incapacitar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iŋ.kə.pə.siˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.ka.pa.siˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: in‧ca‧pa‧ci‧tar

Verb

incapacitar (first-person singular present incapacito, first-person singular preterite incapacití, past participle incapacitat)

1. (transitive) to make someone incapable of doing something; to disable
2. (transitive, law) to declare someone a conservatee.
3. (transitive, law) to make someone ineligible; to disqualify.

   Synonym: inahibilitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incapacitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			incapacitar
gerund			incapacitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incapacitat		incapacitada
		plural		incapacitats		incapacitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incapacito	incapacites	incapacita	incapacitem	incapaciteu	incapaciten
	imperfect	incapacitava	incapacitaves	incapacitava	incapacitàvem	incapacitàveu	incapacitaven
	future	incapacitaré	incapacitaràs	incapacitarà	incapacitarem	incapacitareu	incapacitaran
	preterite	incapacití	incapacitares	incapacità	incapacitàrem	incapacitàreu	incapacitaren
	conditional	incapacitaria	incapacitaries	incapacitaria	incapacitaríem	incapacitaríeu	incapacitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incapaciti	incapacitis	incapaciti	incapacitem	incapaciteu	incapacitin
	imperfect	incapacités	incapacitessis	incapacités	incapacitéssim	incapacitéssiu	incapacitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	incapacita	incapaciti	incapacitem	incapaciteu	incapacitin
	negative (no)	—	no incapacitis	no incapaciti	no incapacitem	no incapaciteu	no incapacitin

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iŋkapaθiˈtaɾ/ [iŋ.kɑ.pa.θiˈt̪aɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /iŋkapaθiˈtaɾ/ [iŋ.kɑ.pa.θiˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /iŋkapasiˈtaɾ/ [iŋ.kɑ.pa.siˈt̪aɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧ca‧pa‧ci‧tar

Verb

incapacitar (first-person singular present incapacito, first-person singular preterite incapacitei, past participle incapacitado)

1. to incapacitate
2. (law) to declare someone a conservatee

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incapacitar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	incapacitar
Personal	incapacitar	incapacitares	incapacitar	incapacitarmos	incapacitardes	incapacitaren
Gerund
	incapacitando
Past participle
Masculine	incapacitado			incapacitados
Feminine	incapacitada			incapacitadas
Indicative
Present	incapacito	incapacitas	incapacita	incapacitamos	incapacitades	incapacitan
Imperfect	incapacitaba	incapacitabas	incapacitaba	incapacitabamos	incapacitabades	incapacitaban
Preterite	incapacitei	incapacitaches	incapacitou	incapacitamos	incapacitastes	incapacitaron
Pluperfect	incapacitara	incapacitaras	incapacitara	incapacitaramos	incapacitarades	incapacitaran
Future	incapacitarei	incapacitarás	incapacitará	incapacitaremos	incapacitaredes	incapacitarán
Conditional	incapacitaría	incapacitarías	incapacitaría	incapacitariamos	incapacitariades	incapacitarían
Subjunctive
Present	incapacite	incapacites	incapacite	incapacitemos	incapacitedes	incapaciten
Imperfect	incapacitase	incapacitases	incapacitase	incapacitásemos	incapacitásedes	incapacitasen
Future	incapacitar	incapacitares	incapacitar	incapacitarmos	incapacitardes	incapacitaren
Imperative
Affirmative		incapacita	incapacite	incapacitemos	incapacitade	incapaciten
Negative (non)		non incapacites	non incapacite	non incapacitemos	non incapacitedes	non incapaciten

