acceptar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acceptāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ək.səpˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ak.sepˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

acceptar (first-person singular present accepto, first-person singular preterite acceptí, past participle acceptat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to accept
   • [E]l síndic de l'Alguer encara s'adreça al Ministre d'Afers Interiors demanant permís per acceptar el donatiu bibliogràfic

     The Algher syndicate addressed the Minister of Interior Affairs, demanding the permission to accept the bibliographic donation

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acceptar (first conjugation)

infinitive			acceptar
gerund			acceptant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acceptat		acceptada
		plural		acceptats		acceptades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	accepto	acceptes	accepta	acceptem	accepteu	accepten
	imperfect	acceptava	acceptaves	acceptava	acceptàvem	acceptàveu	acceptaven
	future	acceptaré	acceptaràs	acceptarà	acceptarem	acceptareu	acceptaran
	preterite	acceptí	acceptares	acceptà	acceptàrem	acceptàreu	acceptaren
	conditional	acceptaria	acceptaries	acceptaria	acceptaríem	acceptaríeu	acceptarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	accepti	acceptis	accepti	acceptem	accepteu	acceptin
	imperfect	acceptés	acceptessis	acceptés	acceptéssim	acceptéssiu	acceptessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	accepta	accepti	acceptem	accepteu	acceptin
	negative (no)	—	no acceptis	no accepti	no acceptem	no accepteu	no acceptin

Related terms

• accepció
• acceptable

Further reading

• “acceptar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “acceptar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “acceptar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “acceptar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acceptāre, infinitive of acceptō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

acceptar

1. to accept

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		acceptar			aver acceptat
gerund		acceptant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		acceptat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	accepti	acceptas	accepta	acceptam	acceptatz	acceptan
	imperfect	acceptavi	acceptavas	acceptava	acceptàvem	acceptàvetz	acceptavan
	preterite	acceptèri	acceptères	acceptèt	acceptèrem	acceptèretz	acceptèron
	future	acceptarai	acceptaràs	acceptarà	acceptarem	acceptaretz	acceptaràn
	conditional	acceptariái	acceptariás	acceptariá	acceptariam	acceptariatz	acceptarián
	conditional 2nd form1	acceptèra	acceptèras	acceptèra	accepteram	accepteratz	acceptèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	accepte	acceptes	accepte	acceptem	acceptetz	accepten
	imperfect	acceptèssi	acceptèsses	acceptèsse	acceptèssem	acceptèssetz	acceptèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			accepta		acceptem	acceptatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		acceptar			aver acceptat
gerund		acceptant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		acceptat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	accepte	acceptes	accepta	acceptam	acceptatz	accepton
	imperfect	acceptave	acceptaves	acceptava	acceptaviam	acceptaviatz	acceptavon
	preterite	acceptere	accepteres	acceptet	acceptem	acceptetz	accepteron
	future	acceptarai	acceptaràs	acceptará	acceptarem	acceptaretz	acceptarán
	conditional	acceptariá	acceptariás	acceptariá	acceptariam	acceptariatz	acceptarián
	conditional 2nd form1	acceptèra	acceptèras	acceptèra	accepteram	accepteratz	acceptèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	accepte	acceptes	accepte	acceptassiam	acceptassiatz	accepton
	imperfect	acceptesse	acceptesses	acceptesse	acceptessiam	acceptessiatz	acceptesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			accepta		acceptassiam	acceptatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		acceptar			aver acceptat
gerund		acceptant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		acceptat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	accepti	acceptas	accepta	acceptam	acceptatz	acceptan
	imperfect	acceptavi	acceptavas	acceptava	acceptàvam	acceptàvatz	acceptavan
	preterite	acceptèi	acceptès	acceptè	acceptèm	acceptètz	acceptèn
	future	acceptarèi	acceptaràs	acceptarà	acceptaram	acceptaratz	acceptaràn
	conditional	acceptarí	acceptarés	acceptaré	acceptarem	acceptaretz	acceptarén
	conditional 2nd form1	acceptèra	acceptèras	acceptèra	accepteram	accepteratz	acceptèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	accepti	acceptes	accepte	acceptem	acceptetz	accepten
	imperfect	acceptèssi	acceptèsses	acceptèsse	acceptèssem	acceptèssetz	acceptèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			accepta		acceptem	acceptatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		acceptar			aver acceptat
gerund		acceptant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		acceptat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	accepte	acceptas	accepta	acceptam	acceptatz	acceptan
	imperfect	acceptava	acceptavas	acceptava	acceptàvam	acceptàvatz	acceptavan
	preterite	acceptei	accepteras	acceptet	acceptèram	acceptèratz	accepteran
	future	acceptarai	acceptaràs	acceptará	acceptarem	acceptaretz	acceptarán
	conditional	acceptariá	acceptariàs	acceptariá	acceptariam	acceptariatz	acceptarián
	conditional 2nd form1	acceptèra	acceptèras	acceptèra	accepteram	accepteratz	acceptèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	accepte	acceptes	accepte	acceptem	acceptetz	accepten
	imperfect	acceptèsse	acceptèsses	acceptèsse	acceptèssem	acceptèssetz	acceptèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			accepta		acceptem	acceptatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		acceptar			aver acceptat
gerund		acceptant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		acceptat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	accepte	acceptes	accepta	acceptam	acceptatz	acceptan
	imperfect	acceptavi	acceptavas	acceptava	acceptàvem	acceptàvetz	acceptavan
	preterite	acceptère	acceptères	acceptèt	accepteriam	accepteriatz	acceptèron
	future	acceptarai	acceptaràs	acceptarà	acceptarem	acceptaretz	acceptaràn
	conditional	acceptariáu	acceptariás	acceptariá	acceptariam	acceptariatz	acceptarián
	conditional 2nd form1	acceptèra	acceptèras	acceptèra	accepteram	accepteratz	acceptèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	accepte	acceptes	accepte	acceptem	acceptetz	acceptan
	imperfect	acceptèsse	acceptèsses	acceptèsse	acceptessiam	acceptessiatz	acceptèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			accepta		acceptem	acceptatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• acceptable

