plebiscitar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French plébiscitaire. By surface analysis, plebiscit +‎ -ar.

Adjective

plebiscitar m or n (feminine singular plebiscitară, masculine plural plebiscitari, feminine/neuter plural plebiscitare)

1. plebiscitary

Declension

Declension of plebiscitar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	plebiscitar		plebiscitară		plebiscitari	plebiscitare
	definite	plebiscitarul		plebiscitara		plebiscitarii	plebiscitarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	plebiscitar		plebiscitare		plebiscitari	plebiscitare
	definite	plebiscitarului		plebiscitarei		plebiscitarilor	plebiscitarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plēbiscītum (“a decree of the people”), from plēbs (“common people”), + scītum (“decree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plebisθiˈtaɾ/ [ple.β̞is.θiˈt̪aɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /plebisiˈtaɾ/ [ple.β̞i.siˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ple‧bis‧ci‧tar

Verb

plebiscitar (first-person singular present plebiscito, first-person singular preterite plebiscité, past participle plebiscitado)

1. to hold a plebiscite on
2. to decide (something) by plebiscite
3. to elect by plebiscite

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plebiscitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			plebiscitar
gerund			plebiscitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plebiscitado		plebiscitada
		plural		plebiscitados		plebiscitadas
		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	plebiscito	plebiscitastú plebiscitásvos	plebiscita	plebiscitamos	plebiscitáis	plebiscitan
	imperfect	plebiscitaba	plebiscitabas	plebiscitaba	plebiscitábamos	plebiscitabais	plebiscitaban
	preterite	plebiscité	plebiscitaste	plebiscitó	plebiscitamos	plebiscitasteis	plebiscitaron
	future	plebiscitaré	plebiscitarás	plebiscitará	plebiscitaremos	plebiscitaréis	plebiscitarán
	conditional	plebiscitaría	plebiscitarías	plebiscitaría	plebiscitaríamos	plebiscitaríais	plebiscitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	plebiscite	plebiscitestú plebiscitésvos2	plebiscite	plebiscitemos	plebiscitéis	plebisciten
	imperfect (ra)	plebiscitara	plebiscitaras	plebiscitara	plebiscitáramos	plebiscitarais	plebiscitaran
	imperfect (se)	plebiscitase	plebiscitases	plebiscitase	plebiscitásemos	plebiscitaseis	plebiscitasen
	future1	plebiscitare	plebiscitares	plebiscitare	plebiscitáremos	plebiscitareis	plebiscitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		plebiscitatú plebiscitávos	plebiscite	plebiscitemos	plebiscitad	plebisciten
	negative		no plebiscites	no plebiscite	no plebiscitemos	no plebiscitéis	no plebisciten

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

    Selected combined forms of plebiscitar

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 plebiscitar	dative	plebiscitarme	plebiscitarte	plebiscitarle, plebiscitarse	plebiscitarnos	plebiscitaros	plebiscitarles, plebiscitarse
	accusative	plebiscitarme	plebiscitarte	plebiscitarlo, plebiscitarla, plebiscitarse	plebiscitarnos	plebiscitaros	plebiscitarlos, plebiscitarlas, plebiscitarse
with gerund plebiscitando	dative	plebiscitándome	plebiscitándote	plebiscitándole, plebiscitándose	plebiscitándonos	plebiscitándoos	plebiscitándoles, plebiscitándose
	accusative	plebiscitándome	plebiscitándote	plebiscitándolo, plebiscitándola, plebiscitándose	plebiscitándonos	plebiscitándoos	plebiscitándolos, plebiscitándolas, plebiscitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative plebiscita	dative	plebiscítame	plebiscítate	plebiscítale	plebiscítanos	not used	plebiscítales
	accusative	plebiscítame	plebiscítate	plebiscítalo, plebiscítala	plebiscítanos	not used	plebiscítalos, plebiscítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative plebiscitá	dative	plebiscitame	plebiscitate	plebiscitale	plebiscitanos	not used	plebiscitales
	accusative	plebiscitame	plebiscitate	plebiscitalo, plebiscitala	plebiscitanos	not used	plebiscitalos, plebiscitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative plebiscite	dative	plebiscíteme	not used	plebiscítele, plebiscítese	plebiscítenos	not used	plebiscíteles
	accusative	plebiscíteme	not used	plebiscítelo, plebiscítela, plebiscítese	plebiscítenos	not used	plebiscítelos, plebiscítelas
with first-person plural imperative plebiscitemos	dative	not used	plebiscitémoste	plebiscitémosle	plebiscitémonos	plebiscitémoos	plebiscitémosles
	accusative	not used	plebiscitémoste	plebiscitémoslo, plebiscitémosla	plebiscitémonos	plebiscitémoos	plebiscitémoslos, plebiscitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative plebiscitad	dative	plebiscitadme	not used	plebiscitadle	plebiscitadnos	plebiscitaos	plebiscitadles
	accusative	plebiscitadme	not used	plebiscitadlo, plebiscitadla	plebiscitadnos	plebiscitaos	plebiscitadlos, plebiscitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative plebisciten	dative	plebiscítenme	not used	plebiscítenle	plebiscítennos	not used	plebiscítenles, plebiscítense
	accusative	plebiscítenme	not used	plebiscítenlo, plebiscítenla	plebiscítennos	not used	plebiscítenlos, plebiscítenlas, plebiscítense

Related terms

• plebe
• plebeyo
• plebiscitario
• plebiscito

Further reading

• “plebiscitar”, 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