preceptuar

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

preceptuar (first-person singular present preceptúo, first-person singular preterite preceptué, past participle preceptuado)

  1. to lay down, set (rules)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of preceptuar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive preceptuar
gerund preceptuando
past participle masculine feminine
singular preceptuado preceptuada
plural preceptuados preceptuadas
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 preceptúo preceptúastú
preceptuásvos 		preceptúa preceptuamos preceptuáis preceptúan
imperfect preceptuaba preceptuabas preceptuaba preceptuábamos preceptuabais preceptuaban
preterite preceptué preceptuaste preceptuó preceptuamos preceptuasteis preceptuaron
future preceptuaré preceptuarás preceptuará preceptuaremos preceptuaréis preceptuarán
conditional preceptuaría preceptuarías preceptuaría preceptuaríamos preceptuaríais preceptuarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present preceptúe preceptúestú
preceptuésvos2 		preceptúe preceptuemos preceptuéis preceptúen
imperfect
(ra) 		preceptuara preceptuaras preceptuara preceptuáramos preceptuarais preceptuaran
imperfect
(se) 		preceptuase preceptuases preceptuase preceptuásemos preceptuaseis preceptuasen
future1 preceptuare preceptuares preceptuare preceptuáremos preceptuareis preceptuaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative preceptúatú
preceptuávos 		preceptúe preceptuemos preceptuad preceptúen
negative no preceptúes no preceptúe no preceptuemos no preceptuéis no preceptúen

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

    Selected combined forms of preceptuar (u-ú alternation)

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 preceptuar dative preceptuarme preceptuarte preceptuarle, preceptuarse preceptuarnos preceptuaros preceptuarles, preceptuarse
accusative preceptuarme preceptuarte preceptuarlo, preceptuarla, preceptuarse preceptuarnos preceptuaros preceptuarlos, preceptuarlas, preceptuarse
with gerund preceptuando dative preceptuándome preceptuándote preceptuándole, preceptuándose preceptuándonos preceptuándoos preceptuándoles, preceptuándose
accusative preceptuándome preceptuándote preceptuándolo, preceptuándola, preceptuándose preceptuándonos preceptuándoos preceptuándolos, preceptuándolas, preceptuándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative preceptúa dative preceptúame preceptúate preceptúale preceptúanos not used preceptúales
accusative preceptúame preceptúate preceptúalo, preceptúala preceptúanos not used preceptúalos, preceptúalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative preceptuá dative preceptuame preceptuate preceptuale preceptuanos not used preceptuales
accusative preceptuame preceptuate preceptualo, preceptuala preceptuanos not used preceptualos, preceptualas
with formal second-person singular imperative preceptúe dative preceptúeme not used preceptúele, preceptúese preceptúenos not used preceptúeles
accusative preceptúeme not used preceptúelo, preceptúela, preceptúese preceptúenos not used preceptúelos, preceptúelas
with first-person plural imperative preceptuemos dative not used preceptuémoste preceptuémosle preceptuémonos preceptuémoos preceptuémosles
accusative not used preceptuémoste preceptuémoslo, preceptuémosla preceptuémonos preceptuémoos preceptuémoslos, preceptuémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative preceptuad dative preceptuadme not used preceptuadle preceptuadnos preceptuaos preceptuadles
accusative preceptuadme not used preceptuadlo, preceptuadla preceptuadnos preceptuaos preceptuadlos, preceptuadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative preceptúen dative preceptúenme not used preceptúenle preceptúennos not used preceptúenles, preceptúense
accusative preceptúenme not used preceptúenlo, preceptúenla preceptúennos not used preceptúenlos, preceptúenlas, preceptúense

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