predestinar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Latin destino

Latin praedestinārebor.

Portuguese predestinar

Borrowed from Latin praedestināre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.des.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [pɾe.des.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.des.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [pɾe.des.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾe.des.t͡ʃiˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾe.deʃ.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [pɾe.deʃ.t͡ʃiˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pɾe.des.t͡ʃiˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɨʃ.tiˈnaɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðɨʃ.tiˈnaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɨʃ.tiˈnaɾ/ [pɾɨ.ðɨʃ.tiˈnaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.dɨʃ.tiˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pre‧des‧ti‧nar

Verb

predestinar (first-person singular present predestino, first-person singular preterite predestinei, past participle predestinado)

1. to predestine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predestinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	predestinar
Personal	predestinar	predestinares	predestinar	predestinarmos	predestinardes	predestinarem
Gerund
	predestinando
Past participle
Masculine	predestinado			predestinados
Feminine	predestinada			predestinadas
Indicative
Present	predestino	predestinas	predestina	predestinamos	predestinais	predestinam
Imperfect	predestinava	predestinavas	predestinava	predestinávamos	predestináveis	predestinavam
Preterite	predestinei	predestinaste	predestinou	predestinamos1, predestinámos2	predestinastes	predestinaram
Pluperfect	predestinara	predestinaras	predestinara	predestináramos	predestináreis	predestinaram
Future	predestinarei	predestinarás	predestinará	predestinaremos	predestinareis	predestinarão
Conditional	predestinaria	predestinarias	predestinaria	predestinaríamos	predestinaríeis	predestinariam
Subjunctive
Present	predestine	predestines	predestine	predestinemos	predestineis	predestinem
Imperfect	predestinasse	predestinasses	predestinasse	predestinássemos	predestinásseis	predestinassem
Future	predestinar	predestinares	predestinar	predestinarmos	predestinardes	predestinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		predestina	predestine	predestinemos	predestinai	predestinem
Negative (não)		não predestines	não predestine	não predestinemos	não predestineis	não predestinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• predestinação

Further reading

• “predestinar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “predestinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-

Latin destino

Latin praedestinārebor.

Spanish predestinar

Borrowed from Latin praedestināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾedestiˈnaɾ/ [pɾe.ð̞es.t̪iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧des‧ti‧nar

Verb

predestinar (first-person singular present predestino, first-person singular preterite predestiné, past participle predestinado)

1. to predestine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of predestinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			predestinar
gerund			predestinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		predestinado		predestinada
		plural		predestinados		predestinadas
		singular			plural
		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	predestino	predestinastú predestinásvos	predestina	predestinamos	predestináis	predestinan
	imperfect	predestinaba	predestinabas	predestinaba	predestinábamos	predestinabais	predestinaban
	preterite	predestiné	predestinaste	predestinó	predestinamos	predestinasteis	predestinaron
	future	predestinaré	predestinarás	predestinará	predestinaremos	predestinaréis	predestinarán
	conditional	predestinaría	predestinarías	predestinaría	predestinaríamos	predestinaríais	predestinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	predestine	predestinestú predestinésvos2	predestine	predestinemos	predestinéis	predestinen
	imperfect (ra)	predestinara	predestinaras	predestinara	predestináramos	predestinarais	predestinaran
	imperfect (se)	predestinase	predestinases	predestinase	predestinásemos	predestinaseis	predestinasen
	future1	predestinare	predestinares	predestinare	predestináremos	predestinareis	predestinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		predestinatú predestinávos	predestine	predestinemos	predestinad	predestinen
	negative		no predestines	no predestine	no predestinemos	no predestinéis	no predestinen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of predestinar

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 predestinar	dative	predestinarme	predestinarte	predestinarle, predestinarse	predestinarnos	predestinaros	predestinarles, predestinarse
	accusative	predestinarme	predestinarte	predestinarlo, predestinarla, predestinarse	predestinarnos	predestinaros	predestinarlos, predestinarlas, predestinarse
with gerund predestinando	dative	predestinándome	predestinándote	predestinándole, predestinándose	predestinándonos	predestinándoos	predestinándoles, predestinándose
	accusative	predestinándome	predestinándote	predestinándolo, predestinándola, predestinándose	predestinándonos	predestinándoos	predestinándolos, predestinándolas, predestinándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative predestina	dative	predestíname	predestínate	predestínale	predestínanos	not used	predestínales
	accusative	predestíname	predestínate	predestínalo, predestínala	predestínanos	not used	predestínalos, predestínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative predestiná	dative	predestiname	predestinate	predestinale	predestinanos	not used	predestinales
	accusative	predestiname	predestinate	predestinalo, predestinala	predestinanos	not used	predestinalos, predestinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative predestine	dative	predestíneme	not used	predestínele, predestínese	predestínenos	not used	predestíneles
	accusative	predestíneme	not used	predestínelo, predestínela, predestínese	predestínenos	not used	predestínelos, predestínelas
with first-person plural imperative predestinemos	dative	not used	predestinémoste	predestinémosle	predestinémonos	predestinémoos	predestinémosles
	accusative	not used	predestinémoste	predestinémoslo, predestinémosla	predestinémonos	predestinémoos	predestinémoslos, predestinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative predestinad	dative	predestinadme	not used	predestinadle	predestinadnos	predestinaos	predestinadles
	accusative	predestinadme	not used	predestinadlo, predestinadla	predestinadnos	predestinaos	predestinadlos, predestinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative predestinen	dative	predestínenme	not used	predestínenle	predestínennos	not used	predestínenles, predestínense
	accusative	predestínenme	not used	predestínenlo, predestínenla	predestínennos	not used	predestínenlos, predestínenlas, predestínense

Related terms

• predestinación

Further reading

• “predestinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025