# prescindir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praescindere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.sinˈdi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾe.sinˈdiɾ]

### Verb

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindeixo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindit)
* (intransitive) to disregard, to leave out
* (intransitive) to do without
** 1962, Joan Fuster, Nosaltres, els valencians:La València de l'època foral s'acostuma a prescindir d'una bona fracció del seu regne.The Valencia of the epoch of fueros became accustomed to doing without a good fraction of her kingdom.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | prescindir | prescindir | prescindir | prescindir | prescindir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | prescindint | prescindint | prescindint | prescindint | prescindint |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | prescindit | prescindit | prescindida | prescindida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | prescindits | prescindits | prescindides | prescindides |
| 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 | prescindeixo | prescindeixes | prescindeix | prescindim | prescindiu | prescindeixen |
| indicative | imperfect | prescindia | prescindies | prescindia | prescindíem | prescindíeu | prescindien |
| indicative | future | prescindiré | prescindiràs | prescindirà | prescindirem | prescindireu | prescindiran |
| indicative | preterite | prescindí | prescindires | prescindí | prescindírem | prescindíreu | prescindiren |
| indicative | conditional | prescindiria | prescindiries | prescindiria | prescindiríem | prescindiríeu | prescindirien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | prescindeixi | prescindeixis | prescindeixi | prescindim | prescindiu | prescindeixin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | prescindís | prescindissis | prescindís | prescindíssim | prescindíssiu | prescindissin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | prescindeix | prescindeixi | prescindim | prescindiu | prescindeixin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no prescindeixis | no prescindeixi | no prescindim | no prescindiu | no prescindeixin |

#### Derived terms

* prescindible

### Further reading

* “prescindir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin praescindō (“to separate”), formed from Latin prae- (“before”) +‎ scindō (“split, divide”). Compare Spanish prescindir, Italian prescindere and English prescind.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/ [pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾe.sĩˈd͡ʒi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /pɾɨʃ.sĩˈdiɾ/, /pɾɨ.ʃĩˈdiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /pɾɨʃ.sĩˈdiɾ/, /pɾɨ.ʃĩˈdiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /pɾɨʃ.sĩˈdi.ɾi/, /pɾɨ.ʃĩˈdi.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pres‧cin‧dir

### Verb

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindi, past participle prescindido)
* (intransitive, transitive or reflexive) to do without; to dispense with [(without or with a reflexive pronoun) with de ‘something’ or de (+ infinitive) ‘doing something’; or (without a reflexive pronoun) with direct object ‘something’]
** 1990, Estados-membros da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP), Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa (1990):Prescinde-se de acento gráfico para distinguir palavras oxítonas homógrafas, mas heterofónicas/heterofônicas, do tipo de cor (ô), substantivo, e cor (ó), elemento da locução de cor; colher (ê), verbo, e colher (é), substantivo.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* prescindível (“optional, dispensable”)

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin praescindō, formed from Latin prae- (“before”) +‎ scindō (“split, divide”). Equivalent to pre- + escindir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /pɾesθinˈdiɾ/ [pɾes.θĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /pɾesinˈdiɾ/ [pɾe.sĩn̪ˈd̪iɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: pres‧cin‧dir

### Verb

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindido)
* (intransitive, followed by "de") to do without
** 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, “The Other”, in The Book of Sand, page 15:Salvo en las severas páginas de la historia, los hechos memorables prescinden de frases memorables.Except for in the severe pages of history, memorable deeds do without memorable phrases.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | prescindir | prescindir | prescindir | prescindir | prescindir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | prescindiendo | prescindiendo | prescindiendo | prescindiendo | prescindiendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | prescindido | prescindido | prescindida | prescindida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | prescindidos | prescindidos | prescindidas | prescindidas |
| | | 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 | prescindo | prescindes$^{tú}$ prescindís$^{vos}$ | prescinde | prescindimos | prescindís | prescinden |
| indicative | imperfect | prescindía | prescindías | prescindía | prescindíamos | prescindíais | prescindían |
| indicative | preterite | prescindí | prescindiste | prescindió | prescindimos | prescindisteis | prescindieron |
| indicative | future | prescindiré | prescindirás | prescindirá | prescindiremos | prescindiréis | prescindirán |
| indicative | conditional | prescindiría | prescindirías | prescindiría | prescindiríamos | prescindiríais | prescindirían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | prescinda | prescindas$^{tú}$ prescindás$^{vos2}$ | prescinda | prescindamos | prescindáis | prescindan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | prescindiera | prescindieras | prescindiera | prescindiéramos | prescindierais | prescindieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | prescindiese | prescindieses | prescindiese | prescindiésemos | prescindieseis | prescindiesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | prescindiere | prescindieres | prescindiere | prescindiéremos | prescindiereis | prescindieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | prescinde$^{tú}$ prescindí$^{vos}$ | prescinda | prescindamos | prescindid | prescindan |
| imperative | negative | | no prescindas | no prescinda | no prescindamos | no prescindáis | no prescindan |
$^1$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

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