predicar
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== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pɾə.ðiˈka]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðiˈkaɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [pɾe.ðiˈka]
Homophone: predicà
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquí, past participle predicat)
(ambitransitive) to preach
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“predicar”, 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
“predicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“predicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “predicar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
== Galician ==
=== Alternative forms ===
padricar, pedricar
=== Etymology ===
Attested since the 13th century. Learned borrowing from Latin praedicāre. Doublet of pregar.
=== Verb ===
predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquei, past participle predicado)
to preach
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “predicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “predicar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “predicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “predicar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “predicar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
=== Further reading ===
“predicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“predicar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
== Ido ==
=== Etymology ===
From pre- + dicar, a calque of English predict, French prédire, German vorhersagen, Italian predire, Russian предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ), Spanish predecir. Not to be confused with predikar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /prediˈt͡sar/
=== Verb ===
predicar (present predicas, past predicis, future predicos, conditional predicus, imperative predicez)
(transitive) to predict, prophesy, foretell
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
predicanta (“prophetic”)
=== See also ===
augurar
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: pre‧di‧car
=== Verb ===
predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquei, past participle predicado)
to promote a concept or idea
(logic) to predicate (state or assert)
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“predicar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“predicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pɾediˈkaɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞iˈkaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: pre‧di‧car
=== Verb ===
predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediqué, past participle predicado)
(transitive) to preach
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“predicar”, 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