pregonar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pregonar, from Latin praecōnārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.ɣuˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.ɣoˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ɣoˈnaɾ]

Verb

pregonar (first-person singular present pregono, first-person singular preterite pregoní, past participle pregonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive, intransitive) to proclaim, to declare
2. (transitive, figurative) to spread (news)

   Synonym: esbombar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pregonar (first conjugation)

infinitive			pregonar
gerund			pregonant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pregonat		pregonada
		plural		pregonats		pregonades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pregono	pregones	pregona	pregonem	pregoneu	pregonen
	imperfect	pregonava	pregonaves	pregonava	pregonàvem	pregonàveu	pregonaven
	future	pregonaré	pregonaràs	pregonarà	pregonarem	pregonareu	pregonaran
	preterite	pregoní	pregonares	pregonà	pregonàrem	pregonàreu	pregonaren
	conditional	pregonaria	pregonaries	pregonaria	pregonaríem	pregonaríeu	pregonarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pregoni	pregonis	pregoni	pregonem	pregoneu	pregonin
	imperfect	pregonés	pregonessis	pregonés	pregonéssim	pregonéssiu	pregonessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pregona	pregoni	pregonem	pregoneu	pregonin
	negative (no)	—	no pregonis	no pregoni	no pregonem	no pregoneu	no pregonin

Derived terms

• pregonament

References

• “pregonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pregonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin praecōnārī, a verb based on praecō (“herald, town crier”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeɡoˈnaɾ/ [pɾe.ɣ̞oˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧go‧nar

Verb

pregonar (first-person singular present pregono, first-person singular preterite pregoné, past participle pregonado)

1. to boast, proclaim

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pregonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pregonar
gerund			pregonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pregonado		pregonada
		plural		pregonados		pregonadas
		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	pregono	pregonastú pregonásvos	pregona	pregonamos	pregonáis	pregonan
	imperfect	pregonaba	pregonabas	pregonaba	pregonábamos	pregonabais	pregonaban
	preterite	pregoné	pregonaste	pregonó	pregonamos	pregonasteis	pregonaron
	future	pregonaré	pregonarás	pregonará	pregonaremos	pregonaréis	pregonarán
	conditional	pregonaría	pregonarías	pregonaría	pregonaríamos	pregonaríais	pregonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pregone	pregonestú pregonésvos2	pregone	pregonemos	pregonéis	pregonen
	imperfect (ra)	pregonara	pregonaras	pregonara	pregonáramos	pregonarais	pregonaran
	imperfect (se)	pregonase	pregonases	pregonase	pregonásemos	pregonaseis	pregonasen
	future1	pregonare	pregonares	pregonare	pregonáremos	pregonareis	pregonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pregonatú pregonávos	pregone	pregonemos	pregonad	pregonen
	negative		no pregones	no pregone	no pregonemos	no pregonéis	no pregonen

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

    Selected combined forms of pregonar

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 pregonar	dative	pregonarme	pregonarte	pregonarle, pregonarse	pregonarnos	pregonaros	pregonarles, pregonarse
	accusative	pregonarme	pregonarte	pregonarlo, pregonarla, pregonarse	pregonarnos	pregonaros	pregonarlos, pregonarlas, pregonarse
with gerund pregonando	dative	pregonándome	pregonándote	pregonándole, pregonándose	pregonándonos	pregonándoos	pregonándoles, pregonándose
	accusative	pregonándome	pregonándote	pregonándolo, pregonándola, pregonándose	pregonándonos	pregonándoos	pregonándolos, pregonándolas, pregonándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pregona	dative	pregóname	pregónate	pregónale	pregónanos	not used	pregónales
	accusative	pregóname	pregónate	pregónalo, pregónala	pregónanos	not used	pregónalos, pregónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pregoná	dative	pregoname	pregonate	pregonale	pregonanos	not used	pregonales
	accusative	pregoname	pregonate	pregonalo, pregonala	pregonanos	not used	pregonalos, pregonalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pregone	dative	pregóneme	not used	pregónele, pregónese	pregónenos	not used	pregóneles
	accusative	pregóneme	not used	pregónelo, pregónela, pregónese	pregónenos	not used	pregónelos, pregónelas
with first-person plural imperative pregonemos	dative	not used	pregonémoste	pregonémosle	pregonémonos	pregonémoos	pregonémosles
	accusative	not used	pregonémoste	pregonémoslo, pregonémosla	pregonémonos	pregonémoos	pregonémoslos, pregonémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pregonad	dative	pregonadme	not used	pregonadle	pregonadnos	pregonaos	pregonadles
	accusative	pregonadme	not used	pregonadlo, pregonadla	pregonadnos	pregonaos	pregonadlos, pregonadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pregonen	dative	pregónenme	not used	pregónenle	pregónennos	not used	pregónenles, pregónense
	accusative	pregónenme	not used	pregónenlo, pregónenla	pregónennos	not used	pregónenlos, pregónenlas, pregónense

Further reading

• “pregonar”, 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