prejuiciar

Spanish

Etymology

From prejuicio + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾexwiˈθjaɾ/ [pɾe.xwiˈθjaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾexwiˈsjaɾ/ [pɾe.xwiˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧jui‧ciar

Verb

prejuiciar (first-person singular present prejuicio, first-person singular preterite prejuicié, past participle prejuiciado)

1. (Central America, Caribbean, transitive) to prejudice (cause prejudice)

   Synonym: perjudicar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prejuiciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			prejuiciar
gerund			prejuiciando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prejuiciado		prejuiciada
		plural		prejuiciados		prejuiciadas
		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	prejuicio	prejuiciastú prejuiciásvos	prejuicia	prejuiciamos	prejuiciáis	prejuician
	imperfect	prejuiciaba	prejuiciabas	prejuiciaba	prejuiciábamos	prejuiciabais	prejuiciaban
	preterite	prejuicié	prejuiciaste	prejuició	prejuiciamos	prejuiciasteis	prejuiciaron
	future	prejuiciaré	prejuiciarás	prejuiciará	prejuiciaremos	prejuiciaréis	prejuiciarán
	conditional	prejuiciaría	prejuiciarías	prejuiciaría	prejuiciaríamos	prejuiciaríais	prejuiciarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prejuicie	prejuiciestú prejuiciésvos2	prejuicie	prejuiciemos	prejuiciéis	prejuicien
	imperfect (ra)	prejuiciara	prejuiciaras	prejuiciara	prejuiciáramos	prejuiciarais	prejuiciaran
	imperfect (se)	prejuiciase	prejuiciases	prejuiciase	prejuiciásemos	prejuiciaseis	prejuiciasen
	future1	prejuiciare	prejuiciares	prejuiciare	prejuiciáremos	prejuiciareis	prejuiciaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prejuiciatú prejuiciávos	prejuicie	prejuiciemos	prejuiciad	prejuicien
	negative		no prejuicies	no prejuicie	no prejuiciemos	no prejuiciéis	no prejuicien

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

Further reading

• “prejuiciar”, 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