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Yes. The word petar is a Scrabble US word. The word petar is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word petar is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

P3E1T1A1R1

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5-letter words (8 found)

APERT,APTER,PATER,PEART,PETAR,PRATE,TAPER,TRAPE,

4-letter words (19 found)

APER,ARET,PARE,PART,PATE,PEAR,PEAT,PERT,PRAT,RAPE,RAPT,RATE,REAP,TAPE,TARE,TARP,TEAR,TEPA,TRAP,

3-letter words (23 found)

APE,APT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,PAR,PAT,PEA,PER,PET,PRE,RAP,RAT,REP,RET,TAE,TAP,TAR,TEA,

2-letter words (11 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,PA,PE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 62 words from petar according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of petar

petar

English

Noun

petar (plural petars)

  1. Obsolete form of petard.

References

  • “petar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Peart, Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap

Asturian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈtaɾ/ [peˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧tar

Verb

petar

  1. (impersonal) to interest, to feel like

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “petar” in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana. Xosé Lluis García Arias. →ISBN.

Catalan

Etymology

From pet +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈta]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [peˈtaɾ]

Verb

petar (first-person singular present peto, first-person singular preterite petí, past participle petat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (intransitive) to explode, to burst
  2. (intransitive, computing, informal, of a program) to crash
  3. (intransitive, pronominal) to fart

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • petada
  • petaner

Descendants

  • → Spanish: petar

Further reading

  • “petar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “petar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “petar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1800. From peto (“woodpecker”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈtaɾ/

Verb

petar (first-person singular present peto, first-person singular preterite petei, past participle petado)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to knock, to impact
  2. (transitive) to churn
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to want

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • bater
  • (to want to do): apetecer

Related terms

  • petada (“knock”)
  • petador (“knocker”)
  • peteiro (“beak”)
  • petelo (“small mallet”)
  • petelar (“to knock gently and repeatedly”)

References

  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “petar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • “petar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
  • Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “petar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
  • Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “petar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛ.tar]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.t̪ar]

Verb

petar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of petō

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan petar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peˈtaɾ/ [peˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pe‧tar

Verb

petar (first-person singular present peto, first-person singular preterite peté, past participle petado)

  1. (colloquial) to explode, blow up, let off, set off
    Synonyms: explotar, estallar
  2. (colloquial, transitive) to please, gratify, content
    Synonym: agradar
  3. to fill up; cram; be packed
  4. (reflexive, computing) crash (a malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “petar”, 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

Anagrams

  • parte

Swedish

Verb

petar

  1. present indicative of peta

Anagrams

  • Petra, paret, repat

Venetan

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

petar

  1. (transitive) to attach, stick

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.


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