secundar

Portuguese

Etymology

Formed from Latin secundus, or borrowed from Latin secundāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kũˈda(ʁ)/ [se.kũˈda(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kũˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kũˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kũˈda.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: se‧cun‧dar

Verb

secundar (first-person singular present secundo, first-person singular preterite secundei, past participle secundado)

1. to second

Conjugation

    Conjugation of secundar (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	secundar
Personal	secundar	secundares	secundar	secundarmos	secundardes	secundarem
Gerund
	secundando
Past participle
Masculine	secundado			secundados
Feminine	secundada			secundadas
Indicative
Present	secundo	secundas	secunda	secundamos	secundais	secundam
Imperfect	secundava	secundavas	secundava	secundávamos	secundáveis	secundavam
Preterite	secundei	secundaste	secundou	secundamos1, secundámos2	secundastes	secundaram
Pluperfect	secundara	secundaras	secundara	secundáramos	secundáreis	secundaram
Future	secundarei	secundarás	secundará	secundaremos	secundareis	secundarão
Conditional	secundaria	secundarias	secundaria	secundaríamos	secundaríeis	secundariam
Subjunctive
Present	secunde	secundes	secunde	secundemos	secundeis	secundem
Imperfect	secundasse	secundasses	secundasse	secundássemos	secundásseis	secundassem
Future	secundar	secundares	secundar	secundarmos	secundardes	secundarem
Imperative
Affirmative		secunda	secunde	secundemos	secundai	secundem
Negative (não)		não secundes	não secunde	não secundemos	não secundeis	não secundem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• segundo

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌse.kunˈdar/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian secondario, French secondaire, Latin secundarius.

Adjective

secundar m or n (feminine singular secundară, masculine plural secundari, feminine and neuter plural secundare)

1. secondary

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	secundar		secundară		secundari	secundare
	definite	secundarul		secundara		secundarii	secundarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	secundar		secundare		secundari	secundare
	definite	secundarului		secundarei		secundarelor	secundarilor

Etymology 2

From secundă + -ar.

Noun

secundar n (plural secundare)

1. the second hand of a clock

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	secundar	secundarul		secundare	secundarele
genitive-dative	secundar	secundarului		secundare	secundarelor
vocative	secundarule			secundarelor

Spanish

Etymology

Formed from Latin secundus, or borrowed from Latin secundāre. Doublet of segundar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekunˈdaɾ/ [se.kũn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧cun‧dar

Verb

secundar (first-person singular present secundo, first-person singular preterite secundé, past participle secundado)

1. to second

Conjugation

    Conjugation of secundar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			secundar
gerund			secundando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		secundado		secundada
		plural		secundados		secundadas
		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	secundo	secundastú secundásvos	secunda	secundamos	secundáis	secundan
	imperfect	secundaba	secundabas	secundaba	secundábamos	secundabais	secundaban
	preterite	secundé	secundaste	secundó	secundamos	secundasteis	secundaron
	future	secundaré	secundarás	secundará	secundaremos	secundaréis	secundarán
	conditional	secundaría	secundarías	secundaría	secundaríamos	secundaríais	secundarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	secunde	secundestú secundésvos2	secunde	secundemos	secundéis	secunden
	imperfect (ra)	secundara	secundaras	secundara	secundáramos	secundarais	secundaran
	imperfect (se)	secundase	secundases	secundase	secundásemos	secundaseis	secundasen
	future1	secundare	secundares	secundare	secundáremos	secundareis	secundaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		secundatú secundávos	secunde	secundemos	secundad	secunden
	negative		no secundes	no secunde	no secundemos	no secundéis	no secunden

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

    Selected combined forms of secundar

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 secundar	dative	secundarme	secundarte	secundarle, secundarse	secundarnos	secundaros	secundarles, secundarse
	accusative	secundarme	secundarte	secundarlo, secundarla, secundarse	secundarnos	secundaros	secundarlos, secundarlas, secundarse
with gerund secundando	dative	secundándome	secundándote	secundándole, secundándose	secundándonos	secundándoos	secundándoles, secundándose
	accusative	secundándome	secundándote	secundándolo, secundándola, secundándose	secundándonos	secundándoos	secundándolos, secundándolas, secundándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative secunda	dative	secúndame	secúndate	secúndale	secúndanos	not used	secúndales
	accusative	secúndame	secúndate	secúndalo, secúndala	secúndanos	not used	secúndalos, secúndalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative secundá	dative	secundame	secundate	secundale	secundanos	not used	secundales
	accusative	secundame	secundate	secundalo, secundala	secundanos	not used	secundalos, secundalas
with formal second-person singular imperative secunde	dative	secúndeme	not used	secúndele, secúndese	secúndenos	not used	secúndeles
	accusative	secúndeme	not used	secúndelo, secúndela, secúndese	secúndenos	not used	secúndelos, secúndelas
with first-person plural imperative secundemos	dative	not used	secundémoste	secundémosle	secundémonos	secundémoos	secundémosles
	accusative	not used	secundémoste	secundémoslo, secundémosla	secundémonos	secundémoos	secundémoslos, secundémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative secundad	dative	secundadme	not used	secundadle	secundadnos	secundaos	secundadles
	accusative	secundadme	not used	secundadlo, secundadla	secundadnos	secundaos	secundadlos, secundadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative secunden	dative	secúndenme	not used	secúndenle	secúndennos	not used	secúndenles, secúndense
	accusative	secúndenme	not used	secúndenlo, secúndenla	secúndennos	not used	secúndenlos, secúndenlas, secúndense

Related terms

• segundo

 

Further reading

• “secundar”, 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