predominar

Catalan

Etymology

From pre- +‎ dominar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.ðu.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.ðo.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðo.miˈnaɾ]
• Homophone: predominà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

predominar (first-person singular present predomino, first-person singular preterite predominí, past participle predominat)

1. (intransitive) to predominate

Derived terms

• predominant

Related terms

• dominar

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From pre- +‎ dominar.

Verb

1. to predominate
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Further reading

• “predominar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From pre- +‎ dominar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾedomiˈnaɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞o.miˈnaɾ]

Verb

predominar (first-person singular present predomino, first-person singular preterite predominé, past participle predominado)

1. to predominate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predominar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			predominar
gerund			predominando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		predominado		predominada
		plural		predominados		predominadas
		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	predomino	predominastú predominásvos	predomina	predominamos	predomináis	predominan
	imperfect	predominaba	predominabas	predominaba	predominábamos	predominabais	predominaban
	preterite	predominé	predominaste	predominó	predominamos	predominasteis	predominaron
	future	predominaré	predominarás	predominará	predominaremos	predominaréis	predominarán
	conditional	predominaría	predominarías	predominaría	predominaríamos	predominaríais	predominarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	predomine	predominestú predominésvos2	predomine	predominemos	predominéis	predominen
	imperfect (ra)	predominara	predominaras	predominara	predomináramos	predominarais	predominaran
	imperfect (se)	predominase	predominases	predominase	predominásemos	predominaseis	predominasen
	future1	predominare	predominares	predominare	predomináremos	predominareis	predominaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		predominatú predominávos	predomine	predominemos	predominad	predominen
	negative		no predomines	no predomine	no predominemos	no predominéis	no predominen

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

Derived terms

• predominante

Related terms

• dominar

Further reading

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