predicar

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pɾə.ðiˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.ðiˈkaɾ]
• Homophone: predicà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquí, past participle predicat)

1. (ambitransitive) to preach

• “predicar”, 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
• “predicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “predicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “predicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• padricar, pedricar

Attested since the 13th century. Learned borrowing from Latin praedicāre. Doublet of pregar.

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquei, past participle predicado)

1. to preach

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “predicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “predicar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “predicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “predicar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “predicar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “predicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “predicar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From pre- +‎ dicar, a calque of English predict, French prédire, German vorhersagen, Italian predire, Russian предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ), Spanish predecir. Not to be confused with predikar.

• IPA^(key): /prediˈt͡sar/

predicar (present predicas, past predicis, future predicos, conditional predicus, imperative predicez)

1. (transitive) to predict, prophesy, foretell

• predicanta (“prophetic”)

• augurar

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

• Hyphenation: pre‧di‧car

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediquei, past participle predicado)

1. to promote a concept or idea
2. (logic) to predicate (state or assert)

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

Borrowed from Latin praedicāre.

• IPA^(key): /pɾediˈkaɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞iˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧di‧car

predicar (first-person singular present predico, first-person singular preterite prediqué, past participle predicado)

1. (transitive) to preach

• “predicar”, 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