vetar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin vetāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [veˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [beˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

vetar (first-person singular present veto, first-person singular preterite vetí, past participle vetat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to veto (to use a veto against)

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of vetar (first conjugation)

infinitive			vetar
gerund			vetant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vetat		vetada
		plural		vetats		vetades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	veto	vetes	veta	vetem	veteu	veten
	imperfect	vetava	vetaves	vetava	vetàvem	vetàveu	vetaven
	future	vetaré	vetaràs	vetarà	vetarem	vetareu	vetaran
	preterite	vetí	vetares	vetà	vetàrem	vetàreu	vetaren
	conditional	vetaria	vetaries	vetaria	vetaríem	vetaríeu	vetarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	veti	vetis	veti	vetem	veteu	vetin
	imperfect	vetés	vetessis	vetés	vetéssim	vetéssiu	vetessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	veta	veti	vetem	veteu	vetin
	negative (no)	—	no vetis	no veti	no vetem	no veteu	no vetin

Related terms

• vedar
• vet

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weth₂-der.

Old Latin votō

Latin vetārelbor.

Portuguese vetar

Learned borrowing from Latin vetāre. Doublet of vedar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veˈta(ʁ)/ [veˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɛˈtaɾ/, /vɨˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɛˈtaɾ/, /vɨˈtaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɛˈtaɾ/, /bɨˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɛˈta.ɾi/, /vɨˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ve‧tar

Verb

vetar (first-person singular present veto, first-person singular preterite vetei, past participle vetado)

1. (transitive) to veto (to use a veto against)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vetar (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	vetar
Personal	vetar	vetares	vetar	vetarmos	vetardes	vetarem
Gerund
	vetando
Past participle
Masculine	vetado			vetados
Feminine	vetada			vetadas
Indicative
Present	veto	vetas	veta	vetamos	vetais	vetam
Imperfect	vetava	vetavas	vetava	vetávamos	vetáveis	vetavam
Preterite	vetei	vetaste	vetou	vetamos1, vetámos2	vetastes	vetaram
Pluperfect	vetara	vetaras	vetara	vetáramos	vetáreis	vetaram
Future	vetarei	vetarás	vetará	vetaremos	vetareis	vetarão
Conditional	vetaria	vetarias	vetaria	vetaríamos	vetaríeis	vetariam
Subjunctive
Present	vete	vetes	vete	vetemos	veteis	vetem
Imperfect	vetasse	vetasses	vetasse	vetássemos	vetásseis	vetassem
Future	vetar	vetares	vetar	vetarmos	vetardes	vetarem
Imperative
Affirmative		veta	vete	vetemos	vetai	vetem
Negative (não)		não vetes	não vete	não vetemos	não veteis	não vetem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• vedar

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vjȅtar (Ijekavian)
• vȉtar (Ikavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *větrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wēˀtrāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋêtar/
• Hyphenation: ve‧tar

Noun

vȅtar m inan (Cyrillic spelling ве̏тар)

1. wind
2. erysipelas

   Synonyms: crveni vetar, crvènica, jarbolac, vrbanac, brnka

Declension

Declension of vetar

	singular	plural
nominative	vȅtar	vȅtrovi
genitive	vȅtra	vȅtrōvā
dative	vȅtru	vȅtrovima
accusative	vȅtar	vȅtrove
vocative	vȅtre	vȅtrovi
locative	vètru	vȅtrovima
instrumental	vȅtrom	vȅtrovima

Derived terms

• vetrènjača
• vetromètina
• vetròvit

Spanish

Etymology

From veto, from Latin vetāre. Doublet of vedar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈtaɾ/ [beˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ve‧tar

Verb

vetar (first-person singular present veto, first-person singular preterite veté, past participle vetado)

1. to veto

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vetar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			vetar
gerund			vetando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vetado		vetada
		plural		vetados		vetadas
		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	veto	vetastú vetásvos	veta	vetamos	vetáis	vetan
	imperfect	vetaba	vetabas	vetaba	vetábamos	vetabais	vetaban
	preterite	veté	vetaste	vetó	vetamos	vetasteis	vetaron
	future	vetaré	vetarás	vetará	vetaremos	vetaréis	vetarán
	conditional	vetaría	vetarías	vetaría	vetaríamos	vetaríais	vetarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vete	vetestú vetésvos2	vete	vetemos	vetéis	veten
	imperfect (ra)	vetara	vetaras	vetara	vetáramos	vetarais	vetaran
	imperfect (se)	vetase	vetases	vetase	vetásemos	vetaseis	vetasen
	future1	vetare	vetares	vetare	vetáremos	vetareis	vetaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		vetatú vetávos	vete	vetemos	vetad	veten
	negative		no vetes	no vete	no vetemos	no vetéis	no veten

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

    Selected combined forms of vetar

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 vetar	dative	vetarme	vetarte	vetarle, vetarse	vetarnos	vetaros	vetarles, vetarse
	accusative	vetarme	vetarte	vetarlo, vetarla, vetarse	vetarnos	vetaros	vetarlos, vetarlas, vetarse
with gerund vetando	dative	vetándome	vetándote	vetándole, vetándose	vetándonos	vetándoos	vetándoles, vetándose
	accusative	vetándome	vetándote	vetándolo, vetándola, vetándose	vetándonos	vetándoos	vetándolos, vetándolas, vetándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative veta	dative	vétame	vétate	vétale	vétanos	not used	vétales
	accusative	vétame	vétate	vétalo, vétala	vétanos	not used	vétalos, vétalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative vetá	dative	vetame	vetate	vetale	vetanos	not used	vetales
	accusative	vetame	vetate	vetalo, vetala	vetanos	not used	vetalos, vetalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vete	dative	véteme	not used	vétele, vétese	vétenos	not used	vételes
	accusative	véteme	not used	vételo, vétela, vétese	vétenos	not used	vételos, vételas
with first-person plural imperative vetemos	dative	not used	vetémoste	vetémosle	vetémonos	vetémoos	vetémosles
	accusative	not used	vetémoste	vetémoslo, vetémosla	vetémonos	vetémoos	vetémoslos, vetémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vetad	dative	vetadme	not used	vetadle	vetadnos	vetaos	vetadles
	accusative	vetadme	not used	vetadlo, vetadla	vetadnos	vetaos	vetadlos, vetadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative veten	dative	vétenme	not used	vétenle	vétennos	not used	vétenles, vétense
	accusative	vétenme	not used	vétenlo, vétenla	vétennos	not used	vétenlos, vétenlas, vétense

Related terms

• vedar
• veto

Further reading

• “vetar”, 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