licitar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin licitārī, from licitus (“allowed, permissible”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.siˈta(ʁ)/ [li.siˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.siˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.siˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.siˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: li‧ci‧tar

Verb

licitar (first-person singular present licito, first-person singular preterite licitei, past participle licitado)

1. to bid
2. to auction

Conjugation

    Conjugation of licitar (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	licitar
Personal	licitar	licitares	licitar	licitarmos	licitardes	licitarem
Gerund
	licitando
Past participle
Masculine	licitado			licitados
Feminine	licitada			licitadas
Indicative
Present	licito	licitas	licita	licitamos	licitais	licitam
Imperfect	licitava	licitavas	licitava	licitávamos	licitáveis	licitavam
Preterite	licitei	licitaste	licitou	licitamos1, licitámos2	licitastes	licitaram
Pluperfect	licitara	licitaras	licitara	licitáramos	licitáreis	licitaram
Future	licitarei	licitarás	licitará	licitaremos	licitareis	licitarão
Conditional	licitaria	licitarias	licitaria	licitaríamos	licitaríeis	licitariam
Subjunctive
Present	licite	licites	licite	licitemos	liciteis	licitem
Imperfect	licitasse	licitasses	licitasse	licitássemos	licitásseis	licitassem
Future	licitar	licitares	licitar	licitarmos	licitardes	licitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		licita	licite	licitemos	licitai	licitem
Negative (não)		não licites	não licite	não licitemos	não liciteis	não licitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:licitar.

Further reading

• “licitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin licitārī, from licitus (“allowed, permissible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /liθiˈtaɾ/ [li.θiˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /lisiˈtaɾ/ [li.siˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧ci‧tar

Verb

licitar (first-person singular present licito, first-person singular preterite licité, past participle licitado)

1. to bid

Conjugation

    Conjugation of licitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			licitar
gerund			licitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		licitado		licitada
		plural		licitados		licitadas
		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	licito	licitastú licitásvos	licita	licitamos	licitáis	licitan
	imperfect	licitaba	licitabas	licitaba	licitábamos	licitabais	licitaban
	preterite	licité	licitaste	licitó	licitamos	licitasteis	licitaron
	future	licitaré	licitarás	licitará	licitaremos	licitaréis	licitarán
	conditional	licitaría	licitarías	licitaría	licitaríamos	licitaríais	licitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	licite	licitestú licitésvos2	licite	licitemos	licitéis	liciten
	imperfect (ra)	licitara	licitaras	licitara	licitáramos	licitarais	licitaran
	imperfect (se)	licitase	licitases	licitase	licitásemos	licitaseis	licitasen
	future1	licitare	licitares	licitare	licitáremos	licitareis	licitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		licitatú licitávos	licite	licitemos	licitad	liciten
	negative		no licites	no licite	no licitemos	no licitéis	no liciten

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

    Selected combined forms of licitar

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 licitar
	dative	licitarme	licitarte	licitarle, licitarse	licitarnos	licitaros	licitarles, licitarse
	accusative	licitarme	licitarte	licitarlo, licitarla, licitarse	licitarnos	licitaros	licitarlos, licitarlas, licitarse
with gerund licitando
	dative	licitándome	licitándote	licitándole, licitándose	licitándonos	licitándoos	licitándoles, licitándose
	accusative	licitándome	licitándote	licitándolo, licitándola, licitándose	licitándonos	licitándoos	licitándolos, licitándolas, licitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative licita
	dative	licítame	licítate	licítale	licítanos	not used	licítales
	accusative	licítame	licítate	licítalo, licítala	licítanos	not used	licítalos, licítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative licitá
	dative	licitame	licitate	licitale	licitanos	not used	licitales
	accusative	licitame	licitate	licitalo, licitala	licitanos	not used	licitalos, licitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative licite
	dative	licíteme	not used	licítele, licítese	licítenos	not used	licíteles
	accusative	licíteme	not used	licítelo, licítela, licítese	licítenos	not used	licítelos, licítelas
with first-person plural imperative licitemos
	dative	not used	licitémoste	licitémosle	licitémonos	licitémoos	licitémosles
	accusative	not used	licitémoste	licitémoslo, licitémosla	licitémonos	licitémoos	licitémoslos, licitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative licitad
	dative	licitadme	not used	licitadle	licitadnos	licitaos	licitadles
	accusative	licitadme	not used	licitadlo, licitadla	licitadnos	licitaos	licitadlos, licitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative liciten
	dative	licítenme	not used	licítenle	licítennos	not used	licítenles, licítense
	accusative	licítenme	not used	licítenlo, licítenla	licítennos	not used	licítenlos, licítenlas, licítense

Related terms

• licitación
• licitador / licitante

Further reading

• “licitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28