habilitar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habilitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βi.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.bi.liˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.bi.liˈtaɾ]

Verb

habilitar (first-person singular present habilito, first-person singular preterite habilití, past participle habilitat)

1. to enable (to give strength or ability to)
2. to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of habilitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			habilitar
gerund			habilitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		habilitat		habilitada
		plural		habilitats		habilitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	habilito	habilites	habilita	habilitem	habiliteu	habiliten
	imperfect	habilitava	habilitaves	habilitava	habilitàvem	habilitàveu	habilitaven
	future	habilitaré	habilitaràs	habilitarà	habilitarem	habilitareu	habilitaran
	preterite	habilití	habilitares	habilità	habilitàrem	habilitàreu	habilitaren
	conditional	habilitaria	habilitaries	habilitaria	habilitaríem	habilitaríeu	habilitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	habiliti	habilitis	habiliti	habilitem	habiliteu	habilitin
	imperfect	habilités	habilitessis	habilités	habilitéssim	habilitéssiu	habilitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	habilita	habiliti	habilitem	habiliteu	habilitin
	negative (no)	—	no habilitis	no habiliti	no habilitem	no habiliteu	no habilitin

Derived terms

• habilitació
• rehabilitar

Further reading

• “habilitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “habilitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “habilitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “habilitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin habilitāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.bi.liˈta(ʁ)/ [a.bi.liˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bi.liˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.βi.liˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bi.liˈtaɾ/ [ɐ.βi.liˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bi.liˈta.ɾi/ [ɐ.βi.liˈta.ɾi]

Verb

habilitar (first-person singular present habilito, first-person singular preterite habilitei, past participle habilitado)

1. to enable, to allow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of habilitar (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	habilitar
Personal	habilitar	habilitares	habilitar	habilitarmos	habilitardes	habilitarem
Gerund
	habilitando
Past participle
Masculine	habilitado			habilitados
Feminine	habilitada			habilitadas
Indicative
Present	habilito	habilitas	habilita	habilitamos	habilitais	habilitam
Imperfect	habilitava	habilitavas	habilitava	habilitávamos	habilitáveis	habilitavam
Preterite	habilitei	habilitaste	habilitou	habilitamos1, habilitámos2	habilitastes	habilitaram
Pluperfect	habilitara	habilitaras	habilitara	habilitáramos	habilitáreis	habilitaram
Future	habilitarei	habilitarás	habilitará	habilitaremos	habilitareis	habilitarão
Conditional	habilitaria	habilitarias	habilitaria	habilitaríamos	habilitaríeis	habilitariam
Subjunctive
Present	habilite	habilites	habilite	habilitemos	habiliteis	habilitem
Imperfect	habilitasse	habilitasses	habilitasse	habilitássemos	habilitásseis	habilitassem
Future	habilitar	habilitares	habilitar	habilitarmos	habilitardes	habilitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		habilita	habilite	habilitemos	habilitai	habilitem
Negative (não)		não habilites	não habilite	não habilitemos	não habiliteis	não habilitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• habilitação
• habilitador
• reabilitar

Related terms

• hábil

Further reading

• “habilitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin habilitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiliˈtaɾ/ [a.β̞i.liˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ha‧bi‧li‧tar

Verb

habilitar (first-person singular present habilito, first-person singular preterite habilité, past participle habilitado)

1. to enable (to give strength or ability to)
2. to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)

   Synonym: activar

   Antonym: deshabilitar

3. (business) to finance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of habilitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			habilitar
gerund			habilitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		habilitado		habilitada
		plural		habilitados		habilitadas
		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	habilito	habilitastú habilitásvos	habilita	habilitamos	habilitáis	habilitan
	imperfect	habilitaba	habilitabas	habilitaba	habilitábamos	habilitabais	habilitaban
	preterite	habilité	habilitaste	habilitó	habilitamos	habilitasteis	habilitaron
	future	habilitaré	habilitarás	habilitará	habilitaremos	habilitaréis	habilitarán
	conditional	habilitaría	habilitarías	habilitaría	habilitaríamos	habilitaríais	habilitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	habilite	habilitestú habilitésvos2	habilite	habilitemos	habilitéis	habiliten
	imperfect (ra)	habilitara	habilitaras	habilitara	habilitáramos	habilitarais	habilitaran
	imperfect (se)	habilitase	habilitases	habilitase	habilitásemos	habilitaseis	habilitasen
	future1	habilitare	habilitares	habilitare	habilitáremos	habilitareis	habilitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		habilitatú habilitávos	habilite	habilitemos	habilitad	habiliten
	negative		no habilites	no habilite	no habilitemos	no habilitéis	no habiliten

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

    Selected combined forms of habilitar

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 habilitar	dative	habilitarme	habilitarte	habilitarle, habilitarse	habilitarnos	habilitaros	habilitarles, habilitarse
	accusative	habilitarme	habilitarte	habilitarlo, habilitarla, habilitarse	habilitarnos	habilitaros	habilitarlos, habilitarlas, habilitarse
with gerund habilitando	dative	habilitándome	habilitándote	habilitándole, habilitándose	habilitándonos	habilitándoos	habilitándoles, habilitándose
	accusative	habilitándome	habilitándote	habilitándolo, habilitándola, habilitándose	habilitándonos	habilitándoos	habilitándolos, habilitándolas, habilitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative habilita	dative	habilítame	habilítate	habilítale	habilítanos	not used	habilítales
	accusative	habilítame	habilítate	habilítalo, habilítala	habilítanos	not used	habilítalos, habilítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative habilitá	dative	habilitame	habilitate	habilitale	habilitanos	not used	habilitales
	accusative	habilitame	habilitate	habilitalo, habilitala	habilitanos	not used	habilitalos, habilitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative habilite	dative	habilíteme	not used	habilítele, habilítese	habilítenos	not used	habilíteles
	accusative	habilíteme	not used	habilítelo, habilítela, habilítese	habilítenos	not used	habilítelos, habilítelas
with first-person plural imperative habilitemos	dative	not used	habilitémoste	habilitémosle	habilitémonos	habilitémoos	habilitémosles
	accusative	not used	habilitémoste	habilitémoslo, habilitémosla	habilitémonos	habilitémoos	habilitémoslos, habilitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative habilitad	dative	habilitadme	not used	habilitadle	habilitadnos	habilitaos	habilitadles
	accusative	habilitadme	not used	habilitadlo, habilitadla	habilitadnos	habilitaos	habilitadlos, habilitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative habiliten	dative	habilítenme	not used	habilítenle	habilítennos	not used	habilítenles, habilítense
	accusative	habilítenme	not used	habilítenlo, habilítenla	habilítennos	not used	habilítenlos, habilítenlas, habilítense

Derived terms

• habilitación
• rehabilitar

 

Further reading

• “habilitar”, 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