practicar

Catalan

Etymology

From pràctic +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pɾək.tiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾak.tiˈkaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾak.tiˈka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

practicar (first-person singular present practico, first-person singular preterite practiquí, past participle practicat)

1. (ambitransitive) to practice
2. (intransitive, obsolete) to converse

Conjugation

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

infinitive			practicar
gerund			practicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		practicat		practicada
		plural		practicats		practicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	practico	practiques	practica	practiquem	practiqueu	practiquen
	imperfect	practicava	practicaves	practicava	practicàvem	practicàveu	practicaven
	future	practicaré	practicaràs	practicarà	practicarem	practicareu	practicaran
	preterite	practiquí	practicares	practicà	practicàrem	practicàreu	practicaren
	conditional	practicaria	practicaries	practicaria	practicaríem	practicaríeu	practicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	practiqui	practiquis	practiqui	practiquem	practiqueu	practiquin
	imperfect	practiqués	practiquessis	practiqués	practiquéssim	practiquéssiu	practiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	practica	practiqui	practiquem	practiqueu	practiquin
	negative (no)	—	no practiquis	no practiqui	no practiquem	no practiqueu	no practiquin

Derived terms

• practicable
• practicant
• practicatge

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Verb

practicar

1. to practice

Conjugation

    Conjugation of practicar

infinitive		practicar
participle		present	perfect
		practicante	practicate
active		simple	perfect
	present	practica	ha practicate
	past	practicava	habeva practicate
	future	practicara	habera practicate
	conditional	practicarea	haberea practicate
	imperative	practica	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es practicate	ha essite practicate
	past	esseva practicate	habeva essite practicate
	future	essera practicate	habera essite practicate
	conditional	esserea practicate	haberea essite practicate
	imperative	sia practicate	—

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

practicar

1. (transitive) to practise (to perform or observe in a habitual fashion)

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		practicar			aver practicat
gerund		practicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		practicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	practiqui	practicas	practica	practicam	practicatz	practican
	imperfect	practicavi	practicavas	practicava	practicàvem	practicàvetz	practicavan
	preterite	practiquèri	practiquères	practiquèt	practiquèrem	practiquèretz	practiquèron
	future	practicarai	practicaràs	practicarà	practicarem	practicaretz	practicaràn
	conditional	practicariái	practicariás	practicariá	practicariam	practicariatz	practicarián
	conditional 2nd form1	practiquèra	practiquèras	practiquèra	practiqueram	practiqueratz	practiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	practique	practiques	practique	practiquem	practiquetz	practiquen
	imperfect	practiquèssi	practiquèsses	practiquèsse	practiquèssem	practiquèssetz	practiquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			practica		practiquem	practicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		practicar			aver practicat
gerund		practicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		practicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	practique	practiques	practica	practicam	practicatz	practicon
	imperfect	practicave	practicaves	practicava	practicaviam	practicaviatz	practicavon
	preterite	practiquere	practiqueres	practiquet	practiquem	practiquetz	practiqueron
	future	practicarai	practicaràs	practicará	practicarem	practicaretz	practicarán
	conditional	practicariá	practicariás	practicariá	practicariam	practicariatz	practicarián
	conditional 2nd form1	practiquèra	practiquèras	practiquèra	practiqueram	practiqueratz	practiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	practique	practiques	practique	practicassiam	practicassiatz	practicon
	imperfect	practiquesse	practiquesses	practiquesse	practiquessiam	practiquessiatz	practiquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			practica		practicassiam	practicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		practicar			aver practicat
gerund		practicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		practicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	practiqui	practicas	practica	practicam	practicatz	practican
	imperfect	practicavi	practicavas	practicava	practicàvam	practicàvatz	practicavan
	preterite	practiquèi	practiquès	practiquè	practiquèm	practiquètz	practiquèn
	future	practicarèi	practicaràs	practicarà	practicaram	practicaratz	practicaràn
	conditional	practicarí	practicarés	practicaré	practicarem	practicaretz	practicarén
	conditional 2nd form1	practiquèra	practiquèras	practiquèra	practiqueram	practiqueratz	practiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	practiqui	practiques	practique	practiquem	practiquetz	practiquen
	imperfect	practiquèssi	practiquèsses	practiquèsse	practiquèssem	practiquèssetz	practiquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			practica		practiquem	practicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		practicar			aver practicat
gerund		practicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		practicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	practique	practicas	practica	practicam	practicatz	practican
	imperfect	practicava	practicavas	practicava	practicàvam	practicàvatz	practicavan
	preterite	practiquei	practiqueras	practiquet	practiquèram	practiquèratz	practiqueran
	future	practicarai	practicaràs	practicará	practicarem	practicaretz	practicarán
	conditional	practicariá	practicariàs	practicariá	practicariam	practicariatz	practicarián
	conditional 2nd form1	practiquèra	practiquèras	practiquèra	practiqueram	practiqueratz	practiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	practique	practiques	practique	practiquem	practiquetz	practiquen
	imperfect	practiquèsse	practiquèsses	practiquèsse	practiquèssem	practiquèssetz	practiquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			practica		practiquem	practicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		practicar			aver practicat
gerund		practicant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		practicat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	practique	practiques	practica	practicam	practicatz	practican
	imperfect	practicavi	practicavas	practicava	practicàvem	practicàvetz	practicavan
	preterite	practiquère	practiquères	practiquèt	practiqueriam	practiqueriatz	practiquèron
	future	practicarai	practicaràs	practicarà	practicarem	practicaretz	practicaràn
	conditional	practicariáu	practicariás	practicariá	practicariam	practicariatz	practicarián
	conditional 2nd form1	practiquèra	practiquèras	practiquèra	practiqueram	practiqueratz	practiquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	practique	practiques	practique	practiquem	practiquetz	practican
	imperfect	practiquèsse	practiquèsses	practiquèsse	practiquessiam	practiquessiatz	practiquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			practica		practiquem	practicatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• practica

