adjudicar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adiūdicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.d͡ʒu.ðiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.d͡ʒu.ðiˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.d͡ʒu.ðiˈka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Homophone: adjudicà

Verb

adjudicar (first-person singular present adjudico, first-person singular preterite adjudiquí, past participle adjudicat)(transitive)

1. to assign, to award, to grant
2. (law) to adjudicate, to adjudge

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of adjudicar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			adjudicar
gerund			adjudicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adjudicat		adjudicada
		plural		adjudicats		adjudicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adjudico	adjudiques	adjudica	adjudiquem	adjudiqueu	adjudiquen
	imperfect	adjudicava	adjudicaves	adjudicava	adjudicàvem	adjudicàveu	adjudicaven
	future	adjudicaré	adjudicaràs	adjudicarà	adjudicarem	adjudicareu	adjudicaran
	preterite	adjudiquí	adjudicares	adjudicà	adjudicàrem	adjudicàreu	adjudicaren
	conditional	adjudicaria	adjudicaries	adjudicaria	adjudicaríem	adjudicaríeu	adjudicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adjudiqui	adjudiquis	adjudiqui	adjudiquem	adjudiqueu	adjudiquin
	imperfect	adjudiqués	adjudiquessis	adjudiqués	adjudiquéssim	adjudiquéssiu	adjudiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	adjudica	adjudiqui	adjudiquem	adjudiqueu	adjudiquin
	negative (no)	—	no adjudiquis	no adjudiqui	no adjudiquem	no adjudiqueu	no adjudiquin

Derived terms

• adjudicable
• adjudicador
• adjudicatari
• adjudicatiu

Related terms

• adjudicació
• jutjar

Further reading

• “adjudicar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-u

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

Proto-Italic *jowos

Latin iūs

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱs

Proto-Italic *-diks

Latin iūdex

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin iūdicō

Latin adiūdicārelbor.

Portuguese adjudicar

Learned borrowing from Latin adiūdicāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(h)], /a.d͡ʒi.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(h)], /a.d͡ʒi.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)], /a.d͡ʒi.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐd.ʒu.diˈkaɾ/ [ɐð.ʒu.ðiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐd.ʒu.diˈkaɾ/ [ɐð.ʒu.ðiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐd.ʒu.diˈka.ɾi/

Verb

adjudicar (first-person singular present adjudico, first-person singular preterite adjudiquei, past participle adjudicado)

1. (transitive) to assign, to award, to grant
2. (transitive, law) to adjudicate, to adjudge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adjudicar (c-qu alternation) (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	adjudicar
Personal	adjudicar	adjudicares	adjudicar	adjudicarmos	adjudicardes	adjudicarem
Gerund
	adjudicando
Past participle
Masculine	adjudicado			adjudicados
Feminine	adjudicada			adjudicadas
Indicative
Present	adjudico	adjudicas	adjudica	adjudicamos	adjudicais	adjudicam
Imperfect	adjudicava	adjudicavas	adjudicava	adjudicávamos	adjudicáveis	adjudicavam
Preterite	adjudiquei	adjudicaste	adjudicou	adjudicamos1, adjudicámos2	adjudicastes	adjudicaram
Pluperfect	adjudicara	adjudicaras	adjudicara	adjudicáramos	adjudicáreis	adjudicaram
Future	adjudicarei	adjudicarás	adjudicará	adjudicaremos	adjudicareis	adjudicarão
Conditional	adjudicaria	adjudicarias	adjudicaria	adjudicaríamos	adjudicaríeis	adjudicariam
Subjunctive
Present	adjudique	adjudiques	adjudique	adjudiquemos	adjudiqueis	adjudiquem
Imperfect	adjudicasse	adjudicasses	adjudicasse	adjudicássemos	adjudicásseis	adjudicassem
Future	adjudicar	adjudicares	adjudicar	adjudicarmos	adjudicardes	adjudicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		adjudica	adjudique	adjudiquemos	adjudicai	adjudiquem
Negative (não)		não adjudiques	não adjudique	não adjudiquemos	não adjudiqueis	não adjudiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• adjudicação
• adjudicador
• adjudicadoramente
• adjudicante
• adjudicatário
• adjudicativamente
• adjudicativo
• adjudicatoriamente
• adjudicatório
• adjudicável
• julgar

Further reading

• “adjudicar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “adjudicar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “adjudicar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “adjudicar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “adjudicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-u

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

Proto-Italic *jowos

Latin iūs

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱs

Proto-Italic *-diks

Latin iūdex

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin iūdicō

Latin adiūdicārelbor.

