prevalecer

Portuguese

Verb

prevalecer (first-person singular present indicative prevaleço, past participle prevalecido)

to prevail
to predominate

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb prevalecer

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -er group. The last letter c is changed to ç, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these four possible sequences: -ça-, -ce-, -ci- and -ço-. Verbs with this conjugation include: acontecer, amanhecer, carecer, conhecer, descer, esquecer, merecer, parecer, reconhecer, tecer, vencer.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	prevalecer
Personal	prevalecer	prevaleceres	prevalecer	prevalecermos	prevalecerdes	prevalecerem
Gerund
	prevalecendo
Past participle
Masculine	prevalecido			prevalecidos
Feminine	prevalecida			prevalecidas
Indicative
Present	prevaleço	prevaleces	prevalece	prevalecemos	prevaleceis	prevalecem
Imperfect	prevalecia	prevalecias	prevalecia	prevalecíamos	prevalecíeis	prevaleciam
Preterite	prevaleci	prevaleceste	prevaleceu	prevalecemos	prevalecestes	prevaleceram
Pluperfect	prevalecera	prevaleceras	prevalecera	prevalecêramos	prevalecêreis	prevaleceram
Future	prevalecerei	prevalecerás	prevalecerá	prevaleceremos	prevalecereis	prevalecerão
Conditional
	prevaleceria	prevalecerias	prevaleceria	prevaleceríamos	prevaleceríeis	prevaleceriam
Subjunctive
Present	prevaleça	prevaleças	prevaleça	prevaleçamos	prevaleçais	prevaleçam
Imperfect	prevalecesse	prevalecesses	prevalecesse	prevalecêssemos	prevalecêsseis	prevalecessem
Future	prevalecer	prevaleceres	prevalecer	prevalecermos	prevalecerdes	prevalecerem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	prevalece	prevaleça	prevaleçamos	prevalecei	prevaleçam
Negative (não)	-	prevaleças	prevaleça	prevaleçamos	prevaleçais	prevaleçam

Quotations

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Spanish

Verb

prevalecer (first-person singular present prevalezco, first-person singular preterite prevalecí, past participle prevalecido)

to prevail.

Conjugation

Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			prevalecer
gerund			prevaleciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prevalecido		prevalecida
		plural		prevalecidos		prevalecidas
		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	prevalezco	prevaleces^tú prevalecés^{^vos}	prevalece	prevalecemos	prevalecéis	prevalecen
	imperfect	prevalecía	prevalecías	prevalecía	prevalecíamos	prevalecíais	prevalecían
	preterite	prevalecí	prevaleciste	prevaleció	prevalecimos	prevalecisteis	prevalecieron
	future	prevaleceré	prevalecerás	prevalecerá	prevaleceremos	prevaleceréis	prevalecerán
	conditional	prevalecería	prevalecerías	prevalecería	prevaleceríamos	prevaleceríais	prevalecerían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prevalezca	prevalezcas	prevalezca	prevalezcamos	prevalezcáis	prevalezcan
	imperfect (ra)	prevaleciera	prevalecieras	prevaleciera	prevaleciéramos	prevalecierais	prevalecieran
	imperfect (se)	prevaleciese	prevalecieses	prevaleciese	prevaleciésemos	prevalecieseis	prevaleciesen
	future¹	prevaleciere	prevalecieres	prevaleciere	prevaleciéremos	prevaleciereis	prevalecieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prevalece^{^tú} prevalecé^{^vos}	prevalezca	prevalezcamos	prevaleced	prevalezcan
	negative		no prevalezcas	no prevalezca	no prevalezcamos	no prevalezcáis	no prevalezcan

¹ Mostly obsolete form, still used in legal jargon and set phrases.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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