proposar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin propōnere, altered based on Catalan posar, as though it comes from pro- +‎ posar. Compare French proposer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.puˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.poˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.poˈzaɾ]

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• Homophone: proposà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

proposar (first-person singular present proposo, first-person singular preterite proposí, past participle proposat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive, pronominal) to propose

Conjugation

    Conjugation of proposar (first conjugation)

infinitive			proposar
gerund			proposant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		proposat		proposada
		plural		proposats		proposades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	proposo	proposes	proposa	proposem	proposeu	proposen
	imperfect	proposava	proposaves	proposava	proposàvem	proposàveu	proposaven
	future	proposaré	proposaràs	proposarà	proposarem	proposareu	proposaran
	preterite	proposí	proposares	proposà	proposàrem	proposàreu	proposaren
	conditional	proposaria	proposaries	proposaria	proposaríem	proposaríeu	proposarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	proposi	proposis	proposi	proposem	proposeu	proposin
	imperfect	proposés	proposessis	proposés	proposéssim	proposéssiu	proposessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	proposa	proposi	proposem	proposeu	proposin
	negative (no)	—	no proposis	no proposi	no proposem	no proposeu	no proposin

Related terms

• proposador
• proposant
• proposició
• propòsit
• proposta

Further reading

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