Spanish adjudicar

Learned borrowing from Latin adiūdicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adxudiˈkaɾ/ [að̞.xu.ð̞iˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧ju‧di‧car

Verb

adjudicar (first-person singular present adjudico, first-person singular preterite adjudiqué, past participle adjudicado)

1. (transitive) to assign, to award, to grant
2. (transitive, law) to adjudicate, to adjudge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adjudicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			adjudicar
gerund			adjudicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adjudicado		adjudicada
		plural		adjudicados		adjudicadas
		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	adjudico	adjudicastú adjudicásvos	adjudica	adjudicamos	adjudicáis	adjudican
	imperfect	adjudicaba	adjudicabas	adjudicaba	adjudicábamos	adjudicabais	adjudicaban
	preterite	adjudiqué	adjudicaste	adjudicó	adjudicamos	adjudicasteis	adjudicaron
	future	adjudicaré	adjudicarás	adjudicará	adjudicaremos	adjudicaréis	adjudicarán
	conditional	adjudicaría	adjudicarías	adjudicaría	adjudicaríamos	adjudicaríais	adjudicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adjudique	adjudiquestú adjudiquésvos2	adjudique	adjudiquemos	adjudiquéis	adjudiquen
	imperfect (ra)	adjudicara	adjudicaras	adjudicara	adjudicáramos	adjudicarais	adjudicaran
	imperfect (se)	adjudicase	adjudicases	adjudicase	adjudicásemos	adjudicaseis	adjudicasen
	future1	adjudicare	adjudicares	adjudicare	adjudicáremos	adjudicareis	adjudicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adjudicatú adjudicávos	adjudique	adjudiquemos	adjudicad	adjudiquen
	negative		no adjudiques	no adjudique	no adjudiquemos	no adjudiquéis	no adjudiquen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of adjudicar (c-qu alternation)

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 adjudicar	dative	adjudicarme	adjudicarte	adjudicarle, adjudicarse	adjudicarnos	adjudicaros	adjudicarles, adjudicarse
	accusative	adjudicarme	adjudicarte	adjudicarlo, adjudicarla, adjudicarse	adjudicarnos	adjudicaros	adjudicarlos, adjudicarlas, adjudicarse
with gerund adjudicando	dative	adjudicándome	adjudicándote	adjudicándole, adjudicándose	adjudicándonos	adjudicándoos	adjudicándoles, adjudicándose
	accusative	adjudicándome	adjudicándote	adjudicándolo, adjudicándola, adjudicándose	adjudicándonos	adjudicándoos	adjudicándolos, adjudicándolas, adjudicándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative adjudica	dative	adjudícame	adjudícate	adjudícale	adjudícanos	not used	adjudícales
	accusative	adjudícame	adjudícate	adjudícalo, adjudícala	adjudícanos	not used	adjudícalos, adjudícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative adjudicá	dative	adjudicame	adjudicate	adjudicale	adjudicanos	not used	adjudicales
	accusative	adjudicame	adjudicate	adjudicalo, adjudicala	adjudicanos	not used	adjudicalos, adjudicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative adjudique	dative	adjudíqueme	not used	adjudíquele, adjudíquese	adjudíquenos	not used	adjudíqueles
	accusative	adjudíqueme	not used	adjudíquelo, adjudíquela, adjudíquese	adjudíquenos	not used	adjudíquelos, adjudíquelas
with first-person plural imperative adjudiquemos	dative	not used	adjudiquémoste	adjudiquémosle	adjudiquémonos	adjudiquémoos	adjudiquémosles
	accusative	not used	adjudiquémoste	adjudiquémoslo, adjudiquémosla	adjudiquémonos	adjudiquémoos	adjudiquémoslos, adjudiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative adjudicad	dative	adjudicadme	not used	adjudicadle	adjudicadnos	adjudicaos	adjudicadles
	accusative	adjudicadme	not used	adjudicadlo, adjudicadla	adjudicadnos	adjudicaos	adjudicadlos, adjudicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adjudiquen	dative	adjudíquenme	not used	adjudíquenle	adjudíquennos	not used	adjudíquenles, adjudíquense
	accusative	adjudíquenme	not used	adjudíquenlo, adjudíquenla	adjudíquennos	not used	adjudíquenlos, adjudíquenlas, adjudíquense

Related terms

• adjudicación
• adjudicador
• adjudicatario
• juzgar

Further reading

• “adjudicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025