preponderar
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin praeponderō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾepondeˈɾaɾ/ [pɾe.põn̪.d̪eˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pre‧pon‧de‧rar
Verb
preponderar (first-person singular present prepondero, first-person singular preterite preponderé, past participle preponderado)
- (intransitive) to predominate, to dominate, to prevail
- 2015 November 25, “Reportaje”, in El País:
- No digamos si hay público y se establece una dramaturgia de la confrontación, pero los debates donde prepondera el análisis sobre la opinión significan un estímulo a la pluralidad informativa y al enriquecimiento de la sociedad”.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of preponderar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | preponderar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | preponderando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | preponderado | preponderada | |||||
| plural | preponderados | preponderadas | |||||
| 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 | prepondero | preponderastú preponderásvos | prepondera | preponderamos | preponderáis | preponderan | |
| imperfect | preponderaba | preponderabas | preponderaba | preponderábamos | preponderabais | preponderaban | |
| preterite | preponderé | preponderaste | preponderó | preponderamos | preponderasteis | preponderaron | |
| future | preponderaré | preponderarás | preponderará | preponderaremos | preponderaréis | preponderarán | |
| conditional | preponderaría | preponderarías | preponderaría | preponderaríamos | preponderaríais | preponderarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | prepondere | preponderestú preponderésvos2 | prepondere | preponderemos | preponderéis | preponderen | |
| imperfect (ra) | preponderara | preponderaras | preponderara | preponderáramos | preponderarais | preponderaran | |
| imperfect (se) | preponderase | preponderases | preponderase | preponderásemos | preponderaseis | preponderasen | |
| future1 | preponderare | preponderares | preponderare | preponderáremos | preponderareis | preponderaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | preponderatú preponderávos | prepondere | preponderemos | preponderad | preponderen | ||
| negative | no preponderes | no prepondere | no preponderemos | no preponderéis | no preponderen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- preponderante
Further reading
- “preponderar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014