precipitar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English precipitate, French précipiter, Italian precipitare, Spanish precipitar. The reflexive sense “to hurry” derives from French, Spanish and English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pre.t͡si.piˈtar/

Noun

precipitar (present precipitas, past precipitis, future precipitos, conditional precipitus, imperative precipitez)

1. (transitive) to cause to fall, to drop
2. (reflexive) to hurry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of precipitar

		present		past		future
infinitive		precipitar		precipitir		precipitor
tense		precipitas		precipitis		precipitos
conditional		precipitus
imperative		precipitez
adjective active participle		precipitanta		precipitinta		precipitonta
adverbial active participle		precipitante		precipitinte		precipitonte
nominal active participle	singular	precipitanto		precipitinto		precipitonto
	plural	precipitanti		precipitinti		precipitonti
adjective passive participle		precipitata		precipitita		precipitota
adverbial passive participle		precipitate		precipitite		precipitote
nominal passive participle	singular	precipitato		precipitito		precipitoto
	plural	precipitati		precipititi		precipitoti

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praecipitō (“I cast down, throw headlong”).

Verb

precipitar (first-person singular present indicative precipito, past participle precipitado)

1. to precipitate (all senses)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb precipitar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	precipitar
Personal	precipitar	precipitares	precipitar	precipitarmos	precipitardes	precipitarem
Gerund
	precipitando
Past participle
Masculine	precipitado			precipitados
Feminine	precipitada			precipitadas
Indicative
Present	precipito	precipitas	precipita	precipitamos	precipitais	precipitam
Imperfect	precipitava	precipitavas	precipitava	precipitávamos	precipitáveis	precipitavam
Preterite	precipitei	precipitaste	precipitou	precipitamos precipitámos	precipitastes	precipitaram
Pluperfect	precipitara	precipitaras	precipitara	precipitáramos	precipitáreis	precipitaram
Future	precipitarei	precipitarás	precipitará	precipitaremos	precipitareis	precipitarão
Conditional
	precipitaria	precipitarias	precipitaria	precipitaríamos	precipitaríeis	precipitariam
Subjunctive
Present	precipite	precipites	precipite	precipitemos	precipiteis	precipitem
Imperfect	precipitasse	precipitasses	precipitasse	precipitássemos	precipitásseis	precipitassem
Future	precipitar	precipitares	precipitar	precipitarmos	precipitardes	precipitarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	precipita	precipite	precipitemos	precipitai	precipitem
Negative (não)	-	precipites	precipite	precipitemos	precipiteis	precipitem

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin praecipitāre, present active infinitive of praecipitō (“to cast down, to throw headlong”).

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /pɾeθipiˈtaɾ/, [pɾe.θi.pi.ˈt̪aɾ]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /pɾesipiˈtaɾ/, [pɾe.si.pi.ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipité, past participle precipitado)

1. to precipitate
2. (reflexive) to rush in, to rush into, to jump the gun

Conjugation

    Conjugation of precipitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			precipitar
gerund			precipitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		precipitado		precipitada
		plural		precipitados		precipitadas
		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	precipito	precipitastú precipitásvos	precipita	precipitamos	precipitáis	precipitan
	imperfect	precipitaba	precipitabas	precipitaba	precipitábamos	precipitabais	precipitaban
	preterite	precipité	precipitaste	precipitó	precipitamos	precipitasteis	precipitaron
	future	precipitaré	precipitarás	precipitará	precipitaremos	precipitaréis	precipitarán
	conditional	precipitaría	precipitarías	precipitaría	precipitaríamos	precipitaríais	precipitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	precipite	precipitestú precipitésvos2	precipite	precipitemos	precipitéis	precipiten
	imperfect (ra)	precipitara	precipitaras	precipitara	precipitáramos	precipitarais	precipitaran
	imperfect (se)	precipitase	precipitases	precipitase	precipitásemos	precipitaseis	precipitasen
	future1	precipitare	precipitares	precipitare	precipitáremos	precipitareis	precipitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		precipitatú precipitávos	precipite	precipitemos	precipitad	precipiten
	negative		no precipites	no precipite	no precipitemos	no precipitéis	no precipiten

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

    Selected combined forms of precipitar^{edit data}

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 precipitar
	dative	precipitarme	precipitarte	precipitarle, precipitarse	precipitarnos	precipitaros	precipitarles, precipitarse
	accusative	precipitarme	precipitarte	precipitarlo, precipitarla, precipitarse	precipitarnos	precipitaros	precipitarlos, precipitarlas, precipitarse
with gerund precipitando
	dative	precipitándome	precipitándote	precipitándole, precipitándose	precipitándonos	precipitándoos	precipitándoles, precipitándose
	accusative	precipitándome	precipitándote	precipitándolo, precipitándola, precipitándose	precipitándonos	precipitándoos	precipitándolos, precipitándolas, precipitándose
with informal second-person singular imperative precipita
	dative	precipítame	precipítate	precipítale	precipítanos	not used	precipítales
	accusative	precipítame	precipítate	precipítalo, precipítala	precipítanos	not used	precipítalos, precipítalas
with formal second-person singular imperative precipite
	dative	precipíteme	not used	precipítele, precipítese	precipítenos	not used	precipíteles
	accusative	precipíteme	not used	precipítelo, precipítela, precipítese	precipítenos	not used	precipítelos, precipítelas
with first-person plural imperative precipitemos
	dative	not used	precipitémoste	precipitémosle	precipitémonos	precipitémoos	precipitémosles
	accusative	not used	precipitémoste	precipitémoslo, precipitémosla	precipitémonos	precipitémoos	precipitémoslos, precipitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative precipitad
	dative	precipitadme	not used	precipitadle	precipitadnos	precipitaos	precipitadles
	accusative	precipitadme	not used	precipitadlo, precipitadla	precipitadnos	precipitaos	precipitadlos, precipitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative precipiten
	dative	precipítenme	not used	precipítenle	precipítennos	not used	precipítenles, precipítense
	accusative	precipítenme	not used	precipítenlo, precipítenla	precipítennos	not used	precipítenlos, precipítenlas, precipítense

Derived terms

• vaso de precipitados

 

Related terms

• precipitación