propiciar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin propitiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.pi.siˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.pi.siˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [pɾo.pi.siˈaɾ]
• Homophone: propicià
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propicií, past participle propiciat)

1. (transitive) to propitiate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of propiciar (first conjugation)

infinitive			propiciar
gerund			propiciant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		propiciat		propiciada
		plural		propiciats		propiciades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	propicio	propicies	propicia	propiciem	propicieu	propicien
	imperfect	propiciava	propiciaves	propiciava	propiciàvem	propiciàveu	propiciaven
	future	propiciaré	propiciaràs	propiciarà	propiciarem	propiciareu	propiciaran
	preterite	propicií	propiciares	propicià	propiciàrem	propiciàreu	propiciaren
	conditional	propiciaria	propiciaries	propiciaria	propiciaríem	propiciaríeu	propiciarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	propiciï	propiciïs	propiciï	propiciem	propicieu	propiciïn
	imperfect	propiciés	propiciessis	propiciés	propiciéssim	propiciéssiu	propiciessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	propicia	propiciï	propiciem	propicieu	propiciïn
	negative (no)	—	no propiciïs	no propiciï	no propiciem	no propicieu	no propiciïn

Further reading

• “propiciar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “propiciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “propiciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “propiciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin propitiāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ʁ)/ [pɾo.piˈsja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ʁ)/ [pɾo.piˈsja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ɾ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ʁ)/ [pɾo.piˈsja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ɻ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.piˈsjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.piˈsjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.piˈsja.ɾi/

Verb

propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propiciei, past participle propiciado)

1. (transitive) to bring about, enable

   Synonyms: favorecer, permitir

2. (transitive) to propitiate, appease

   Synonym: aplacar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of propiciar (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	propiciar
Personal	propiciar	propiciares	propiciar	propiciarmos	propiciardes	propiciarem
Gerund
	propiciando
Past participle
Masculine	propiciado			propiciados
Feminine	propiciada			propiciadas
Indicative
Present	propicio	propicias	propicia	propiciamos	propiciais	propiciam
Imperfect	propiciava	propiciavas	propiciava	propiciávamos	propiciáveis	propiciavam
Preterite	propiciei	propiciaste	propiciou	propiciamos1, propiciámos2	propiciastes	propiciaram
Pluperfect	propiciara	propiciaras	propiciara	propiciáramos	propiciáreis	propiciaram
Future	propiciarei	propiciarás	propiciará	propiciaremos	propiciareis	propiciarão
Conditional	propiciaria	propiciarias	propiciaria	propiciaríamos	propiciaríeis	propiciariam
Subjunctive
Present	propicie	propicies	propicie	propiciemos	propicieis	propiciem
Imperfect	propiciasse	propiciasses	propiciasse	propiciássemos	propiciásseis	propiciassem
Future	propiciar	propiciares	propiciar	propiciarmos	propiciardes	propiciarem
Imperative
Affirmative		propicia	propicie	propiciemos	propiciai	propiciem
Negative (não)		não propicies	não propicie	não propiciemos	não propicieis	não propiciem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “propiciar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “propiciar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin propitiāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾopiˈθjaɾ/ [pɾo.piˈθjaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /pɾopiˈsjaɾ/ [pɾo.piˈsjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧pi‧ciar

Verb

propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propicié, past participle propiciado)

1. (transitive) to bring about, enable

   Synonym: favorecer

   • 1900, José Enrique Rodó, Ariel, chapter VI:

     La misma fuerza positiva aparece propiciando las mayores idealidades de la civilización. El oro acumulado por el mercantilismo de las repúblicas italianas «pagó — según Saint-Victor — los gastos del Renacimiento».

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive, rare) to propitiate, appease

   Synonyms: ablandar, aplacar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of propiciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			propiciar
gerund			propiciando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		propiciado		propiciada
		plural		propiciados		propiciadas
		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	propicio	propiciastú propiciásvos	propicia	propiciamos	propiciáis	propician
	imperfect	propiciaba	propiciabas	propiciaba	propiciábamos	propiciabais	propiciaban
	preterite	propicié	propiciaste	propició	propiciamos	propiciasteis	propiciaron
	future	propiciaré	propiciarás	propiciará	propiciaremos	propiciaréis	propiciarán
	conditional	propiciaría	propiciarías	propiciaría	propiciaríamos	propiciaríais	propiciarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	propicie	propiciestú propiciésvos2	propicie	propiciemos	propiciéis	propicien
	imperfect (ra)	propiciara	propiciaras	propiciara	propiciáramos	propiciarais	propiciaran
	imperfect (se)	propiciase	propiciases	propiciase	propiciásemos	propiciaseis	propiciasen
	future1	propiciare	propiciares	propiciare	propiciáremos	propiciareis	propiciaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		propiciatú propiciávos	propicie	propiciemos	propiciad	propicien
	negative		no propicies	no propicie	no propiciemos	no propiciéis	no propicien

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

    Selected combined forms of propiciar

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 propiciar
	dative	propiciarme	propiciarte	propiciarle, propiciarse	propiciarnos	propiciaros	propiciarles, propiciarse
	accusative	propiciarme	propiciarte	propiciarlo, propiciarla, propiciarse	propiciarnos	propiciaros	propiciarlos, propiciarlas, propiciarse
with gerund propiciando
	dative	propiciándome	propiciándote	propiciándole, propiciándose	propiciándonos	propiciándoos	propiciándoles, propiciándose
	accusative	propiciándome	propiciándote	propiciándolo, propiciándola, propiciándose	propiciándonos	propiciándoos	propiciándolos, propiciándolas, propiciándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative propicia
	dative	propíciame	propíciate	propíciale	propícianos	not used	propíciales
	accusative	propíciame	propíciate	propícialo, propíciala	propícianos	not used	propícialos, propícialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative propiciá
	dative	propiciame	propiciate	propiciale	propicianos	not used	propiciales
	accusative	propiciame	propiciate	propicialo, propiciala	propicianos	not used	propicialos, propicialas
with formal second-person singular imperative propicie
	dative	propícieme	not used	propíciele, propíciese	propícienos	not used	propícieles
	accusative	propícieme	not used	propícielo, propíciela, propíciese	propícienos	not used	propícielos, propícielas
with first-person plural imperative propiciemos
	dative	not used	propiciémoste	propiciémosle	propiciémonos	propiciémoos	propiciémosles
	accusative	not used	propiciémoste	propiciémoslo, propiciémosla	propiciémonos	propiciémoos	propiciémoslos, propiciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative propiciad
	dative	propiciadme	not used	propiciadle	propiciadnos	propiciaos	propiciadles
	accusative	propiciadme	not used	propiciadlo, propiciadla	propiciadnos	propiciaos	propiciadlos, propiciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative propicien
	dative	propícienme	not used	propícienle	propíciennos	not used	propícienles, propíciense
	accusative	propícienme	not used	propícienlo, propícienla	propíciennos	not used	propícienlos, propícienlas, propíciense

Related terms

• propiciación

 

Further reading

• “propiciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014