interceptar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
interceptar (first-person singular present intercepto, first-person singular preterite interceptí, past participle interceptat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive) to intercept (to stop, deflect or divert)
- (transitive) to block, to obstruct
- (mathematics) to intercept (to take or comprehend between)
Conjugation
Conjugation of interceptar (first conjugation)
Further reading
- “interceptar”, 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
- “interceptar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “interceptar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “interceptar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sepˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.sepˈta(h)], /ĩ.teʁ.se.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teh.se.piˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɾ.sepˈta(ɾ)/, /ĩ.teɾ.se.piˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.teʁ.sepˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teχ.sepˈta(χ)], /ĩ.teʁ.se.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teχ.se.piˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.teɻ.sepˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛˈptaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.tɨɾ.sɛˈpta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: in‧ter‧cep‧tar
Verb
interceptar (first-person singular present intercepto, first-person singular preterite interceptei, past participle interceptado) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
- to intercept (catch something before it reaches its target)
Conjugation
Conjugation of interceptar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “interceptar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inteɾθebˈtaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.θeβ̞ˈt̪aɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /inteɾsebˈtaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪eɾ.seβ̞ˈt̪aɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: in‧ter‧cep‧tar
Verb
interceptar (first-person singular present intercepto, first-person singular preterite intercepté, past participle interceptado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of interceptar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of interceptar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive interceptar | dative | interceptarme | interceptarte | interceptarle, interceptarse | interceptarnos | interceptaros | interceptarles, interceptarse |
accusative | interceptarme | interceptarte | interceptarlo, interceptarla, interceptarse | interceptarnos | interceptaros | interceptarlos, interceptarlas, interceptarse | |
with gerund interceptando | dative | interceptándome | interceptándote | interceptándole, interceptándose | interceptándonos | interceptándoos | interceptándoles, interceptándose |
accusative | interceptándome | interceptándote | interceptándolo, interceptándola, interceptándose | interceptándonos | interceptándoos | interceptándolos, interceptándolas, interceptándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative intercepta | dative | intercéptame | intercéptate | intercéptale | intercéptanos | not used | intercéptales |
accusative | intercéptame | intercéptate | intercéptalo, intercéptala | intercéptanos | not used | intercéptalos, intercéptalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative interceptá | dative | interceptame | interceptate | interceptale | interceptanos | not used | interceptales |
accusative | interceptame | interceptate | interceptalo, interceptala | interceptanos | not used | interceptalos, interceptalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative intercepte | dative | intercépteme | not used | intercéptele, intercéptese | intercéptenos | not used | intercépteles |
accusative | intercépteme | not used | intercéptelo, intercéptela, intercéptese | intercéptenos | not used | intercéptelos, intercéptelas | |
with first-person plural imperative interceptemos | dative | not used | interceptémoste | interceptémosle | interceptémonos | interceptémoos | interceptémosles |
accusative | not used | interceptémoste | interceptémoslo, interceptémosla | interceptémonos | interceptémoos | interceptémoslos, interceptémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative interceptad | dative | interceptadme | not used | interceptadle | interceptadnos | interceptaos | interceptadles |
accusative | interceptadme | not used | interceptadlo, interceptadla | interceptadnos | interceptaos | interceptadlos, interceptadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative intercepten | dative | intercéptenme | not used | intercéptenle | intercéptennos | not used | intercéptenles, intercéptense |
accusative | intercéptenme | not used | intercéptenlo, intercéptenla | intercéptennos | not used | intercéptenlos, intercéptenlas, intercéptense |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “interceptar”, 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