privar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prīvāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾiˈvaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite priví, past participle privat)

1. (transitive) to deprive

   Synonym: desposseir

2. (transitive) to prohibit
3. (reflexive) to do without

Conjugation

    Conjugation of privar (first conjugation)

infinitive			privar
gerund			privant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		privat		privada
		plural		privats		privades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	privo	prives	priva	privem	priveu	priven
	imperfect	privava	privaves	privava	privàvem	privàveu	privaven
	future	privaré	privaràs	privarà	privarem	privareu	privaran
	preterite	priví	privares	privà	privàrem	privàreu	privaren
	conditional	privaria	privaries	privaria	privaríem	privaríeu	privarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	privi	privis	privi	privem	priveu	privin
	imperfect	privés	privessis	privés	privéssim	privéssiu	privessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	priva	privi	privem	priveu	privin
	negative (no)	—	no privis	no privi	no privem	no priveu	no privin

Related terms

• privació

Further reading

• “privar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “privar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “privar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “privar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīvāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾiˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾiˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾiˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈva(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈbaɾ/ [pɾiˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈva.ɾi/

Verb

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite privei, past participle privado)

1. (transitive) to deprive

   privar algo a alguém ― to deprive somebody of something

2. (transitive) to prohibit, to take
3. (reflexive) to refrain from doing something

   tenho de me privar da bebida ― I have to refrain from drinking

4. (transitive) (followed by com) to interact closely with someone

   tive oportunidade de privar consigo

   I had the oportunity of speaking to you

Conjugation

    Conjugation of privar (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	privar
Personal	privar	privares	privar	privarmos	privardes	privarem
Gerund
	privando
Past participle
Masculine	privado			privados
Feminine	privada			privadas
Indicative
Present	privo	privas	priva	privamos	privais	privam
Imperfect	privava	privavas	privava	privávamos	priváveis	privavam
Preterite	privei	privaste	privou	privamos1, privámos2	privastes	privaram
Pluperfect	privara	privaras	privara	priváramos	priváreis	privaram
Future	privarei	privarás	privará	privaremos	privareis	privarão
Conditional	privaria	privarias	privaria	privaríamos	privaríeis	privariam
Subjunctive
Present	prive	prives	prive	privemos	priveis	privem
Imperfect	privasse	privasses	privasse	privássemos	privásseis	privassem
Future	privar	privares	privar	privarmos	privardes	privarem
Imperative
Affirmative		priva	prive	privemos	privai	privem
Negative (não)		não prives	não prive	não privemos	não priveis	não privem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• privação

Further reading

• “privar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prīvāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾiˈbaɾ/ [pɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pri‧var

Verb

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite privé, past participle privado)

1. (transitive) to deprive

   Synonym: despojar

   privar a alguien de algo ― to deprive someone of something

2. (transitive) to prohibit

   Synonym: prohibir

3. (transitive) to refrain from doing something
4. (reflexive) to do without

   Synonym: prescindir

5. (intransitive) to be in vogue
6. (intransitive, colloquial) to enjoy immensely (gustar-like)

   Le priva viajar. ― She loves to travel.

7. (reflexive, Latin America) to pass out, fall unconscious

Conjugation

    Conjugation of privar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			privar
gerund			privando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		privado		privada
		plural		privados		privadas
		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	privo	privastú privásvos	priva	privamos	priváis	privan
	imperfect	privaba	privabas	privaba	privábamos	privabais	privaban
	preterite	privé	privaste	privó	privamos	privasteis	privaron
	future	privaré	privarás	privará	privaremos	privaréis	privarán
	conditional	privaría	privarías	privaría	privaríamos	privaríais	privarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prive	privestú privésvos2	prive	privemos	privéis	priven
	imperfect (ra)	privara	privaras	privara	priváramos	privarais	privaran
	imperfect (se)	privase	privases	privase	privásemos	privaseis	privasen
	future1	privare	privares	privare	priváremos	privareis	privaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		privatú privávos	prive	privemos	privad	priven
	negative		no prives	no prive	no privemos	no privéis	no priven

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

    Selected combined forms of privar

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 privar
	dative	privarme	privarte	privarle, privarse	privarnos	privaros	privarles, privarse
	accusative	privarme	privarte	privarlo, privarla, privarse	privarnos	privaros	privarlos, privarlas, privarse
with gerund privando
	dative	privándome	privándote	privándole, privándose	privándonos	privándoos	privándoles, privándose
	accusative	privándome	privándote	privándolo, privándola, privándose	privándonos	privándoos	privándolos, privándolas, privándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative priva
	dative	prívame	prívate	prívale	prívanos	not used	prívales
	accusative	prívame	prívate	prívalo, prívala	prívanos	not used	prívalos, prívalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative privá
	dative	privame	private	privale	privanos	not used	privales
	accusative	privame	private	privalo, privala	privanos	not used	privalos, privalas
with formal second-person singular imperative prive
	dative	príveme	not used	prívele, prívese	prívenos	not used	príveles
	accusative	príveme	not used	prívelo, prívela, prívese	prívenos	not used	prívelos, prívelas
with first-person plural imperative privemos
	dative	not used	privémoste	privémosle	privémonos	privémoos	privémosles
	accusative	not used	privémoste	privémoslo, privémosla	privémonos	privémoos	privémoslos, privémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative privad
	dative	privadme	not used	privadle	privadnos	privaos	privadles
	accusative	privadme	not used	privadlo, privadla	privadnos	privaos	privadlos, privadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative priven
	dative	prívenme	not used	prívenle	prívennos	not used	prívenles, prívense
	accusative	prívenme	not used	prívenlo, prívenla	prívennos	not used	prívenlos, prívenlas, prívense

Related terms

• privación

 

Further reading

• “privar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28