depredar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēpraedārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.pɾəˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.pɾeˈðaɾ]
• Homophone: depredà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

depredar (first-person singular present depredo, first-person singular preterite depredí, past participle depredat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to prey on (to eat as prey)
2. (transitive) to pillage, to sack

Conjugation

    Conjugation of depredar (first conjugation)

infinitive			depredar
gerund			depredant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		depredat		depredada
		plural		depredats		depredades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	depredo	depredes	depreda	depredem	depredeu	depreden
	imperfect	depredava	depredaves	depredava	depredàvem	depredàveu	depredaven
	future	depredaré	depredaràs	depredarà	depredarem	depredareu	depredaran
	preterite	depredí	depredares	depredà	depredàrem	depredàreu	depredaren
	conditional	depredaria	depredaries	depredaria	depredaríem	depredaríeu	depredarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	depredi	depredis	depredi	depredem	depredeu	depredin
	imperfect	depredés	depredessis	depredés	depredéssim	depredéssiu	depredessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	depreda	depredi	depredem	depredeu	depredin
	negative (no)	—	no depredis	no depredi	no depredem	no depredeu	no depredin

Related terms

• depredador

Further reading

• “depredar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “depredar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “depredar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “depredar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēpraedārī.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

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

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

• Hyphenation: de‧pre‧dar

Verb

depredar (first-person singular present depredo, first-person singular preterite depredei, past participle depredado)

1. (transitive) to destroy, vandalize
2. (transitive) to rob

Conjugation

    Conjugation of depredar (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	depredar
Personal	depredar	depredares	depredar	depredarmos	depredardes	depredarem
Gerund
	depredando
Past participle
Masculine	depredado			depredados
Feminine	depredada			depredadas
Indicative
Present	depredo	depredas	depreda	depredamos	depredais	depredam
Imperfect	depredava	depredavas	depredava	depredávamos	depredáveis	depredavam
Preterite	depredei	depredaste	depredou	depredamos1, depredámos2	depredastes	depredaram
Pluperfect	depredara	depredaras	depredara	depredáramos	depredáreis	depredaram
Future	depredarei	depredarás	depredará	depredaremos	depredareis	depredarão
Conditional	depredaria	depredarias	depredaria	depredaríamos	depredaríeis	depredariam
Subjunctive
Present	deprede	depredes	deprede	depredemos	depredeis	depredem
Imperfect	depredasse	depredasses	depredasse	depredássemos	depredásseis	depredassem
Future	depredar	depredares	depredar	depredarmos	depredardes	depredarem
Imperative
Affirmative		depreda	deprede	depredemos	depredai	depredem
Negative (não)		não depredes	não deprede	não depredemos	não depredeis	não depredem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēpraedārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /depɾeˈdaɾ/ [d̪e.pɾeˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧pre‧dar

Verb

depredar (first-person singular present depredo, first-person singular preterite depredé, past participle depredado)

1. (transitive) to prey on
2. (transitive) to pillage, sack

Conjugation

    Conjugation of depredar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			depredar
gerund			depredando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		depredado		depredada
		plural		depredados		depredadas
		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	depredo	depredastú depredásvos	depreda	depredamos	depredáis	depredan
	imperfect	depredaba	depredabas	depredaba	depredábamos	depredabais	depredaban
	preterite	depredé	depredaste	depredó	depredamos	depredasteis	depredaron
	future	depredaré	depredarás	depredará	depredaremos	depredaréis	depredarán
	conditional	depredaría	depredarías	depredaría	depredaríamos	depredaríais	depredarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deprede	depredestú depredésvos2	deprede	depredemos	depredéis	depreden
	imperfect (ra)	depredara	depredaras	depredara	depredáramos	depredarais	depredaran
	imperfect (se)	depredase	depredases	depredase	depredásemos	depredaseis	depredasen
	future1	depredare	depredares	depredare	depredáremos	depredareis	depredaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		depredatú depredávos	deprede	depredemos	depredad	depreden
	negative		no depredes	no deprede	no depredemos	no depredéis	no depreden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of depredar

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 depredar
	dative	depredarme	depredarte	depredarle, depredarse	depredarnos	depredaros	depredarles, depredarse
	accusative	depredarme	depredarte	depredarlo, depredarla, depredarse	depredarnos	depredaros	depredarlos, depredarlas, depredarse
with gerund depredando
	dative	depredándome	depredándote	depredándole, depredándose	depredándonos	depredándoos	depredándoles, depredándose
	accusative	depredándome	depredándote	depredándolo, depredándola, depredándose	depredándonos	depredándoos	depredándolos, depredándolas, depredándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative depreda
	dative	deprédame	deprédate	deprédale	deprédanos	not used	deprédales
	accusative	deprédame	deprédate	deprédalo, deprédala	deprédanos	not used	deprédalos, deprédalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative depredá
	dative	depredame	depredate	depredale	depredanos	not used	depredales
	accusative	depredame	depredate	depredalo, depredala	depredanos	not used	depredalos, depredalas
with formal second-person singular imperative deprede
	dative	deprédeme	not used	deprédele, deprédese	deprédenos	not used	deprédeles
	accusative	deprédeme	not used	deprédelo, deprédela, deprédese	deprédenos	not used	deprédelos, deprédelas
with first-person plural imperative depredemos
	dative	not used	depredémoste	depredémosle	depredémonos	depredémoos	depredémosles
	accusative	not used	depredémoste	depredémoslo, depredémosla	depredémonos	depredémoos	depredémoslos, depredémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative depredad
	dative	depredadme	not used	depredadle	depredadnos	depredaos	depredadles
	accusative	depredadme	not used	depredadlo, depredadla	depredadnos	depredaos	depredadlos, depredadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative depreden
	dative	deprédenme	not used	deprédenle	deprédennos	not used	deprédenles, deprédense
	accusative	deprédenme	not used	deprédenlo, deprédenla	deprédennos	not used	deprédenlos, deprédenlas, deprédense

Related terms

• depredación
• depredador
• predar

 

Further reading

• “depredar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014