deprecar

deprecar

Galician

Etymology

From Latin dēprecārī, present active infinitive of dēprecor (“I avert, ward off, deprecate”).

Verb

deprecar (first-person singular present depreco, first-person singular preterite deprequei, past participle deprecado)

1. to entreat, implore
2. to deprecate

Conjugation

• Note: deprec- are changed to deprequ- before front vowels (e).

Conjugation of deprecar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	deprecar
personal	deprecar	deprecares	deprecar	deprecarmos	deprecardes	deprecaren
Gerund
	deprecando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	deprecado			deprecados
feminine	deprecada			deprecadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	depreco	deprecas	depreca	deprecamos	deprecades	deprecan
imperfect	deprecaba	deprecabas	deprecaba	deprecabamos	deprecabades	deprecaban
preterite	deprequei	deprecaches	deprecou	deprecamos	deprecastes	deprecaron
pluperfect	deprecara	deprecaras	deprecara	deprecaramos	deprecarades	deprecaran
future	deprecarei	deprecarás	deprecará	deprecaremos	deprecaredes	deprecarán
conditional	deprecaría	deprecarías	deprecaría	deprecariamos	deprecariades	deprecarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	depreque	depreques	depreque	deprequemos	deprequedes	deprequen
preterite	deprecase	deprecases	deprecase	deprecásemos	deprecásedes	deprecasen
future	deprecar	deprecares	deprecar	deprecarmos	deprecardes	deprecaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	depreca	depreque	deprequemos	deprecade	deprequen
negative	–	depreques	depreque	deprequemos	deprequedes	deprequen

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēprecārī (“to avert, to ward off, to deprecate”). The computing sense is a calque of English deprecate.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.pɾeˈka(ʁ)/ [de.pɾeˈka(h)]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.pɾɨˈkaɾ/

• Hyphenation: de‧pre‧car

Verb

deprecar (first-person singular present depreco, first-person singular preterite deprequei, past participle deprecado)

1. to beg, to supplicate

   Synonyms: implorar, suplicar

2. (anglicism, chiefly computing) to deprecate (to declare something obsolescent; to recommend against a function, technique, command, etc. that still works but has been replaced)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deprecar (c-qu alternation) (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	deprecar
Personal	deprecar	deprecares	deprecar	deprecarmos	deprecardes	deprecarem
Gerund
	deprecando
Past participle
Masculine	deprecado			deprecados
Feminine	deprecada			deprecadas
Indicative
Present	depreco	deprecas	depreca	deprecamos	deprecais	deprecam
Imperfect	deprecava	deprecavas	deprecava	deprecávamos	deprecáveis	deprecavam
Preterite	deprequei	deprecaste	deprecou	deprecamos1, deprecámos2	deprecastes	deprecaram
Pluperfect	deprecara	deprecaras	deprecara	deprecáramos	deprecáreis	deprecaram
Future	deprecarei	deprecarás	deprecará	deprecaremos	deprecareis	deprecarão
Conditional
	deprecaria	deprecarias	deprecaria	deprecaríamos	deprecaríeis	deprecariam
Subjunctive
Present	depreque	depreques	depreque	deprequemos	deprequeis	deprequem
Imperfect	deprecasse	deprecasses	deprecasse	deprecássemos	deprecásseis	deprecassem
Future	deprecar	deprecares	deprecar	deprecarmos	deprecardes	deprecarem
Imperative
Affirmative		depreca	depreque	deprequemos	deprecai	deprequem
Negative (não)		não depreques	não depreque	não deprequemos	não deprequeis	não deprequem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēprecārī, present active infinitive of dēprecor (“to avert, ward off, deprecate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /depɾeˈkaɾ/ [d̪e.pɾeˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧pre‧car

Verb

deprecar (first-person singular present depreco, first-person singular preterite deprequé, past participle deprecado)

1. to entreat, implore
2. to deprecate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deprecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deprecar
gerund			deprecando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deprecado		deprecada
		plural		deprecados		deprecadas
		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	depreco	deprecastú deprecásvos	depreca	deprecamos	deprecáis	deprecan
	imperfect	deprecaba	deprecabas	deprecaba	deprecábamos	deprecabais	deprecaban
	preterite	deprequé	deprecaste	deprecó	deprecamos	deprecasteis	deprecaron
	future	deprecaré	deprecarás	deprecará	deprecaremos	deprecaréis	deprecarán
	conditional	deprecaría	deprecarías	deprecaría	deprecaríamos	deprecaríais	deprecarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	depreque	deprequestú deprequésvos2	depreque	deprequemos	deprequéis	deprequen
	imperfect (ra)	deprecara	deprecaras	deprecara	deprecáramos	deprecarais	deprecaran
	imperfect (se)	deprecase	deprecases	deprecase	deprecásemos	deprecaseis	deprecasen
	future1	deprecare	deprecares	deprecare	deprecáremos	deprecareis	deprecaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deprecatú deprecávos	depreque	deprequemos	deprecad	deprequen
	negative		no depreques	no depreque	no deprequemos	no deprequéis	no deprequen

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

Further reading

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