prescindir

Learned borrowing from Latin praescindere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindeixo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindit)

1. (intransitive) to disregard, to leave out
2. (intransitive) to do without
   • 1962, Joan Fuster, Nosaltres, els valencians:

     La València de l'època foral s'acostuma a prescindir d'una bona fracció del seu regne.

     The Valencia of the epoch of fueros became accustomed to doing without a good fraction of her kingdom.

• prescindible

• “prescindir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin praescindō (“to separate”), formed from Latin prae- (“before”) +‎ scindō (“split, divide”). Compare Spanish prescindir, Italian prescindere and English prescind.

• Hyphenation: pres‧cin‧dir

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindi, past participle prescindido)

1. (intransitive, transitive or reflexive) to do without; to dispense with
   • 1990, Estados-membros da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP), Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa (1990):

     Prescinde-se de acento gráfico para distinguir palavras oxítonas homógrafas, mas heterofónicas/heterofônicas, do tipo de cor (ô), substantivo, e cor (ó), elemento da locução de cor; colher (ê), verbo, e colher (é), substantivo.

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• prescindível (“optional, dispensable”)

From Latin praescindō, formed from Latin prae- (“before”) +‎ scindō (“split, divide”). Equivalent to pre- + escindir.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /pɾesθinˈdiɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾesinˈdiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pres‧cin‧dir

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindido)

1. (intransitive, followed by "de") to do without
   • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 15:

     Salvo en las severas páginas de la historia, los hechos memorables prescinden de frases memorables.

     Except for in the severe pages of history, memorable deeds do without memorable phrases.

• “prescindir”, 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