potenciar

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Etymology

From potència +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

potenciar (first-person singular present potencio, first-person singular preterite potencií, past participle potenciat)

  1. (transitive) to promote, strengthen

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potenciar (first conjugation)
infinitive potenciar
gerund potenciant
past participle masculine feminine
singular potenciat potenciada
plural potenciats potenciades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present potencio potencies potencia potenciem potencieu potencien
imperfect potenciava potenciaves potenciava potenciàvem potenciàveu potenciaven
future potenciaré potenciaràs potenciarà potenciarem potenciareu potenciaran
preterite potencií potenciares potencià potenciàrem potenciàreu potenciaren
conditional potenciaria potenciaries potenciaria potenciaríem potenciaríeu potenciarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present potenciï potenciïs potenciï potenciem potencieu potenciïn
imperfect potenciés potenciessis potenciés potenciéssim potenciéssiu potenciessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — potencia potenciï potenciem potencieu potenciïn
negative (no) — no potenciïs no potenciï no potenciem no potencieu no potenciïn

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From potência +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.tẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /po.tẽˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /po.tẽ.siˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /po.tẽˈsja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /po.tẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /po.tẽˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /po.tẽ.siˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /po.tẽˈsja(ɻ)/
 

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: po‧ten‧ci‧ar

Verb

potenciar (first-person singular present potencio, first-person singular preterite potenciei, past participle potenciado)

  1. (arithmetic) raise a number to an exponent
  2. (arithmetic) symbolize the power of a number, given the exponent
  3. promote the development or effectiveness of; intensify; potentialize; reinforce
  4. make a medicine more effective by the action of another substance

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potenciar (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 potenciar
Personal potenciar potenciares potenciar potenciarmos potenciardes potenciarem
Gerund
potenciando
Past participle
Masculine potenciado potenciados
Feminine potenciada potenciadas
Indicative
Present potencio potencias potencia potenciamos potenciais potenciam
Imperfect potenciava potenciavas potenciava potenciávamos potenciáveis potenciavam
Preterite potenciei potenciaste potenciou potenciamos1, potenciámos2 potenciastes potenciaram
Pluperfect potenciara potenciaras potenciara potenciáramos potenciáreis potenciaram
Future potenciarei potenciarás potenciará potenciaremos potenciareis potenciarão
Conditional potenciaria potenciarias potenciaria potenciaríamos potenciaríeis potenciariam
Subjunctive
Present potencie potencies potencie potenciemos potencieis potenciem
Imperfect potenciasse potenciasses potenciasse potenciássemos potenciásseis potenciassem
Future potenciar potenciares potenciar potenciarmos potenciardes potenciarem
Imperative
Affirmative potencia potencie potenciemos potenciai potenciem
Negative (não) não potencies não potencie não potenciemos não potencieis não potenciem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From potencia +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /potenˈθjaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /potenˈsjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: po‧ten‧ciar

Verb

potenciar (first-person singular present potencio, first-person singular preterite potencié, past participle potenciado)

  1. (transitive) to promote, strengthen
    Synonyms: promover, fortalecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potenciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive potenciar
gerund potenciando
past participle masculine feminine
singular potenciado potenciada
plural potenciados potenciadas
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 potencio potenciastú
potenciásvos 		potencia potenciamos potenciáis potencian
imperfect potenciaba potenciabas potenciaba potenciábamos potenciabais potenciaban
preterite potencié potenciaste potenció potenciamos potenciasteis potenciaron
future potenciaré potenciarás potenciará potenciaremos potenciaréis potenciarán
conditional potenciaría potenciarías potenciaría potenciaríamos potenciaríais potenciarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present potencie potenciestú
potenciésvos2 		potencie potenciemos potenciéis potencien
imperfect
(ra) 		potenciara potenciaras potenciara potenciáramos potenciarais potenciaran
imperfect
(se) 		potenciase potenciases potenciase potenciásemos potenciaseis potenciasen
future1 potenciare potenciares potenciare potenciáremos potenciareis potenciaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative potenciatú
potenciávos 		potencie potenciemos potenciad potencien
negative no potencies no potencie no potenciemos no potenciéis no potencien

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

    Selected combined forms of potenciar

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 potenciar
dative potenciarme potenciarte potenciarle, potenciarse potenciarnos potenciaros potenciarles, potenciarse
accusative potenciarme potenciarte potenciarlo, potenciarla, potenciarse potenciarnos potenciaros potenciarlos, potenciarlas, potenciarse
with gerund potenciando
dative potenciándome potenciándote potenciándole, potenciándose potenciándonos potenciándoos potenciándoles, potenciándose
accusative potenciándome potenciándote potenciándolo, potenciándola, potenciándose potenciándonos potenciándoos potenciándolos, potenciándolas, potenciándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative potencia
dative poténciame poténciate poténciale poténcianos not used poténciales
accusative poténciame poténciate poténcialo, poténciala poténcianos not used poténcialos, poténcialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative potenciá
dative potenciame potenciate potenciale potencianos not used potenciales
accusative potenciame potenciate potencialo, potenciala potencianos not used potencialos, potencialas
with formal second-person singular imperative potencie
dative poténcieme not used poténciele, poténciese poténcienos not used poténcieles
accusative poténcieme not used poténcielo, poténciela, poténciese poténcienos not used poténcielos, poténcielas
with first-person plural imperative potenciemos
dative not used potenciémoste potenciémosle potenciémonos potenciémoos potenciémosles
accusative not used potenciémoste potenciémoslo, potenciémosla potenciémonos potenciémoos potenciémoslos, potenciémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative potenciad
dative potenciadme not used potenciadle potenciadnos potenciaos potenciadles
accusative potenciadme not used potenciadlo, potenciadla potenciadnos potenciaos potenciadlos, potenciadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative potencien
dative poténcienme not used poténcienle poténciennos not used poténcienles, poténciense
accusative poténcienme not used poténcienlo, poténcienla poténciennos not used poténcienlos, poténcienlas, poténciense

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