prescindir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin praescindere (“to separate”). Compare Spanish prescindir, Italian prescindere and English prescind.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pres‧cin‧dir

Verb

prescindir (first-person singular present indicative prescindo, past participle prescindido)

(takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de or with no preposition) to do without; to dispense
- 1990, Estados-membros da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP), Acordo Ortográfico da Língua Portuguesa (1990):
  Prescinde-se de acento gráfico para distinguir palavras oxítonas homógrafas, mas heterofónicas/heterofônicas, do tipo de cor (ô), substantivo, e cor (ó), elemento da locução de cor; colher (ê), verbo, e colher (é), substantivo.
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb prescindir

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ir group. Verbs with this conjugation include: definir, descobrir, desistir, garantir, partir.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	prescindir
Personal	prescindir	prescindires	prescindir	prescindirmos	prescindirdes	prescindirem
Gerund
	prescindindo
Past participle
Masculine	prescindido			prescindidos
Feminine	prescindida			prescindidas
Indicative
Present	prescindo	prescindes	prescinde	prescindimos	prescindis	prescindem
Imperfect	prescindia	prescindias	prescindia	prescindíamos	prescindíeis	prescindiam
Preterite	prescindi	prescindiste	prescindiu	prescindimos	prescindistes	prescindiram
Pluperfect	prescindira	prescindiras	prescindira	prescindíramos	prescindíreis	prescindiram
Future	prescindirei	prescindirás	prescindirá	prescindiremos	prescindireis	prescindirão
Conditional
	prescindiria	prescindirias	prescindiria	prescindiríamos	prescindiríeis	prescindiriam
Subjunctive
Present	prescinda	prescindas	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindais	prescindam
Imperfect	prescindisse	prescindisses	prescindisse	prescindíssemos	prescindísseis	prescindissem
Future	prescindir	prescindires	prescindir	prescindirmos	prescindirdes	prescindirem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	prescinde	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindi	prescindam
Negative (não)	-	prescindas	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindais	prescindam

Derived terms

prescindível (“optional”)

Spanish

Verb

prescindir (first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindido)

to do without
- 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "The Other", p. 15:
  Salvo en las severas páginas de la historia, los hechos memorables prescinden de frases memorables.
  
  Except for in the severe pages of history, memorable deeds do without memorable phrases.

Conjugation

Conjugation of prescindir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			prescindir
gerund			prescindiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prescindido		prescindida
		plural		prescindidos		prescindidas
		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
	present	prescindo	prescindes^tú prescindís^{^vos}	prescinde	prescindimos	prescindís	prescinden
	imperfect	prescindía	prescindías	prescindía	prescindíamos	prescindíais	prescindían
	preterite	prescindí	prescindiste	prescindió	prescindimos	prescindisteis	prescindieron
	future	prescindiré	prescindirás	prescindirá	prescindiremos	prescindiréis	prescindirán
	conditional	prescindiría	prescindirías	prescindiría	prescindiríamos	prescindiríais	prescindirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prescinda	prescindas^{^tú} prescindás^{^vos²}	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindáis	prescindan
	imperfect (ra)	prescindiera	prescindieras	prescindiera	prescindiéramos	prescindierais	prescindieran
	imperfect (se)	prescindiese	prescindieses	prescindiese	prescindiésemos	prescindieseis	prescindiesen
	future¹	prescindiere	prescindieres	prescindiere	prescindiéremos	prescindiereis	prescindieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prescinde^{^tú} prescindí^{^vos}	prescinda	prescindamos	prescindid	prescindan
	negative		no prescindas	no prescinda	no prescindamos	no prescindáis	no prescindan

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of prescindir^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive prescindir
	dative	prescindirme	prescindirte	prescindirle, prescindirse	prescindirnos	prescindiros	prescindirles, prescindirse
	accusative	prescindirme	prescindirte	prescindirlo, prescindirla, prescindirse	prescindirnos	prescindiros	prescindirlos, prescindirlas, prescindirse

with gerund prescindiendo
	dative	prescindiéndome	prescindiéndote	prescindiéndole, prescindiéndose	prescindiéndonos	prescindiéndoos	prescindiéndoles, prescindiéndose
	accusative	prescindiéndome	prescindiéndote	prescindiéndolo, prescindiéndola, prescindiéndose	prescindiéndonos	prescindiéndoos	prescindiéndolos, prescindiéndolas, prescindiéndose

with informal second-person singular imperative prescinde
	dative	prescíndeme	prescíndete	prescíndele	prescíndenos	not used	prescíndeles
	accusative	prescíndeme	prescíndete	prescíndelo, prescíndela	prescíndenos	not used	prescíndelos, prescíndelas

with formal second-person singular imperative prescinda
	dative	prescíndame	not used	prescíndale, prescíndase	prescíndanos	not used	prescíndales
	accusative	prescíndame	not used	prescíndalo, prescíndala, prescíndase	prescíndanos	not used	prescíndalos, prescíndalas

with first-person plural imperative prescindamos
	dative	not used	prescindámoste	prescindámosle	prescindámonos	prescindámoos	prescindámosles
	accusative	not used	prescindámoste	prescindámoslo, prescindámosla	prescindámonos	prescindámoos	prescindámoslos, prescindámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative prescindid
	dative	prescindidme	not used	prescindidle	prescindidnos	prescindíos	prescindidles
	accusative	prescindidme	not used	prescindidlo, prescindidla	prescindidnos	prescindíos	prescindidlos, prescindidlas

with formal second-person plural imperative prescindan
	dative	prescíndanme	not used	prescíndanle	prescíndannos	not used	prescíndanles, prescíndanse
	accusative	prescíndanme	not used	prescíndanlo, prescíndanla	prescíndannos	not used	prescíndanlos, prescíndanlas, prescíndanse

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