# privar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin prīvāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾiˈβa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾiˈva]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾiˈvaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite priví, past participle privat)
* (transitive) to deprive
    Synonym: desposseir
* (transitive) to prohibit
* (reflexive) to do without

#### Related terms

* privació

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prīvāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾiˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾiˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾiˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾiˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾiˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾiˈva(ʁ)/ [pɾiˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾiˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾiˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾiˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /pɾiˈbaɾ/ [pɾiˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾiˈva.ɾi/

### Verb

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite privei, past participle privado)
* (transitive) to deprive
    privar algo a alguém ― to deprive somebody of something
* (transitive) to prohibit, to take
* (reflexive) to refrain from doing something
    tenho de me privar da bebida ― I have to refrain from drinking
* (transitive) (followed by com) to interact closely with someone
    tive oportunidade de privar consigoI had the opportunity of speaking to you

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* privação

### Further reading

* “privar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin prīvāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾiˈbaɾ/ [pɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pri‧var

### Verb

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite privé, past participle privado)
* (transitive) to deprive
    Synonym: despojar
    privar a alguien de algo ― to deprive someone of something
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 307:La tisana preparada con «piedra de ara», es el único remedio contra la hora u hora muerta, nombres ambos con se designa la parálisis repentina que priva al paciente del uso de alguno de sus miembros.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive) to prohibit
    Synonym: prohibir
* (transitive) to refrain from doing something
* (reflexive) to do without
    Synonym: prescindir
* (intransitive) to be in vogue
* (intransitive, colloquial) to enjoy immensely (gustar-like)
    Le priva viajar. ― She loves to travel.
* (reflexive, Latin America) to pass out, fall unconscious

#### 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

* privación

### Further reading

* “privar”, 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