# abdicar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abdicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əb.diˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ab.diˈkaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

### Verb

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquí, past participle abdicat)
* (ambitransitive) to abdicate

#### Derived terms

* abdicació f

#### Related terms

* abdicatiu

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin abdicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abdiˈkaɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞iˈkɑɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

### Verb

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquei, past participle abdicado)
* to abdicate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* abdicación

#### Further reading

* “abdicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Interlingua
### Etymology

Ultimately derived from Latin abdicāre. Compare Esperanto abdiki.

### Verb

abdicar
* (transitive) abdicate (to reject, cast off, discard)

#### Related terms

* abdication
* abdicative

### References

* Alexander Gode (1951) Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /abˈdiː.kar/, [äbˈd̪iːkär]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /abˈdi.kar/, [äbˈd̪iːkär]

### Verb

abdīcar
* first-person singular future passive indicative of abdīcō

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin abdicāre.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

abdicar
* to abdicate

#### Related terms

* abdicacion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abdicāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(h)], /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ab.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(h)], /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ab.d͡ʒiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/, /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)], /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ʁ)/ [ab.d͡ʒiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ab.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/, /a.bi.d͡ʒiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bdiˈkaɾ/ [ɐ.βðiˈkaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bdiˈkaɾ/ [ɐ.βðiˈkaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bdiˈka.ɾi/ [ɐ.βðiˈka.ɾi]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

### Verb

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquei, past participle abdicado)
* (intransitive or transitive) to abdicate [with de or transitive ‘a position, e.g. the throne’]
    Synonym: renunciar
    O imperador Dom Pedro I abdicou. ― The emperor Peter I abdicated.
* (transitive) to give up [with direct object ‘something’ and em favor de ‘in favour/favor of someone’]
    Synonyms: ceder, renunciar, desistir
    Abdiquei meu direito à herança em favor de meus filhos. ― I have given up my right to heir in favour of my sons.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* abdicação

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abdicāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abdiˈkaɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞iˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ab‧di‧car

### Verb

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiqué, past participle abdicado)
* (transitive) to abdicate, relinquish

#### 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

* abdicación
* abdicativo

### Further reading

* “abdicar”, 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