deliberar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deliberāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.li.βəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.li.bəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.li.beˈɾaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

deliberar (first-person singular present delibero, first-person singular preterite deliberí, past participle deliberat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to deliberate
   • 2016 October 6, Manuel Vilaseró, Ángeles Vázquez, “El Constitucional obre amb els toros un nou front amb Catalunya”, in El Periódico‎:

     Fonts de l'alt tribunal qualifiquen l'assumpte de "senzill", i per això no esperen un gran discussió quan els 11 magistrats que componen el ple comencin a deliberar l'assumpte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deliberar (first conjugation)

infinitive			deliberar
gerund			deliberant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deliberat		deliberada
		plural		deliberats		deliberades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	delibero	deliberes	delibera	deliberem	delibereu	deliberen
	imperfect	deliberava	deliberaves	deliberava	deliberàvem	deliberàveu	deliberaven
	future	deliberaré	deliberaràs	deliberarà	deliberarem	deliberareu	deliberaran
	preterite	deliberí	deliberares	deliberà	deliberàrem	deliberàreu	deliberaren
	conditional	deliberaria	deliberaries	deliberaria	deliberaríem	deliberaríeu	deliberarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	deliberi	deliberis	deliberi	deliberem	delibereu	deliberin
	imperfect	deliberés	deliberessis	deliberés	deliberéssim	deliberéssiu	deliberessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	delibera	deliberi	deliberem	delibereu	deliberin
	negative (no)	—	no deliberis	no deliberi	no deliberem	no delibereu	no deliberin

Related terms

• deliberació

Further reading

• “deliberar”, 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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin delibero.

Verb

deliberar (first-person singular present delibero, first-person singular preterite deliberei, past participle deliberado)

1. to deliberate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deliberar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	deliberar
Personal	deliberar	deliberares	deliberar	deliberarmos	deliberardes	deliberaren
Gerund
	deliberando
Past participle
Masculine	deliberado			deliberados
Feminine	deliberada			deliberadas
Indicative
Present	delibero	deliberas	delibera	deliberamos	deliberades	deliberan
Imperfect	deliberaba	deliberabas	deliberaba	deliberabamos	deliberabades	deliberaban
Preterite	deliberei	deliberaches	deliberou	deliberamos	deliberastes	deliberaron
Pluperfect	deliberara	deliberaras	deliberara	deliberaramos	deliberarades	deliberaran
Future	deliberarei	deliberarás	deliberará	deliberaremos	deliberaredes	deliberarán
Conditional	deliberaría	deliberarías	deliberaría	deliberariamos	deliberariades	deliberarían
Subjunctive
Present	delibere	deliberes	delibere	deliberemos	deliberedes	deliberen
Imperfect	deliberase	deliberases	deliberase	deliberásemos	deliberásedes	deliberasen
Future	deliberar	deliberares	deliberar	deliberarmos	deliberardes	deliberaren
Imperative
Affirmative		delibera	delibere	deliberemos	deliberade	deliberen
Negative (non)		non deliberes	non delibere	non deliberemos	non deliberedes	non deliberen

    Reintegrated conjugation of deliberar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	deliberar
Personal	deliberar	deliberares	deliberar	deliberarmos	deliberardes	deliberarem
Gerund
	deliberando
Past participle
Masculine	deliberado			deliberados
Feminine	deliberada			deliberadas
Indicative
Present	delibero	deliberas	delibera	deliberamos	deliberades, deliberais	deliberam
Imperfect	deliberava	deliberavas	deliberava	deliberávamos	deliberávades, deliberáveis, deliberávais1	deliberavam
Preterite	deliberei	deliberaste, deliberache1	deliberou	deliberamos	deliberastes	deliberárom, deliberaram
Pluperfect	deliberara	deliberaras	deliberara	deliberáramos	deliberárades, deliberáreis, deliberárais1	deliberaram
Future	deliberarei	deliberarás	deliberará	deliberaremos	deliberaredes, deliberareis	deliberarám, deliberarão
Conditional	deliberaria	deliberarias	deliberaria	deliberaríamos	deliberaríades, deliberaríeis, deliberaríais1	deliberariam
Subjunctive
Present	delibere	deliberes	delibere	deliberemos	deliberedes, delibereis	deliberem
Imperfect	deliberasse	deliberasses	deliberasse	deliberássemos	deliberássedes, deliberásseis	deliberassem
Future	deliberar	deliberares	deliberar	deliberarmos	deliberardes	deliberarem
Imperative
Affirmative		delibera	delibere	deliberemos	deliberade, deliberai	deliberem
Negative (nom)		nom deliberes	nom delibere	nom deliberemos	nom deliberedes, nom delibereis	nom deliberem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• deliberación

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēlīberāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.li.beˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.li.beˈɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.li.bɨˈɾaɾ/ [dɨ.li.βɨˈɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.li.bɨˈɾaɾ/ [dɨ.li.βɨˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.li.bɨˈɾa.ɾi/ [dɨ.li.βɨˈɾa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: de‧li‧be‧rar

Verb

deliberar (first-person singular present delibero, first-person singular preterite deliberei, past participle deliberado)

