Home

listar

Listar is a verb in Spanish and in several Romance languages that means to create or enumerate items in a list. In everyday usage, it appears in contexts such as hacer una lista de compras or listar a los participantes de un evento. In computing and data management, listar describes the act of enumerating items, for example listar archivos, listar directorios, or listar registros from a database or API. In software interfaces, functions or commands that display items are often described with the verb listar in Spanish-language documentation, though the exact command may differ by system.

Conjugation and usage: Listar is a regular -ar verb. Present indicative forms include yo listo, tú listas,

Etymology and cognates: The verb derives from the noun lista (a list) and has cognates in other

él/ella/usted
lista,
nosotros
listamos,
vosotros
listáis,
ellos/ellas/ustedes
listan.
It
can
appear
in
compound
tenses
with
haber
(he
listado,
has
listado,
etc.).
Romance
languages,
including
Portuguese
listar
and
Catalan
llistar.
Related
terms
in
computing
include
listing,
enumeration,
and
inventory
management,
while
in
programming
contexts
the
action
corresponds
to
retrieving
or
displaying
a
set
of
records.