candidatar

From candidato +‎ -ar.

candidatar (first-person singular present candidato, first-person singular preterite candidatei, 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. (pronominal) to run (to be a candidate in an election)

   Ninguém quis se candidatar a prefeito.

   Nobody wanted to run for mayor.

• “candidatar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From candidato +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /kandidaˈtaɾ/ [kãn̪.d̪i.ð̞aˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: can‧di‧da‧tar

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

• “candidatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16