participar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin participāre, present active infinitive of participō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾtiθiˈpaɾ/, [paɾ.t̪i.θiˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: par‧ti‧ci‧par

Verb

participar (first-person singular indicative present participo, past participle participáu)

1. (intransitive) to participate (to join in, to take part, to involve oneself)

Conjugation

Conjugation of participar

infinitive		participar
gerund		participando
past participle		m participáu, f participada, n participao, m pl participaos, f pl participaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	participo	participes	participa	participamos	participáis	participen
	imperfect	participaba	participabes	participaba	participábemos, participábamos	participabeis, participabais	participaben
	preterite	participé	participasti, participesti	participó	participemos	participastis, participestis	participaron
	pluperfect	participare, participara	participares, participaras	participare, participara	participáremos, participáramos	participareis, participarais	participaren, participaran
	future	participaré	participarás	participará	participaremos	participaréis	participarán
	conditional	participaría	participaríes	participaría	participaríemos, participaríamos	participaríeis, participaríais	participaríen
subjunctive	present	participe	participes, participas	participe	participemos	participéis	participen, participan
	imperfect	participare, participara	participares, participaras	participare, participara	participáremos, participáramos	participareis, participarais	participaren, participaran
imperative		—	participa	—	—	participái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin participāre. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.ti.siˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paɾ.ti.siˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

participar (first-person singular present participo, first-person singular preterite participí, past participle participat)

1. to participate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of participar (first conjugation)

infinitive			participar
gerund			participant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		participat		participada
		plural		participats		participades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	participo	participes	participa	participem	participeu	participen
	imperfect	participava	participaves	participava	participàvem	participàveu	participaven
	future	participaré	participaràs	participarà	participarem	participareu	participaran
	preterite	participí	participares	participà	participàrem	participàreu	participaren
	conditional	participaria	participaries	participaria	participaríem	participaríeu	participarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	participi	participis	participi	participem	participeu	participin
	imperfect	participés	participessis	participés	participéssim	participéssiu	participessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	participa	participi	participem	participeu	participin
	negative (no)	—	no participis	no participi	no participem	no participeu	no participin

Related terms

• participació
• participant

See also

• col·laborar
• ajudar

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin participāre, present active infinitive of participō.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paɾtiθiˈpaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪i.θiˈpaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /paɾtiθiˈpaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪i.θiˈpaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /paɾtisiˈpaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪i.siˈpaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: par‧ti‧ci‧par

Verb

participar (first-person singular present participo, first-person singular preterite participei, past participle participado)

1. to participate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of participar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	participar
Personal	participar	participares	participar	participarmos	participardes	participaren
Gerund
	participando
Past participle
Masculine	participado			participados
Feminine	participada			participadas
Indicative
Present	participo	participas	participa	participamos	participades	participan
Imperfect	participaba	participabas	participaba	participabamos	participabades	participaban
Preterite	participei	participaches	participou	participamos	participastes	participaron
Pluperfect	participara	participaras	participara	participaramos	participarades	participaran
Future	participarei	participarás	participará	participaremos	participaredes	participarán
Conditional	participaría	participarías	participaría	participariamos	participariades	participarían
Subjunctive
Present	participe	participes	participe	participemos	participedes	participen
Imperfect	participase	participases	participase	participásemos	participásedes	participasen
Future	participar	participares	participar	participarmos	participardes	participaren
Imperative
Affirmative		participa	participe	participemos	participade	participen
Negative (non)		non participes	non participe	non participemos	non participedes	non participen

    Reintegrated conjugation of participar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	participar
Personal	participar	participares	participar	participarmos	participardes	participarem
Gerund
	participando
Past participle
Masculine	participado			participados
Feminine	participada			participadas
Indicative
Present	participo	participas	participa	participamos	participades, participais	participam
Imperfect	participava	participavas	participava	participávamos	participávades, participáveis, participávais1	participavam
Preterite	participei	participaste, participache1	participou	participamos	participastes	participárom, participaram
Pluperfect	participara	participaras	participara	participáramos	participárades, participáreis, participárais1	participaram
Future	participarei	participarás	participará	participaremos	participaredes, participareis	participarám, participarão
Conditional	participaria	participarias	participaria	participaríamos	participaríades, participaríeis, participaríais1	participariam
Subjunctive
Present	participe	participes	participe	participemos	participedes, participeis	participem
Imperfect	participasse	participasses	participasse	participássemos	participássedes, participásseis	participassem
Future	participar	participares	participar	participarmos	participardes	participarem
Imperative
Affirmative		participa	participe	participemos	participade, participai	participem
Negative (nom)		nom participes	nom participe	nom participemos	nom participedes, nom participeis	nom participem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• participación
• participante

