plagiar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin plagiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [plə.ʒiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pla.d͡ʒiˈaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

plagiar (first-person singular present plagio, first-person singular preterite plagií, past participle plagiat)

1. (transitive) to plagiarize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plagiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			plagiar
gerund			plagiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plagiat		plagiada
		plural		plagiats		plagiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	plagio	plagies	plagia	plagiem	plagieu	plagien
	imperfect	plagiava	plagiaves	plagiava	plagiàvem	plagiàveu	plagiaven
	future	plagiaré	plagiaràs	plagiarà	plagiarem	plagiareu	plagiaran
	preterite	plagií	plagiares	plagià	plagiàrem	plagiàreu	plagiaren
	conditional	plagiaria	plagiaries	plagiaria	plagiaríem	plagiaríeu	plagiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	plagiï	plagiïs	plagiï	plagiem	plagieu	plagiïn
	imperfect	plagiés	plagiessis	plagiés	plagiéssim	plagiéssiu	plagiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	plagia	plagiï	plagiem	plagieu	plagiïn
	negative (no)	—	no plagiïs	no plagiï	no plagiem	no plagieu	no plagiïn

Related terms

• plagi
• plagiari

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin plagiāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pla.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [pla.ʒɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /plaˈʒja(ʁ)/ [plaˈʒja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pla.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [pla.ʒɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /plaˈʒja(ʁ)/ [plaˈʒja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pla.ʒiˈa(ɾ)/ [pla.ʒɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /plaˈʒja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pla.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [pla.ʒɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /plaˈʒja(ʁ)/ [plaˈʒja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pla.ʒiˈa(ɻ)/ [pla.ʒɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /plaˈʒja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈʒjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈʒjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /plɐˈʒja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pla‧gi‧ar

Verb

plagiar (first-person singular present plagio, first-person singular preterite plagiei, past participle plagiado)

1. to plagiarize (pass off someone else’s work as one’s own)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plagiar (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	plagiar
Personal	plagiar	plagiares	plagiar	plagiarmos	plagiardes	plagiarem
Gerund
	plagiando
Past participle
Masculine	plagiado			plagiados
Feminine	plagiada			plagiadas
Indicative
Present	plagio	plagias	plagia	plagiamos	plagiais	plagiam
Imperfect	plagiava	plagiavas	plagiava	plagiávamos	plagiáveis	plagiavam
Preterite	plagiei	plagiaste	plagiou	plagiamos1, plagiámos2	plagiastes	plagiaram
Pluperfect	plagiara	plagiaras	plagiara	plagiáramos	plagiáreis	plagiaram
Future	plagiarei	plagiarás	plagiará	plagiaremos	plagiareis	plagiarão
Conditional	plagiaria	plagiarias	plagiaria	plagiaríamos	plagiaríeis	plagiariam
Subjunctive
Present	plagie	plagies	plagie	plagiemos	plagieis	plagiem
Imperfect	plagiasse	plagiasses	plagiasse	plagiássemos	plagiásseis	plagiassem
Future	plagiar	plagiares	plagiar	plagiarmos	plagiardes	plagiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		plagia	plagie	plagiemos	plagiai	plagiem
Negative (não)		não plagies	não plagie	não plagiemos	não plagieis	não plagiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French plagiaire or German Plagiar.

Noun

plagiar m (plural plagiari)

1. (obsolete) plagiarist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	plagiar	plagiarul		plagiari	plagiarii
genitive-dative	plagiar	plagiarului		plagiari	plagiarilor
vocative	plagiarule			plagiarilor

References

• plagiar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plagiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈxjaɾ/ [plaˈxjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pla‧giar

Verb

plagiar (first-person singular present plagio, first-person singular preterite plagié, past participle plagiado)

1. to plagiarize, to rip off
2. (US) to capture, abduct, kidnap

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plagiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			plagiar
gerund			plagiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plagiado		plagiada
		plural		plagiados		plagiadas
		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	plagio	plagiastú plagiásvos	plagia	plagiamos	plagiáis	plagian
	imperfect	plagiaba	plagiabas	plagiaba	plagiábamos	plagiabais	plagiaban
	preterite	plagié	plagiaste	plagió	plagiamos	plagiasteis	plagiaron
	future	plagiaré	plagiarás	plagiará	plagiaremos	plagiaréis	plagiarán
	conditional	plagiaría	plagiarías	plagiaría	plagiaríamos	plagiaríais	plagiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	plagie	plagiestú plagiésvos2	plagie	plagiemos	plagiéis	plagien
	imperfect (ra)	plagiara	plagiaras	plagiara	plagiáramos	plagiarais	plagiaran
	imperfect (se)	plagiase	plagiases	plagiase	plagiásemos	plagiaseis	plagiasen
	future1	plagiare	plagiares	plagiare	plagiáremos	plagiareis	plagiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		plagiatú plagiávos	plagie	plagiemos	plagiad	plagien
	negative		no plagies	no plagie	no plagiemos	no plagiéis	no plagien

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

    Selected combined forms of plagiar

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 plagiar	dative	plagiarme	plagiarte	plagiarle, plagiarse	plagiarnos	plagiaros	plagiarles, plagiarse
	accusative	plagiarme	plagiarte	plagiarlo, plagiarla, plagiarse	plagiarnos	plagiaros	plagiarlos, plagiarlas, plagiarse
with gerund plagiando	dative	plagiándome	plagiándote	plagiándole, plagiándose	plagiándonos	plagiándoos	plagiándoles, plagiándose
	accusative	plagiándome	plagiándote	plagiándolo, plagiándola, plagiándose	plagiándonos	plagiándoos	plagiándolos, plagiándolas, plagiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative plagia	dative	plágiame	plágiate	plágiale	plágianos	not used	plágiales
	accusative	plágiame	plágiate	plágialo, plágiala	plágianos	not used	plágialos, plágialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative plagiá	dative	plagiame	plagiate	plagiale	plagianos	not used	plagiales
	accusative	plagiame	plagiate	plagialo, plagiala	plagianos	not used	plagialos, plagialas
with formal second-person singular imperative plagie	dative	plágieme	not used	plágiele, plágiese	plágienos	not used	plágieles
	accusative	plágieme	not used	plágielo, plágiela, plágiese	plágienos	not used	plágielos, plágielas
with first-person plural imperative plagiemos	dative	not used	plagiémoste	plagiémosle	plagiémonos	plagiémoos	plagiémosles
	accusative	not used	plagiémoste	plagiémoslo, plagiémosla	plagiémonos	plagiémoos	plagiémoslos, plagiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative plagiad	dative	plagiadme	not used	plagiadle	plagiadnos	plagiaos	plagiadles
	accusative	plagiadme	not used	plagiadlo, plagiadla	plagiadnos	plagiaos	plagiadlos, plagiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative plagien	dative	plágienme	not used	plágienle	plágiennos	not used	plágienles, plágiense
	accusative	plágienme	not used	plágienlo, plágienla	plágiennos	not used	plágienlos, plágienlas, plágiense

Further reading

• “plagiar”, 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