protestar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin prōtestor (“I testify; I protest”).
Verb
protestar (first-person singular present protesto, first-person singular preterite protestí, past participle protestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ (ambitransitive)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- protest
- protesta
- protestador
- protestament
- protestant
- protestatari
Related terms
- protestació
- protestatiu
Galician
Verb
protestar (first-person singular present protesto, first-person singular preterite protestei, past participle protestado)
- to protest
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
protestar m
- indefinite plural of protest
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōtestārī (“to protest; to testify”), from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾo.tesˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾo.tesˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾo.teʃˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾo.teʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.tesˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.tɨʃˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.tɨʃˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: pro‧tes‧tar
Verb
protestar (first-person singular present protesto, first-person singular preterite protestei, past participle protestado)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- protestação
- protestado
- protestador
- protestante
- protestantismo
- protestantizar
- protestatário
- protestativo
- protestatório
- protesto
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōtestārī (“to protest; to testify”), from prō + testor, from testis (“witness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾotesˈtaɾ/ [pɾo.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pro‧tes‧tar
Verb
protestar (first-person singular present protesto, first-person singular preterite protesté, past participle protestado)
- to protest
Conjugation
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 protestar | dative | protestarme | protestarte | protestarle, protestarse | protestarnos | protestaros | protestarles, protestarse |
| accusative | protestarme | protestarte | protestarlo, protestarla, protestarse | protestarnos | protestaros | protestarlos, protestarlas, protestarse | |
| with gerund protestando | dative | protestándome | protestándote | protestándole, protestándose | protestándonos | protestándoos | protestándoles, protestándose |
| accusative | protestándome | protestándote | protestándolo, protestándola, protestándose | protestándonos | protestándoos | protestándolos, protestándolas, protestándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative protesta | dative | protéstame | protéstate | protéstale | protéstanos | not used | protéstales |
| accusative | protéstame | protéstate | protéstalo, protéstala | protéstanos | not used | protéstalos, protéstalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative protestá | dative | protestame | protestate | protestale | protestanos | not used | protestales |
| accusative | protestame | protestate | protestalo, protestala | protestanos | not used | protestalos, protestalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative proteste | dative | protésteme | not used | protéstele, protéstese | protéstenos | not used | protésteles |
| accusative | protésteme | not used | protéstelo, protéstela, protéstese | protéstenos | not used | protéstelos, protéstelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative protestemos | dative | not used | protestémoste | protestémosle | protestémonos | protestémoos | protestémosles |
| accusative | not used | protestémoste | protestémoslo, protestémosla | protestémonos | protestémoos | protestémoslos, protestémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative protestad | dative | protestadme | not used | protestadle | protestadnos | protestaos | protestadles |
| accusative | protestadme | not used | protestadlo, protestadla | protestadnos | protestaos | protestadlos, protestadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative protesten | dative | protéstenme | not used | protéstenle | protéstennos | not used | protéstenles, protéstense |
| accusative | protéstenme | not used | protéstenlo, protéstenla | protéstennos | not used | protéstenlos, protéstenlas, protéstense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “protestar”, 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