preceptuar
Spanish
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾeθebˈtwaɾ/ [pɾe.θeβ̞ˈt̪waɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾesebˈtwaɾ/ [pɾe.seβ̞ˈt̪waɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pre‧cep‧tuar
Verb
preceptuar (first-person singular present preceptúo, first-person singular preterite preceptué, past participle preceptuado)
- to lay down, set (rules)
Conjugation
Conjugation of preceptuar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | preceptuar | ||||||
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gerund | preceptuando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | preceptuado | preceptuada | |||||
plural | preceptuados | preceptuadas | |||||
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 | preceptúo | preceptúastú preceptuásvos | preceptúa | preceptuamos | preceptuáis | preceptúan | |
imperfect | preceptuaba | preceptuabas | preceptuaba | preceptuábamos | preceptuabais | preceptuaban | |
preterite | preceptué | preceptuaste | preceptuó | preceptuamos | preceptuasteis | preceptuaron | |
future | preceptuaré | preceptuarás | preceptuará | preceptuaremos | preceptuaréis | preceptuarán | |
conditional | preceptuaría | preceptuarías | preceptuaría | preceptuaríamos | preceptuaríais | preceptuarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | preceptúe | preceptúestú preceptuésvos2 | preceptúe | preceptuemos | preceptuéis | preceptúen | |
imperfect (ra) | preceptuara | preceptuaras | preceptuara | preceptuáramos | preceptuarais | preceptuaran | |
imperfect (se) | preceptuase | preceptuases | preceptuase | preceptuásemos | preceptuaseis | preceptuasen | |
future1 | preceptuare | preceptuares | preceptuare | preceptuáremos | preceptuareis | preceptuaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | preceptúatú preceptuávos | preceptúe | preceptuemos | preceptuad | preceptúen | ||
negative | no preceptúes | no preceptúe | no preceptuemos | no preceptuéis | no preceptúen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of preceptuar (u-ú alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive preceptuar | |||||||
dative | preceptuarme | preceptuarte | preceptuarle, preceptuarse | preceptuarnos | preceptuaros | preceptuarles, preceptuarse | |
accusative | preceptuarme | preceptuarte | preceptuarlo, preceptuarla, preceptuarse | preceptuarnos | preceptuaros | preceptuarlos, preceptuarlas, preceptuarse | |
with gerund preceptuando | |||||||
dative | preceptuándome | preceptuándote | preceptuándole, preceptuándose | preceptuándonos | preceptuándoos | preceptuándoles, preceptuándose | |
accusative | preceptuándome | preceptuándote | preceptuándolo, preceptuándola, preceptuándose | preceptuándonos | preceptuándoos | preceptuándolos, preceptuándolas, preceptuándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative preceptúa | |||||||
dative | preceptúame | preceptúate | preceptúale | preceptúanos | not used | preceptúales | |
accusative | preceptúame | preceptúate | preceptúalo, preceptúala | preceptúanos | not used | preceptúalos, preceptúalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative preceptuá | |||||||
dative | preceptuame | preceptuate | preceptuale | preceptuanos | not used | preceptuales | |
accusative | preceptuame | preceptuate | preceptualo, preceptuala | preceptuanos | not used | preceptualos, preceptualas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative preceptúe | |||||||
dative | preceptúeme | not used | preceptúele, preceptúese | preceptúenos | not used | preceptúeles | |
accusative | preceptúeme | not used | preceptúelo, preceptúela, preceptúese | preceptúenos | not used | preceptúelos, preceptúelas | |
with first-person plural imperative preceptuemos | |||||||
dative | not used | preceptuémoste | preceptuémosle | preceptuémonos | preceptuémoos | preceptuémosles | |
accusative | not used | preceptuémoste | preceptuémoslo, preceptuémosla | preceptuémonos | preceptuémoos | preceptuémoslos, preceptuémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative preceptuad | |||||||
dative | preceptuadme | not used | preceptuadle | preceptuadnos | preceptuaos | preceptuadles | |
accusative | preceptuadme | not used | preceptuadlo, preceptuadla | preceptuadnos | preceptuaos | preceptuadlos, preceptuadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative preceptúen | |||||||
dative | preceptúenme | not used | preceptúenle | preceptúennos | not used | preceptúenles, preceptúense | |
accusative | preceptúenme | not used | preceptúenlo, preceptúenla | preceptúennos | not used | preceptúenlos, preceptúenlas, preceptúense |
Related terms
- precepto
Further reading
- “preceptuar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014