precipitar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin praecipitāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pɾə.si.piˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.si.piˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [pɾe.si.piˈta] === Verb === precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipití, past participle precipitat) (transitive) to cause to fall, to throw down (transitive) to hasten, to precipitate (reflexive) to get ahead of oneself; to act hastily ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== precipitació === Further reading === “precipitar”, 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 “precipitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “precipitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “precipitar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == 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/ === Verb === precipitar (present precipitas, past precipitis, future precipitos, conditional precipitus, imperative precipitez) (transitive) to cause to fall, to drop (reflexive) to hurry ==== Conjugation ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin praecipitāre (“to cast down, to throw headlong”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: pre‧ci‧pi‧tar === Verb === precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipitei, past participle precipitado) to precipitate (all senses) (reflexive) to get ahead of oneself ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== precipitação === Further reading === “precipitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “precipitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin praecipitāre (“to cast down, to throw headlong”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɾeθipiˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.θi.piˈt̪aɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /pɾesipiˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.si.piˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: pre‧ci‧pi‧tar === Verb === precipitar (first-person singular present precipito, first-person singular preterite precipité, past participle precipitado) to precipitate (reflexive) to rush in, to rush into, to jump the gun (reflexive) to plummet ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “precipitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025