predicar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.ðiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðiˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: predicà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquí, past participle predicat)

1. (ambitransitive) to preach

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predicar (first conjugation, c-qu alternation)

infinitive			predicar
gerund			predicant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		predicat		predicada
		plural		predicats		predicades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	predico	prediques	predica	prediquem	prediqueu	prediquen
	imperfect	predicava	predicaves	predicava	predicàvem	predicàveu	predicaven
	future	predicaré	predicaràs	predicarà	predicarem	predicareu	predicaran
	preterite	prediquí	predicares	predicà	predicàrem	predicàreu	predicaren
	conditional	predicaria	predicaries	predicaria	predicaríem	predicaríeu	predicarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prediqui	prediquis	prediqui	prediquem	prediqueu	prediquin
	imperfect	prediqués	prediquessis	prediqués	prediquéssim	prediquéssiu	prediquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	predica	prediqui	prediquem	prediqueu	prediquin
	negative (no)	—	no prediquis	no prediqui	no prediquem	no prediqueu	no prediquin

Related terms

• prèdica
• predicador
• predicatiu

Further reading

• “predicar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “predicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “predicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “predicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• padricar, pedricar

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century. Learned borrowing from Latin praedicāre. Doublet of pregar.

Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquei, past participle predicado)

1. to preach

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predicar (c-qu alternation)

	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	predicar
Personal	predicar	predicares	predicar	predicarmos	predicardes	predicaren
Gerund
	predicando
Past participle
Masculine	predicado			predicados
Feminine	predicada			predicadas
Indicative
Present	predico	predicas	predica	predicamos	predicades	predican
Imperfect	predicaba	predicabas	predicaba	predicabamos	predicabades	predicaban
Preterite	prediquei	predicaches	predicou	predicamos	predicastes	predicaron
Pluperfect	predicara	predicaras	predicara	predicaramos	predicarades	predicaran
Future	predicarei	predicarás	predicará	predicaremos	predicaredes	predicarán
Conditional	predicaría	predicarías	predicaría	predicariamos	predicariades	predicarían
Subjunctive
Present	predique	prediques	predique	prediquemos	prediquedes	prediquen
Imperfect	predicase	predicases	predicase	predicásemos	predicásedes	predicasen
Future	predicar	predicares	predicar	predicarmos	predicardes	predicaren
Imperative
Affirmative		predica	predique	prediquemos	predicade	prediquen
Negative (non)		non prediques	non predique	non prediquemos	non prediquedes	non prediquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of predicar (c-qu alternation) (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	predicar
Personal	predicar	predicares	predicar	predicarmos	predicardes	predicarem
Gerund
	predicando
Past participle
Masculine	predicado			predicados
Feminine	predicada			predicadas
Indicative
Present	predico	predicas	predica	predicamos	predicades, predicais	predicam
Imperfect	predicava	predicavas	predicava	predicávamos	predicávades, predicáveis, predicávais1	predicavam
Preterite	prediquei	predicaste, predicache1	predicou	predicamos	predicastes	predicárom, predicaram
Pluperfect	predicara	predicaras	predicara	predicáramos	predicárades, predicáreis, predicárais1	predicaram
Future	predicarei	predicarás	predicará	predicaremos	predicaredes, predicareis	predicarám, predicarão
Conditional	predicaria	predicarias	predicaria	predicaríamos	predicaríades, predicaríeis, predicaríais1	predicariam
Subjunctive
Present	predique	prediques	predique	prediquemos	prediquedes, prediqueis	prediquem
Imperfect	predicasse	predicasses	predicasse	predicássemos	predicássedes, predicásseis	predicassem
Future	predicar	predicares	predicar	predicarmos	predicardes	predicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		predica	predique	prediquemos	predicade, predicai	prediquem
Negative (nom)		nom prediques	nom predique	nom prediquemos	nom prediquedes, nom prediqueis	nom prediquem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “predicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “predicar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “predicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “predicar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “predicar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “predicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “predicar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Ido

Etymology

From pre- +‎ dicar, a calque of English predict, French prédire, German vorhersagen, Italian predire, Russian предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ), Spanish predecir. Not to be confused with predikar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prediˈt͡sar/

Verb

predicar (present predicas, past predicis, future predicos, conditional predicus, imperative predicez)

1. (transitive) to predict, prophesy, foretell

Conjugation

Conjugation of predicar

		present		past		future
infinitive		predicar		predicir		predicor
tense		predicas		predicis		predicos
conditional		predicus		—		—
imperative		predicez		—		—
adjective active participle		predicanta		predicinta		prediconta
adverbial active participle		predicante		predicinte		prediconte
nominal active participle	singular	predicanto		predicinto		prediconto
	plural	predicanti		predicinti		prediconti
adjective passive participle		predicata		predicita		predicota
adverbial passive participle		predicate		predicite		predicote
nominal passive participle	singular	predicato		predicito		predicoto
	plural	predicati		prediciti		predicoti

