reptar

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /rəpˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /repˈtaɾ/

From Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō. Doublet of reputar.

reptar (first-person singular present repto, past participle reptat)

1. (transitive) to challenge
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 17, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Si tinguéssim una balança el reptaria a posar tots els seus llibres en un platet i l'Aneris en l'altre.

     If we had had scales, I would have challenged him to put all his books in one scale and Aneris in the other one.

• repte

Borrowed from Latin reptāre, present active infinitive of reptō.

reptar (first-person singular present repto, past participle reptat)

1. (intransitive) to slither

• “reptar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “reptar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “reptar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “reptar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

reptar

1. to creep
2. to crawl

• Hyphenation: rep‧tar

Learned borrowing from Latin reptāre.

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptei, past participle reptado)

1. (intransitive) to slither
2. (intransitive) to crawl, to creep

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin reputāre.

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite reptei, past participle reptado)

1. (transitive) to challenge someone

   Synonym: desafiar

• repto

• IPA^(key): /rebˈtaɾ/ [reβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: rep‧tar

Borrowed from Latin reptāre, present active infinitive of reptō.

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite repté, past participle reptado)

1. to slither

   Synonym: deslizarse

2. to crawl
3. to creep

From Old Spanish rebtar, from Latin reputāre, present active infinitive of reputō. Doublet of reputar.

reptar (first-person singular present repto, first-person singular preterite repté, past participle reptado)

1. Obsolete form of retar.

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

• trepar