proliferar

From Latin proliferus (“proliferous”) +‎ -ar, probably by way of French proliférer.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Homophone: proliferà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

proliferar (first-person singular present prolifero, first-person singular preterite proliferí, past participle proliferat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (intransitive) to proliferate

• “proliferar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “proliferar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “proliferar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

From Latin proliferus (“proliferous”) + -ar.

• Hyphenation: pro‧li‧fe‧rar

proliferar (first-person singular present prolifero, first-person singular preterite proliferei, past participle proliferado)

1. (intransitive) to proliferate

• “proliferar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin proliferus (“proliferous”) + -ar.

• IPA^(key): /pɾolifeˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pro‧li‧fe‧rar

proliferar (first-person singular present prolifero, first-person singular preterite proliferé, past participle proliferado)

1. (intransitive) to proliferate

• “proliferar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10