predar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praedārī. This form is likely borrowed or semi-learned; compare the doublet prear (“arrest; seize; grab; take; imprison”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾeˈda(ʁ)/ [pɾeˈda(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈdaɾ/ [pɾɨˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈdaɾ/ [pɾɨˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨˈda.ɾi/ [pɾɨˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: pre‧dar

Verb

predar (first-person singular present predo, first-person singular preterite predei, past participle predado)

1. to prey on (to hunt and eat prey)
2. to prey on (to exert harmful influence)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predar (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	predar
Personal	predar	predares	predar	predarmos	predardes	predarem
Gerund
	predando
Past participle
Masculine	predado			predados
Feminine	predada			predadas
Indicative
Present	predo	predas	preda	predamos	predais	predam
Imperfect	predava	predavas	predava	predávamos	predáveis	predavam
Preterite	predei	predaste	predou	predamos1, predámos2	predastes	predaram
Pluperfect	predara	predaras	predara	predáramos	predáreis	predaram
Future	predarei	predarás	predará	predaremos	predareis	predarão
Conditional	predaria	predarias	predaria	predaríamos	predaríeis	predariam
Subjunctive
Present	prede	predes	prede	predemos	predeis	predem
Imperfect	predasse	predasses	predasse	predássemos	predásseis	predassem
Future	predar	predares	predar	predarmos	predardes	predarem
Imperative
Affirmative		preda	prede	predemos	predai	predem
Negative (não)		não predes	não prede	não predemos	não predeis	não predem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• prear
• preia

Further reading

• “predar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈdaɾ/ [pɾeˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧dar

Verb

predar (first-person singular present predo, first-person singular preterite predé, past participle predado)

1. (nonstandard) alternative form of depredar
2. obsolete spelling of prear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			predar
gerund			predando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		predado		predada
		plural		predados		predadas
		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	predo	predastú predásvos	preda	predamos	predáis	predan
	imperfect	predaba	predabas	predaba	predábamos	predabais	predaban
	preterite	predé	predaste	predó	predamos	predasteis	predaron
	future	predaré	predarás	predará	predaremos	predaréis	predarán
	conditional	predaría	predarías	predaría	predaríamos	predaríais	predarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prede	predestú predésvos2	prede	predemos	predéis	preden
	imperfect (ra)	predara	predaras	predara	predáramos	predarais	predaran
	imperfect (se)	predase	predases	predase	predásemos	predaseis	predasen
	future1	predare	predares	predare	predáremos	predareis	predaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		predatú predávos	prede	predemos	predad	preden
	negative		no predes	no prede	no predemos	no predéis	no preden

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

    Selected combined forms of predar

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 predar	dative	predarme	predarte	predarle, predarse	predarnos	predaros	predarles, predarse
	accusative	predarme	predarte	predarlo, predarla, predarse	predarnos	predaros	predarlos, predarlas, predarse
with gerund predando	dative	predándome	predándote	predándole, predándose	predándonos	predándoos	predándoles, predándose
	accusative	predándome	predándote	predándolo, predándola, predándose	predándonos	predándoos	predándolos, predándolas, predándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative preda	dative	prédame	prédate	prédale	prédanos	not used	prédales
	accusative	prédame	prédate	prédalo, prédala	prédanos	not used	prédalos, prédalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative predá	dative	predame	predate	predale	predanos	not used	predales
	accusative	predame	predate	predalo, predala	predanos	not used	predalos, predalas
with formal second-person singular imperative prede	dative	prédeme	not used	prédele, prédese	prédenos	not used	prédeles
	accusative	prédeme	not used	prédelo, prédela, prédese	prédenos	not used	prédelos, prédelas
with first-person plural imperative predemos	dative	not used	predémoste	predémosle	predémonos	predémoos	predémosles
	accusative	not used	predémoste	predémoslo, predémosla	predémonos	predémoos	predémoslos, predémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative predad	dative	predadme	not used	predadle	predadnos	predaos	predadles
	accusative	predadme	not used	predadlo, predadla	predadnos	predaos	predadlos, predadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative preden	dative	prédenme	not used	prédenle	prédennos	not used	prédenles, prédense
	accusative	prédenme	not used	prédenlo, prédenla	prédennos	not used	prédenlos, prédenlas, prédense

Further reading

• “predar”, 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