conquerir

See also: conquérir

Catalan

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *conquerīre, from Latin conquīrere (compare Occitan conquerir, French conquérir, Romanian cuceri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuŋ.kəˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koŋ.kəˈɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koŋ.keˈɾiɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

conquerir (first-person singular present conquereixo, first-person singular preterite conquerí, past participle conquerit)

1. to conquer

   Synonym: conquistar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of conquerir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			conquerir
gerund			conquerint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		conquerit		conquerida
		plural		conquerits		conquerides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	conquereixo	conquereixes	conquereix	conquerim	conqueriu	conquereixen
	imperfect	conqueria	conqueries	conqueria	conqueríem	conqueríeu	conquerien
	future	conqueriré	conqueriràs	conquerirà	conquerirem	conquerireu	conqueriran
	preterite	conquerí	conquerires	conquerí	conquerírem	conqueríreu	conqueriren
	conditional	conqueriria	conqueriries	conqueriria	conqueriríem	conqueriríeu	conqueririen
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	conquereixi	conquereixis	conquereixi	conquerim	conqueriu	conquereixin
	imperfect	conquerís	conquerissis	conquerís	conqueríssim	conqueríssiu	conquerissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	conquereix	conquereixi	conquerim	conqueriu	conquereixin
	negative (no)	—	no conquereixis	no conquereixi	no conquerim	no conqueriu	no conquereixin

Derived terms

• conqueridor

Related terms

• conquesta

Further reading

• “conquerir”, 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
• “conquerir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “conquerir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “conquerir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• conquerer

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese conquerer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin conquaerere, from conquīrere (compare Catalan conquerir, French conquérir, Romanian cuceri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʊŋkeˈɾiɾ]

Verb

conquerir

1. (literary) to conquer

   Synonym: conquistar

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “conquerer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “conquer”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “conquerir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “conquerir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Catalan conquerir), from a Vulgar Latin root *conquerīre, from Latin conquīrere.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

conquerir

1. to conquer

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *conquerīre, from Latin conquīrere (compare Occitan conquerir, French conquérir, Romanian cuceri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konkeˈɾiɾ/ [kõŋ.keˈɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: con‧que‧rir

Verb

conquerir (first-person singular present conquiero, first-person singular preterite conquerí, past participle conquerido)

1. (obsolete, transitive) to conquer

   Synonym: conquistar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of conquerir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			conquerir
gerund			conquiriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		conquerido		conquerida
		plural		conqueridos		conqueridas
		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	conquiero	conquierestú conquerísvos	conquiere	conquerimos	conquerís	conquieren
	imperfect	conquería	conquerías	conquería	conqueríamos	conqueríais	conquerían
	preterite	conquerí	conqueriste	conquirió	conquerimos	conqueristeis	conquirieron
	future	conqueriré	conquerirás	conquerirá	conqueriremos	conqueriréis	conquerirán
	conditional	conqueriría	conquerirías	conqueriría	conqueriríamos	conqueriríais	conquerirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	conquiera	conquierastú conquirásvos2	conquiera	conquiramos	conquiráis	conquieran
	imperfect (ra)	conquiriera	conquirieras	conquiriera	conquiriéramos	conquirierais	conquirieran
	imperfect (se)	conquiriese	conquirieses	conquiriese	conquiriésemos	conquirieseis	conquiriesen
	future1	conquiriere	conquirieres	conquiriere	conquiriéremos	conquiriereis	conquirieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		conquieretú conquerívos	conquiera	conquiramos	conquerid	conquieran
	negative		no conquieras	no conquiera	no conquiramos	no conquiráis	no conquieran

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

    Selected combined forms of conquerir (e-ie-i alternation)

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 conquerir	dative	conquerirme	conquerirte	conquerirle, conquerirse	conquerirnos	conqueriros	conquerirles, conquerirse
	accusative	conquerirme	conquerirte	conquerirlo, conquerirla, conquerirse	conquerirnos	conqueriros	conquerirlos, conquerirlas, conquerirse
with gerund conquiriendo	dative	conquiriéndome	conquiriéndote	conquiriéndole, conquiriéndose	conquiriéndonos	conquiriéndoos	conquiriéndoles, conquiriéndose
	accusative	conquiriéndome	conquiriéndote	conquiriéndolo, conquiriéndola, conquiriéndose	conquiriéndonos	conquiriéndoos	conquiriéndolos, conquiriéndolas, conquiriéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative conquiere	dative	conquiéreme	conquiérete	conquiérele	conquiérenos	not used	conquiéreles
	accusative	conquiéreme	conquiérete	conquiérelo, conquiérela	conquiérenos	not used	conquiérelos, conquiérelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative conquerí	dative	conquerime	conquerite	conquerile	conquerinos	not used	conqueriles
	accusative	conquerime	conquerite	conquerilo, conquerila	conquerinos	not used	conquerilos, conquerilas
with formal second-person singular imperative conquiera	dative	conquiérame	not used	conquiérale, conquiérase	conquiéranos	not used	conquiérales
	accusative	conquiérame	not used	conquiéralo, conquiérala, conquiérase	conquiéranos	not used	conquiéralos, conquiéralas
with first-person plural imperative conquiramos	dative	not used	conquirámoste	conquirámosle	conquirámonos	conquirámoos	conquirámosles
	accusative	not used	conquirámoste	conquirámoslo, conquirámosla	conquirámonos	conquirámoos	conquirámoslos, conquirámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative conquerid	dative	conqueridme	not used	conqueridle	conqueridnos	conqueríos	conqueridles
	accusative	conqueridme	not used	conqueridlo, conqueridla	conqueridnos	conqueríos	conqueridlos, conqueridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative conquieran	dative	conquiéranme	not used	conquiéranle	conquiérannos	not used	conquiéranles, conquiéranse
	accusative	conquiéranme	not used	conquiéranlo, conquiéranla	conquiérannos	not used	conquiéranlos, conquiéranlas, conquiéranse

Further reading

• “conquerir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025