    Reintegrated conjugation of incapacitar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	incapacitar
Personal	incapacitar	incapacitares	incapacitar	incapacitarmos	incapacitardes	incapacitarem
Gerund
	incapacitando
Past participle
Masculine	incapacitado			incapacitados
Feminine	incapacitada			incapacitadas
Indicative
Present	incapacito	incapacitas	incapacita	incapacitamos	incapacitades, incapacitais	incapacitam
Imperfect	incapacitava	incapacitavas	incapacitava	incapacitávamos	incapacitávades, incapacitáveis, incapacitávais1	incapacitavam
Preterite	incapacitei	incapacitaste, incapacitache1	incapacitou	incapacitamos	incapacitastes	incapacitárom, incapacitaram
Pluperfect	incapacitara	incapacitaras	incapacitara	incapacitáramos	incapacitárades, incapacitáreis, incapacitárais1	incapacitaram
Future	incapacitarei	incapacitarás	incapacitará	incapacitaremos	incapacitaredes, incapacitareis	incapacitarám, incapacitarão
Conditional	incapacitaria	incapacitarias	incapacitaria	incapacitaríamos	incapacitaríades, incapacitaríeis, incapacitaríais1	incapacitariam
Subjunctive
Present	incapacite	incapacites	incapacite	incapacitemos	incapacitedes, incapaciteis	incapacitem
Imperfect	incapacitasse	incapacitasses	incapacitasse	incapacitássemos	incapacitássedes, incapacitásseis	incapacitassem
Future	incapacitar	incapacitares	incapacitar	incapacitarmos	incapacitardes	incapacitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		incapacita	incapacite	incapacitemos	incapacitade, incapacitai	incapacitem
Negative (nom)		nom incapacites	nom incapacite	nom incapacitemos	nom incapacitedes, nom incapaciteis	nom incapacitem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• incapacidade
• incapacitación

Further reading

• “incapacitar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “incapacitar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ka.pa.siˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ka.pa.siˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ka.pa.siˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ka.pa.siˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ka.pa.siˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ka.pa.siˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ka.pa.siˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.ka.pa.siˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐ.pɐ.siˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐ.pɐ.siˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kɐ.pɐ.siˈta.ɾi/

Verb

incapacitar (first-person singular present incapacito, first-person singular preterite incapacitei, past participle incapacitado)

1. to disable (to deactivate a function of a device)
2. (of a person) to disable (to impair the physical abilities of)

   Synonym: aleijar

3. to make impossible; to render inviable

   Synonyms: inviabilizar, impossibilitar

4. to incapacitate(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
5. (law) to declare someone a conservatee(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incapacitar (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	incapacitar
Personal	incapacitar	incapacitares	incapacitar	incapacitarmos	incapacitardes	incapacitarem
Gerund
	incapacitando
Past participle
Masculine	incapacitado			incapacitados
Feminine	incapacitada			incapacitadas
Indicative
Present	incapacito	incapacitas	incapacita	incapacitamos	incapacitais	incapacitam
Imperfect	incapacitava	incapacitavas	incapacitava	incapacitávamos	incapacitáveis	incapacitavam
Preterite	incapacitei	incapacitaste	incapacitou	incapacitamos1, incapacitámos2	incapacitastes	incapacitaram
Pluperfect	incapacitara	incapacitaras	incapacitara	incapacitáramos	incapacitáreis	incapacitaram
Future	incapacitarei	incapacitarás	incapacitará	incapacitaremos	incapacitareis	incapacitarão
Conditional	incapacitaria	incapacitarias	incapacitaria	incapacitaríamos	incapacitaríeis	incapacitariam
Subjunctive
Present	incapacite	incapacites	incapacite	incapacitemos	incapaciteis	incapacitem
Imperfect	incapacitasse	incapacitasses	incapacitasse	incapacitássemos	incapacitásseis	incapacitassem
Future	incapacitar	incapacitares	incapacitar	incapacitarmos	incapacitardes	incapacitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		incapacita	incapacite	incapacitemos	incapacitai	incapacitem
Negative (não)		não incapacites	não incapacite	não incapacitemos	não incapaciteis	não incapacitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inkapaθiˈtaɾ/ [ĩŋ.ka.pa.θiˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /inkapasiˈtaɾ/ [ĩŋ.ka.pa.siˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ca‧pa‧ci‧tar

