vaticinar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāticinārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bə.ti.siˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.ti.siˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [va.ti.siˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

vaticinar (first-person singular present vaticino, first-person singular preterite vaticiní, past participle vaticinat)

1. (transitive) to predict

   Synonyms: pronosticar, profetitzar

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     –Avui vindran –deia de vegades en Batís, amb aires de pagès que vaticina el temps.

     "Today they'll come," Batís sometimes said, giving an impression like a peasant predicting the weather.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vaticinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			vaticinar
gerund			vaticinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vaticinat		vaticinada
		plural		vaticinats		vaticinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vaticino	vaticines	vaticina	vaticinem	vaticineu	vaticinen
	imperfect	vaticinava	vaticinaves	vaticinava	vaticinàvem	vaticinàveu	vaticinaven
	future	vaticinaré	vaticinaràs	vaticinarà	vaticinarem	vaticinareu	vaticinaran
	preterite	vaticiní	vaticinares	vaticinà	vaticinàrem	vaticinàreu	vaticinaren
	conditional	vaticinaria	vaticinaries	vaticinaria	vaticinaríem	vaticinaríeu	vaticinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vaticini	vaticinis	vaticini	vaticinem	vaticineu	vaticinin
	imperfect	vaticinés	vaticinessis	vaticinés	vaticinéssim	vaticinéssiu	vaticinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vaticina	vaticini	vaticinem	vaticineu	vaticinin
	negative (no)	—	no vaticinis	no vaticini	no vaticinem	no vaticineu	no vaticinin

Derived terms

• vaticinador

Related terms

• vat
• vaticini

Further reading

• “vaticinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vāticinārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.t͡ʃi.siˈna(ʁ)/ [va.t͡ʃi.siˈna(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ti.siˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ti.siˈnaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ti.siˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ti.siˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: va‧ti‧ci‧nar

Verb

vaticinar (first-person singular present vaticino, first-person singular preterite vaticinei, past participle vaticinado)

1. to vaticinate; to prophesy; to predict (to indicate that some future event will occur)

   Synonyms: pressagiar, prever

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vaticinar (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	vaticinar
Personal	vaticinar	vaticinares	vaticinar	vaticinarmos	vaticinardes	vaticinarem
Gerund
	vaticinando
Past participle
Masculine	vaticinado			vaticinados
Feminine	vaticinada			vaticinadas
Indicative
Present	vaticino	vaticinas	vaticina	vaticinamos	vaticinais	vaticinam
Imperfect	vaticinava	vaticinavas	vaticinava	vaticinávamos	vaticináveis	vaticinavam
Preterite	vaticinei	vaticinaste	vaticinou	vaticinamos1, vaticinámos2	vaticinastes	vaticinaram
Pluperfect	vaticinara	vaticinaras	vaticinara	vaticináramos	vaticináreis	vaticinaram
Future	vaticinarei	vaticinarás	vaticinará	vaticinaremos	vaticinareis	vaticinarão
Conditional	vaticinaria	vaticinarias	vaticinaria	vaticinaríamos	vaticinaríeis	vaticinariam
Subjunctive
Present	vaticine	vaticines	vaticine	vaticinemos	vaticineis	vaticinem
Imperfect	vaticinasse	vaticinasses	vaticinasse	vaticinássemos	vaticinásseis	vaticinassem
Future	vaticinar	vaticinares	vaticinar	vaticinarmos	vaticinardes	vaticinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vaticina	vaticine	vaticinemos	vaticinai	vaticinem
Negative (não)		não vaticines	não vaticine	não vaticinemos	não vaticineis	não vaticinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French vaticinaire.

