candidatar

Portuguese

Etymology

candidato + -ar

Verb

candidatar (first-person singular present indicative candidato, past participle candidatado)

  1. (transitive) to enrol someone or something as a candidate
    O Silva candidatou seu filho a presidente na eleição da escola.
    Silva enrol his son as a candidate for president in the school election.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to run (to be a candidate in an election)
    Ninguém quis se candidatar a prefeito.
    Nobody wanted to run for mayor.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • candidatar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

candidato + -ar

Verb

candidatar (first-person singular present candidato, first-person singular preterite candidaté, past participle candidatado)

  1. to enrol as a candidate
  2. (reflexive) to run (as a candidate)
    Synonym: candidatear

Conjugation

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