# prospectar
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* prospetar (Portugal)

### Verb

prospectar (first-person singular present prospecto, first-person singular preterite prospectei, past participle prospectado) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
* (geology, mining) to prospect (to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location)
* (by extension) to prospect (to evaluate the potentials of something)

#### Conjugation

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾospeɡˈtaɾ/ [pɾos.peɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: pros‧pec‧tar

### Verb

prospectar (first-person singular present prospecto, first-person singular preterite prospecté, past participle prospectado)
* to prospect

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | prospectar | prospectar | prospectar | prospectar | prospectar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | prospectando | prospectando | prospectando | prospectando | prospectando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | prospectado | prospectado | prospectada | prospectada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | prospectados | prospectados | prospectadas | prospectadas |
| | | 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 | prospecto | prospectas$^{tú}$ prospectás$^{vos}$ | prospecta | prospectamos | prospectáis | prospectan |
| indicative | imperfect | prospectaba | prospectabas | prospectaba | prospectábamos | prospectabais | prospectaban |
| indicative | preterite | prospecté | prospectaste | prospectó | prospectamos | prospectasteis | prospectaron |
| indicative | future | prospectaré | prospectarás | prospectará | prospectaremos | prospectaréis | prospectarán |
| indicative | conditional | prospectaría | prospectarías | prospectaría | prospectaríamos | prospectaríais | prospectarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | prospecte | prospectes$^{tú}$ prospectés$^{vos2}$ | prospecte | prospectemos | prospectéis | prospecten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | prospectara | prospectaras | prospectara | prospectáramos | prospectarais | prospectaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | prospectase | prospectases | prospectase | prospectásemos | prospectaseis | prospectasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | prospectare | prospectares | prospectare | prospectáremos | prospectareis | prospectaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | prospecta$^{tú}$ prospectá$^{vos}$ | prospecte | prospectemos | prospectad | prospecten |
| imperative | negative | | no prospectes | no prospecte | no prospectemos | no prospectéis | no prospecten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

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