facilitar

Asturian

Verb

facilitar

1. (transitive) to facilitate (to make easier)

Conjugation

Conjugation of facilitar

infinitive		facilitar
gerund		facilitando
past participle		m facilitáu, f facilitada, n facilitao, m pl facilitaos, f pl facilitaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	facilito	facilites	facilita	facilitamos	facilitáis	faciliten
	imperfect	facilitaba	facilitabes	facilitaba	facilitábemos, facilitábamos	facilitabeis, facilitabais	facilitaben
	preterite	facilité	facilitasti, facilitesti	facilitó	facilitemos	facilitastis, facilitestis	facilitaron
	pluperfect	facilitare, facilitara	facilitares, facilitaras	facilitare, facilitara	facilitáremos, facilitáramos	facilitareis, facilitarais	facilitaren, facilitaran
	future	facilitaré	facilitarás	facilitará	facilitaremos	facilitaréis	facilitarán
	conditional	facilitaría	facilitaríes	facilitaría	facilitaríemos, facilitaríamos	facilitaríeis, facilitaríais	facilitaríen
subjunctive	present	facilite	facilites, facilitas	facilite	facilitemos	facilitéis	faciliten, facilitan
	imperfect	facilitare, facilitara	facilitares, facilitaras	facilitare, facilitara	facilitáremos, facilitáramos	facilitareis, facilitarais	facilitaren, facilitaran
imperative		—	facilita	—	—	facilitái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Probably a borrowing of French faciliter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [fə.si.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fa.si.liˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [fa.si.liˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

facilitar (first-person singular present facilito, first-person singular preterite facilití, past participle facilitat)

1. (transitive) to facilitate (to make easier)
2. (transitive) to provide, to send, to deliver

   Synonym: proporcionar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of facilitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			facilitar
gerund			facilitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		facilitat		facilitada
		plural		facilitats		facilitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	facilito	facilites	facilita	facilitem	faciliteu	faciliten
	imperfect	facilitava	facilitaves	facilitava	facilitàvem	facilitàveu	facilitaven
	future	facilitaré	facilitaràs	facilitarà	facilitarem	facilitareu	facilitaran
	preterite	facilití	facilitares	facilità	facilitàrem	facilitàreu	facilitaren
	conditional	facilitaria	facilitaries	facilitaria	facilitaríem	facilitaríeu	facilitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	faciliti	facilitis	faciliti	facilitem	faciliteu	facilitin
	imperfect	facilités	facilitessis	facilités	facilitéssim	facilitéssiu	facilitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	facilita	faciliti	facilitem	faciliteu	facilitin
	negative (no)	—	no facilitis	no faciliti	no facilitem	no faciliteu	no facilitin

Derived terms

• facilitació
• facilitador

Related terms

• fàcil

Further reading

• “facilitar”, 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
• “facilitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “facilitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “facilitar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /faθiliˈtaɾ/ [fa.θi.liˈt̪aɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /faθiliˈtaɾ/ [fa.θi.liˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /fasiliˈtaɾ/ [fa.si.liˈt̪aɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧li‧tar

Verb

facilitar (first-person singular present facilito, first-person singular preterite facilitei, past participle facilitado)

1. (transitive) to facilitate (to make easier)
2. (transitive) to provide, to send, to deliver

   Synonym: proporcionar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of facilitar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	facilitar
Personal	facilitar	facilitares	facilitar	facilitarmos	facilitardes	facilitaren
Gerund
	facilitando
Past participle
Masculine	facilitado			facilitados
Feminine	facilitada			facilitadas
Indicative
Present	facilito	facilitas	facilita	facilitamos	facilitades	facilitan
Imperfect	facilitaba	facilitabas	facilitaba	facilitabamos	facilitabades	facilitaban
Preterite	facilitei	facilitaches	facilitou	facilitamos	facilitastes	facilitaron
Pluperfect	facilitara	facilitaras	facilitara	facilitaramos	facilitarades	facilitaran
Future	facilitarei	facilitarás	facilitará	facilitaremos	facilitaredes	facilitarán
Conditional	facilitaría	facilitarías	facilitaría	facilitariamos	facilitariades	facilitarían
Subjunctive
Present	facilite	facilites	facilite	facilitemos	facilitedes	faciliten
Imperfect	facilitase	facilitases	facilitase	facilitásemos	facilitásedes	facilitasen
Future	facilitar	facilitares	facilitar	facilitarmos	facilitardes	facilitaren
Imperative
Affirmative		facilita	facilite	facilitemos	facilitade	faciliten
Negative (non)		non facilites	non facilite	non facilitemos	non facilitedes	non faciliten

Derived terms

• facilitador

Further reading

• “facilitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “facilitar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

By surface analysis, fácil +‎ -itar. Compare French faciliter and Italian facilitare.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.si.liˈta(ʁ)/ [fa.si.liˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fa.si.liˈta(ʁ)/ [fa.si.liˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fa.si.liˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fa.si.liˈta(ʁ)/ [fa.si.liˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /fa.si.liˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.si.liˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.si.liˈtaɾ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.sɨ.liˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɐ.sɨ.liˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧li‧tar

Verb

facilitar (first-person singular present facilito, first-person singular preterite facilitei, past participle facilitado)

1. (transitive) to facilitate (make simple or easy)
2. (transitive) to help; assist
3. (transitive) to make available; provide