Further reading

• “participar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “participar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin participāre, present active infinitive of participō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

participar

1. to participate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		participar			aver participat
gerund		participant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		participat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	participi	participas	participa	participam	participatz	participan
	imperfect	participavi	participavas	participava	participàvem	participàvetz	participavan
	preterite	participèri	participères	participèt	participèrem	participèretz	participèron
	future	participarai	participaràs	participarà	participarem	participaretz	participaràn
	conditional	participariái	participariás	participariá	participariam	participariatz	participarián
	conditional 2nd form1	participèra	participèras	participèra	participeram	participeratz	participèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	participe	participes	participe	participem	participetz	participen
	imperfect	participèssi	participèsses	participèsse	participèssem	participèssetz	participèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			participa		participem	participatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		participar			aver participat
gerund		participant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		participat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	participe	participes	participa	participam	participatz	participon
	imperfect	participave	participaves	participava	participaviam	participaviatz	participavon
	preterite	participere	participeres	participet	participem	participetz	participeron
	future	participarai	participaràs	participará	participarem	participaretz	participarán
	conditional	participariá	participariás	participariá	participariam	participariatz	participarián
	conditional 2nd form1	participèra	participèras	participèra	participeram	participeratz	participèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	participe	participes	participe	participassiam	participassiatz	participon
	imperfect	participesse	participesses	participesse	participessiam	participessiatz	participesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			participa		participassiam	participatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		participar			aver participat
gerund		participant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		participat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	participi	participas	participa	participam	participatz	participan
	imperfect	participavi	participavas	participava	participàvam	participàvatz	participavan
	preterite	participèi	participès	participè	participèm	participètz	participèn
	future	participarèi	participaràs	participarà	participaram	participaratz	participaràn
	conditional	participarí	participarés	participaré	participarem	participaretz	participarén
	conditional 2nd form1	participèra	participèras	participèra	participeram	participeratz	participèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	participi	participes	participe	participem	participetz	participen
	imperfect	participèssi	participèsses	participèsse	participèssem	participèssetz	participèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			participa		participem	participatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		participar			aver participat
gerund		participant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		participat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	participe	participas	participa	participam	participatz	participan
	imperfect	participava	participavas	participava	participàvam	participàvatz	participavan
	preterite	participei	participeras	participet	participèram	participèratz	participeran
	future	participarai	participaràs	participará	participarem	participaretz	participarán
	conditional	participariá	participariàs	participariá	participariam	participariatz	participarián
	conditional 2nd form1	participèra	participèras	participèra	participeram	participeratz	participèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	participe	participes	participe	participem	participetz	participen
	imperfect	participèsse	participèsses	participèsse	participèssem	participèssetz	participèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			participa		participem	participatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		participar			aver participat
gerund		participant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		participat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	participe	participes	participa	participam	participatz	participan
	imperfect	participavi	participavas	participava	participàvem	participàvetz	participavan
	preterite	participère	participères	participèt	participeriam	participeriatz	participèron
	future	participarai	participaràs	participarà	participarem	participaretz	participaràn
	conditional	participariáu	participariás	participariá	participariam	participariatz	participarián
	conditional 2nd form1	participèra	participèras	participèra	participeram	participeratz	participèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	participe	participes	participe	participem	participetz	participan
	imperfect	participèsse	participèsses	participèsse	participessiam	participessiatz	participèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			participa		participem	participatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• participacion
• participant

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin participāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.t͡ʃi.siˈpa(ʁ)/ [pah.t͡ʃi.siˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁ.t͡ʃi.siˈpa(ʁ)/ [pah.t͡ʃi.siˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾ.t͡ʃi.siˈpa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁ.t͡ʃi.siˈpa(ʁ)/ [paχ.t͡ʃi.siˈpa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /paɻ.t͡ʃi.siˈpa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.ti.siˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.ti.siˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾ.ti.siˈpa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: par‧ti‧ci‧par

Verb

participar (first-person singular present participo, first-person singular preterite participei, past participle participado)

1. to take part, to participate
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 278:

     Se quiser participar, assine abaixo, por favor.

