interceptar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.tər.səpˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.teɾ.sepˈtaɾ]

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Verb

interceptar (first-person singular present intercepto, first-person singular preterite interceptí, past participle interceptat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to intercept (to stop, deflect or divert)
2. (transitive) to block, to obstruct
3. (mathematics) to intercept (to take or comprehend between)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interceptar (first conjugation)

infinitive			interceptar
gerund			interceptant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		interceptat		interceptada
		plural		interceptats		interceptades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intercepto	interceptes	intercepta	interceptem	intercepteu	intercepten
	imperfect	interceptava	interceptaves	interceptava	interceptàvem	interceptàveu	interceptaven
	future	interceptaré	interceptaràs	interceptarà	interceptarem	interceptareu	interceptaran
	preterite	interceptí	interceptares	interceptà	interceptàrem	interceptàreu	interceptaren
	conditional	interceptaria	interceptaries	interceptaria	interceptaríem	interceptaríeu	interceptarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intercepti	interceptis	intercepti	interceptem	intercepteu	interceptin
	imperfect	interceptés	interceptessis	interceptés	interceptéssim	interceptéssiu	interceptessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	intercepta	intercepti	interceptem	intercepteu	interceptin
	negative (no)	—	no interceptis	no intercepti	no interceptem	no intercepteu	no interceptin

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• intercetar (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sepˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.sepˈta(h)], /ĩ.teʁ.se.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.se.piˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sepˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.sepˈta(h)], /ĩ.teʁ.se.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.se.piˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɾ.sepˈta(ɾ)/, /ĩ.teɾ.se.piˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sepˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teχ.sepˈta(χ)], /ĩ.teʁ.se.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teχ.se.piˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.teɻ.sepˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛˈptaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛˈptaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛˈpta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧ter‧cep‧tar

Verb

interceptar (first-person singular present intercepto, first-person singular preterite interceptei, past participle interceptado) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. to intercept (catch something before it reaches its target)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interceptar (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	interceptar
Personal	interceptar	interceptares	interceptar	interceptarmos	interceptardes	interceptarem
Gerund
	interceptando
Past participle
Masculine	interceptado			interceptados
Feminine	interceptada			interceptadas
Indicative
Present	intercepto	interceptas	intercepta	interceptamos	interceptais	interceptam
Imperfect	interceptava	interceptavas	interceptava	interceptávamos	interceptáveis	interceptavam
Preterite	interceptei	interceptaste	interceptou	interceptamos1, interceptámos2	interceptastes	interceptaram
Pluperfect	interceptara	interceptaras	interceptara	interceptáramos	interceptáreis	interceptaram
Future	interceptarei	interceptarás	interceptará	interceptaremos	interceptareis	interceptarão
Conditional	interceptaria	interceptarias	interceptaria	interceptaríamos	interceptaríeis	interceptariam
Subjunctive
Present	intercepte	interceptes	intercepte	interceptemos	intercepteis	interceptem
Imperfect	interceptasse	interceptasses	interceptasse	interceptássemos	interceptásseis	interceptassem
Future	interceptar	interceptares	interceptar	interceptarmos	interceptardes	interceptarem
Imperative
Affirmative		intercepta	intercepte	interceptemos	interceptai	interceptem
Negative (não)		não interceptes	não intercepte	não interceptemos	não intercepteis	não interceptem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteɾθebˈtaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪aɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /inteɾsebˈtaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.seβ̞ˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ter‧cep‧tar

Verb

interceptar (first-person singular present intercepto, first-person singular preterite intercepté, past participle interceptado)

1. (transitive) to intercept
2. (transitive) to block, interrupt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interceptar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			interceptar
gerund			interceptando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		interceptado		interceptada
		plural		interceptados		interceptadas
		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	intercepto	interceptastú interceptásvos	intercepta	interceptamos	interceptáis	interceptan
	imperfect	interceptaba	interceptabas	interceptaba	interceptábamos	interceptabais	interceptaban
	preterite	intercepté	interceptaste	interceptó	interceptamos	interceptasteis	interceptaron
	future	interceptaré	interceptarás	interceptará	interceptaremos	interceptaréis	interceptarán
	conditional	interceptaría	interceptarías	interceptaría	interceptaríamos	interceptaríais	interceptarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intercepte	interceptestú interceptésvos2	intercepte	interceptemos	interceptéis	intercepten
	imperfect (ra)	interceptara	interceptaras	interceptara	interceptáramos	interceptarais	interceptaran
	imperfect (se)	interceptase	interceptases	interceptase	interceptásemos	interceptaseis	interceptasen
	future1	interceptare	interceptares	interceptare	interceptáremos	interceptareis	interceptaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		interceptatú interceptávos	intercepte	interceptemos	interceptad	intercepten
	negative		no interceptes	no intercepte	no interceptemos	no interceptéis	no intercepten

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

    Selected combined forms of interceptar

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 interceptar	dative	interceptarme	interceptarte	interceptarle, interceptarse	interceptarnos	interceptaros	interceptarles, interceptarse
	accusative	interceptarme	interceptarte	interceptarlo, interceptarla, interceptarse	interceptarnos	interceptaros	interceptarlos, interceptarlas, interceptarse
with gerund interceptando	dative	interceptándome	interceptándote	interceptándole, interceptándose	interceptándonos	interceptándoos	interceptándoles, interceptándose
	accusative	interceptándome	interceptándote	interceptándolo, interceptándola, interceptándose	interceptándonos	interceptándoos	interceptándolos, interceptándolas, interceptándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative intercepta	dative	intercéptame	intercéptate	intercéptale	intercéptanos	not used	intercéptales
	accusative	intercéptame	intercéptate	intercéptalo, intercéptala	intercéptanos	not used	intercéptalos, intercéptalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative interceptá	dative	interceptame	interceptate	interceptale	interceptanos	not used	interceptales
	accusative	interceptame	interceptate	interceptalo, interceptala	interceptanos	not used	interceptalos, interceptalas
with formal second-person singular imperative intercepte	dative	intercépteme	not used	intercéptele, intercéptese	intercéptenos	not used	intercépteles
	accusative	intercépteme	not used	intercéptelo, intercéptela, intercéptese	intercéptenos	not used	intercéptelos, intercéptelas
with first-person plural imperative interceptemos	dative	not used	interceptémoste	interceptémosle	interceptémonos	interceptémoos	interceptémosles
	accusative	not used	interceptémoste	interceptémoslo, interceptémosla	interceptémonos	interceptémoos	interceptémoslos, interceptémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative interceptad	dative	interceptadme	not used	interceptadle	interceptadnos	interceptaos	interceptadles
	accusative	interceptadme	not used	interceptadlo, interceptadla	interceptadnos	interceptaos	interceptadlos, interceptadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intercepten	dative	intercéptenme	not used	intercéptenle	intercéptennos	not used	intercéptenles, intercéptense
	accusative	intercéptenme	not used	intercéptenlo, intercéptenla	intercéptennos	not used	intercéptenlos, intercéptenlas, intercéptense

Derived terms

• interceptación

Related terms

• intercepción
• interceptor

Further reading

• “interceptar”, 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