preponderar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin praeponderāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.pun.dəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.pon.dəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.pon.deˈɾaɾ]

Verb

preponderar (first-person singular present prepondero, first-person singular preterite preponderí, past participle preponderat)

1. (intransitive) to predominate, to dominate, to prevail

   Synonyms: predominar, prevaler

Conjugation

    Conjugation of preponderar (first conjugation)

infinitive			preponderar
gerund			preponderant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		preponderat		preponderada
		plural		preponderats		preponderades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prepondero	preponderes	prepondera	preponderem	prepondereu	preponderen
	imperfect	preponderava	preponderaves	preponderava	preponderàvem	preponderàveu	preponderaven
	future	preponderaré	preponderaràs	preponderarà	preponderarem	preponderareu	preponderaran
	preterite	preponderí	preponderares	preponderà	preponderàrem	preponderàreu	preponderaren
	conditional	preponderaria	preponderaries	preponderaria	preponderaríem	preponderaríeu	preponderarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	preponderi	preponderis	preponderi	preponderem	prepondereu	preponderin
	imperfect	preponderés	preponderessis	preponderés	preponderéssim	preponderéssiu	preponderessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	prepondera	preponderi	preponderem	prepondereu	preponderin
	negative (no)	—	no preponderis	no preponderi	no preponderem	no prepondereu	no preponderin

Related terms

• proponderant
• preponderància

Further reading

• “preponderar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praeponderāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾepondeˈɾaɾ/ [pɾe.põn̪.d̪eˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧pon‧de‧rar

Verb

preponderar (first-person singular present prepondero, first-person singular preterite preponderé, past participle preponderado)

1. (intransitive) to predominate, to dominate, to prevail
   • 2015 November 25, “Reportaje”, in El País‎^[1]:

     No digamos si hay público y se establece una dramaturgia de la confrontación, pero los debates donde prepondera el análisis sobre la opinión significan un estímulo a la pluralidad informativa y al enriquecimiento de la sociedad”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of preponderar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			preponderar
gerund			preponderando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		preponderado		preponderada
		plural		preponderados		preponderadas
		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	prepondero	preponderastú preponderásvos	prepondera	preponderamos	preponderáis	preponderan
	imperfect	preponderaba	preponderabas	preponderaba	preponderábamos	preponderabais	preponderaban
	preterite	preponderé	preponderaste	preponderó	preponderamos	preponderasteis	preponderaron
	future	preponderaré	preponderarás	preponderará	preponderaremos	preponderaréis	preponderarán
	conditional	preponderaría	preponderarías	preponderaría	preponderaríamos	preponderaríais	preponderarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prepondere	preponderestú preponderésvos2	prepondere	preponderemos	preponderéis	preponderen
	imperfect (ra)	preponderara	preponderaras	preponderara	preponderáramos	preponderarais	preponderaran
	imperfect (se)	preponderase	preponderases	preponderase	preponderásemos	preponderaseis	preponderasen
	future1	preponderare	preponderares	preponderare	preponderáremos	preponderareis	preponderaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		preponderatú preponderávos	prepondere	preponderemos	preponderad	preponderen
	negative		no preponderes	no prepondere	no preponderemos	no preponderéis	no preponderen

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

Derived terms

• preponderancia
• preponderante

 

Further reading

• “preponderar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28