beneficiar

Catalan

Etymology

From benefici +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [bə.nə.fi.siˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [be.ne.fi.siˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [be.ne.fi.siˈa]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

beneficiar (first-person singular present beneficio, first-person singular preterite beneficií, past participle beneficiat)

1. (transitive) to benefit

   Synonym: beneficar

2. (transitive, agriculture) to enrich
3. (transitive, metallurgy) to smelt
4. (transitive, mining) to exploit
5. (transitive) to grant a benefice
6. (pronominal) to benefit [with de ‘from’]

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of beneficiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			beneficiar
gerund			beneficiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		beneficiat		beneficiada
		plural		beneficiats		beneficiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	beneficio	beneficies	beneficia	beneficiem	beneficieu	beneficien
	imperfect	beneficiava	beneficiaves	beneficiava	beneficiàvem	beneficiàveu	beneficiaven
	future	beneficiaré	beneficiaràs	beneficiarà	beneficiarem	beneficiareu	beneficiaran
	preterite	beneficií	beneficiares	beneficià	beneficiàrem	beneficiàreu	beneficiaren
	conditional	beneficiaria	beneficiaries	beneficiaria	beneficiaríem	beneficiaríeu	beneficiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	beneficiï	beneficiïs	beneficiï	beneficiem	beneficieu	beneficiïn
	imperfect	beneficiés	beneficiessis	beneficiés	beneficiéssim	beneficiéssiu	beneficiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	beneficia	beneficiï	beneficiem	beneficieu	beneficiïn
	negative (no)	—	no beneficiïs	no beneficiï	no beneficiem	no beneficieu	no beneficiïn

Related terms

• beneficial
• benifet

Further reading

• “beneficiar”, 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

From benefício + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja(ʁ)/ [be.ne.fiˈsja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja(ʁ)/ [be.ne.fiˈsja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa(ɾ)/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja(ʁ)/ [be.ne.fiˈsja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /be.ne.fi.siˈa(ɻ)/ [be.ne.fi.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /be.ne.fiˈsja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.nɨ.fiˈsja.ɾi/

Verb

beneficiar (first-person singular present beneficio, first-person singular preterite beneficiei, past participle beneficiado)

1. to benefit, profit
2. to advantage
3. to avail

Conjugation

    Conjugation of beneficiar (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	beneficiar
Personal	beneficiar	beneficiares	beneficiar	beneficiarmos	beneficiardes	beneficiarem
Gerund
	beneficiando
Past participle
Masculine	beneficiado			beneficiados
Feminine	beneficiada			beneficiadas
Indicative
Present	beneficio	beneficias	beneficia	beneficiamos	beneficiais	beneficiam
Imperfect	beneficiava	beneficiavas	beneficiava	beneficiávamos	beneficiáveis	beneficiavam
Preterite	beneficiei	beneficiaste	beneficiou	beneficiamos1, beneficiámos2	beneficiastes	beneficiaram
Pluperfect	beneficiara	beneficiaras	beneficiara	beneficiáramos	beneficiáreis	beneficiaram
Future	beneficiarei	beneficiarás	beneficiará	beneficiaremos	beneficiareis	beneficiarão
Conditional	beneficiaria	beneficiarias	beneficiaria	beneficiaríamos	beneficiaríeis	beneficiariam
Subjunctive
Present	beneficie	beneficies	beneficie	beneficiemos	beneficieis	beneficiem
Imperfect	beneficiasse	beneficiasses	beneficiasse	beneficiássemos	beneficiásseis	beneficiassem
Future	beneficiar	beneficiares	beneficiar	beneficiarmos	beneficiardes	beneficiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		beneficia	beneficie	beneficiemos	beneficiai	beneficiem
Negative (não)		não beneficies	não beneficie	não beneficiemos	não beneficieis	não beneficiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “beneficiar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “beneficiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bénéficiaire. By surface analysis, beneficiu +‎ -ar.

Noun

beneficiar m (plural beneficiari, feminine equivalent beneficiară)

1. beneficiary

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	beneficiar	beneficiarul	beneficiari	beneficiarii
genitive-dative	beneficiar	beneficiarului	beneficiari	beneficiarilor
vocative	beneficiarule		beneficiarilor

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin beneficus

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin beneficiumbor.

