prescindir

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praescindere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.sinˈdi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.sinˈdiɾ]

Verb

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindeixo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindit)

1. (intransitive) to disregard, to leave out
2. (intransitive) to do without
   • 1962, Joan Fuster, Nosaltres, els valencians:

     La València de l'època foral s'acostuma a prescindir d'una bona fracció del seu regne.

     The Valencia of the epoch of fueros became accustomed to doing without a good fraction of her kingdom.

Conjugation

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

infinitive			prescindir
gerund			prescindint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prescindit		prescindida
		plural		prescindits		prescindides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prescindeixo	prescindeixes	prescindeix	prescindim	prescindiu	prescindeixen
	imperfect	prescindia	prescindies	prescindia	prescindíem	prescindíeu	prescindien
	future	prescindiré	prescindiràs	prescindirà	prescindirem	prescindireu	prescindiran
	preterite	prescindí	prescindires	prescindí	prescindírem	prescindíreu	prescindiren
	conditional	prescindiria	prescindiries	prescindiria	prescindiríem	prescindiríeu	prescindirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prescindeixi	prescindeixis	prescindeixi	prescindim	prescindiu	prescindeixin
	imperfect	prescindís	prescindissis	prescindís	prescindíssim	prescindíssiu	prescindissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	prescindeix	prescindeixi	prescindim	prescindiu	prescindeixin
	negative (no)	—	no prescindeixis	no prescindeixi	no prescindim	no prescindiu	no prescindeixin

Derived terms

• prescindible

Further reading

• “prescindir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praescindō (“to separate”), formed from Latin prae- (“before”) +‎ scindō (“split, divide”). Compare Spanish prescindir, Italian prescindere and English prescind.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /pɾɨʃ.sĩˈdiɾ/, /pɾɨ.ʃĩˈdiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /pɾɨʃ.sĩˈdiɾ/, /pɾɨ.ʃĩˈdiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /pɾɨʃ.sĩˈdi.ɾi/, /pɾɨ.ʃĩˈdi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pres‧cin‧dir

Verb

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindi, past participle prescindido)

1. (intransitive, transitive or reflexive) to do without; to dispense with [(without or with a reflexive pronoun) with de ‘something’ or de (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’; or (without a reflexive pronoun) with direct object ‘something’]
   • 1990, Estados-membros da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP), Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa (1990):

     Prescinde-se de acento gráfico para distinguir palavras oxítonas homógrafas, mas heterofónicas/heterofônicas, do tipo de cor (ô), substantivo, e cor (ó), elemento da locução de cor; colher (ê), verbo, e colher (é), substantivo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prescindir (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	prescindir
Personal	prescindir	prescindires	prescindir	prescindirmos	prescindirdes	prescindirem
Gerund
	prescindindo
Past participle
Masculine	prescindido			prescindidos
Feminine	prescindida			prescindidas
Indicative
Present	prescindo	prescindes	prescinde	prescindimos	prescindis	prescindem
Imperfect	prescindia	prescindias	prescindia	prescindíamos	prescindíeis	prescindiam
Preterite	prescindi	prescindiste	prescindiu	prescindimos	prescindistes	prescindiram
Pluperfect	prescindira	prescindiras	prescindira	prescindíramos	prescindíreis	prescindiram
Future	prescindirei	prescindirás	prescindirá	prescindiremos	prescindireis	prescindirão
Conditional	prescindiria	prescindirias	prescindiria	prescindiríamos	prescindiríeis	prescindiriam
Subjunctive
Present	prescinda	prescindas	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindais	prescindam
Imperfect	prescindisse	prescindisses	prescindisse	prescindíssemos	prescindísseis	prescindissem
Future	prescindir	prescindires	prescindir	prescindirmos	prescindirdes	prescindirem
Imperative
Affirmative		prescinde	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindi	prescindam
Negative (não)		não prescindas	não prescinda	não prescindamos	não prescindais	não prescindam

Derived terms

• prescindível (“optional, dispensable”)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praescindō, formed from Latin prae- (“before”) +‎ scindō (“split, divide”). Equivalent to pre- + escindir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾesθinˈdiɾ/ [pɾes.θĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾesinˈdiɾ/ [pɾe.sĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pres‧cin‧dir

Verb

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindido)

1. (intransitive, followed by "de") to do without
   • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 15:

     Salvo en las severas páginas de la historia, los hechos memorables prescinden de frases memorables.

