registar

Registar is a verb used in Portuguese to denote the act of recording information in an official record, enrolling someone in a list, or logging data. It is a cognate of registrar in Spanish and the French enregistre r, all derived from the Latin registrare. In European Portuguese, registar is the common form; in Brazilian Portuguese the more frequent infinitive is registrar. The noun form registo indicates the act of recording or the registry itself, with registro used in Brazilian Portuguese.

Common contexts include civil administration and law, where births, marriages, and deaths are entered in the civil registo; property and vehicle registries; and administrative databases. The term is also used in information technology and data management to mean entering data into a system or creating a record. In everyday language, one might registar-se para um serviço (to register for a service) or registar um domínio (to register a domain).

In English-language usage, registar is translated as “to register” or “to record.” The concept spans administrative, legal, and digital domains, reflecting the broader need to create an official record for future reference, verification, or access.