prescindir
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin praescindere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
prescindir (first-person singular present prescindeixo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindit)
- (intransitive) to disregard, to leave out
- (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[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “prescindir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin praescindō (“to separate”), formed from Latin prae- (“before”) + scindō (“split, divide”). Compare Spanish prescindir, Italian prescindere and English prescind.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pres‧cin‧dir
Verb[edit]
prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindi, past participle prescindido)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de or with no preposition) to do without; to dispense
- 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.
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Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- prescindível (“optional, dispensable”)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin praescindō, formed from Latin prae- (“before”) + scindō (“split, divide”). Equivalent to pre- + escindir.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾesθinˈdiɾ/ [pɾes.θĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾesinˈdiɾ/ [pɾe.sĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: pres‧cin‧dir
Verb[edit]
prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindido)
- (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[edit]
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading[edit]
- “prescindir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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