# detestar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin detestārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.təsˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.tesˈtaɾ]

### Verb

detestar (first-person singular present detesto, first-person singular preterite detestí, past participle detestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to detest

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | detestar | detestar | detestar | detestar | detestar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | detestant | detestant | detestant | detestant | detestant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | detestat | detestat | detestada | detestada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | detestats | detestats | detestades | detestades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | detesto | detestes | detesta | detestem | detesteu | detesten |
| indicative | imperfect | detestava | detestaves | detestava | detestàvem | detestàveu | detestaven |
| indicative | future | detestaré | detestaràs | detestarà | detestarem | detestareu | detestaran |
| indicative | preterite | detestí | detestares | detestà | detestàrem | detestàreu | detestaren |
| indicative | conditional | detestaria | detestaries | detestaria | detestaríem | detestaríeu | detestarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | detesti | detestis | detesti | detestem | detesteu | detestin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | detestés | detestessis | detestés | detestéssim | detestéssiu | detestessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | detesta | detesti | detestem | detesteu | detestin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no detestis | no detesti | no detestem | no detesteu | no detestin |

### Further reading

* “detestar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “detestar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “detestar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “detestar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Interlingua
### Verb

detestar
* to detest

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | detestar | detestar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | detestante | detestate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | detesta | ha detestate |
| active | past | detestava | habeva detestate |
| active | future | detestara | habera detestate |
| active | conditional | detestarea | haberea detestate |
| active | imperative | detesta | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es detestate | ha essite detestate |
| passive | past | esseva detestate | habeva essite detestate |
| passive | future | essera detestate | habera essite detestate |
| passive | conditional | esserea detestate | haberea essite detestate |
| passive | imperative | sia detestate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin detestārī, likely borrowed.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [de.tesˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [de.tesˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.tesˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.teʃˈta(ʁ)/ [de.teʃˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.tesˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.tɨʃˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.tɨʃˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.tɨʃˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: de‧tes‧tar

### Verb

detestar (first-person singular present detesto, first-person singular preterite detestei, past participle detestado)
* to detest, loathe, abominate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:detestar.

#### See also

* abominar
* odiar

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin detestāri, detestor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /detesˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧tes‧tar

### Verb

detestar (first-person singular present detesto, first-person singular preterite detesté, past participle detestado)
* to detest, to loathe, to abominate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | detestar | detestar | detestar | detestar | detestar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | detestando | detestando | detestando | detestando | detestando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | detestado | detestado | detestada | detestada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | detestados | detestados | detestadas | detestadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | detesto | detestas$^{tú}$ detestás$^{vos}$ | detesta | detestamos | detestáis | detestan |
| indicative | imperfect | detestaba | detestabas | detestaba | detestábamos | detestabais | detestaban |
| indicative | preterite | detesté | detestaste | detestó | detestamos | detestasteis | detestaron |
| indicative | future | detestaré | detestarás | detestará | detestaremos | detestaréis | detestarán |
| indicative | conditional | detestaría | detestarías | detestaría | detestaríamos | detestaríais | detestarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | deteste | detestes$^{tú}$ detestés$^{vos2}$ | deteste | detestemos | detestéis | detesten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | detestara | detestaras | detestara | detestáramos | detestarais | detestaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | detestase | detestases | detestase | detestásemos | detestaseis | detestasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | detestare | detestares | detestare | detestáremos | detestareis | detestaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | detesta$^{tú}$ detestá$^{vos}$ | deteste | detestemos | detestad | detesten |
| imperative | negative | | no detestes | no deteste | no detestemos | no detestéis | no detesten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### See also

* abominar
* desdeñar
* despreciar
* odiar

### Further reading

* “detestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014