# pregonar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pregonar, from Latin praecōnārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾə.ɣuˈna]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾə.ɣoˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾe.ɣoˈnaɾ]

### Verb

pregonar (first-person singular present pregono, first-person singular preterite pregoní, past participle pregonat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive, intransitive) to proclaim, to declare
* (transitive, figurative) to spread (news)
    Synonym: esbombar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | pregonar | pregonar | pregonar | pregonar | pregonar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | pregonant | pregonant | pregonant | pregonant | pregonant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | pregonat | pregonat | pregonada | pregonada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | pregonats | pregonats | pregonades | pregonades |
| 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 | pregono | pregones | pregona | pregonem | pregoneu | pregonen |
| indicative | imperfect | pregonava | pregonaves | pregonava | pregonàvem | pregonàveu | pregonaven |
| indicative | future | pregonaré | pregonaràs | pregonarà | pregonarem | pregonareu | pregonaran |
| indicative | preterite | pregoní | pregonares | pregonà | pregonàrem | pregonàreu | pregonaren |
| indicative | conditional | pregonaria | pregonaries | pregonaria | pregonaríem | pregonaríeu | pregonarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | pregoni | pregonis | pregoni | pregonem | pregoneu | pregonin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | pregonés | pregonessis | pregonés | pregonéssim | pregonéssiu | pregonessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | pregona | pregoni | pregonem | pregoneu | pregonin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no pregonis | no pregoni | no pregonem | no pregoneu | no pregonin |

#### Derived terms

* pregonament

### References

* “pregonar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “pregonar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin praecōnārī, a verb based on praecō (“herald, town crier”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾeɡoˈnaɾ/ [pɾe.ɣ̞oˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pre‧go‧nar

### Verb

pregonar (first-person singular present pregono, first-person singular preterite pregoné, past participle pregonado)
* to boast, proclaim

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | pregonar | pregonar | pregonar | pregonar | pregonar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | pregonando | pregonando | pregonando | pregonando | pregonando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | pregonado | pregonado | pregonada | pregonada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | pregonados | pregonados | pregonadas | pregonadas |
| | | 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 | pregono | pregonas$^{tú}$ pregonás$^{vos}$ | pregona | pregonamos | pregonáis | pregonan |
| indicative | imperfect | pregonaba | pregonabas | pregonaba | pregonábamos | pregonabais | pregonaban |
| indicative | preterite | pregoné | pregonaste | pregonó | pregonamos | pregonasteis | pregonaron |
| indicative | future | pregonaré | pregonarás | pregonará | pregonaremos | pregonaréis | pregonarán |
| indicative | conditional | pregonaría | pregonarías | pregonaría | pregonaríamos | pregonaríais | pregonarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | pregone | pregones$^{tú}$ pregonés$^{vos2}$ | pregone | pregonemos | pregonéis | pregonen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | pregonara | pregonaras | pregonara | pregonáramos | pregonarais | pregonaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | pregonase | pregonases | pregonase | pregonásemos | pregonaseis | pregonasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | pregonare | pregonares | pregonare | pregonáremos | pregonareis | pregonaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | pregona$^{tú}$ pregoná$^{vos}$ | pregone | pregonemos | pregonad | pregonen |
| imperative | negative | | no pregones | no pregone | no pregonemos | no pregonéis | no pregonen |
$^1$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

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