English → Latin
“compete” in Latin
competōto come together, meet; to agree, coincide in point of time; to be equal to, be capable ofcertōto match, vie with, emulate; to fight, wrestle; to contend, compete, raceconcertōto fight or contend; to dispute or debate
The English word compete itself goes back to Latin petō, through competō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
compete
compete with, competere: una petere aliquid (be a competitor): certare or concertare or contendere cum aliquo: aemulari aliquem or cum aliquo: with anybody in anything, aliqua re certare or concertare cum aliquo: (of mutual competition) aliqua re inter se certare.
Vie with (of things), certare cum aliqua re: poetically, alicui rei (e.g., viridique certat bacca Venafro, Hor.): aemulari aliquid (e.g., Balicae uvae Albanum vinum aemulantur, Plin.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for compete?
- The usual Latin words for “compete” are competō, certō, concertō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.