legislar

Catalan

Etymology

Back-formation from legislador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lə.ʒizˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [le.d͡ʒizˈlaɾ]

Verb

legislar (first-person singular present legislo, first-person singular preterite legislí, past participle legislat)

1. (intransitive) to legislate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legislar (first conjugation)

infinitive			legislar
gerund			legislant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		legislat		legislada
		plural		legislats		legislades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	legislo	legisles	legisla	legislem	legisleu	legislen
	imperfect	legislava	legislaves	legislava	legislàvem	legislàveu	legislaven
	future	legislaré	legislaràs	legislarà	legislarem	legislareu	legislaran
	preterite	legislí	legislares	legislà	legislàrem	legislàreu	legislaren
	conditional	legislaria	legislaries	legislaria	legislaríem	legislaríeu	legislarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	legisli	legislis	legisli	legislem	legisleu	legislin
	imperfect	legislés	legislessis	legislés	legisléssim	legisléssiu	legislessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	legisla	legisli	legislem	legisleu	legislin
	negative (no)	—	no legislis	no legisli	no legislem	no legisleu	no legislin

Related terms

• legislació

Further reading

• “legislar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “legislar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “legislar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “legislar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from legislação, legislador.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒizˈla(ʁ)/ [le.ʒizˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒizˈla(ʁ)/ [le.ʒizˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /le.ʒizˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /le.ʒiʒˈla(ʁ)/ [le.ʒiʒˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒizˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.ʒiʒˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.ʒiʒˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.ʒiʒˈla.ɾi/

Verb

legislar (first-person singular present legislo, first-person singular preterite legislei, past participle legislado)

1. to legislate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legislar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	legislar
Personal	legislar	legislares	legislar	legislarmos	legislardes	legislarem
Gerund
	legislando
Past participle
Masculine	legislado			legislados
Feminine	legislada			legisladas
Indicative
Present	legislo	legislas	legisla	legislamos	legislais	legislam
Imperfect	legislava	legislavas	legislava	legislávamos	legisláveis	legislavam
Preterite	legislei	legislaste	legislou	legislamos1, legislámos2	legislastes	legislaram
Pluperfect	legislara	legislaras	legislara	legisláramos	legisláreis	legislaram
Future	legislarei	legislarás	legislará	legislaremos	legislareis	legislarão
Conditional	legislaria	legislarias	legislaria	legislaríamos	legislaríeis	legislariam
Subjunctive
Present	legisle	legisles	legisle	legislemos	legisleis	legislem
Imperfect	legislasse	legislasses	legislasse	legislássemos	legislásseis	legislassem
Future	legislar	legislares	legislar	legislarmos	legislardes	legislarem
Imperative
Affirmative		legisla	legisle	legislemos	legislai	legislem
Negative (não)		não legisles	não legisle	não legislemos	não legisleis	não legislem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• legífero
• legislação
• legislador
• legislativo
• legislatório
• legislatura
• legislável
• lei

 

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from legislación, legislador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lexisˈlaɾ/ [le.xisˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: le‧gis‧lar

Verb

legislar (first-person singular present legislo, first-person singular preterite legislé, past participle legislado)

1. to legislate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legislar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			legislar
gerund			legislando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		legislado		legislada
		plural		legislados		legisladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	legislo	legislastú legislásvos	legisla	legislamos	legisláis	legislan
	imperfect	legislaba	legislabas	legislaba	legislábamos	legislabais	legislaban
	preterite	legislé	legislaste	legisló	legislamos	legislasteis	legislaron
	future	legislaré	legislarás	legislará	legislaremos	legislaréis	legislarán
	conditional	legislaría	legislarías	legislaría	legislaríamos	legislaríais	legislarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	legisle	legislestú legislésvos2	legisle	legislemos	legisléis	legislen
	imperfect (ra)	legislara	legislaras	legislara	legisláramos	legislarais	legislaran
	imperfect (se)	legislase	legislases	legislase	legislásemos	legislaseis	legislasen
	future1	legislare	legislares	legislare	legisláremos	legislareis	legislaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		legislatú legislávos	legisle	legislemos	legislad	legislen
	negative		no legisles	no legisle	no legislemos	no legisléis	no legislen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of legislar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive legislar
	dative	legislarme	legislarte	legislarle, legislarse	legislarnos	legislaros	legislarles, legislarse
	accusative	legislarme	legislarte	legislarlo, legislarla, legislarse	legislarnos	legislaros	legislarlos, legislarlas, legislarse
with gerund legislando
	dative	legislándome	legislándote	legislándole, legislándose	legislándonos	legislándoos	legislándoles, legislándose
	accusative	legislándome	legislándote	legislándolo, legislándola, legislándose	legislándonos	legislándoos	legislándolos, legislándolas, legislándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative legisla
	dative	legíslame	legíslate	legíslale	legíslanos	not used	legíslales
	accusative	legíslame	legíslate	legíslalo, legíslala	legíslanos	not used	legíslalos, legíslalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative legislá
	dative	legislame	legislate	legislale	legislanos	not used	legislales
	accusative	legislame	legislate	legislalo, legislala	legislanos	not used	legislalos, legislalas
with formal second-person singular imperative legisle
	dative	legísleme	not used	legíslele, legíslese	legíslenos	not used	legísleles
	accusative	legísleme	not used	legíslelo, legíslela, legíslese	legíslenos	not used	legíslelos, legíslelas
with first-person plural imperative legislemos
	dative	not used	legislémoste	legislémosle	legislémonos	legislémoos	legislémosles
	accusative	not used	legislémoste	legislémoslo, legislémosla	legislémonos	legislémoos	legislémoslos, legislémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative legislad
	dative	legisladme	not used	legisladle	legisladnos	legislaos	legisladles
	accusative	legisladme	not used	legisladlo, legisladla	legisladnos	legislaos	legisladlos, legisladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative legislen
	dative	legíslenme	not used	legíslenle	legíslennos	not used	legíslenles, legíslense
	accusative	legíslenme	not used	legíslenlo, legíslenla	legíslennos	not used	legíslenlos, legíslenlas, legíslense

Further reading

• “legislar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014