incentivar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [in.sən.tiˈβa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [in.sən.tiˈva]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [in.sen.tiˈvaɾ]
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
- Hyphenation: in‧cen‧ti‧var
- Homophone: incentivà (except Valencian)
Verb
incentivar (first-person singular present incentivo, first-person singular preterite incentiví, past participle incentivat)
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{{rfdef}}.- Antonym: desincentivar
Conjugation
Conjugation of incentivar (first conjugation)
Further reading
- “incentivar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Galician
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: in‧cen‧ti‧var
Verb
incentivar (first-person singular present incentivo, first-person singular preterite incentivei, past participle incentivado)
- to incentivize
- Antonym: desincentivar
Conjugation
Conjugation of incentivar
Reintegrated conjugation of incentivar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Further reading
- “incentivar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “incentivar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
From incentivo + -ar, from Late Latin incentivum.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [ĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.sẽ.tiˈvaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.sẽ.tiˈbaɾ/ [ĩ.sẽ.tiˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.sẽ.tiˈva.ɾi/
Verb
incentivar (first-person singular present incentivo, first-person singular preterite incentivei, past participle incentivado)
- to provide incentive, to incentivize; to foster, to encourage, to motivate
- Antonym: desincentivar
Conjugation
Conjugation of incentivar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inθentiˈbaɾ/ [ĩn̟.θẽn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /insentiˈbaɾ/ [ĩn.sẽn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧cen‧ti‧var
Verb
incentivar (first-person singular present incentivo, first-person singular preterite incentivé, past participle incentivado)
- (transitive) to foster, to provide incentive, to incentivize, to encourage
- Synonym: fomentar
- Antonym: desincentivar
Conjugation
Conjugation of incentivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of incentivar
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 incentivar | dative | incentivarme | incentivarte | incentivarle, incentivarse | incentivarnos | incentivaros | incentivarles, incentivarse |
| accusative | incentivarme | incentivarte | incentivarlo, incentivarla, incentivarse | incentivarnos | incentivaros | incentivarlos, incentivarlas, incentivarse | |
| with gerund incentivando | dative | incentivándome | incentivándote | incentivándole, incentivándose | incentivándonos | incentivándoos | incentivándoles, incentivándose |
| accusative | incentivándome | incentivándote | incentivándolo, incentivándola, incentivándose | incentivándonos | incentivándoos | incentivándolos, incentivándolas, incentivándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative incentiva | dative | incentívame | incentívate | incentívale | incentívanos | not used | incentívales |
| accusative | incentívame | incentívate | incentívalo, incentívala | incentívanos | not used | incentívalos, incentívalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative incentivá | dative | incentivame | incentivate | incentivale | incentivanos | not used | incentivales |
| accusative | incentivame | incentivate | incentivalo, incentivala | incentivanos | not used | incentivalos, incentivalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative incentive | dative | incentíveme | not used | incentívele, incentívese | incentívenos | not used | incentíveles |
| accusative | incentíveme | not used | incentívelo, incentívela, incentívese | incentívenos | not used | incentívelos, incentívelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative incentivemos | dative | not used | incentivémoste | incentivémosle | incentivémonos | incentivémoos | incentivémosles |
| accusative | not used | incentivémoste | incentivémoslo, incentivémosla | incentivémonos | incentivémoos | incentivémoslos, incentivémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative incentivad | dative | incentivadme | not used | incentivadle | incentivadnos | incentivaos | incentivadles |
| accusative | incentivadme | not used | incentivadlo, incentivadla | incentivadnos | incentivaos | incentivadlos, incentivadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative incentiven | dative | incentívenme | not used | incentívenle | incentívennos | not used | incentívenles, incentívense |
| accusative | incentívenme | not used | incentívenlo, incentívenla | incentívennos | not used | incentívenlos, incentívenlas, incentívense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “incentivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024