# predar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin praedārī. This form is likely borrowed or semi-learned; compare the doublet prear (“arrest; seize; grab; take; imprison”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾeˈda(ʁ)/ [pɾeˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾeˈda(ʁ)/ [pɾeˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾeˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾeˈda(ʁ)/ [pɾeˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾeˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨˈdaɾ/ [pɾɨˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨˈdaɾ/ [pɾɨˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾɨˈda.ɾi/ [pɾɨˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: pre‧dar

### Verb

predar (first-person singular present predo, first-person singular preterite predei, past participle predado)
* to prey on (to hunt and eat prey)
* to prey on (to exert harmful influence)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* prear
* preia

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾeˈdaɾ/ [pɾeˈð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pre‧dar

### Verb

predar (first-person singular present predo, first-person singular preterite predé, past participle predado)
* (nonstandard) Alternative form of depredar
* Obsolete spelling of prear.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | predar | predar | predar | predar | predar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | predando | predando | predando | predando | predando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | predado | predado | predada | predada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | predados | predados | predadas | predadas |
| | | 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 | predo | predas$^{tú}$ predás$^{vos}$ | preda | predamos | predáis | predan |
| indicative | imperfect | predaba | predabas | predaba | predábamos | predabais | predaban |
| indicative | preterite | predé | predaste | predó | predamos | predasteis | predaron |
| indicative | future | predaré | predarás | predará | predaremos | predaréis | predarán |
| indicative | conditional | predaría | predarías | predaría | predaríamos | predaríais | predarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | prede | predes$^{tú}$ predés$^{vos2}$ | prede | predemos | predéis | preden |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | predara | predaras | predara | predáramos | predarais | predaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | predase | predases | predase | predásemos | predaseis | predasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | predare | predares | predare | predáremos | predareis | predaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | preda$^{tú}$ predá$^{vos}$ | prede | predemos | predad | preden |
| imperative | negative | | no predes | no prede | no predemos | no predéis | no preden |
$^1$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

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