Verb

incapacitar (first-person singular present incapacito, first-person singular preterite incapacité, past participle incapacitado)

1. to incapacitate (clarification of this definition is needed)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incapacitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			incapacitar
gerund			incapacitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incapacitado		incapacitada
		plural		incapacitados		incapacitadas
		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	incapacito	incapacitastú incapacitásvos	incapacita	incapacitamos	incapacitáis	incapacitan
	imperfect	incapacitaba	incapacitabas	incapacitaba	incapacitábamos	incapacitabais	incapacitaban
	preterite	incapacité	incapacitaste	incapacitó	incapacitamos	incapacitasteis	incapacitaron
	future	incapacitaré	incapacitarás	incapacitará	incapacitaremos	incapacitaréis	incapacitarán
	conditional	incapacitaría	incapacitarías	incapacitaría	incapacitaríamos	incapacitaríais	incapacitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	incapacite	incapacitestú incapacitésvos2	incapacite	incapacitemos	incapacitéis	incapaciten
	imperfect (ra)	incapacitara	incapacitaras	incapacitara	incapacitáramos	incapacitarais	incapacitaran
	imperfect (se)	incapacitase	incapacitases	incapacitase	incapacitásemos	incapacitaseis	incapacitasen
	future1	incapacitare	incapacitares	incapacitare	incapacitáremos	incapacitareis	incapacitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		incapacitatú incapacitávos	incapacite	incapacitemos	incapacitad	incapaciten
	negative		no incapacites	no incapacite	no incapacitemos	no incapacitéis	no incapaciten

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

    Selected combined forms of incapacitar

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 incapacitar
	dative	incapacitarme	incapacitarte	incapacitarle, incapacitarse	incapacitarnos	incapacitaros	incapacitarles, incapacitarse
	accusative	incapacitarme	incapacitarte	incapacitarlo, incapacitarla, incapacitarse	incapacitarnos	incapacitaros	incapacitarlos, incapacitarlas, incapacitarse
with gerund incapacitando
	dative	incapacitándome	incapacitándote	incapacitándole, incapacitándose	incapacitándonos	incapacitándoos	incapacitándoles, incapacitándose
	accusative	incapacitándome	incapacitándote	incapacitándolo, incapacitándola, incapacitándose	incapacitándonos	incapacitándoos	incapacitándolos, incapacitándolas, incapacitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative incapacita
	dative	incapacítame	incapacítate	incapacítale	incapacítanos	not used	incapacítales
	accusative	incapacítame	incapacítate	incapacítalo, incapacítala	incapacítanos	not used	incapacítalos, incapacítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative incapacitá
	dative	incapacitame	incapacitate	incapacitale	incapacitanos	not used	incapacitales
	accusative	incapacitame	incapacitate	incapacitalo, incapacitala	incapacitanos	not used	incapacitalos, incapacitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative incapacite
	dative	incapacíteme	not used	incapacítele, incapacítese	incapacítenos	not used	incapacíteles
	accusative	incapacíteme	not used	incapacítelo, incapacítela, incapacítese	incapacítenos	not used	incapacítelos, incapacítelas
with first-person plural imperative incapacitemos
	dative	not used	incapacitémoste	incapacitémosle	incapacitémonos	incapacitémoos	incapacitémosles
	accusative	not used	incapacitémoste	incapacitémoslo, incapacitémosla	incapacitémonos	incapacitémoos	incapacitémoslos, incapacitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative incapacitad
	dative	incapacitadme	not used	incapacitadle	incapacitadnos	incapacitaos	incapacitadles
	accusative	incapacitadme	not used	incapacitadlo, incapacitadla	incapacitadnos	incapacitaos	incapacitadlos, incapacitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative incapaciten
	dative	incapacítenme	not used	incapacítenle	incapacítennos	not used	incapacítenles, incapacítense
	accusative	incapacítenme	not used	incapacítenlo, incapacítenla	incapacítennos	not used	incapacítenlos, incapacítenlas, incapacítense

Further reading

• “incapacitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28