catapultar

Catalan

Etymology

From catapulta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kə.tə.pulˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.ta.pulˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

catapultar (first-person singular present catapulto, first-person singular preterite catapultí, past participle catapultat)

1. (transitive) to catapult

Conjugation

    Conjugation of catapultar (first conjugation)

infinitive			catapultar
gerund			catapultant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		catapultat		catapultada
		plural		catapultats		catapultades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	catapulto	catapultes	catapulta	catapultem	catapulteu	catapulten
	imperfect	catapultava	catapultaves	catapultava	catapultàvem	catapultàveu	catapultaven
	future	catapultaré	catapultaràs	catapultarà	catapultarem	catapultareu	catapultaran
	preterite	catapultí	catapultares	catapultà	catapultàrem	catapultàreu	catapultaren
	conditional	catapultaria	catapultaries	catapultaria	catapultaríem	catapultaríeu	catapultarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	catapulti	catapultis	catapulti	catapultem	catapulteu	catapultin
	imperfect	catapultés	catapultessis	catapultés	catapultéssim	catapultéssiu	catapultessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	catapulta	catapulti	catapultem	catapulteu	catapultin
	negative (no)	—	no catapultis	no catapulti	no catapultem	no catapulteu	no catapultin

Further reading

• “catapultar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From catapulta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /katapulˈtaɾ/ [ka.t̪a.pul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧ta‧pul‧tar

Verb

catapultar (first-person singular present catapulto, first-person singular preterite catapulté, past participle catapultado)

1. (transitive) to catapult

Conjugation

    Conjugation of catapultar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			catapultar
gerund			catapultando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		catapultado		catapultada
		plural		catapultados		catapultadas
		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	catapulto	catapultastú catapultásvos	catapulta	catapultamos	catapultáis	catapultan
	imperfect	catapultaba	catapultabas	catapultaba	catapultábamos	catapultabais	catapultaban
	preterite	catapulté	catapultaste	catapultó	catapultamos	catapultasteis	catapultaron
	future	catapultaré	catapultarás	catapultará	catapultaremos	catapultaréis	catapultarán
	conditional	catapultaría	catapultarías	catapultaría	catapultaríamos	catapultaríais	catapultarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	catapulte	catapultestú catapultésvos2	catapulte	catapultemos	catapultéis	catapulten
	imperfect (ra)	catapultara	catapultaras	catapultara	catapultáramos	catapultarais	catapultaran
	imperfect (se)	catapultase	catapultases	catapultase	catapultásemos	catapultaseis	catapultasen
	future1	catapultare	catapultares	catapultare	catapultáremos	catapultareis	catapultaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		catapultatú catapultávos	catapulte	catapultemos	catapultad	catapulten
	negative		no catapultes	no catapulte	no catapultemos	no catapultéis	no catapulten

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

    Selected combined forms of catapultar

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 catapultar	dative	catapultarme	catapultarte	catapultarle, catapultarse	catapultarnos	catapultaros	catapultarles, catapultarse
	accusative	catapultarme	catapultarte	catapultarlo, catapultarla, catapultarse	catapultarnos	catapultaros	catapultarlos, catapultarlas, catapultarse
with gerund catapultando	dative	catapultándome	catapultándote	catapultándole, catapultándose	catapultándonos	catapultándoos	catapultándoles, catapultándose
	accusative	catapultándome	catapultándote	catapultándolo, catapultándola, catapultándose	catapultándonos	catapultándoos	catapultándolos, catapultándolas, catapultándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative catapulta	dative	catapúltame	catapúltate	catapúltale	catapúltanos	not used	catapúltales
	accusative	catapúltame	catapúltate	catapúltalo, catapúltala	catapúltanos	not used	catapúltalos, catapúltalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative catapultá	dative	catapultame	catapultate	catapultale	catapultanos	not used	catapultales
	accusative	catapultame	catapultate	catapultalo, catapultala	catapultanos	not used	catapultalos, catapultalas
with formal second-person singular imperative catapulte	dative	catapúlteme	not used	catapúltele, catapúltese	catapúltenos	not used	catapúlteles
	accusative	catapúlteme	not used	catapúltelo, catapúltela, catapúltese	catapúltenos	not used	catapúltelos, catapúltelas
with first-person plural imperative catapultemos	dative	not used	catapultémoste	catapultémosle	catapultémonos	catapultémoos	catapultémosles
	accusative	not used	catapultémoste	catapultémoslo, catapultémosla	catapultémonos	catapultémoos	catapultémoslos, catapultémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative catapultad	dative	catapultadme	not used	catapultadle	catapultadnos	catapultaos	catapultadles
	accusative	catapultadme	not used	catapultadlo, catapultadla	catapultadnos	catapultaos	catapultadlos, catapultadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative catapulten	dative	catapúltenme	not used	catapúltenle	catapúltennos	not used	catapúltenles, catapúltense
	accusative	catapúltenme	not used	catapúltenlo, catapúltenla	catapúltennos	not used	catapúltenlos, catapúltenlas, catapúltense

Further reading

• “catapultar”, 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