predar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praedārī. This form is likely borrowed or semi-learned; compare the doublet prear (“arrest; seize; grab; take; imprison”).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: pre‧dar

Verb

predar (first-person singular present predo, first-person singular preterite predei, past participle predado)

  1. to prey on (to hunt and eat prey)
  2. to prey on (to exert harmful influence)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predar (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 predar
Personal predar predares predar predarmos predardes predarem
Gerund
predando
Past participle
Masculine predado predados
Feminine predada predadas
Indicative
Present predo predas preda predamos predais predam
Imperfect predava predavas predava predávamos predáveis predavam
Preterite predei predaste predou predamos1, predámos2 predastes predaram
Pluperfect predara predaras predara predáramos predáreis predaram
Future predarei predarás predará predaremos predareis predarão
Conditional predaria predarias predaria predaríamos predaríeis predariam
Subjunctive
Present prede predes prede predemos predeis predem
Imperfect predasse predasses predasse predássemos predásseis predassem
Future predar predares predar predarmos predardes predarem
Imperative
Affirmative preda prede predemos predai predem
Negative (não) não predes não prede não predemos não predeis não predem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Related terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈdaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pre‧dar

Verb

predar (first-person singular present predo, first-person singular preterite predé, past participle predado)

  1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of depredar
  2. Obsolete spelling of prear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive predar
gerund predando
past participle masculine feminine
singular predado predada
plural predados predadas
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 predo predastú
predásvos 		preda predamos predáis predan
imperfect predaba predabas predaba predábamos predabais predaban
preterite predé predaste predó predamos predasteis predaron
future predaré predarás predará predaremos predaréis predarán
conditional predaría predarías predaría predaríamos predaríais predarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present prede predestú
predésvos2 		prede predemos predéis preden
imperfect
(ra) 		predara predaras predara predáramos predarais predaran
imperfect
(se) 		predase predases predase predásemos predaseis predasen
future1 predare predares predare predáremos predareis predaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative predatú
predávos 		prede predemos predad preden
negative no predes no prede no predemos no predéis no preden

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

    Selected combined forms of predar

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 predar
dative predarme predarte predarle, predarse predarnos predaros predarles, predarse
accusative predarme predarte predarlo, predarla, predarse predarnos predaros predarlos, predarlas, predarse
with gerund predando
dative predándome predándote predándole, predándose predándonos predándoos predándoles, predándose
accusative predándome predándote predándolo, predándola, predándose predándonos predándoos predándolos, predándolas, predándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative preda
dative prédame prédate prédale prédanos not used prédales
accusative prédame prédate prédalo, prédala prédanos not used prédalos, prédalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative predá
dative predame predate predale predanos not used predales
accusative predame predate predalo, predala predanos not used predalos, predalas
with formal second-person singular imperative prede
dative prédeme not used prédele, prédese prédenos not used prédeles
accusative prédeme not used prédelo, prédela, prédese prédenos not used prédelos, prédelas
with first-person plural imperative predemos
dative not used predémoste predémosle predémonos predémoos predémosles
accusative not used predémoste predémoslo, predémosla predémonos predémoos predémoslos, predémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative predad
dative predadme not used predadle predadnos predaos predadles
accusative predadme not used predadlo, predadla predadnos predaos predadlos, predadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative preden
dative prédenme not used prédenle prédennos not used prédenles, prédense
accusative prédenme not used prédenlo, prédenla prédennos not used prédenlos, prédenlas, prédense

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