# interpelar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin interpellāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teʁ.peˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.peˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teʁ.peˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.peˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ĩ.teɾ.peˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ĩ.teʁ.peˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teχ.peˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ĩ.teɻ.peˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨɾ.pɨˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨɾ.pɨˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ĩ.tɨɾ.pɨˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: in‧ter‧pe‧lar

### Verb

interpelar (first-person singular present interpelo, first-person singular preterite interpelei, past participle interpelado)
* (transitive) to question, to interrogate
* (transitive) to interpellate
* to apostrophize

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin interpellāre, from interpellō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inteɾpeˈlaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.peˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: in‧ter‧pe‧lar

### Verb

interpelar (first-person singular present interpelo, first-person singular preterite interpelé, past participle interpelado)
* to question
* (politics) to address; to speak to (in parliament)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | interpelar | interpelar | interpelar | interpelar | interpelar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | interpelando | interpelando | interpelando | interpelando | interpelando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | interpelado | interpelado | interpelada | interpelada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | interpelados | interpelados | interpeladas | interpeladas |
| | | 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 | interpelo | interpelas$^{tú}$ interpelás$^{vos}$ | interpela | interpelamos | interpeláis | interpelan |
| indicative | imperfect | interpelaba | interpelabas | interpelaba | interpelábamos | interpelabais | interpelaban |
| indicative | preterite | interpelé | interpelaste | interpeló | interpelamos | interpelasteis | interpelaron |
| indicative | future | interpelaré | interpelarás | interpelará | interpelaremos | interpelaréis | interpelarán |
| indicative | conditional | interpelaría | interpelarías | interpelaría | interpelaríamos | interpelaríais | interpelarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | interpele | interpeles$^{tú}$ interpelés$^{vos2}$ | interpele | interpelemos | interpeléis | interpelen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | interpelara | interpelaras | interpelara | interpeláramos | interpelarais | interpelaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | interpelase | interpelases | interpelase | interpelásemos | interpelaseis | interpelasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | interpelare | interpelares | interpelare | interpeláremos | interpelareis | interpelaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | interpela$^{tú}$ interpelá$^{vos}$ | interpele | interpelemos | interpelad | interpelen |
| imperative | negative | | no interpeles | no interpele | no interpelemos | no interpeléis | no interpelen |
$^1$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

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