prevalecer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.lɨˈseɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.lɨˈseɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.bɐ.lɨˈseɾ/ [pɾɨ.βɐ.lɨˈseɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.lɨˈse.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pre‧va‧le‧cer

Verb

prevalecer (first-person singular present prevaleço, first-person singular preterite prevaleci, past participle prevalecido)

1. to prevail
2. to predominate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prevalecer (c-ç alternation) (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	prevalecer
Personal	prevalecer	prevaleceres	prevalecer	prevalecermos	prevalecerdes	prevalecerem
Gerund
	prevalecendo
Past participle
Masculine	prevalecido			prevalecidos
Feminine	prevalecida			prevalecidas
Indicative
Present	prevaleço	prevaleces	prevalece	prevalecemos	prevaleceis	prevalecem
Imperfect	prevalecia	prevalecias	prevalecia	prevalecíamos	prevalecíeis	prevaleciam
Preterite	prevaleci	prevaleceste	prevaleceu	prevalecemos	prevalecestes	prevaleceram
Pluperfect	prevalecera	prevaleceras	prevalecera	prevalecêramos	prevalecêreis	prevaleceram
Future	prevalecerei	prevalecerás	prevalecerá	prevaleceremos	prevalecereis	prevalecerão
Conditional	prevaleceria	prevalecerias	prevaleceria	prevaleceríamos	prevaleceríeis	prevaleceriam
Subjunctive
Present	prevaleça	prevaleças	prevaleça	prevaleçamos	prevaleçais	prevaleçam
Imperfect	prevalecesse	prevalecesses	prevalecesse	prevalecêssemos	prevalecêsseis	prevalecessem
Future	prevalecer	prevaleceres	prevalecer	prevalecermos	prevalecerdes	prevalecerem
Imperative
Affirmative		prevalece	prevaleça	prevaleçamos	prevalecei	prevaleçam
Negative (não)		não prevaleças	não prevaleça	não prevaleçamos	não prevaleçais	não prevaleçam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:prevalecer.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾebaleˈθeɾ/ [pɾe.β̞a.leˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /pɾebaleˈseɾ/ [pɾe.β̞a.leˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧va‧le‧cer

Verb

prevalecer (first-person singular present prevalezco, first-person singular preterite prevalecí, past participle prevalecido)

1. (intransitive) to prevail

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prevalecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			prevalecer
gerund			prevaleciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prevalecido		prevalecida
		plural		prevalecidos		prevalecidas
		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	prevalezco	prevalecestú prevalecésvos	prevalece	prevalecemos	prevalecéis	prevalecen
	imperfect	prevalecía	prevalecías	prevalecía	prevalecíamos	prevalecíais	prevalecían
	preterite	prevalecí	prevaleciste	prevaleció	prevalecimos	prevalecisteis	prevalecieron
	future	prevaleceré	prevalecerás	prevalecerá	prevaleceremos	prevaleceréis	prevalecerán
	conditional	prevalecería	prevalecerías	prevalecería	prevaleceríamos	prevaleceríais	prevalecerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prevalezca	prevalezcastú prevalezcásvos2	prevalezca	prevalezcamos	prevalezcáis	prevalezcan
	imperfect (ra)	prevaleciera	prevalecieras	prevaleciera	prevaleciéramos	prevalecierais	prevalecieran
	imperfect (se)	prevaleciese	prevalecieses	prevaleciese	prevaleciésemos	prevalecieseis	prevaleciesen
	future1	prevaleciere	prevalecieres	prevaleciere	prevaleciéremos	prevaleciereis	prevalecieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prevalecetú prevalecévos	prevalezca	prevalezcamos	prevaleced	prevalezcan
	negative		no prevalezcas	no prevalezca	no prevalezcamos	no prevalezcáis	no prevalezcan

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

    Selected combined forms of prevalecer (c-zc alternation)

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 prevalecer	dative	prevalecerme	prevalecerte	prevalecerle, prevalecerse	prevalecernos	prevaleceros	prevalecerles, prevalecerse
	accusative	prevalecerme	prevalecerte	prevalecerlo, prevalecerla, prevalecerse	prevalecernos	prevaleceros	prevalecerlos, prevalecerlas, prevalecerse
with gerund prevaleciendo	dative	prevaleciéndome	prevaleciéndote	prevaleciéndole, prevaleciéndose	prevaleciéndonos	prevaleciéndoos	prevaleciéndoles, prevaleciéndose
	accusative	prevaleciéndome	prevaleciéndote	prevaleciéndolo, prevaleciéndola, prevaleciéndose	prevaleciéndonos	prevaleciéndoos	prevaleciéndolos, prevaleciéndolas, prevaleciéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative prevalece	dative	prevaléceme	prevalécete	prevalécele	prevalécenos	not used	prevaléceles
	accusative	prevaléceme	prevalécete	prevalécelo, prevalécela	prevalécenos	not used	prevalécelos, prevalécelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative prevalecé	dative	prevaleceme	prevalecete	prevalecele	prevalecenos	not used	prevaleceles
	accusative	prevaleceme	prevalecete	prevalecelo, prevalecela	prevalecenos	not used	prevalecelos, prevalecelas
with formal second-person singular imperative prevalezca	dative	prevalézcame	not used	prevalézcale, prevalézcase	prevalézcanos	not used	prevalézcales
	accusative	prevalézcame	not used	prevalézcalo, prevalézcala, prevalézcase	prevalézcanos	not used	prevalézcalos, prevalézcalas
with first-person plural imperative prevalezcamos	dative	not used	prevalezcámoste	prevalezcámosle	prevalezcámonos	prevalezcámoos	prevalezcámosles
	accusative	not used	prevalezcámoste	prevalezcámoslo, prevalezcámosla	prevalezcámonos	prevalezcámoos	prevalezcámoslos, prevalezcámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative prevaleced	dative	prevalecedme	not used	prevalecedle	prevalecednos	prevaleceos	prevalecedles
	accusative	prevalecedme	not used	prevalecedlo, prevalecedla	prevalecednos	prevaleceos	prevalecedlos, prevalecedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative prevalezcan	dative	prevalézcanme	not used	prevalézcanle	prevalézcannos	not used	prevalézcanles, prevalézcanse
	accusative	prevalézcanme	not used	prevalézcanlo, prevalézcanla	prevalézcannos	not used	prevalézcanlos, prevalézcanlas, prevalézcanse

Derived terms

• prevaleciente

Further reading

• “prevalecer”, 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