cancelar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancellāre (“to make like a lattice, to cover with a lattice, to cancel”), ultimately from cancer (“lattice, grid”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (“lump”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: can‧ce‧lar

Verb

cancelar (first-person singular present cancelo, first-person singular preterite cancelei, past participle cancelado)

  1. (transitive) to call off (cancel)
    Synonyms: anular, parar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cancelar (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 cancelar
Personal cancelar cancelares cancelar cancelarmos cancelardes cancelarem
Gerund
cancelando
Past participle
Masculine cancelado cancelados
Feminine cancelada canceladas
Indicative
Present cancelo cancelas cancela cancelamos cancelais cancelam
Imperfect cancelava cancelavas cancelava cancelávamos canceláveis cancelavam
Preterite cancelei cancelaste cancelou cancelamos1, cancelámos2 cancelastes cancelaram
Pluperfect cancelara cancelaras cancelara canceláramos canceláreis cancelaram
Future cancelarei cancelarás cancelará cancelaremos cancelareis cancelarão
Conditional cancelaria cancelarias cancelaria cancelaríamos cancelaríeis cancelariam
Subjunctive
Present cancele canceles cancele cancelemos canceleis cancelem
Imperfect cancelasse cancelasses cancelasse cancelássemos cancelásseis cancelassem
Future cancelar cancelares cancelar cancelarmos cancelardes cancelarem
Imperative
Affirmative cancela cancele cancelemos cancelai cancelem
Negative (não) não canceles não cancele não cancelemos não canceleis não cancelem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cancellārius, from Latin cancelli, from cancer.

Noun

cancelar m (plural cancelari)

  1. chancellor

Declension

Declension of cancelar
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) cancelar cancelarul (niște) cancelari cancelarii
genitive/dative (unui) cancelar cancelarului (unor) cancelari cancelarilor
vocative cancelarule cancelarilor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancellāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kanθeˈlaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /kanseˈlaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: can‧ce‧lar

Verb

cancelar (first-person singular present cancelo, first-person singular preterite cancelé, past participle cancelado)

  1. (transitive) to cancel, call off
  2. (transitive, neologism) to cancel (a person deemed unacceptable)
  3. (transitive) to forget about; to scrap
  4. (transitive, finance) to liquidate (a debt)
  5. (transitive, Ecuador, Chile, Peru) to pay

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cancelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cancelar
gerund cancelando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cancelado cancelada
plural cancelados canceladas
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 cancelo cancelastú
cancelásvos 		cancela cancelamos canceláis cancelan
imperfect cancelaba cancelabas cancelaba cancelábamos cancelabais cancelaban
preterite cancelé cancelaste canceló cancelamos cancelasteis cancelaron
future cancelaré cancelarás cancelará cancelaremos cancelaréis cancelarán
conditional cancelaría cancelarías cancelaría cancelaríamos cancelaríais cancelarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cancele cancelestú
cancelésvos2 		cancele cancelemos canceléis cancelen
imperfect
(ra) 		cancelara cancelaras cancelara canceláramos cancelarais cancelaran
imperfect
(se) 		cancelase cancelases cancelase cancelásemos cancelaseis cancelasen
future1 cancelare cancelares cancelare canceláremos cancelareis cancelaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cancelatú
cancelávos 		cancele cancelemos cancelad cancelen
negative no canceles no cancele no cancelemos no canceléis no cancelen

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

    Selected combined forms of cancelar

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 cancelar
dative cancelarme cancelarte cancelarle, cancelarse cancelarnos cancelaros cancelarles, cancelarse
accusative cancelarme cancelarte cancelarlo, cancelarla, cancelarse cancelarnos cancelaros cancelarlos, cancelarlas, cancelarse
with gerund cancelando
dative cancelándome cancelándote cancelándole, cancelándose cancelándonos cancelándoos cancelándoles, cancelándose
accusative cancelándome cancelándote cancelándolo, cancelándola, cancelándose cancelándonos cancelándoos cancelándolos, cancelándolas, cancelándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cancela
dative cancélame cancélate cancélale cancélanos not used cancélales
accusative cancélame cancélate cancélalo, cancélala cancélanos not used cancélalos, cancélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cancelá
dative cancelame cancelate cancelale cancelanos not used cancelales
accusative cancelame cancelate cancelalo, cancelala cancelanos not used cancelalos, cancelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cancele
dative cancéleme not used cancélele, cancélese cancélenos not used cancéleles
accusative cancéleme not used cancélelo, cancélela, cancélese cancélenos not used cancélelos, cancélelas
with first-person plural imperative cancelemos
dative not used cancelémoste cancelémosle cancelémonos cancelémoos cancelémosles
accusative not used cancelémoste cancelémoslo, cancelémosla cancelémonos cancelémoos cancelémoslos, cancelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cancelad
dative canceladme not used canceladle canceladnos cancelaos canceladles
accusative canceladme not used canceladlo, canceladla canceladnos cancelaos canceladlos, canceladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cancelen
dative cancélenme not used cancélenle cancélennos not used cancélenles, cancélense
accusative cancélenme not used cancélenlo, cancélenla cancélennos not used cancélenlos, cancélenlas, cancélense

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