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtaɡto/ [kõn̪ˈt̪aɣ̞.t̪o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɡto
• Syllabification: con‧tac‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin contāctus.

Noun

contacto m (plural contactos)

1. contact

Derived terms

• contacto social
• contacto visual
• lente de contacto
• llave de contacto
• rastreo de contactos

 

Related terms

• acontecer
• contactar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

contacto

1. first-person singular present indicative of contactar

Further reading

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