prevaler

Catalan

Alternative forms

• prevaldre

Etymology

From Latin praevaleō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [pɾə.βəˈle̞]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.vəˈlə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.βəˈlɛ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.vaˈleɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾe.βaˈle]

Verb

prevaler (first-person singular present prevalc, first-person singular preterite prevalguí, past participle prevalgut)

1. (intransitive) to prevail
2. (pronominal) to avail oneself (de of), to take advantage

   Synonym: aprofitar-se

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of prevaler (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			prevaler
gerund			prevalent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prevalgut		prevalguda
		plural		prevalguts		prevalgudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prevalc	prevals	preval	prevalem	prevaleu	prevalen
	imperfect	prevalia	prevalies	prevalia	prevalíem	prevalíeu	prevalien
	future	prevaldré	prevaldràs	prevaldrà	prevaldrem	prevaldreu	prevaldran
	preterite	prevalguí	prevalgueres	prevalgué	prevalguérem	prevalguéreu	prevalgueren
	conditional	prevaldria	prevaldries	prevaldria	prevaldríem	prevaldríeu	prevaldrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prevalgui	prevalguis	prevalgui	prevalguem	prevalgueu	prevalguin
	imperfect	prevalgués	prevalguessis	prevalgués	prevalguéssim	prevalguéssiu	prevalguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	preval	prevalgui	prevalguem	prevaleu	prevalguin
	negative (no)	—	no prevalguis	no prevalgui	no prevalguem	no prevalgueu	no prevalguin

Derived terms

• prevalença

Related terms

• valer

Further reading

• “prevaler”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “prevaler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “prevaler” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “prevaler”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Middle French

Verb

prevaler

1. alternative form of prevaloir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾebaˈleɾ/ [pɾe.β̞aˈleɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧va‧ler

Verb

prevaler (first-person singular present prevalgo, first-person singular preterite prevalí, past participle prevalido)

1. synonym of prevalecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prevaler (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			prevaler
gerund			prevaliendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prevalido		prevalida
		plural		prevalidos		prevalidas
		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	prevalgo	prevalestú prevalésvos	prevale	prevalemos	prevaléis	prevalen
	imperfect	prevalía	prevalías	prevalía	prevalíamos	prevalíais	prevalían
	preterite	prevalí	prevaliste	prevalió	prevalimos	prevalisteis	prevalieron
	future	prevaldré	prevaldrás	prevaldrá	prevaldremos	prevaldréis	prevaldrán
	conditional	prevaldría	prevaldrías	prevaldría	prevaldríamos	prevaldríais	prevaldrían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prevalga	prevalgastú prevalgásvos2	prevalga	prevalgamos	prevalgáis	prevalgan
	imperfect (ra)	prevaliera	prevalieras	prevaliera	prevaliéramos	prevalierais	prevalieran
	imperfect (se)	prevaliese	prevalieses	prevaliese	prevaliésemos	prevalieseis	prevaliesen
	future1	prevaliere	prevalieres	prevaliere	prevaliéremos	prevaliereis	prevalieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prevaletú prevalévos	prevalga	prevalgamos	prevaled	prevalgan
	negative		no prevalgas	no prevalga	no prevalgamos	no prevalgáis	no prevalgan

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

    Selected combined forms of prevaler (irregular)

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 prevaler	dative	prevalerme	prevalerte	prevalerle, prevalerse	prevalernos	prevaleros	prevalerles, prevalerse
	accusative	prevalerme	prevalerte	prevalerlo, prevalerla, prevalerse	prevalernos	prevaleros	prevalerlos, prevalerlas, prevalerse
with gerund prevaliendo	dative	prevaliéndome	prevaliéndote	prevaliéndole, prevaliéndose	prevaliéndonos	prevaliéndoos	prevaliéndoles, prevaliéndose
	accusative	prevaliéndome	prevaliéndote	prevaliéndolo, prevaliéndola, prevaliéndose	prevaliéndonos	prevaliéndoos	prevaliéndolos, prevaliéndolas, prevaliéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative prevale	dative	preváleme	preválete	preválele	preválenos	not used	preváleles
	accusative	preváleme	preválete	preválelo, preválela	preválenos	not used	preválelos, preválelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative prevalé	dative	prevaleme	prevalete	prevalele	prevalenos	not used	prevaleles
	accusative	prevaleme	prevalete	prevalelo, prevalela	prevalenos	not used	prevalelos, prevalelas
with formal second-person singular imperative prevalga	dative	preválgame	not used	preválgale, preválgase	preválganos	not used	preválgales
	accusative	preválgame	not used	preválgalo, preválgala, preválgase	preválganos	not used	preválgalos, preválgalas
with first-person plural imperative prevalgamos	dative	not used	prevalgámoste	prevalgámosle	prevalgámonos	prevalgámoos	prevalgámosles
	accusative	not used	prevalgámoste	prevalgámoslo, prevalgámosla	prevalgámonos	prevalgámoos	prevalgámoslos, prevalgámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative prevaled	dative	prevaledme	not used	prevaledle	prevalednos	prevaleos	prevaledles
	accusative	prevaledme	not used	prevaledlo, prevaledla	prevalednos	prevaleos	prevaledlos, prevaledlas
with formal second-person plural imperative prevalgan	dative	preválganme	not used	preválganle	preválgannos	not used	preválganles, preválganse
	accusative	preválganme	not used	preválganlo, preválganla	preválgannos	not used	preválganlos, preválganlas, preválganse

Further reading

• “prevaler”, 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