# promover
## English
### Etymology

From promove +‎ -er.

### Noun

promover (plural promovers)
* (obsolete) A promoter.

### References

* “promover”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin prōmovēre (“promote”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾomoˈbeɾ/ [pɾo.moˈβ̞eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Hyphenation: pro‧mo‧ver

### Verb

promover (first-person singular present promovo, first-person singular preterite promovín, past participle promovido) promover (first-person singular present promovo, first-person singular preterite promovim or promovi, past participle promovido, reintegrationist norm)
* to promote

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* promoción

### Further reading

* “promover”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “promover” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Verb

promover
* to promote

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | promover | promover |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | promovente | promovite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | promove | ha promovite |
| active | past | promoveva | habeva promovite |
| active | future | promovera | habera promovite |
| active | conditional | promoverea | haberea promovite |
| active | imperative | promove | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es promovite | ha essite promovite |
| passive | past | esseva promovite | habeva essite promovite |
| passive | future | essera promovite | habera essite promovite |
| passive | conditional | esserea promovite | haberea essite promovite |
| passive | imperative | sia promovite | |

## Ladino
### Verb

promover (Latin spelling)
* to promote

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin prōmovēre (“to promote”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.moˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾo.moˈve(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.moˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾo.moˈve(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾo.moˈve(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾo.moˈve(ʁ)/ [pɾo.moˈve(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.moˈve(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.muˈveɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.muˈveɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.muˈbeɾ/ [pɾu.muˈβeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.muˈve.ɾi/

### Verb

promover (first-person singular present promovo, first-person singular preterite promovi, past participle promovido)
* to promote, lead to
* to promote (put to a higher position)
* to promote (advertise, talk up)

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:promover.

#### Related terms

* promoção
* promotor

### Further reading

* “promover”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “promover” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin prōmovēre (“promote”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾomoˈbeɾ/ [pɾo.moˈβ̞eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: pro‧mo‧ver

### Verb

promover (first-person singular present promuevo, first-person singular preterite promoví, past participle promovido)
* to promote, to pioneer, to advance, to foster, to further
* to advocate for

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Related terms

* promoción

### Further reading

* “promover”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10