baratar

Of pre-Roman origin. Compare Proto-Celtic *brātu (“treachery”). Cognate with English barter.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /bə.ɾəˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ba.ɾaˈtaɾ/

baratar (first-person singular present barato, past participle baratat)

1. (transitive) to barter, swap

   Synonym: bescanviar

• barat
• barata
• baratador
• barater
• desbaratar

• “baratar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese baratar. Further etymology is uncertain: perhaps ultimately from Celtic.[1] Compare French baratter, Old French barater, English barter, Occitan baratar, Spanish baratar.

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈtaɾ/

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)

1. (obsolete) to barter, negotiate
2. (obsolete) to debate
3. (obsolete) to proceed, act

• abaratar
• desbaratar
• malbaratar

• barato

• “baratar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “barat” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “baratar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

From Old French barateor (“swindler, deceiver”), from barate (“strife, fraud”); see barater. Compare French baratter and Irish brath (“treachery”).

baratar

1. to barter

From barato +‎ -ar.

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)

1. (transitive) to sell cheaply

   Synonym: baratear

2. to conduct business only with money, to not barter
3. to conduct business cheaply
4. (transitive) to give in return
5. (transitive, figurative) to cheapen, to discount
6. (reflexive) to sell oneself short, to cheapen oneself

• “baratar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “baratar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Unknown.

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baratei, past participle baratado)

1. Alternative form of desbaratar

• “baratar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.

From Old Spanish barato (“low price”), from baratar (“to cheat (in sales)”), from Old French barateor (“swindler, deceiver”), from barate (“strife, fraud”); see barater. Compare French baratter and Irish brath (“treachery”), and also English barter.

• IPA^(key): /baɾaˈtaɾ/ [ba.ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧tar

baratar (first-person singular present barato, first-person singular preterite baraté, past participle baratado)

1. (obsolete) to barter

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