presentar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin praesentāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesenˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧sen‧tar

Verb

presentar (first-person singular indicative present presento, past participle presentáu)

1. to present

Conjugation

Conjugation of presentar

infinitive		presentar
gerund		presentando
past participle		m presentáu, f presentada, n presentao, m pl presentaos, f pl presentaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	presento	presentes	presenta	presentamos	presentáis	presenten
	imperfect	presentaba	presentabes	presentaba	presentábemos, presentábamos	presentabeis, presentabais	presentaben
	preterite	presenté	presentasti, presentesti	presentó	presentemos	presentastis, presentestis	presentaron
	pluperfect	presentare, presentara	presentares, presentaras	presentare, presentara	presentáremos, presentáramos	presentareis, presentarais	presentaren, presentaran
	future	presentaré	presentarás	presentará	presentaremos	presentaréis	presentarán
	conditional	presentaría	presentaríes	presentaría	presentaríemos, presentaríamos	presentaríeis, presentaríais	presentaríen
subjunctive	present	presente	presentes, presentas	presente	presentemos	presentéis	presenten, presentan
	imperfect	presentare, presentara	presentares, presentaras	presentare, presentara	presentáremos, presentáramos	presentareis, presentarais	presentaren, presentaran
imperative		—	presenta	—	—	presentái	—

Related terms

• presentable
• presentación
• presentador

Further reading

• “presentar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “presentar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praesentāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pɾə.zənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.zenˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾe.zenˈta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: pre‧sen‧tar
• Homophone: presentà (except Valencian)

Verb

presentar (first-person singular present presento, first-person singular preterite presentí, past participle presentat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to present; to show
2. (of people) to introduce

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of presentar (first conjugation)

infinitive			presentar
gerund			presentant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		presentat		presentada
		plural		presentats		presentades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	presento	presentes	presenta	presentem	presenteu	presenten
	imperfect	presentava	presentaves	presentava	presentàvem	presentàveu	presentaven
	future	presentaré	presentaràs	presentarà	presentarem	presentareu	presentaran
	preterite	presentí	presentares	presentà	presentàrem	presentàreu	presentaren
	conditional	presentaria	presentaries	presentaria	presentaríem	presentaríeu	presentarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	presenti	presentis	presenti	presentem	presenteu	presentin
	imperfect	presentés	presentessis	presentés	presentéssim	presentéssiu	presentessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	presenta	presenti	presentem	presenteu	presentin
	negative (no)	—	no presentis	no presenti	no presentem	no presenteu	no presentin

Related terms

• presentable
• presentació
• presentador

Further reading

• “presentar”, 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

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-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Italic *ezom~*som

Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)

Old Latin esum

Latin sum

Latin praesum

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin praesens

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin praesentāreder.

Galician presentar

Derived from Latin praesentāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesenˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.s̺en̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pre‧sen‧tar

Verb

presentar (first-person singular present presento, first-person singular preterite presentei, past participle presentado)

1. to present; to show; to submit
2. to introduce someone

Conjugation

    Conjugation of presentar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	presentar
Personal	presentar	presentares	presentar	presentarmos	presentardes	presentaren
Gerund
	presentando
Past participle
Masculine	presentado			presentados
Feminine	presentada			presentadas
Indicative
Present	presento	presentas	presenta	presentamos	presentades	presentan
Imperfect	presentaba	presentabas	presentaba	presentabamos	presentabades	presentaban
Preterite	presentei	presentaches	presentou	presentamos	presentastes	presentaron
Pluperfect	presentara	presentaras	presentara	presentaramos	presentarades	presentaran
Future	presentarei	presentarás	presentará	presentaremos	presentaredes	presentarán
Conditional	presentaría	presentarías	presentaría	presentariamos	presentariades	presentarían
Subjunctive
Present	presente	presentes	presente	presentemos	presentedes	presenten
Imperfect	presentase	presentases	presentase	presentásemos	presentásedes	presentasen
Future	presentar	presentares	presentar	presentarmos	presentardes	presentaren
Imperative
Affirmative		presenta	presente	presentemos	presentade	presenten
Negative (non)		non presentes	non presente	non presentemos	non presentedes	non presenten

    Reintegrated conjugation of presentar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	presentar
Personal	presentar	presentares	presentar	presentarmos	presentardes	presentarem
Gerund
	presentando
Past participle
Masculine	presentado			presentados
Feminine	presentada			presentadas
Indicative
Present	presento	presentas	presenta	presentamos	presentades, presentais	presentam
Imperfect	presentava	presentavas	presentava	presentávamos	presentávades, presentáveis, presentávais1	presentavam
Preterite	presentei	presentaste, presentache1	presentou	presentamos	presentastes	presentárom, presentaram
Pluperfect	presentara	presentaras	presentara	presentáramos	presentárades, presentáreis, presentárais1	presentaram
Future	presentarei	presentarás	presentará	presentaremos	presentaredes, presentareis	presentarám, presentarão
Conditional	presentaria	presentarias	presentaria	presentaríamos	presentaríades, presentaríeis, presentaríais1	presentariam
Subjunctive
Present	presente	presentes	presente	presentemos	presentedes, presenteis	presentem
Imperfect	presentasse	presentasses	presentasse	presentássemos	presentássedes, presentásseis	presentassem
Future	presentar	presentares	presentar	presentarmos	presentardes	presentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		presenta	presente	presentemos	presentade, presentai	presentem
Negative (nom)		nom presentes	nom presente	nom presentemos	nom presentedes, nom presenteis	nom presentem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• presentación
• presentador

