inhibir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inhibēre, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.niˈβi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.niˈbi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.niˈbiɾ]

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

inhibir (first-person singular present inhibeixo, first-person singular preterite inhibí, past participle inhibit)

1. to inhibit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inhibir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			inhibir
gerund			inhibint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inhibit		inhibida
		plural		inhibits		inhibides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inhibeixo	inhibeixes	inhibeix	inhibim	inhibiu	inhibeixen
	imperfect	inhibia	inhibies	inhibia	inhibíem	inhibíeu	inhibien
	future	inhibiré	inhibiràs	inhibirà	inhibirem	inhibireu	inhibiran
	preterite	inhibí	inhibires	inhibí	inhibírem	inhibíreu	inhibiren
	conditional	inhibiria	inhibiries	inhibiria	inhibiríem	inhibiríeu	inhibirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inhibeixi	inhibeixis	inhibeixi	inhibim	inhibiu	inhibeixin
	imperfect	inhibís	inhibissis	inhibís	inhibíssim	inhibíssiu	inhibissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inhibeix	inhibeixi	inhibim	inhibiu	inhibeixin
	negative (no)	—	no inhibeixis	no inhibeixi	no inhibim	no inhibiu	no inhibeixin

Related terms

• inhibició
• inhibidor

Further reading

• “inhibir”, 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
• “inhibir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “inhibir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inhibir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Verb

inhibir

1. past infinitive of inhibar

Portuguese

Verb

inhibir (first-person singular present inhibo, first-person singular preterite inhibi, past participle inhibido)

1. obsolete spelling of inibir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inhibir (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	inhibir
Personal	inhibir	inhibires	inhibir	inhibirmos	inhibirdes	inhibirem
Gerund
	inhibindo
Past participle
Masculine	inhibido			inhibidos
Feminine	inhibida			inhibidas
Indicative
Present	inhibo	inhibes	inhibe	inhibimos	inhibis	inhibem
Imperfect	inhibia	inhibias	inhibia	inhibíamos	inhibíeis	inhibiam
Preterite	inhibi	inhibiste	inhibiu	inhibimos	inhibistes	inhibiram
Pluperfect	inhibira	inhibiras	inhibira	inhibíramos	inhibíreis	inhibiram
Future	inhibirei	inhibirás	inhibirá	inhibiremos	inhibireis	inhibirão
Conditional	inhibiria	inhibirias	inhibiria	inhibiríamos	inhibiríeis	inhibiriam
Subjunctive
Present	inhiba	inhibas	inhiba	inhibamos	inhibais	inhibam
Imperfect	inhibisse	inhibisses	inhibisse	inhibíssemos	inhibísseis	inhibissem
Future	inhibir	inhibires	inhibir	inhibirmos	inhibirdes	inhibirem
Imperative
Affirmative		inhibe	inhiba	inhibamos	inhibi	inhibam
Negative (não)		não inhibas	não inhiba	não inhibamos	não inhibais	não inhibam

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin inhibeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iniˈbiɾ/ [i.niˈβ̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: i‧nhi‧bir

Verb

inhibir (first-person singular present inhibo, first-person singular preterite inhibí, past participle inhibido)

1. to inhibit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inhibir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inhibir
gerund			inhibiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inhibido		inhibida
		plural		inhibidos		inhibidas
		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	inhibo	inhibestú inhibísvos	inhibe	inhibimos	inhibís	inhiben
	imperfect	inhibía	inhibías	inhibía	inhibíamos	inhibíais	inhibían
	preterite	inhibí	inhibiste	inhibió	inhibimos	inhibisteis	inhibieron
	future	inhibiré	inhibirás	inhibirá	inhibiremos	inhibiréis	inhibirán
	conditional	inhibiría	inhibirías	inhibiría	inhibiríamos	inhibiríais	inhibirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inhiba	inhibastú inhibásvos2	inhiba	inhibamos	inhibáis	inhiban
	imperfect (ra)	inhibiera	inhibieras	inhibiera	inhibiéramos	inhibierais	inhibieran
	imperfect (se)	inhibiese	inhibieses	inhibiese	inhibiésemos	inhibieseis	inhibiesen
	future1	inhibiere	inhibieres	inhibiere	inhibiéremos	inhibiereis	inhibieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inhibetú inhibívos	inhiba	inhibamos	inhibid	inhiban
	negative		no inhibas	no inhiba	no inhibamos	no inhibáis	no inhiban

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

    Selected combined forms of inhibir

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 inhibir	dative	inhibirme	inhibirte	inhibirle, inhibirse	inhibirnos	inhibiros	inhibirles, inhibirse
	accusative	inhibirme	inhibirte	inhibirlo, inhibirla, inhibirse	inhibirnos	inhibiros	inhibirlos, inhibirlas, inhibirse
with gerund inhibiendo	dative	inhibiéndome	inhibiéndote	inhibiéndole, inhibiéndose	inhibiéndonos	inhibiéndoos	inhibiéndoles, inhibiéndose
	accusative	inhibiéndome	inhibiéndote	inhibiéndolo, inhibiéndola, inhibiéndose	inhibiéndonos	inhibiéndoos	inhibiéndolos, inhibiéndolas, inhibiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative inhibe	dative	inhíbeme	inhíbete	inhíbele	inhíbenos	not used	inhíbeles
	accusative	inhíbeme	inhíbete	inhíbelo, inhíbela	inhíbenos	not used	inhíbelos, inhíbelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative inhibí	dative	inhibime	inhibite	inhibile	inhibinos	not used	inhibiles
	accusative	inhibime	inhibite	inhibilo, inhibila	inhibinos	not used	inhibilos, inhibilas
with formal second-person singular imperative inhiba	dative	inhíbame	not used	inhíbale, inhíbase	inhíbanos	not used	inhíbales
	accusative	inhíbame	not used	inhíbalo, inhíbala, inhíbase	inhíbanos	not used	inhíbalos, inhíbalas
with first-person plural imperative inhibamos	dative	not used	inhibámoste	inhibámosle	inhibámonos	inhibámoos	inhibámosles
	accusative	not used	inhibámoste	inhibámoslo, inhibámosla	inhibámonos	inhibámoos	inhibámoslos, inhibámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inhibid	dative	inhibidme	not used	inhibidle	inhibidnos	inhibíos	inhibidles
	accusative	inhibidme	not used	inhibidlo, inhibidla	inhibidnos	inhibíos	inhibidlos, inhibidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inhiban	dative	inhíbanme	not used	inhíbanle	inhíbannos	not used	inhíbanles, inhíbanse
	accusative	inhíbanme	not used	inhíbanlo, inhíbanla	inhíbannos	not used	inhíbanlos, inhíbanlas, inhíbanse

Related terms

• inhibición
• inhibidor

Further reading

• “inhibir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024