precipitar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin praecipitō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /pɾə.si.piˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pɾe.si.piˈtaɾ/
Verb
precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, past participle precipitat)
- (transitive) to cause to fall, to throw down
- (transitive) to hasten, to precipitate
- (reflexive) to get ahead of oneself; to act hastily
Conjugation
Conjugation of precipitar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | precipitar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | precipitant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | precipitat | precipitada | |||||
| plural | precipitats | precipitades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | precipito | precipites | precipita | precipitem | precipiteu | precipiten | |
| imperfect | precipitava | precipitaves | precipitava | precipitàvem | precipitàveu | precipitaven | |
| future | precipitaré | precipitaràs | precipitarà | precipitarem | precipitareu | precipitaran | |
| preterite | precipití | precipitares | precipità | precipitàrem | precipitàreu | precipitaren | |
| conditional | precipitaria | precipitaries | precipitaria | precipitaríem | precipitaríeu | precipitarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | precipiti | precipitis | precipiti | precipitem | precipiteu | precipitin | |
| imperfect | precipités | precipitessis | precipités | precipitéssim | precipitéssiu | precipitessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | precipita | precipiti | precipitem | precipiteu | precipitin | ||
Related terms
- precipitació
Further reading
- “precipitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precipitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “precipitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precipitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English precipitate, French précipiter, Italian precipitare, Spanish precipitar. The reflexive sense “to hurry” derives from French, Spanish and English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pre.t͡si.piˈtar/
Noun
precipitar (present precipitas, past precipitis, future precipitos, conditional precipitus, imperative precipitez)
- (transitive) to cause to fall, to drop
- (reflexive) to hurry
Conjugation
Conjugation of precipitar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | precipitar | precipitir | precipitor | ||||
| tense | precipitas | precipitis | precipitos | ||||
| conditional | precipitus | ||||||
| imperative | precipitez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | precipitanta | precipitinta | precipitonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | precipitante | precipitinte | precipitonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | precipitanto | precipitinto | precipitonto | |||
| plural | precipitanti | precipitinti | precipitonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | precipitata | precipitita | precipitota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | precipitate | precipitite | precipitote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | precipitato | precipitito | precipitoto | |||
| plural | precipitati | precipititi | precipitoti | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin praecipitō (“to cast down, to throw headlong”).
Verb
precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipitei, past participle precipitado)
- to precipitate (all senses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of precipitar (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 | precipitar | |||||
| Personal | precipitar | precipitares | precipitar | precipitarmos | precipitardes | precipitarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| precipitando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | precipitado | precipitados | ||||
| Feminine | precipitada | precipitadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | precipito | precipitas | precipita | precipitamos | precipitais | precipitam |
| Imperfect | precipitava | precipitavas | precipitava | precipitávamos | precipitáveis | precipitavam |
| Preterite | precipitei | precipitaste | precipitou | precipitamos1, precipitámos2 | precipitastes | precipitaram |
| Pluperfect | precipitara | precipitaras | precipitara | precipitáramos | precipitáreis | precipitaram |
| Future | precipitarei | precipitarás | precipitará | precipitaremos | precipitareis | precipitarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| precipitaria | precipitarias | precipitaria | precipitaríamos | precipitaríeis | precipitariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | precipite | precipites | precipite | precipitemos | precipiteis | precipitem |
| Imperfect | precipitasse | precipitasses | precipitasse | precipitássemos | precipitásseis | precipitassem |
| Future | precipitar | precipitares | precipitar | precipitarmos | precipitardes | precipitarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | precipita | precipite | precipitemos | precipitai | precipitem | |
| Negative (não) | não precipites | não precipite | não precipitemos | não precipiteis | não precipitem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- precipitação
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin praecipitāre, present active infinitive of praecipitō (“to cast down, to throw headlong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾeθipiˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.θi.piˈt̪aɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾesipiˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.si.piˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pre‧ci‧pi‧tar
Verb
precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipité, past participle precipitado)
- to precipitate
- (reflexive) to rush in, to rush into, to jump the gun
Conjugation
Conjugation of precipitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | precipitar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | precipitando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | precipitado | precipitada | |||||
| plural | precipitados | precipitadas | |||||
| 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 | precipito | precipitastú precipitásvos | precipita | precipitamos | precipitáis | precipitan | |
| imperfect | precipitaba | precipitabas | precipitaba | precipitábamos | precipitabais | precipitaban | |
| preterite | precipité | precipitaste | precipitó | precipitamos | precipitasteis | precipitaron | |
| future | precipitaré | precipitarás | precipitará | precipitaremos | precipitaréis | precipitarán | |
| conditional | precipitaría | precipitarías | precipitaría | precipitaríamos | precipitaríais | precipitarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | precipite | precipitestú precipitésvos2 | precipite | precipitemos | precipitéis | precipiten | |
| imperfect (ra) | precipitara | precipitaras | precipitara | precipitáramos | precipitarais | precipitaran | |
| imperfect (se) | precipitase | precipitases | precipitase | precipitásemos | precipitaseis | precipitasen | |
| future1 | precipitare | precipitares | precipitare | precipitáremos | precipitareis | precipitaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | precipitatú precipitávos | precipite | precipitemos | precipitad | precipiten | ||
| negative | no precipites | no precipite | no precipitemos | no precipitéis | no precipiten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of precipitar
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 precipitar | |||||||
| dative | precipitarme | precipitarte | precipitarle, precipitarse | precipitarnos | precipitaros | precipitarles, precipitarse | |
| accusative | precipitarme | precipitarte | precipitarlo, precipitarla, precipitarse | precipitarnos | precipitaros | precipitarlos, precipitarlas, precipitarse | |
| with gerund precipitando | |||||||
| dative | precipitándome | precipitándote | precipitándole, precipitándose | precipitándonos | precipitándoos | precipitándoles, precipitándose | |
| accusative | precipitándome | precipitándote | precipitándolo, precipitándola, precipitándose | precipitándonos | precipitándoos | precipitándolos, precipitándolas, precipitándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative precipita | |||||||
| dative | precipítame | precipítate | precipítale | precipítanos | not used | precipítales | |
| accusative | precipítame | precipítate | precipítalo, precipítala | precipítanos | not used | precipítalos, precipítalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative precipitá | |||||||
| dative | precipitame | precipitate | precipitale | precipitanos | not used | precipitales | |
| accusative | precipitame | precipitate | precipitalo, precipitala | precipitanos | not used | precipitalos, precipitalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative precipite | |||||||
| dative | precipíteme | not used | precipítele, precipítese | precipítenos | not used | precipíteles | |
| accusative | precipíteme | not used | precipítelo, precipítela, precipítese | precipítenos | not used | precipítelos, precipítelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative precipitemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | precipitémoste | precipitémosle | precipitémonos | precipitémoos | precipitémosles | |
| accusative | not used | precipitémoste | precipitémoslo, precipitémosla | precipitémonos | precipitémoos | precipitémoslos, precipitémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative precipitad | |||||||
| dative | precipitadme | not used | precipitadle | precipitadnos | precipitaos | precipitadles | |
| accusative | precipitadme | not used | precipitadlo, precipitadla | precipitadnos | precipitaos | precipitadlos, precipitadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative precipiten | |||||||
| dative | precipítenme | not used | precipítenle | precipítennos | not used | precipítenles, precipítense | |
| accusative | precipítenme | not used | precipítenlo, precipítenla | precipítennos | not used | precipítenlos, precipítenlas, precipítense | |
Derived terms
- vaso de precipitados
Related terms
- precipitación
Further reading
- “precipitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014