Derived terms

• predicanta (“prophetic”)

See also

• augurar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [pɾe.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.diˈkaɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðiˈkaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.diˈkaɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.diˈka.ɾi/ [pɾɨ.ðiˈka.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: pre‧di‧car

Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquei, past participle predicado)

1. to promote a concept or idea
2. (logic) to predicate (state or assert)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predicar (c-qu alternation) (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	predicar
Personal	predicar	predicares	predicar	predicarmos	predicardes	predicarem
Gerund
	predicando
Past participle
Masculine	predicado			predicados
Feminine	predicada			predicadas
Indicative
Present	predico	predicas	predica	predicamos	predicais	predicam
Imperfect	predicava	predicavas	predicava	predicávamos	predicáveis	predicavam
Preterite	prediquei	predicaste	predicou	predicamos1, predicámos2	predicastes	predicaram
Pluperfect	predicara	predicaras	predicara	predicáramos	predicáreis	predicaram
Future	predicarei	predicarás	predicará	predicaremos	predicareis	predicarão
Conditional	predicaria	predicarias	predicaria	predicaríamos	predicaríeis	predicariam
Subjunctive
Present	predique	prediques	predique	prediquemos	prediqueis	prediquem
Imperfect	predicasse	predicasses	predicasse	predicássemos	predicásseis	predicassem
Future	predicar	predicares	predicar	predicarmos	predicardes	predicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		predica	predique	prediquemos	predicai	prediquem
Negative (não)		não prediques	não predique	não prediquemos	não prediqueis	não prediquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “predicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾediˈkaɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧di‧car

Verb

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediqué, past participle predicado)

1. (transitive) to preach

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			predicar
gerund			predicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		predicado		predicada
		plural		predicados		predicadas
		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	predico	predicastú predicásvos	predica	predicamos	predicáis	predican
	imperfect	predicaba	predicabas	predicaba	predicábamos	predicabais	predicaban
	preterite	prediqué	predicaste	predicó	predicamos	predicasteis	predicaron
	future	predicaré	predicarás	predicará	predicaremos	predicaréis	predicarán
	conditional	predicaría	predicarías	predicaría	predicaríamos	predicaríais	predicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	predique	prediquestú prediquésvos2	predique	prediquemos	prediquéis	prediquen
	imperfect (ra)	predicara	predicaras	predicara	predicáramos	predicarais	predicaran
	imperfect (se)	predicase	predicases	predicase	predicásemos	predicaseis	predicasen
	future1	predicare	predicares	predicare	predicáremos	predicareis	predicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		predicatú predicávos	predique	prediquemos	predicad	prediquen
	negative		no prediques	no predique	no prediquemos	no prediquéis	no prediquen

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

    Selected combined forms of predicar (c-qu alternation)

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 predicar	dative	predicarme	predicarte	predicarle, predicarse	predicarnos	predicaros	predicarles, predicarse
	accusative	predicarme	predicarte	predicarlo, predicarla, predicarse	predicarnos	predicaros	predicarlos, predicarlas, predicarse
with gerund predicando	dative	predicándome	predicándote	predicándole, predicándose	predicándonos	predicándoos	predicándoles, predicándose
	accusative	predicándome	predicándote	predicándolo, predicándola, predicándose	predicándonos	predicándoos	predicándolos, predicándolas, predicándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative predica	dative	predícame	predícate	predícale	predícanos	not used	predícales
	accusative	predícame	predícate	predícalo, predícala	predícanos	not used	predícalos, predícalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative predicá	dative	predicame	predicate	predicale	predicanos	not used	predicales
	accusative	predicame	predicate	predicalo, predicala	predicanos	not used	predicalos, predicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative predique	dative	predíqueme	not used	predíquele, predíquese	predíquenos	not used	predíqueles
	accusative	predíqueme	not used	predíquelo, predíquela, predíquese	predíquenos	not used	predíquelos, predíquelas
with first-person plural imperative prediquemos	dative	not used	prediquémoste	prediquémosle	prediquémonos	prediquémoos	prediquémosles
	accusative	not used	prediquémoste	prediquémoslo, prediquémosla	prediquémonos	prediquémoos	prediquémoslos, prediquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative predicad	dative	predicadme	not used	predicadle	predicadnos	predicaos	predicadles
	accusative	predicadme	not used	predicadlo, predicadla	predicadnos	predicaos	predicadlos, predicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative prediquen	dative	predíquenme	not used	predíquenle	predíquennos	not used	predíquenles, predíquense
	accusative	predíquenme	not used	predíquenlo, predíquenla	predíquennos	not used	predíquenlos, predíquenlas, predíquense

Derived terms

• bien predica quien bien vive
• predicar con el ejemplo
• predicar en el desierto
• una cosa es predicar, y otra dar trigo

Related terms

• prédica
• predicación
• predicador
• predicamento

Further reading

• “predicar”, 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