1. to deliberate, debate
2. to resolve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deliberar (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	deliberar
Personal	deliberar	deliberares	deliberar	deliberarmos	deliberardes	deliberarem
Gerund
	deliberando
Past participle
Masculine	deliberado			deliberados
Feminine	deliberada			deliberadas
Indicative
Present	delibero	deliberas	delibera	deliberamos	deliberais	deliberam
Imperfect	deliberava	deliberavas	deliberava	deliberávamos	deliberáveis	deliberavam
Preterite	deliberei	deliberaste	deliberou	deliberamos1, deliberámos2	deliberastes	deliberaram
Pluperfect	deliberara	deliberaras	deliberara	deliberáramos	deliberáreis	deliberaram
Future	deliberarei	deliberarás	deliberará	deliberaremos	deliberareis	deliberarão
Conditional	deliberaria	deliberarias	deliberaria	deliberaríamos	deliberaríeis	deliberariam
Subjunctive
Present	delibere	deliberes	delibere	deliberemos	delibereis	deliberem
Imperfect	deliberasse	deliberasses	deliberasse	deliberássemos	deliberásseis	deliberassem
Future	deliberar	deliberares	deliberar	deliberarmos	deliberardes	deliberarem
Imperative
Affirmative		delibera	delibere	deliberemos	deliberai	deliberem
Negative (não)		não deliberes	não delibere	não deliberemos	não delibereis	não deliberem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• deliberação

Further reading

• “deliberar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “deliberar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin deliberāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /delibeˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.li.β̞eˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧li‧be‧rar

Verb

deliberar (first-person singular present delibero, first-person singular preterite deliberé, past participle deliberado)

1. to deliberate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deliberar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deliberar
gerund			deliberando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deliberado		deliberada
		plural		deliberados		deliberadas
		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	delibero	deliberastú deliberásvos	delibera	deliberamos	deliberáis	deliberan
	imperfect	deliberaba	deliberabas	deliberaba	deliberábamos	deliberabais	deliberaban
	preterite	deliberé	deliberaste	deliberó	deliberamos	deliberasteis	deliberaron
	future	deliberaré	deliberarás	deliberará	deliberaremos	deliberaréis	deliberarán
	conditional	deliberaría	deliberarías	deliberaría	deliberaríamos	deliberaríais	deliberarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	delibere	deliberestú deliberésvos2	delibere	deliberemos	deliberéis	deliberen
	imperfect (ra)	deliberara	deliberaras	deliberara	deliberáramos	deliberarais	deliberaran
	imperfect (se)	deliberase	deliberases	deliberase	deliberásemos	deliberaseis	deliberasen
	future1	deliberare	deliberares	deliberare	deliberáremos	deliberareis	deliberaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deliberatú deliberávos	delibere	deliberemos	deliberad	deliberen
	negative		no deliberes	no delibere	no deliberemos	no deliberéis	no deliberen

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

    Selected combined forms of deliberar

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 deliberar	dative	deliberarme	deliberarte	deliberarle, deliberarse	deliberarnos	deliberaros	deliberarles, deliberarse
	accusative	deliberarme	deliberarte	deliberarlo, deliberarla, deliberarse	deliberarnos	deliberaros	deliberarlos, deliberarlas, deliberarse
with gerund deliberando	dative	deliberándome	deliberándote	deliberándole, deliberándose	deliberándonos	deliberándoos	deliberándoles, deliberándose
	accusative	deliberándome	deliberándote	deliberándolo, deliberándola, deliberándose	deliberándonos	deliberándoos	deliberándolos, deliberándolas, deliberándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative delibera	dative	delibérame	delibérate	delibérale	delibéranos	not used	delibérales
	accusative	delibérame	delibérate	delibéralo, delibérala	delibéranos	not used	delibéralos, delibéralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative deliberá	dative	deliberame	deliberate	deliberale	deliberanos	not used	deliberales
	accusative	deliberame	deliberate	deliberalo, deliberala	deliberanos	not used	deliberalos, deliberalas
with formal second-person singular imperative delibere	dative	delibéreme	not used	delibérele, delibérese	delibérenos	not used	delibéreles
	accusative	delibéreme	not used	delibérelo, delibérela, delibérese	delibérenos	not used	delibérelos, delibérelas
with first-person plural imperative deliberemos	dative	not used	deliberémoste	deliberémosle	deliberémonos	deliberémoos	deliberémosles
	accusative	not used	deliberémoste	deliberémoslo, deliberémosla	deliberémonos	deliberémoos	deliberémoslos, deliberémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deliberad	dative	deliberadme	not used	deliberadle	deliberadnos	deliberaos	deliberadles
	accusative	deliberadme	not used	deliberadlo, deliberadla	deliberadnos	deliberaos	deliberadlos, deliberadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative deliberen	dative	delibérenme	not used	delibérenle	delibérennos	not used	delibérenles, delibérense
	accusative	delibérenme	not used	delibérenlo, delibérenla	delibérennos	not used	delibérenlos, delibérenlas, delibérense

Related terms

• deliberación

Further reading

• “deliberar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024