     Except for in the severe pages of history, memorable deeds do without memorable phrases.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prescindir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			prescindir
gerund			prescindiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prescindido		prescindida
		plural		prescindidos		prescindidas
		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	prescindo	prescindestú prescindísvos	prescinde	prescindimos	prescindís	prescinden
	imperfect	prescindía	prescindías	prescindía	prescindíamos	prescindíais	prescindían
	preterite	prescindí	prescindiste	prescindió	prescindimos	prescindisteis	prescindieron
	future	prescindiré	prescindirás	prescindirá	prescindiremos	prescindiréis	prescindirán
	conditional	prescindiría	prescindirías	prescindiría	prescindiríamos	prescindiríais	prescindirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prescinda	prescindastú prescindásvos2	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindáis	prescindan
	imperfect (ra)	prescindiera	prescindieras	prescindiera	prescindiéramos	prescindierais	prescindieran
	imperfect (se)	prescindiese	prescindieses	prescindiese	prescindiésemos	prescindieseis	prescindiesen
	future1	prescindiere	prescindieres	prescindiere	prescindiéremos	prescindiereis	prescindieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prescindetú prescindívos	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindid	prescindan
	negative		no prescindas	no prescinda	no prescindamos	no prescindáis	no prescindan

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

    Selected combined forms of prescindir

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 prescindir	dative	prescindirme	prescindirte	prescindirle, prescindirse	prescindirnos	prescindiros	prescindirles, prescindirse
	accusative	prescindirme	prescindirte	prescindirlo, prescindirla, prescindirse	prescindirnos	prescindiros	prescindirlos, prescindirlas, prescindirse
with gerund prescindiendo	dative	prescindiéndome	prescindiéndote	prescindiéndole, prescindiéndose	prescindiéndonos	prescindiéndoos	prescindiéndoles, prescindiéndose
	accusative	prescindiéndome	prescindiéndote	prescindiéndolo, prescindiéndola, prescindiéndose	prescindiéndonos	prescindiéndoos	prescindiéndolos, prescindiéndolas, prescindiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative prescinde	dative	prescíndeme	prescíndete	prescíndele	prescíndenos	not used	prescíndeles
	accusative	prescíndeme	prescíndete	prescíndelo, prescíndela	prescíndenos	not used	prescíndelos, prescíndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative prescindí	dative	prescindime	prescindite	prescindile	prescindinos	not used	prescindiles
	accusative	prescindime	prescindite	prescindilo, prescindila	prescindinos	not used	prescindilos, prescindilas
with formal second-person singular imperative prescinda	dative	prescíndame	not used	prescíndale, prescíndase	prescíndanos	not used	prescíndales
	accusative	prescíndame	not used	prescíndalo, prescíndala, prescíndase	prescíndanos	not used	prescíndalos, prescíndalas
with first-person plural imperative prescindamos	dative	not used	prescindámoste	prescindámosle	prescindámonos	prescindámoos	prescindámosles
	accusative	not used	prescindámoste	prescindámoslo, prescindámosla	prescindámonos	prescindámoos	prescindámoslos, prescindámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative prescindid	dative	prescindidme	not used	prescindidle	prescindidnos	prescindíos	prescindidles
	accusative	prescindidme	not used	prescindidlo, prescindidla	prescindidnos	prescindíos	prescindidlos, prescindidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative prescindan	dative	prescíndanme	not used	prescíndanle	prescíndannos	not used	prescíndanles, prescíndanse
	accusative	prescíndanme	not used	prescíndanlo, prescíndanla	prescíndannos	not used	prescíndanlos, prescíndanlas, prescíndanse

Further reading

• “prescindir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28