propinar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin propīnāre (“to offer a cup [after drinking from it first]; to toast someone”), from Ancient Greek προπίνω (propínō, “to drink before”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pɾo.piˈna/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pɾu.piˈna/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾo.piˈnaɾ/

Verb

propinar (first-person singular present propino, past participle propinat)

1. (transitive) to give to drink; to administer (medication)
2. (transitive) to administer (blow), to hit, to strike

   Synonym: pegar

Conjugation

Conjugation of propinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			propinar
present participle			propinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		propinat		propinada
		plural		propinats		propinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	propino	propines	propina	propinem	propineu	propinen
	imperfect	propinava	propinaves	propinava	propinàvem	propinàveu	propinaven
	future	propinaré	propinaràs	propinarà	propinarem	propinareu	propinaran
	preterite	propiní	propinares	propinà	propinàrem	propinàreu	propinaren
	conditional	propinaria	propinaries	propinaria	propinaríem	propinaríeu	propinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	propini	propinis	propini	propinem	propineu	propinin
	imperfect	propinés	propinessis	propinés	propinéssim	propinéssiu	propinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	propina	propini	propinem	propineu	propinin

Related terms

• propina

Further reading

• “propinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prŏpīnāre, from Ancient Greek προπίνειν (propínein).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾopiˈnaɾ/ [pɾo.piˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧pi‧nar

Verb

propinar (first-person singular present propino, first-person singular preterite propiné, past participle propinado)

1. (transitive) to hit, strike

   Synonym: golpear

2. (transitive) to administer medication

Conjugation

    Conjugation of propinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			propinar
gerund			propinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		propinado		propinada
		plural		propinados		propinadas
		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	propino	propinastú propinásvos	propina	propinamos	propináis	propinan
	imperfect	propinaba	propinabas	propinaba	propinábamos	propinabais	propinaban
	preterite	propiné	propinaste	propinó	propinamos	propinasteis	propinaron
	future	propinaré	propinarás	propinará	propinaremos	propinaréis	propinarán
	conditional	propinaría	propinarías	propinaría	propinaríamos	propinaríais	propinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	propine	propinestú propinésvos2	propine	propinemos	propinéis	propinen
	imperfect (ra)	propinara	propinaras	propinara	propináramos	propinarais	propinaran
	imperfect (se)	propinase	propinases	propinase	propinásemos	propinaseis	propinasen
	future1	propinare	propinares	propinare	propináremos	propinareis	propinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		propinatú propinávos	propine	propinemos	propinad	propinen
	negative		no propines	no propine	no propinemos	no propinéis	no propinen

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

    Selected combined forms of propinar

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 propinar
	dative	propinarme	propinarte	propinarle, propinarse	propinarnos	propinaros	propinarles, propinarse
	accusative	propinarme	propinarte	propinarlo, propinarla, propinarse	propinarnos	propinaros	propinarlos, propinarlas, propinarse
with gerund propinando
	dative	propinándome	propinándote	propinándole, propinándose	propinándonos	propinándoos	propinándoles, propinándose
	accusative	propinándome	propinándote	propinándolo, propinándola, propinándose	propinándonos	propinándoos	propinándolos, propinándolas, propinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative propina
	dative	propíname	propínate	propínale	propínanos	not used	propínales
	accusative	propíname	propínate	propínalo, propínala	propínanos	not used	propínalos, propínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative propiná
	dative	propiname	propinate	propinale	propinanos	not used	propinales
	accusative	propiname	propinate	propinalo, propinala	propinanos	not used	propinalos, propinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative propine
	dative	propíneme	not used	propínele, propínese	propínenos	not used	propíneles
	accusative	propíneme	not used	propínelo, propínela, propínese	propínenos	not used	propínelos, propínelas
with first-person plural imperative propinemos
	dative	not used	propinémoste	propinémosle	propinémonos	propinémoos	propinémosles
	accusative	not used	propinémoste	propinémoslo, propinémosla	propinémonos	propinémoos	propinémoslos, propinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative propinad
	dative	propinadme	not used	propinadle	propinadnos	propinaos	propinadles
	accusative	propinadme	not used	propinadlo, propinadla	propinadnos	propinaos	propinadlos, propinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative propinen
	dative	propínenme	not used	propínenle	propínennos	not used	propínenles, propínense
	accusative	propínenme	not used	propínenlo, propínenla	propínennos	not used	propínenlos, propínenlas, propínense

Further reading

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