Portuguese

Verb

practicar (first-person singular present practico, first-person singular preterite practiquei, past participle practicado)

1. (rare) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of praticar

Usage notes

This spelling coexisted with praticar, which was much more common.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of practicar (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	practicar
Personal	practicar	practicares	practicar	practicarmos	practicardes	practicarem
Gerund
	practicando
Past participle
Masculine	practicado			practicados
Feminine	practicada			practicadas
Indicative
Present	practico	practicas	practica	practicamos	practicais	practicam
Imperfect	practicava	practicavas	practicava	practicávamos	practicáveis	practicavam
Preterite	practiquei	practicaste	practicou	practicamos1, practicámos2	practicastes	practicaram
Pluperfect	practicara	practicaras	practicara	practicáramos	practicáreis	practicaram
Future	practicarei	practicarás	practicará	practicaremos	practicareis	practicarão
Conditional	practicaria	practicarias	practicaria	practicaríamos	practicaríeis	practicariam
Subjunctive
Present	practique	practiques	practique	practiquemos	practiqueis	practiquem
Imperfect	practicasse	practicasses	practicasse	practicássemos	practicásseis	practicassem
Future	practicar	practicares	practicar	practicarmos	practicardes	practicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		practica	practique	practiquemos	practicai	practiquem
Negative (não)		não practiques	não practique	não practiquemos	não practiqueis	não practiquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾaɡtiˈkaɾ/ [pɾaɣ̞.t̪iˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: prac‧ti‧car

Verb

practicar (first-person singular present practico, first-person singular preterite practiqué, past participle practicado)

1. (transitive) to practice

   ¿Practica deportes? ― Do you play sports?

2. (transitive, intransitive) to exercise

Conjugation

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

infinitive			practicar
gerund			practicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		practicado		practicada
		plural		practicados		practicadas
		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	practico	practicastú practicásvos	practica	practicamos	practicáis	practican
	imperfect	practicaba	practicabas	practicaba	practicábamos	practicabais	practicaban
	preterite	practiqué	practicaste	practicó	practicamos	practicasteis	practicaron
	future	practicaré	practicarás	practicará	practicaremos	practicaréis	practicarán
	conditional	practicaría	practicarías	practicaría	practicaríamos	practicaríais	practicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	practique	practiquestú practiquésvos2	practique	practiquemos	practiquéis	practiquen
	imperfect (ra)	practicara	practicaras	practicara	practicáramos	practicarais	practicaran
	imperfect (se)	practicase	practicases	practicase	practicásemos	practicaseis	practicasen
	future1	practicare	practicares	practicare	practicáremos	practicareis	practicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		practicatú practicávos	practique	practiquemos	practicad	practiquen
	negative		no practiques	no practique	no practiquemos	no practiquéis	no practiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of practicar (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 practicar	dative	practicarme	practicarte	practicarle, practicarse	practicarnos	practicaros	practicarles, practicarse
	accusative	practicarme	practicarte	practicarlo, practicarla, practicarse	practicarnos	practicaros	practicarlos, practicarlas, practicarse
with gerund practicando	dative	practicándome	practicándote	practicándole, practicándose	practicándonos	practicándoos	practicándoles, practicándose
	accusative	practicándome	practicándote	practicándolo, practicándola, practicándose	practicándonos	practicándoos	practicándolos, practicándolas, practicándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative practica	dative	practícame	practícate	practícale	practícanos	not used	practícales
	accusative	practícame	practícate	practícalo, practícala	practícanos	not used	practícalos, practícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative practicá	dative	practicame	practicate	practicale	practicanos	not used	practicales
	accusative	practicame	practicate	practicalo, practicala	practicanos	not used	practicalos, practicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative practique	dative	practíqueme	not used	practíquele, practíquese	practíquenos	not used	practíqueles
	accusative	practíqueme	not used	practíquelo, practíquela, practíquese	practíquenos	not used	practíquelos, practíquelas
with first-person plural imperative practiquemos	dative	not used	practiquémoste	practiquémosle	practiquémonos	practiquémoos	practiquémosles
	accusative	not used	practiquémoste	practiquémoslo, practiquémosla	practiquémonos	practiquémoos	practiquémoslos, practiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative practicad	dative	practicadme	not used	practicadle	practicadnos	practicaos	practicadles
	accusative	practicadme	not used	practicadlo, practicadla	practicadnos	practicaos	practicadlos, practicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative practiquen	dative	practíquenme	not used	practíquenle	practíquennos	not used	practíquenles, practíquense
	accusative	practíquenme	not used	practíquenlo, practíquenla	practíquennos	not used	practíquenlos, practíquenlas, practíquense

Related terms

• práctica
• practicable
• prácticamente
• practicante
• práctico

See also

• ensayar
• ejercer
• desempeñar

Further reading

• “practicar”, 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