presidir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praesidēre, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pɾə.ziˈði]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ziˈðiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾe.ziˈði]
• Homophone: presidí
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

presidir (first-person singular present presideixo, first-person singular preterite presidí, past participle presidit)

1. (transitive) to preside, head

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of presidir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			presidir
gerund			presidint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		presidit		presidida
		plural		presidits		presidides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	presideixo	presideixes	presideix	presidim	presidiu	presideixen
	imperfect	presidia	presidies	presidia	presidíem	presidíeu	presidien
	future	presidiré	presidiràs	presidirà	presidirem	presidireu	presidiran
	preterite	presidí	presidires	presidí	presidírem	presidíreu	presidiren
	conditional	presidiria	presidiries	presidiria	presidiríem	presidiríeu	presidirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	presideixi	presideixis	presideixi	presidim	presidiu	presideixin
	imperfect	presidís	presidissis	presidís	presidíssim	presidíssiu	presidissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	presideix	presideixi	presidim	presidiu	presideixin
	negative (no)	—	no presideixis	no presideixi	no presidim	no presidiu	no presideixin

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sedēō

Latin sedeō

Latin praesidērelbor.

Portuguese presidir

Learned borrowing from Latin praesidēre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.ziˈdiɾ/ [pɾɨ.ziˈðiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.ziˈdiɾ/ [pɾɨ.ziˈðiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.ziˈdi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pre‧si‧dir

Verb

presidir (first-person singular present presido, first-person singular preterite presidi, past participle presidido)

1. (intransitive) to preside

Conjugation

    Conjugation of presidir (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	presidir
Personal	presidir	presidires	presidir	presidirmos	presidirdes	presidirem
Gerund
	presidindo
Past participle
Masculine	presidido			presididos
Feminine	presidida			presididas
Indicative
Present	presido	presides	preside	presidimos	presidis	presidem
Imperfect	presidia	presidias	presidia	presidíamos	presidíeis	presidiam
Preterite	presidi	presidiste	presidiu	presidimos	presidistes	presidiram
Pluperfect	presidira	presidiras	presidira	presidíramos	presidíreis	presidiram
Future	presidirei	presidirás	presidirá	presidiremos	presidireis	presidirão
Conditional	presidiria	presidirias	presidiria	presidiríamos	presidiríeis	presidiriam
Subjunctive
Present	presida	presidas	presida	presidamos	presidais	presidam
Imperfect	presidisse	presidisses	presidisse	presidíssemos	presidísseis	presidissem
Future	presidir	presidires	presidir	presidirmos	presidirdes	presidirem
Imperative
Affirmative		preside	presida	presidamos	presidi	presidam
Negative (não)		não presidas	não presida	não presidamos	não presidais	não presidam

Further reading

• “presidir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “presidir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praesidēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesiˈdiɾ/ [pɾe.siˈð̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧si‧dir

Verb

presidir (first-person singular present presido, first-person singular preterite presidí, past participle presidido)

1. (transitive) to preside

Conjugation

    Conjugation of presidir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			presidir
gerund			presidiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		presidido		presidida
		plural		presididos		presididas
		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	presido	presidestú presidísvos	preside	presidimos	presidís	presiden
	imperfect	presidía	presidías	presidía	presidíamos	presidíais	presidían
	preterite	presidí	presidiste	presidió	presidimos	presidisteis	presidieron
	future	presidiré	presidirás	presidirá	presidiremos	presidiréis	presidirán
	conditional	presidiría	presidirías	presidiría	presidiríamos	presidiríais	presidirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	presida	presidastú presidásvos2	presida	presidamos	presidáis	presidan
	imperfect (ra)	presidiera	presidieras	presidiera	presidiéramos	presidierais	presidieran
	imperfect (se)	presidiese	presidieses	presidiese	presidiésemos	presidieseis	presidiesen
	future1	presidiere	presidieres	presidiere	presidiéremos	presidiereis	presidieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		presidetú presidívos	presida	presidamos	presidid	presidan
	negative		no presidas	no presida	no presidamos	no presidáis	no presidan

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

    Selected combined forms of presidir

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 presidir	dative	presidirme	presidirte	presidirle, presidirse	presidirnos	presidiros	presidirles, presidirse
	accusative	presidirme	presidirte	presidirlo, presidirla, presidirse	presidirnos	presidiros	presidirlos, presidirlas, presidirse
with gerund presidiendo	dative	presidiéndome	presidiéndote	presidiéndole, presidiéndose	presidiéndonos	presidiéndoos	presidiéndoles, presidiéndose
	accusative	presidiéndome	presidiéndote	presidiéndolo, presidiéndola, presidiéndose	presidiéndonos	presidiéndoos	presidiéndolos, presidiéndolas, presidiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative preside	dative	presídeme	presídete	presídele	presídenos	not used	presídeles
	accusative	presídeme	presídete	presídelo, presídela	presídenos	not used	presídelos, presídelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative presidí	dative	presidime	presidite	presidile	presidinos	not used	presidiles
	accusative	presidime	presidite	presidilo, presidila	presidinos	not used	presidilos, presidilas
with formal second-person singular imperative presida	dative	presídame	not used	presídale, presídase	presídanos	not used	presídales
	accusative	presídame	not used	presídalo, presídala, presídase	presídanos	not used	presídalos, presídalas
with first-person plural imperative presidamos	dative	not used	presidámoste	presidámosle	presidámonos	presidámoos	presidámosles
	accusative	not used	presidámoste	presidámoslo, presidámosla	presidámonos	presidámoos	presidámoslos, presidámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative presidid	dative	presididme	not used	presididle	presididnos	presidíos	presididles
	accusative	presididme	not used	presididlo, presididla	presididnos	presidíos	presididlos, presididlas
with formal second-person plural imperative presidan	dative	presídanme	not used	presídanle	presídannos	not used	presídanles, presídanse
	accusative	presídanme	not used	presídanlo, presídanla	presídannos	not used	presídanlos, presídanlas, presídanse

Further reading

• “presidir”, 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