prevaricar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praevāricārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾə.βə.ɾiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.və.ɾiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.va.ɾiˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: prevaricà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariquí, past participle prevaricat)

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

Conjugation

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

infinitive			prevaricar
gerund			prevaricant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prevaricat		prevaricada
		plural		prevaricats		prevaricades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prevarico	prevariques	prevarica	prevariquem	prevariqueu	prevariquen
	imperfect	prevaricava	prevaricaves	prevaricava	prevaricàvem	prevaricàveu	prevaricaven
	future	prevaricaré	prevaricaràs	prevaricarà	prevaricarem	prevaricareu	prevaricaran
	preterite	prevariquí	prevaricares	prevaricà	prevaricàrem	prevaricàreu	prevaricaren
	conditional	prevaricaria	prevaricaries	prevaricaria	prevaricaríem	prevaricaríeu	prevaricarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prevariqui	prevariquis	prevariqui	prevariquem	prevariqueu	prevariquin
	imperfect	prevariqués	prevariquessis	prevariqués	prevariquéssim	prevariquéssiu	prevariquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	prevarica	prevariqui	prevariquem	prevariqueu	prevariquin
	negative (no)	—	no prevariquis	no prevariqui	no prevariquem	no prevariqueu	no prevariquin

Related terms

• prevaricació

Italian

Verb

prevaricar (apocopated)

1. Apocopic form of prevaricare

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praevāricārī.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾiˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾiˈkaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.bɐ.ɾiˈkaɾ/ [pɾɨ.βɐ.ɾiˈkaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.vɐ.ɾiˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pre‧va‧ri‧car

Verb

prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariquei, past participle prevaricado)

1. to fail or refuse to obey certain laws, rules or obligations

   Synonym: descumprir

   1. (law) to commit the crime of prevarication, which consists in not complying with laws
2. to betray
3. (transitive) to corrupt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prevaricar (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	prevaricar
Personal	prevaricar	prevaricares	prevaricar	prevaricarmos	prevaricardes	prevaricarem
Gerund
	prevaricando
Past participle
Masculine	prevaricado			prevaricados
Feminine	prevaricada			prevaricadas
Indicative
Present	prevarico	prevaricas	prevarica	prevaricamos	prevaricais	prevaricam
Imperfect	prevaricava	prevaricavas	prevaricava	prevaricávamos	prevaricáveis	prevaricavam
Preterite	prevariquei	prevaricaste	prevaricou	prevaricamos1, prevaricámos2	prevaricastes	prevaricaram
Pluperfect	prevaricara	prevaricaras	prevaricara	prevaricáramos	prevaricáreis	prevaricaram
Future	prevaricarei	prevaricarás	prevaricará	prevaricaremos	prevaricareis	prevaricarão
Conditional	prevaricaria	prevaricarias	prevaricaria	prevaricaríamos	prevaricaríeis	prevaricariam
Subjunctive
Present	prevarique	prevariques	prevarique	prevariquemos	prevariqueis	prevariquem
Imperfect	prevaricasse	prevaricasses	prevaricasse	prevaricássemos	prevaricásseis	prevaricassem
Future	prevaricar	prevaricares	prevaricar	prevaricarmos	prevaricardes	prevaricarem
Imperative
Affirmative		prevarica	prevarique	prevariquemos	prevaricai	prevariquem
Negative (não)		não prevariques	não prevarique	não prevariquemos	não prevariqueis	não prevariquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• prevaricação

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praevāricārī. Cognate with English prevaricate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾebaɾiˈkaɾ/ [pɾe.β̞a.ɾiˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧va‧ri‧car

Verb

prevaricar (first-person singular present prevarico, first-person singular preterite prevariqué, past participle prevaricado)

1. to prevaricate

   Synonyms: andarse con rodeos, andarse por las ramas, tergiversar

2. (law) to commit perjury
3. to fall short performing, or to neglect, one's duties
4. (colloquial) to go mad

Conjugation

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

infinitive			prevaricar
gerund			prevaricando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prevaricado		prevaricada
		plural		prevaricados		prevaricadas
		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	prevarico	prevaricastú prevaricásvos	prevarica	prevaricamos	prevaricáis	prevarican
	imperfect	prevaricaba	prevaricabas	prevaricaba	prevaricábamos	prevaricabais	prevaricaban
	preterite	prevariqué	prevaricaste	prevaricó	prevaricamos	prevaricasteis	prevaricaron
	future	prevaricaré	prevaricarás	prevaricará	prevaricaremos	prevaricaréis	prevaricarán
	conditional	prevaricaría	prevaricarías	prevaricaría	prevaricaríamos	prevaricaríais	prevaricarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prevarique	prevariquestú prevariquésvos2	prevarique	prevariquemos	prevariquéis	prevariquen
	imperfect (ra)	prevaricara	prevaricaras	prevaricara	prevaricáramos	prevaricarais	prevaricaran
	imperfect (se)	prevaricase	prevaricases	prevaricase	prevaricásemos	prevaricaseis	prevaricasen
	future1	prevaricare	prevaricares	prevaricare	prevaricáremos	prevaricareis	prevaricaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prevaricatú prevaricávos	prevarique	prevariquemos	prevaricad	prevariquen
	negative		no prevariques	no prevarique	no prevariquemos	no prevariquéis	no prevariquen

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

Related terms

• prevaricación

Further reading

• “prevaricar”, 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