# degradar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin degradāre, from Latin de- (“down, away from”) + gradus (“grade, step”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.ɣɾəˈða]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.ɣɾaˈðaɾ]

### Verb

degradar (first-person singular present degrado, first-person singular preterite degradí, past participle degradat)
* to degrade
* to lessen, bring down
* to put down
* to break down

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | degradar | degradar | degradar | degradar | degradar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | degradant | degradant | degradant | degradant | degradant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | degradat | degradat | degradada | degradada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | degradats | degradats | degradades | degradades |
| 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 | degrado | degrades | degrada | degradem | degradeu | degraden |
| indicative | imperfect | degradava | degradaves | degradava | degradàvem | degradàveu | degradaven |
| indicative | future | degradaré | degradaràs | degradarà | degradarem | degradareu | degradaran |
| indicative | preterite | degradí | degradares | degradà | degradàrem | degradàreu | degradaren |
| indicative | conditional | degradaria | degradaries | degradaria | degradaríem | degradaríeu | degradarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | degradi | degradis | degradi | degradem | degradeu | degradin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | degradés | degradessis | degradés | degradéssim | degradéssiu | degradessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | degrada | degradi | degradem | degradeu | degradin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no degradis | no degradi | no degradem | no degradeu | no degradin |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin degradāre, from Latin de- (“down, away from”) + gradus (“grade, step”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.ɡɾaˈda(ʁ)/ [de.ɡɾaˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.ɡɾaˈda(ʁ)/ [de.ɡɾaˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.ɡɾaˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.ɡɾaˈda(ʁ)/ [de.ɡɾaˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.ɡɾaˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ɡɾɐˈdaɾ/ [dɨ.ɣɾɐˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ɡɾɐˈdaɾ/ [dɨ.ɣɾɐˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.ɡɾɐˈda.ɾi/ [dɨ.ɣɾɐˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: de‧gra‧dar

### Verb

degradar (first-person singular present degrado, first-person singular preterite degradei, past participle degradado)
* to degrade

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin degradāre, from Latin de- (“down, away from”) + gradus (“grade, step”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /deɡɾaˈdaɾ/ [d̪e.ɣ̞ɾaˈð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧gra‧dar

### Verb

degradar (first-person singular present degrado, first-person singular preterite degradé, past participle degradado)
* to degrade, to debase

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | degradar | degradar | degradar | degradar | degradar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | degradando | degradando | degradando | degradando | degradando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | degradado | degradado | degradada | degradada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | degradados | degradados | degradadas | degradadas |
| | | 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 | degrado | degradas$^{tú}$ degradás$^{vos}$ | degrada | degradamos | degradáis | degradan |
| indicative | imperfect | degradaba | degradabas | degradaba | degradábamos | degradabais | degradaban |
| indicative | preterite | degradé | degradaste | degradó | degradamos | degradasteis | degradaron |
| indicative | future | degradaré | degradarás | degradará | degradaremos | degradaréis | degradarán |
| indicative | conditional | degradaría | degradarías | degradaría | degradaríamos | degradaríais | degradarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | degrade | degrades$^{tú}$ degradés$^{vos2}$ | degrade | degrademos | degradéis | degraden |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | degradara | degradaras | degradara | degradáramos | degradarais | degradaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | degradase | degradases | degradase | degradásemos | degradaseis | degradasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | degradare | degradares | degradare | degradáremos | degradareis | degradaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | degrada$^{tú}$ degradá$^{vos}$ | degrade | degrademos | degradad | degraden |
| imperative | negative | | no degrades | no degrade | no degrademos | no degradéis | no degraden |
$^1$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.

### Further reading

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