propiciar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin propitiāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pɾu.pi.siˈa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.pi.siˈa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.pi.siˈaɾ]
- Homophone: propicià
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propicií, past participle propiciat)
- (transitive) to propitiate
Conjugation
Conjugation of propiciar (first conjugation)
Further reading
- “propiciar”, 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
- “propiciar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “propiciar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “propiciar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin propitiāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ʁ)/ [pɾo.piˈsja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ɾ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ʁ)/ [pɾo.piˈsja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.pi.siˈa(ɻ)/ [pɾo.pi.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾo.piˈsja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.piˈsjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.piˈsja.ɾi/
Verb
propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propiciei, past participle propiciado)
- (transitive) to bring about, enable
- (transitive) to propitiate, appease
- Synonym: aplacar
Conjugation
Conjugation of propiciar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “propiciar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “propiciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin propitiāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾopiˈθjaɾ/ [pɾo.piˈθjaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /pɾopiˈsjaɾ/ [pɾo.piˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pro‧pi‧ciar
Verb
propiciar (first-person singular present propicio, first-person singular preterite propicié, past participle propiciado)
- (transitive) to bring about, enable
- Synonym: favorecer
- 1900, José Enrique Rodó, Ariel, chapter VI:
- La misma fuerza positiva aparece propiciando las mayores idealidades de la civilización. El oro acumulado por el mercantilismo de las repúblicas italianas «pagó — según Saint-Victor — los gastos del Renacimiento».
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive, rare) to propitiate, appease
Conjugation
Conjugation of propiciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of propiciar
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 propiciar | dative | propiciarme | propiciarte | propiciarle, propiciarse | propiciarnos | propiciaros | propiciarles, propiciarse |
| accusative | propiciarme | propiciarte | propiciarlo, propiciarla, propiciarse | propiciarnos | propiciaros | propiciarlos, propiciarlas, propiciarse | |
| with gerund propiciando | dative | propiciándome | propiciándote | propiciándole, propiciándose | propiciándonos | propiciándoos | propiciándoles, propiciándose |
| accusative | propiciándome | propiciándote | propiciándolo, propiciándola, propiciándose | propiciándonos | propiciándoos | propiciándolos, propiciándolas, propiciándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative propicia | dative | propíciame | propíciate | propíciale | propícianos | not used | propíciales |
| accusative | propíciame | propíciate | propícialo, propíciala | propícianos | not used | propícialos, propícialas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative propiciá | dative | propiciame | propiciate | propiciale | propicianos | not used | propiciales |
| accusative | propiciame | propiciate | propicialo, propiciala | propicianos | not used | propicialos, propicialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative propicie | dative | propícieme | not used | propíciele, propíciese | propícienos | not used | propícieles |
| accusative | propícieme | not used | propícielo, propíciela, propíciese | propícienos | not used | propícielos, propícielas | |
| with first-person plural imperative propiciemos | dative | not used | propiciémoste | propiciémosle | propiciémonos | propiciémoos | propiciémosles |
| accusative | not used | propiciémoste | propiciémoslo, propiciémosla | propiciémonos | propiciémoos | propiciémoslos, propiciémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative propiciad | dative | propiciadme | not used | propiciadle | propiciadnos | propiciaos | propiciadles |
| accusative | propiciadme | not used | propiciadlo, propiciadla | propiciadnos | propiciaos | propiciadlos, propiciadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative propicien | dative | propícienme | not used | propícienle | propíciennos | not used | propícienles, propíciense |
| accusative | propícienme | not used | propícienlo, propícienla | propíciennos | not used | propícienlos, propícienlas, propíciense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “propiciar”, 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