Adjective

vaticinar m or n (feminine singular vaticinară, masculine plural vaticinari, feminine/neuter plural vaticinare)

1. prophetical

Declension

Declension of vaticinar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	vaticinar		vaticinară	vaticinari	vaticinare
	definite	vaticinarul		vaticinara	vaticinarii	vaticinarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	vaticinar		vaticinare	vaticinari	vaticinare
	definite	vaticinarului		vaticinarei	vaticinarilor	vaticinarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vāticinārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /batiθiˈnaɾ/ [ba.t̪i.θiˈnaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /batisiˈnaɾ/ [ba.t̪i.siˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: va‧ti‧ci‧nar

Verb

vaticinar (first-person singular present vaticino, first-person singular preterite vaticiné, past participle vaticinado)

1. to predict, vaticinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vaticinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vaticinar
gerund			vaticinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vaticinado		vaticinada
		plural		vaticinados		vaticinadas
		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	vaticino	vaticinastú vaticinásvos	vaticina	vaticinamos	vaticináis	vaticinan
	imperfect	vaticinaba	vaticinabas	vaticinaba	vaticinábamos	vaticinabais	vaticinaban
	preterite	vaticiné	vaticinaste	vaticinó	vaticinamos	vaticinasteis	vaticinaron
	future	vaticinaré	vaticinarás	vaticinará	vaticinaremos	vaticinaréis	vaticinarán
	conditional	vaticinaría	vaticinarías	vaticinaría	vaticinaríamos	vaticinaríais	vaticinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vaticine	vaticinestú vaticinésvos2	vaticine	vaticinemos	vaticinéis	vaticinen
	imperfect (ra)	vaticinara	vaticinaras	vaticinara	vaticináramos	vaticinarais	vaticinaran
	imperfect (se)	vaticinase	vaticinases	vaticinase	vaticinásemos	vaticinaseis	vaticinasen
	future1	vaticinare	vaticinares	vaticinare	vaticináremos	vaticinareis	vaticinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vaticinatú vaticinávos	vaticine	vaticinemos	vaticinad	vaticinen
	negative		no vaticines	no vaticine	no vaticinemos	no vaticinéis	no vaticinen

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

    Selected combined forms of vaticinar

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 vaticinar	dative	vaticinarme	vaticinarte	vaticinarle, vaticinarse	vaticinarnos	vaticinaros	vaticinarles, vaticinarse
	accusative	vaticinarme	vaticinarte	vaticinarlo, vaticinarla, vaticinarse	vaticinarnos	vaticinaros	vaticinarlos, vaticinarlas, vaticinarse
with gerund vaticinando	dative	vaticinándome	vaticinándote	vaticinándole, vaticinándose	vaticinándonos	vaticinándoos	vaticinándoles, vaticinándose
	accusative	vaticinándome	vaticinándote	vaticinándolo, vaticinándola, vaticinándose	vaticinándonos	vaticinándoos	vaticinándolos, vaticinándolas, vaticinándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative vaticina	dative	vaticíname	vaticínate	vaticínale	vaticínanos	not used	vaticínales
	accusative	vaticíname	vaticínate	vaticínalo, vaticínala	vaticínanos	not used	vaticínalos, vaticínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative vaticiná	dative	vaticiname	vaticinate	vaticinale	vaticinanos	not used	vaticinales
	accusative	vaticiname	vaticinate	vaticinalo, vaticinala	vaticinanos	not used	vaticinalos, vaticinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vaticine	dative	vaticíneme	not used	vaticínele, vaticínese	vaticínenos	not used	vaticíneles
	accusative	vaticíneme	not used	vaticínelo, vaticínela, vaticínese	vaticínenos	not used	vaticínelos, vaticínelas
with first-person plural imperative vaticinemos	dative	not used	vaticinémoste	vaticinémosle	vaticinémonos	vaticinémoos	vaticinémosles
	accusative	not used	vaticinémoste	vaticinémoslo, vaticinémosla	vaticinémonos	vaticinémoos	vaticinémoslos, vaticinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vaticinad	dative	vaticinadme	not used	vaticinadle	vaticinadnos	vaticinaos	vaticinadles
	accusative	vaticinadme	not used	vaticinadlo, vaticinadla	vaticinadnos	vaticinaos	vaticinadlos, vaticinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vaticinen	dative	vaticínenme	not used	vaticínenle	vaticínennos	not used	vaticínenles, vaticínense
	accusative	vaticínenme	not used	vaticínenlo, vaticínenla	vaticínennos	not used	vaticínenlos, vaticínenlas, vaticínense

Further reading

• “vaticinar”, 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