incentivar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [in.sən.tiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [in.sən.tiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.sen.tiˈvaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: in‧cen‧ti‧var
• Homophone: incentivà (except Valencian)

Verb

incentivar (first-person singular present incentivo, first-person singular preterite incentiví, past participle incentivat)

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   Antonym: desincentivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incentivar (first conjugation)

infinitive			incentivar
gerund			incentivant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incentivat		incentivada
		plural		incentivats		incentivades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incentivo	incentives	incentiva	incentivem	incentiveu	incentiven
	imperfect	incentivava	incentivaves	incentivava	incentivàvem	incentivàveu	incentivaven
	future	incentivaré	incentivaràs	incentivarà	incentivarem	incentivareu	incentivaran
	preterite	incentiví	incentivares	incentivà	incentivàrem	incentivàreu	incentivaren
	conditional	incentivaria	incentivaries	incentivaria	incentivaríem	incentivaríeu	incentivarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incentivi	incentivis	incentivi	incentivem	incentiveu	incentivin
	imperfect	incentivés	incentivessis	incentivés	incentivéssim	incentivéssiu	incentivessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	incentiva	incentivi	incentivem	incentiveu	incentivin
	negative (no)	—	no incentivis	no incentivi	no incentivem	no incentiveu	no incentivin

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /inθentiˈbaɾ/ [in̪.θen̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /inθentiˈbaɾ/ [in̪.θen̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /insentiˈbaɾ/ [in.sen̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧cen‧ti‧var

Verb

incentivar (first-person singular present incentivo, first-person singular preterite incentivei, past participle incentivado)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

   Antonym: desincentivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incentivar

	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	incentivar
Personal	incentivar	incentivares	incentivar	incentivarmos	incentivardes	incentivaren
Gerund
	incentivando
Past participle
Masculine	incentivado			incentivados
Feminine	incentivada			incentivadas
Indicative
Present	incentivo	incentivas	incentiva	incentivamos	incentivades	incentivan
Imperfect	incentivaba	incentivabas	incentivaba	incentivabamos	incentivabades	incentivaban
Preterite	incentivei	incentivaches	incentivou	incentivamos	incentivastes	incentivaron
Pluperfect	incentivara	incentivaras	incentivara	incentivaramos	incentivarades	incentivaran
Future	incentivarei	incentivarás	incentivará	incentivaremos	incentivaredes	incentivarán
Conditional	incentivaría	incentivarías	incentivaría	incentivariamos	incentivariades	incentivarían
Subjunctive
Present	incentive	incentives	incentive	incentivemos	incentivedes	incentiven
Imperfect	incentivase	incentivases	incentivase	incentivásemos	incentivásedes	incentivasen
Future	incentivar	incentivares	incentivar	incentivarmos	incentivardes	incentivaren
Imperative
Affirmative		incentiva	incentive	incentivemos	incentivade	incentiven
Negative (non)		non incentives	non incentive	non incentivemos	non incentivedes	non incentiven

    Reintegrated conjugation of incentivar (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	incentivar
Personal	incentivar	incentivares	incentivar	incentivarmos	incentivardes	incentivarem
Gerund
	incentivando
Past participle
Masculine	incentivado			incentivados
Feminine	incentivada			incentivadas
Indicative
Present	incentivo	incentivas	incentiva	incentivamos	incentivades, incentivais	incentivam
Imperfect	incentivava	incentivavas	incentivava	incentivávamos	incentivávades, incentiváveis, incentivávais1	incentivavam
Preterite	incentivei	incentivaste, incentivache1	incentivou	incentivamos	incentivastes	incentivárom, incentivaram
Pluperfect	incentivara	incentivaras	incentivara	incentiváramos	incentivárades, incentiváreis, incentivárais1	incentivaram
Future	incentivarei	incentivarás	incentivará	incentivaremos	incentivaredes, incentivareis	incentivarám, incentivarão
Conditional	incentivaria	incentivarias	incentivaria	incentivaríamos	incentivaríades, incentivaríeis, incentivaríais1	incentivariam
Subjunctive
Present	incentive	incentives	incentive	incentivemos	incentivedes, incentiveis	incentivem
Imperfect	incentivasse	incentivasses	incentivasse	incentivássemos	incentivássedes, incentivásseis	incentivassem
Future	incentivar	incentivares	incentivar	incentivarmos	incentivardes	incentivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		incentiva	incentive	incentivemos	incentivade, incentivai	incentivem
Negative (nom)		nom incentives	nom incentive	nom incentivemos	nom incentivedes, nom incentiveis	nom incentivem

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From incentivo +‎ -ar, from Late Latin incentivum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.tiˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.tiˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.tiˈbaɾ/ [ĩ.sẽ.tiˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.sẽ.tiˈva.ɾi/

Verb

incentivar (first-person singular present incentivo, first-person singular preterite incentivei, past participle incentivado)

