# patrocinar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patrōcinārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pə.tɾu.siˈna]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pə.tɾo.siˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pa.tɾo.siˈnaɾ]
* Hyphenation: pa‧tro‧ci‧nar
* Homophone: patrocinà

### Verb

patrocinar (first-person singular present patrocino, first-person singular preterite patrociní, past participle patrocinat)
* (transitive) to sponsor (pay part of the cost of an event or service)

#### Derived terms

* patrocinador

#### Related terms

* patrocini

### Further reading

* “patrocinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “patrocinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “patrocinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “patrocinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patrōcinārī.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.tɾo.siˈna(ʁ)/ [pa.tɾo.siˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.tɾo.siˈna(ʁ)/ [pa.tɾo.siˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pa.tɾo.siˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pa.tɾo.siˈna(ʁ)/ [pa.tɾo.siˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.tɾo.siˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.tɾu.siˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.tɾu.siˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.tɾu.siˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pa‧tro‧ci‧nar

### Verb

patrocinar (first-person singular present patrocino, first-person singular preterite patrocinei, past participle patrocinado)
* (transitive) to sponsor (pay part of the cost of an event or service)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* patrocinador

#### Related terms

* patrocínio

### Further reading

* “patrocinar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “patrocinar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “patrocinar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “patrocinar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “patrocinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “patrocinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin patrōcinārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /patɾoθiˈnaɾ/ [pa.t̪ɾo.θiˈnaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /patɾosiˈnaɾ/ [pa.t̪ɾo.siˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pa‧tro‧ci‧nar

### Verb

patrocinar (first-person singular present patrocino, first-person singular preterite patrociné, past participle patrocinado)
* (transitive) to sponsor (pay part of the cost of an event or service)
    Synonym: auspiciar

#### 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.

#### Derived terms

* patrocinador

### Further reading

* “patrocinar”, 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