     If you want to participate, sign below, please.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of participar (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	participar
Personal	participar	participares	participar	participarmos	participardes	participarem
Gerund
	participando
Past participle
Masculine	participado			participados
Feminine	participada			participadas
Indicative
Present	participo	participas	participa	participamos	participais	participam
Imperfect	participava	participavas	participava	participávamos	participáveis	participavam
Preterite	participei	participaste	participou	participamos1, participámos2	participastes	participaram
Pluperfect	participara	participaras	participara	participáramos	participáreis	participaram
Future	participarei	participarás	participará	participaremos	participareis	participarão
Conditional	participaria	participarias	participaria	participaríamos	participaríeis	participariam
Subjunctive
Present	participe	participes	participe	participemos	participeis	participem
Imperfect	participasse	participasses	participasse	participássemos	participásseis	participassem
Future	participar	participares	participar	participarmos	participardes	participarem
Imperative
Affirmative		participa	participe	participemos	participai	participem
Negative (não)		não participes	não participe	não participemos	não participeis	não participem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:participar.

Related terms

• participação
• participante

Descendants

• Hunsrik: partisipeere

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin participāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /paɾtiθiˈpaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪i.θiˈpaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /paɾtisiˈpaɾ/ [paɾ.t̪i.siˈpaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: par‧ti‧ci‧par

Verb

participar (first-person singular present participo, first-person singular preterite participé, past participle participado)

1. to participate, to take part, to partake

Usage notes

• Where English uses [to] participate in, Spanish uses participar en (as opposed to, e.g., participar *de).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of participar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			participar
gerund			participando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		participado		participada
		plural		participados		participadas
		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	participo	participastú participásvos	participa	participamos	participáis	participan
	imperfect	participaba	participabas	participaba	participábamos	participabais	participaban
	preterite	participé	participaste	participó	participamos	participasteis	participaron
	future	participaré	participarás	participará	participaremos	participaréis	participarán
	conditional	participaría	participarías	participaría	participaríamos	participaríais	participarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	participe	participestú participésvos2	participe	participemos	participéis	participen
	imperfect (ra)	participara	participaras	participara	participáramos	participarais	participaran
	imperfect (se)	participase	participases	participase	participásemos	participaseis	participasen
	future1	participare	participares	participare	participáremos	participareis	participaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		participatú participávos	participe	participemos	participad	participen
	negative		no participes	no participe	no participemos	no participéis	no participen

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

    Selected combined forms of participar

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 participar
	dative	participarme	participarte	participarle, participarse	participarnos	participaros	participarles, participarse
	accusative	participarme	participarte	participarlo, participarla, participarse	participarnos	participaros	participarlos, participarlas, participarse
with gerund participando
	dative	participándome	participándote	participándole, participándose	participándonos	participándoos	participándoles, participándose
	accusative	participándome	participándote	participándolo, participándola, participándose	participándonos	participándoos	participándolos, participándolas, participándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative participa
	dative	particípame	particípate	particípale	particípanos	not used	particípales
	accusative	particípame	particípate	particípalo, particípala	particípanos	not used	particípalos, particípalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative participá
	dative	participame	participate	participale	participanos	not used	participales
	accusative	participame	participate	participalo, participala	participanos	not used	participalos, participalas
with formal second-person singular imperative participe
	dative	particípeme	not used	particípele, particípese	particípenos	not used	particípeles
	accusative	particípeme	not used	particípelo, particípela, particípese	particípenos	not used	particípelos, particípelas
with first-person plural imperative participemos
	dative	not used	participémoste	participémosle	participémonos	participémoos	participémosles
	accusative	not used	participémoste	participémoslo, participémosla	participémonos	participémoos	participémoslos, participémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative participad
	dative	participadme	not used	participadle	participadnos	participaos	participadles
	accusative	participadme	not used	participadlo, participadla	participadnos	participaos	participadlos, participadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative participen
	dative	particípenme	not used	particípenle	particípennos	not used	particípenles, particípense
	accusative	particípenme	not used	particípenlo, particípenla	particípennos	not used	particípenlos, particípenlas, particípense

Related terms

• participación
• participante
• participio

 

Further reading

• “participar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28