1. to provide incentive, to incentivize; to foster, to encourage, to motivate

   Antonym: desincentivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incentivar (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	incentivar
Personal	incentivar	incentivares	incentivar	incentivarmos	incentivardes	incentivarem
Gerund
	incentivando
Past participle
Masculine	incentivado			incentivados
Feminine	incentivada			incentivadas
Indicative
Present	incentivo	incentivas	incentiva	incentivamos	incentivais	incentivam
Imperfect	incentivava	incentivavas	incentivava	incentivávamos	incentiváveis	incentivavam
Preterite	incentivei	incentivaste	incentivou	incentivamos1, incentivámos2	incentivastes	incentivaram
Pluperfect	incentivara	incentivaras	incentivara	incentiváramos	incentiváreis	incentivaram
Future	incentivarei	incentivarás	incentivará	incentivaremos	incentivareis	incentivarão
Conditional	incentivaria	incentivarias	incentivaria	incentivaríamos	incentivaríeis	incentivariam
Subjunctive
Present	incentive	incentives	incentive	incentivemos	incentiveis	incentivem
Imperfect	incentivasse	incentivasses	incentivasse	incentivássemos	incentivásseis	incentivassem
Future	incentivar	incentivares	incentivar	incentivarmos	incentivardes	incentivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		incentiva	incentive	incentivemos	incentivai	incentivem
Negative (não)		não incentives	não incentive	não incentivemos	não incentiveis	não incentivem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From incentivo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inθentiˈbaɾ/ [ĩn̟.θẽn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /insentiˈbaɾ/ [ĩn.sẽn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧cen‧ti‧var

Verb

incentivar (first-person singular present incentivo, first-person singular preterite incentivé, past participle incentivado)

1. (transitive) to foster, to provide incentive, to incentivize, to encourage

   Synonym: fomentar

   Antonym: desincentivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incentivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			incentivar
gerund			incentivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incentivado		incentivada
		plural		incentivados		incentivadas
		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	incentivo	incentivastú incentivásvos	incentiva	incentivamos	incentiváis	incentivan
	imperfect	incentivaba	incentivabas	incentivaba	incentivábamos	incentivabais	incentivaban
	preterite	incentivé	incentivaste	incentivó	incentivamos	incentivasteis	incentivaron
	future	incentivaré	incentivarás	incentivará	incentivaremos	incentivaréis	incentivarán
	conditional	incentivaría	incentivarías	incentivaría	incentivaríamos	incentivaríais	incentivarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	incentive	incentivestú incentivésvos2	incentive	incentivemos	incentivéis	incentiven
	imperfect (ra)	incentivara	incentivaras	incentivara	incentiváramos	incentivarais	incentivaran
	imperfect (se)	incentivase	incentivases	incentivase	incentivásemos	incentivaseis	incentivasen
	future1	incentivare	incentivares	incentivare	incentiváremos	incentivareis	incentivaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		incentivatú incentivávos	incentive	incentivemos	incentivad	incentiven
	negative		no incentives	no incentive	no incentivemos	no incentivéis	no incentiven

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

    Selected combined forms of incentivar

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 incentivar	dative	incentivarme	incentivarte	incentivarle, incentivarse	incentivarnos	incentivaros	incentivarles, incentivarse
	accusative	incentivarme	incentivarte	incentivarlo, incentivarla, incentivarse	incentivarnos	incentivaros	incentivarlos, incentivarlas, incentivarse
with gerund incentivando	dative	incentivándome	incentivándote	incentivándole, incentivándose	incentivándonos	incentivándoos	incentivándoles, incentivándose
	accusative	incentivándome	incentivándote	incentivándolo, incentivándola, incentivándose	incentivándonos	incentivándoos	incentivándolos, incentivándolas, incentivándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative incentiva	dative	incentívame	incentívate	incentívale	incentívanos	not used	incentívales
	accusative	incentívame	incentívate	incentívalo, incentívala	incentívanos	not used	incentívalos, incentívalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative incentivá	dative	incentivame	incentivate	incentivale	incentivanos	not used	incentivales
	accusative	incentivame	incentivate	incentivalo, incentivala	incentivanos	not used	incentivalos, incentivalas
with formal second-person singular imperative incentive	dative	incentíveme	not used	incentívele, incentívese	incentívenos	not used	incentíveles
	accusative	incentíveme	not used	incentívelo, incentívela, incentívese	incentívenos	not used	incentívelos, incentívelas
with first-person plural imperative incentivemos	dative	not used	incentivémoste	incentivémosle	incentivémonos	incentivémoos	incentivémosles
	accusative	not used	incentivémoste	incentivémoslo, incentivémosla	incentivémonos	incentivémoos	incentivémoslos, incentivémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative incentivad	dative	incentivadme	not used	incentivadle	incentivadnos	incentivaos	incentivadles
	accusative	incentivadme	not used	incentivadlo, incentivadla	incentivadnos	incentivaos	incentivadlos, incentivadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative incentiven	dative	incentívenme	not used	incentívenle	incentívennos	not used	incentívenles, incentívense
	accusative	incentívenme	not used	incentívenlo, incentívenla	incentívennos	not used	incentívenlos, incentívenlas, incentívense

Derived terms

• desincentivar
• incentivación

 

Further reading

• “incentivar”, 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