cancelar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancellāre (“to make like a lattice, to cover with a lattice, to cancel”), ultimately from cancer (“lattice, grid”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (“lump”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.seˈla(ʁ)/ [kɐ̃.seˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.sɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.sɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.sɨˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: can‧ce‧lar

Verb

cancelar (first-person singular present cancelo, first-person singular preterite cancelei, past participle cancelado)

1. (transitive) to call off, to cancel

   Synonyms: anular, parar

2. (transitive, neologism) to cancel (a person deemed unacceptable)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cancelar (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	cancelar
Personal	cancelar	cancelares	cancelar	cancelarmos	cancelardes	cancelarem
Gerund
	cancelando
Past participle
Masculine	cancelado			cancelados
Feminine	cancelada			canceladas
Indicative
Present	cancelo	cancelas	cancela	cancelamos	cancelais	cancelam
Imperfect	cancelava	cancelavas	cancelava	cancelávamos	canceláveis	cancelavam
Preterite	cancelei	cancelaste	cancelou	cancelamos1, cancelámos2	cancelastes	cancelaram
Pluperfect	cancelara	cancelaras	cancelara	canceláramos	canceláreis	cancelaram
Future	cancelarei	cancelarás	cancelará	cancelaremos	cancelareis	cancelarão
Conditional	cancelaria	cancelarias	cancelaria	cancelaríamos	cancelaríeis	cancelariam
Subjunctive
Present	cancele	canceles	cancele	cancelemos	canceleis	cancelem
Imperfect	cancelasse	cancelasses	cancelasse	cancelássemos	cancelásseis	cancelassem
Future	cancelar	cancelares	cancelar	cancelarmos	cancelardes	cancelarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cancela	cancele	cancelemos	cancelai	cancelem
Negative (não)		não canceles	não cancele	não cancelemos	não canceleis	não cancelem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• cancelado
• cancelamento

Further reading

• “cancelar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “cancelar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “cancelar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cancelar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cancelar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from cancer.

Noun

cancelar m (plural cancelari)

1. chancellor

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cancelar	cancelarul		cancelari	cancelarii
genitive-dative	cancelar	cancelarului		cancelari	cancelarilor
vocative	cancelarule			cancelarilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancellāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kanθeˈlaɾ/ [kãn̟.θeˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kanseˈlaɾ/ [kãn.seˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: can‧ce‧lar

Verb

cancelar (first-person singular present cancelo, first-person singular preterite cancelé, past participle cancelado)

1. (transitive) to cancel, call off
2. (transitive, neologism) to cancel (a person deemed unacceptable)
3. (transitive) to forget about; to scrap
4. (transitive, finance) to liquidate (a debt)
5. (transitive, Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Peru) to pay

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cancelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cancelar
gerund			cancelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cancelado		cancelada
		plural		cancelados		canceladas
		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	cancelo	cancelastú cancelásvos	cancela	cancelamos	canceláis	cancelan
	imperfect	cancelaba	cancelabas	cancelaba	cancelábamos	cancelabais	cancelaban
	preterite	cancelé	cancelaste	canceló	cancelamos	cancelasteis	cancelaron
	future	cancelaré	cancelarás	cancelará	cancelaremos	cancelaréis	cancelarán
	conditional	cancelaría	cancelarías	cancelaría	cancelaríamos	cancelaríais	cancelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cancele	cancelestú cancelésvos2	cancele	cancelemos	canceléis	cancelen
	imperfect (ra)	cancelara	cancelaras	cancelara	canceláramos	cancelarais	cancelaran
	imperfect (se)	cancelase	cancelases	cancelase	cancelásemos	cancelaseis	cancelasen
	future1	cancelare	cancelares	cancelare	canceláremos	cancelareis	cancelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cancelatú cancelávos	cancele	cancelemos	cancelad	cancelen
	negative		no canceles	no cancele	no cancelemos	no canceléis	no cancelen

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

    Selected combined forms of cancelar

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 cancelar	dative	cancelarme	cancelarte	cancelarle, cancelarse	cancelarnos	cancelaros	cancelarles, cancelarse
	accusative	cancelarme	cancelarte	cancelarlo, cancelarla, cancelarse	cancelarnos	cancelaros	cancelarlos, cancelarlas, cancelarse
with gerund cancelando	dative	cancelándome	cancelándote	cancelándole, cancelándose	cancelándonos	cancelándoos	cancelándoles, cancelándose
	accusative	cancelándome	cancelándote	cancelándolo, cancelándola, cancelándose	cancelándonos	cancelándoos	cancelándolos, cancelándolas, cancelándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cancela	dative	cancélame	cancélate	cancélale	cancélanos	not used	cancélales
	accusative	cancélame	cancélate	cancélalo, cancélala	cancélanos	not used	cancélalos, cancélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cancelá	dative	cancelame	cancelate	cancelale	cancelanos	not used	cancelales
	accusative	cancelame	cancelate	cancelalo, cancelala	cancelanos	not used	cancelalos, cancelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cancele	dative	cancéleme	not used	cancélele, cancélese	cancélenos	not used	cancéleles
	accusative	cancéleme	not used	cancélelo, cancélela, cancélese	cancélenos	not used	cancélelos, cancélelas
with first-person plural imperative cancelemos	dative	not used	cancelémoste	cancelémosle	cancelémonos	cancelémoos	cancelémosles
	accusative	not used	cancelémoste	cancelémoslo, cancelémosla	cancelémonos	cancelémoos	cancelémoslos, cancelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cancelad	dative	canceladme	not used	canceladle	canceladnos	cancelaos	canceladles
	accusative	canceladme	not used	canceladlo, canceladla	canceladnos	cancelaos	canceladlos, canceladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cancelen	dative	cancélenme	not used	cancélenle	cancélennos	not used	cancélenles, cancélense
	accusative	cancélenme	not used	cancélenlo, cancélenla	cancélennos	not used	cancélenlos, cancélenlas, cancélense

Further reading

• “cancelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10