predicar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.ðiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðiˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: predicà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquí, past participle predicat)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to preach

Related terms

• prèdica
• predicador
• predicatiu

 

Further reading

• “predicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “predicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “predicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “predicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō.

Verb

1. to preach
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of predicar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of predicar

Further reading

• “predicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Ido

Etymology

From pre- +‎ dicar, a calque of English predict, French prédire, German vorhersagen, Italian predire, Russian предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ), Spanish predecir. Not to be confused with predikar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prediˈt͡sar/

Verb

predicar (present predicas, past predicis, future predicos, conditional predicus, imperative predicez)

1. (transitive) to predict, prophesy, foretell

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predicar

		present		past		future
infinitive		predicar		predicir		predicor
tense		predicas		predicis		predicos
conditional		predicus
imperative		predicez
adjective active participle		predicanta		predicinta		prediconta
adverbial active participle		predicante		predicinte		prediconte
nominal active participle	singular	predicanto		predicinto		prediconto
	plural	predicanti		predicinti		prediconti
adjective passive participle		predicata		predicita		predicota
adverbial passive participle		predicate		predicite		predicote
nominal passive participle	singular	predicato		predicito		predicoto
	plural	predicati		prediciti		predicoti

Derived terms

• predicanta (“prophetic”)

See also

• augurar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō.

Verb

1. to promote a concept or idea
2. (logic) to predicate (state or assert)
3. Template:pt-verb-form-of

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre, present active infinitive of praedicō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾediˈkaɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞iˈkaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to preach

Derived terms

• bien predica quien bien vive

 

Related terms

• prédica
• predicación
• predicador
• predicamento

 

Further reading

• “predicar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014