dictar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dictāre, present active infinitive of dictō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dictar (first-person singular present dicto, first-person singular preterite dictí, past participle dictat)
- to dictate
Conjugation
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Interlingua
Verb
dictar
- to dictate
Conjugation
Conjugation of dictar
infinitive | dictar | ||
---|---|---|---|
participle | present | perfect | |
dictante | dictate | ||
active | simple | perfect | |
present | dicta | ha dictate | |
past | dictava | habeva dictate | |
future | dictara | habera dictate | |
conditional | dictarea | haberea dictate | |
imperative | dicta | ||
passive | simple | perfect | |
present | es dictate | ha essite dictate | |
past | esseva dictate | habeva essite dictate | |
future | essera dictate | habera essite dictate | |
conditional | esserea dictate | haberea essite dictate | |
imperative | sia dictate |
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dictāre, present active infinitive of dictō.
Pronunciation
Verb
dictar (first-person singular present dicto, first-person singular preterite dicté, past participle dictado)
- (transitive, intransitive) to dictate
- (transitive) to pronounce
- (transitive)to give; to deliver (i.e. a lecture)
- (law, transitive) to lay down
- dictar la ley
- lay down the law
- 1854, Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, La campana de Huesca:
- El rey de armas se encogió de hombros, y sin atreverse ya a contrarrestar la voluntad poderosa del almogávar, comenzó a dictar la sentencia, aunque no sin dudar y balbucir, y detenerse como quien obra de mala gana.
- The King of Arms shrugged his shoulders, and not daring to counteract the mighty will of the almogavar, began to lay down the sentence, not without spluttering and pausing like a reticent worker.
- 2015 October 8, “El Supremo dicta la inviolabilidad del dormitorio de los soldados”, in El País[1]:
- El Supremo dicta la inviolabilidad del dormitorio de los soldados
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2016 January, “Venezuela: La ilegitimidad política”, in El Nacional[2]:
- No sólo basta la licitud de la acción política para que sea acatada por los subordinados; es decir, que sea dictada o ejercida bajo determinadas normas legales sino que tenga un reconocimiento por parte de los ciudadanos como justa, razonable y equitativa.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of dictar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | dictar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | dictando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | dictado | dictada | |||||
plural | dictados | dictadas | |||||
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 | dicto | dictastú dictásvos |
dicta | dictamos | dictáis | dictan | |
imperfect | dictaba | dictabas | dictaba | dictábamos | dictabais | dictaban | |
preterite | dicté | dictaste | dictó | dictamos | dictasteis | dictaron | |
future | dictaré | dictarás | dictará | dictaremos | dictaréis | dictarán | |
conditional | dictaría | dictarías | dictaría | dictaríamos | dictaríais | dictarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | dicte | dictestú dictésvos2 |
dicte | dictemos | dictéis | dicten | |
imperfect (ra) |
dictara | dictaras | dictara | dictáramos | dictarais | dictaran | |
imperfect (se) |
dictase | dictases | dictase | dictásemos | dictaseis | dictasen | |
future1 | dictare | dictares | dictare | dictáremos | dictareis | dictaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | dictatú dictávos |
dicte | dictemos | dictad | dicten | ||
negative | no dictes | no dicte | no dictemos | no dictéis | no dicten |
Selected combined forms of dictar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “dictar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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