   Synonym: proporcionar

4. (intransitive) to act carelessly, without discretion; trust excessively and recklessly
5. (reflexive) to ready

Conjugation

    Conjugation of facilitar (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	facilitar
Personal	facilitar	facilitares	facilitar	facilitarmos	facilitardes	facilitarem
Gerund
	facilitando
Past participle
Masculine	facilitado			facilitados
Feminine	facilitada			facilitadas
Indicative
Present	facilito	facilitas	facilita	facilitamos	facilitais	facilitam
Imperfect	facilitava	facilitavas	facilitava	facilitávamos	facilitáveis	facilitavam
Preterite	facilitei	facilitaste	facilitou	facilitamos1, facilitámos2	facilitastes	facilitaram
Pluperfect	facilitara	facilitaras	facilitara	facilitáramos	facilitáreis	facilitaram
Future	facilitarei	facilitarás	facilitará	facilitaremos	facilitareis	facilitarão
Conditional	facilitaria	facilitarias	facilitaria	facilitaríamos	facilitaríeis	facilitariam
Subjunctive
Present	facilite	facilites	facilite	facilitemos	faciliteis	facilitem
Imperfect	facilitasse	facilitasses	facilitasse	facilitássemos	facilitásseis	facilitassem
Future	facilitar	facilitares	facilitar	facilitarmos	facilitardes	facilitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		facilita	facilite	facilitemos	facilitai	facilitem
Negative (não)		não facilites	não facilite	não facilitemos	não faciliteis	não facilitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• facilitação
• facilitador

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From fácil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faθiliˈtaɾ/ [fa.θi.liˈt̪aɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /fasiliˈtaɾ/ [fa.si.liˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fa‧ci‧li‧tar

Verb

facilitar (first-person singular present facilito, first-person singular preterite facilité, past participle facilitado)

1. (transitive) to facilitate (to make easier)
2. (transitive) to provide, to send, to deliver

   Synonyms: proporcionar, entregar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of facilitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			facilitar
gerund			facilitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		facilitado		facilitada
		plural		facilitados		facilitadas
		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	facilito	facilitastú facilitásvos	facilita	facilitamos	facilitáis	facilitan
	imperfect	facilitaba	facilitabas	facilitaba	facilitábamos	facilitabais	facilitaban
	preterite	facilité	facilitaste	facilitó	facilitamos	facilitasteis	facilitaron
	future	facilitaré	facilitarás	facilitará	facilitaremos	facilitaréis	facilitarán
	conditional	facilitaría	facilitarías	facilitaría	facilitaríamos	facilitaríais	facilitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	facilite	facilitestú facilitésvos2	facilite	facilitemos	facilitéis	faciliten
	imperfect (ra)	facilitara	facilitaras	facilitara	facilitáramos	facilitarais	facilitaran
	imperfect (se)	facilitase	facilitases	facilitase	facilitásemos	facilitaseis	facilitasen
	future1	facilitare	facilitares	facilitare	facilitáremos	facilitareis	facilitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		facilitatú facilitávos	facilite	facilitemos	facilitad	faciliten
	negative		no facilites	no facilite	no facilitemos	no facilitéis	no faciliten

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

    Selected combined forms of facilitar

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 facilitar	dative	facilitarme	facilitarte	facilitarle, facilitarse	facilitarnos	facilitaros	facilitarles, facilitarse
	accusative	facilitarme	facilitarte	facilitarlo, facilitarla, facilitarse	facilitarnos	facilitaros	facilitarlos, facilitarlas, facilitarse
with gerund facilitando	dative	facilitándome	facilitándote	facilitándole, facilitándose	facilitándonos	facilitándoos	facilitándoles, facilitándose
	accusative	facilitándome	facilitándote	facilitándolo, facilitándola, facilitándose	facilitándonos	facilitándoos	facilitándolos, facilitándolas, facilitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative facilita	dative	facilítame	facilítate	facilítale	facilítanos	not used	facilítales
	accusative	facilítame	facilítate	facilítalo, facilítala	facilítanos	not used	facilítalos, facilítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative facilitá	dative	facilitame	facilitate	facilitale	facilitanos	not used	facilitales
	accusative	facilitame	facilitate	facilitalo, facilitala	facilitanos	not used	facilitalos, facilitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative facilite	dative	facilíteme	not used	facilítele, facilítese	facilítenos	not used	facilíteles
	accusative	facilíteme	not used	facilítelo, facilítela, facilítese	facilítenos	not used	facilítelos, facilítelas
with first-person plural imperative facilitemos	dative	not used	facilitémoste	facilitémosle	facilitémonos	facilitémoos	facilitémosles
	accusative	not used	facilitémoste	facilitémoslo, facilitémosla	facilitémonos	facilitémoos	facilitémoslos, facilitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative facilitad	dative	facilitadme	not used	facilitadle	facilitadnos	facilitaos	facilitadles
	accusative	facilitadme	not used	facilitadlo, facilitadla	facilitadnos	facilitaos	facilitadlos, facilitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative faciliten	dative	facilítenme	not used	facilítenle	facilítennos	not used	facilítenles, facilítense
	accusative	facilítenme	not used	facilítenlo, facilítenla	facilítennos	not used	facilítenlos, facilítenlas, facilítense

Derived terms

• facilitación
• facilitador

Further reading

• “facilitar”, 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