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akθepˈtar/ [akθepˈt̪ar]
• Rhymes: -ar
• Syllabification: ac‧cep‧tar

Verb

acceptar (first-person singular present accepto, first-person singular preterite accepté, past participle acceptado)

1. archaic form of aceptar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acceptar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			acceptar
gerund			acceptando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acceptado		acceptada
		plural		acceptados		acceptadas
		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	accepto	acceptastú acceptásvos	accepta	acceptamos	acceptáis	acceptan
	imperfect	acceptaba	acceptabas	acceptaba	acceptábamos	acceptabais	acceptaban
	preterite	accepté	acceptaste	acceptó	acceptamos	acceptasteis	acceptaron
	future	acceptaré	acceptarás	acceptará	acceptaremos	acceptaréis	acceptarán
	conditional	acceptaría	acceptarías	acceptaría	acceptaríamos	acceptaríais	acceptarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	accepte	acceptestú acceptésvos2	accepte	acceptemos	acceptéis	accepten
	imperfect (ra)	acceptara	acceptaras	acceptara	acceptáramos	acceptarais	acceptaran
	imperfect (se)	acceptase	acceptases	acceptase	acceptásemos	acceptaseis	acceptasen
	future1	acceptare	acceptares	acceptare	acceptáremos	acceptareis	acceptaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acceptatú acceptávos	accepte	acceptemos	acceptad	accepten
	negative		no acceptes	no accepte	no acceptemos	no acceptéis	no accepten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of acceptar

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 acceptar	dative	acceptarme	acceptarte	acceptarle, acceptarse	acceptarnos	acceptaros	acceptarles, acceptarse
	accusative	acceptarme	acceptarte	acceptarlo, acceptarla, acceptarse	acceptarnos	acceptaros	acceptarlos, acceptarlas, acceptarse
with gerund acceptando	dative	acceptándome	acceptándote	acceptándole, acceptándose	acceptándonos	acceptándoos	acceptándoles, acceptándose
	accusative	acceptándome	acceptándote	acceptándolo, acceptándola, acceptándose	acceptándonos	acceptándoos	acceptándolos, acceptándolas, acceptándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative accepta	dative	accéptame	accéptate	accéptale	accéptanos	not used	accéptales
	accusative	accéptame	accéptate	accéptalo, accéptala	accéptanos	not used	accéptalos, accéptalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative acceptá	dative	acceptame	acceptate	acceptale	acceptanos	not used	acceptales
	accusative	acceptame	acceptate	acceptalo, acceptala	acceptanos	not used	acceptalos, acceptalas
with formal second-person singular imperative accepte	dative	accépteme	not used	accéptele, accéptese	accéptenos	not used	accépteles
	accusative	accépteme	not used	accéptelo, accéptela, accéptese	accéptenos	not used	accéptelos, accéptelas
with first-person plural imperative acceptemos	dative	not used	acceptémoste	acceptémosle	acceptémonos	acceptémoos	acceptémosles
	accusative	not used	acceptémoste	acceptémoslo, acceptémosla	acceptémonos	acceptémoos	acceptémoslos, acceptémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative acceptad	dative	acceptadme	not used	acceptadle	acceptadnos	acceptaos	acceptadles
	accusative	acceptadme	not used	acceptadlo, acceptadla	acceptadnos	acceptaos	acceptadlos, acceptadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative accepten	dative	accéptenme	not used	accéptenle	accéptennos	not used	accéptenles, accéptense
	accusative	accéptenme	not used	accéptenlo, accéptenla	accéptennos	not used	accéptenlos, accéptenlas, accéptense

Related terms

• accepción
• acceptable
• acceptación
• acceptador

Further reading

• “acceptar”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021