Spanish beneficio

Spanish -ar

Spanish beneficiar

From beneficio + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /benefiˈθjaɾ/ [be.ne.fiˈθjaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /benefiˈsjaɾ/ [be.ne.fiˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: be‧ne‧fi‧ciar

Verb

beneficiar (first-person singular present beneficio, first-person singular preterite beneficié, past participle beneficiado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to benefit

   Todos nos podemos beneficiar de su experiencia.

   We can all benefit from your experience.

   ¿En qué te beneficia?

   What's in it for you?

Conjugation

    Conjugation of beneficiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			beneficiar
gerund			beneficiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		beneficiado		beneficiada
		plural		beneficiados		beneficiadas
		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	beneficio	beneficiastú beneficiásvos	beneficia	beneficiamos	beneficiáis	benefician
	imperfect	beneficiaba	beneficiabas	beneficiaba	beneficiábamos	beneficiabais	beneficiaban
	preterite	beneficié	beneficiaste	benefició	beneficiamos	beneficiasteis	beneficiaron
	future	beneficiaré	beneficiarás	beneficiará	beneficiaremos	beneficiaréis	beneficiarán
	conditional	beneficiaría	beneficiarías	beneficiaría	beneficiaríamos	beneficiaríais	beneficiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	beneficie	beneficiestú beneficiésvos2	beneficie	beneficiemos	beneficiéis	beneficien
	imperfect (ra)	beneficiara	beneficiaras	beneficiara	beneficiáramos	beneficiarais	beneficiaran
	imperfect (se)	beneficiase	beneficiases	beneficiase	beneficiásemos	beneficiaseis	beneficiasen
	future1	beneficiare	beneficiares	beneficiare	beneficiáremos	beneficiareis	beneficiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		beneficiatú beneficiávos	beneficie	beneficiemos	beneficiad	beneficien
	negative		no beneficies	no beneficie	no beneficiemos	no beneficiéis	no beneficien

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

    Selected combined forms of beneficiar

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 beneficiar	dative	beneficiarme	beneficiarte	beneficiarle, beneficiarse	beneficiarnos	beneficiaros	beneficiarles, beneficiarse
	accusative	beneficiarme	beneficiarte	beneficiarlo, beneficiarla, beneficiarse	beneficiarnos	beneficiaros	beneficiarlos, beneficiarlas, beneficiarse
with gerund beneficiando	dative	beneficiándome	beneficiándote	beneficiándole, beneficiándose	beneficiándonos	beneficiándoos	beneficiándoles, beneficiándose
	accusative	beneficiándome	beneficiándote	beneficiándolo, beneficiándola, beneficiándose	beneficiándonos	beneficiándoos	beneficiándolos, beneficiándolas, beneficiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative beneficia	dative	benefíciame	benefíciate	benefíciale	benefícianos	not used	benefíciales
	accusative	benefíciame	benefíciate	benefícialo, benefíciala	benefícianos	not used	benefícialos, benefícialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative beneficiá	dative	beneficiame	beneficiate	beneficiale	beneficianos	not used	beneficiales
	accusative	beneficiame	beneficiate	beneficialo, beneficiala	beneficianos	not used	beneficialos, beneficialas
with formal second-person singular imperative beneficie	dative	benefícieme	not used	benefíciele, benefíciese	benefícienos	not used	benefícieles
	accusative	benefícieme	not used	benefícielo, benefíciela, benefíciese	benefícienos	not used	benefícielos, benefícielas
with first-person plural imperative beneficiemos	dative	not used	beneficiémoste	beneficiémosle	beneficiémonos	beneficiémoos	beneficiémosles
	accusative	not used	beneficiémoste	beneficiémoslo, beneficiémosla	beneficiémonos	beneficiémoos	beneficiémoslos, beneficiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative beneficiad	dative	beneficiadme	not used	beneficiadle	beneficiadnos	beneficiaos	beneficiadles
	accusative	beneficiadme	not used	beneficiadlo, beneficiadla	beneficiadnos	beneficiaos	beneficiadlos, beneficiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative beneficien	dative	benefícienme	not used	benefícienle	benefíciennos	not used	benefícienles, benefíciense
	accusative	benefícienme	not used	benefícienlo, benefícienla	benefíciennos	not used	benefícienlos, benefícienlas, benefíciense

Derived terms

• beneficiador

Related terms

• beneficio
• beneficioso
• benéfico

Further reading

• “beneficiar”, 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