Further reading

• “presentar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “presentar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin praesentāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

presentar

1. to present

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		presentar			aver presentat
gerund		presentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		presentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	presenti	presentas	presenta	presentam	presentatz	presentan
	imperfect	presentavi	presentavas	presentava	presentàvem	presentàvetz	presentavan
	preterite	presentèri	presentères	presentèt	presentèrem	presentèretz	presentèron
	future	presentarai	presentaràs	presentarà	presentarem	presentaretz	presentaràn
	conditional	presentariái	presentariás	presentariá	presentariam	presentariatz	presentarián
	conditional 2nd form1	presentèra	presentèras	presentèra	presenteram	presenteratz	presentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	presente	presentes	presente	presentem	presentetz	presenten
	imperfect	presentèssi	presentèsses	presentèsse	presentèssem	presentèssetz	presentèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			presenta		presentem	presentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		presentar			aver presentat
gerund		presentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		presentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	presente	presentes	presenta	presentam	presentatz	presenton
	imperfect	presentave	presentaves	presentava	presentaviam	presentaviatz	presentavon
	preterite	presentere	presenteres	presentet	presentem	presentetz	presenteron
	future	presentarai	presentaràs	presentará	presentarem	presentaretz	presentarán
	conditional	presentariá	presentariás	presentariá	presentariam	presentariatz	presentarián
	conditional 2nd form1	presentèra	presentèras	presentèra	presenteram	presenteratz	presentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	presente	presentes	presente	presentassiam	presentassiatz	presenton
	imperfect	presentesse	presentesses	presentesse	presentessiam	presentessiatz	presentesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			presenta		presentassiam	presentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		presentar			aver presentat
gerund		presentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		presentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	presenti	presentas	presenta	presentam	presentatz	presentan
	imperfect	presentavi	presentavas	presentava	presentàvam	presentàvatz	presentavan
	preterite	presentèi	presentès	presentè	presentèm	presentètz	presentèn
	future	presentarèi	presentaràs	presentarà	presentaram	presentaratz	presentaràn
	conditional	presentarí	presentarés	presentaré	presentarem	presentaretz	presentarén
	conditional 2nd form1	presentèra	presentèras	presentèra	presenteram	presenteratz	presentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	presenti	presentes	presente	presentem	presentetz	presenten
	imperfect	presentèssi	presentèsses	presentèsse	presentèssem	presentèssetz	presentèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			presenta		presentem	presentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		presentar			aver presentat
gerund		presentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		presentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	presente	presentas	presenta	presentam	presentatz	presentan
	imperfect	presentava	presentavas	presentava	presentàvam	presentàvatz	presentavan
	preterite	presentei	presenteras	presentet	presentèram	presentèratz	presenteran
	future	presentarai	presentaràs	presentará	presentarem	presentaretz	presentarán
	conditional	presentariá	presentariàs	presentariá	presentariam	presentariatz	presentarián
	conditional 2nd form1	presentèra	presentèras	presentèra	presenteram	presenteratz	presentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	presente	presentes	presente	presentem	presentetz	presenten
	imperfect	presentèsse	presentèsses	presentèsse	presentèssem	presentèssetz	presentèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			presenta		presentem	presentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		presentar			aver presentat
gerund		presentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		presentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	presente	presentes	presenta	presentam	presentatz	presentan
	imperfect	presentavi	presentavas	presentava	presentàvem	presentàvetz	presentavan
	preterite	presentère	presentères	presentèt	presenteriam	presenteriatz	presentèron
	future	presentarai	presentaràs	presentarà	presentarem	presentaretz	presentaràn
	conditional	presentariáu	presentariás	presentariá	presentariam	presentariatz	presentarián
	conditional 2nd form1	presentèra	presentèras	presentèra	presenteram	presenteratz	presentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	presente	presentes	presente	presentem	presentetz	presentan
	imperfect	presentèsse	presentèsses	presentèsse	presentessiam	presentessiatz	presentèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			presenta		presentem	presentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• presentacion

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-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-t

Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt

Proto-Italic *ezom~*som

Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom)

Old Latin esum

Latin sum

Latin praesum

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin praesens

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin praesentāreder.

Spanish presentar

Derived from Latin praesentāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾesenˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧sen‧tar

Verb

presentar (first-person singular present presento, first-person singular preterite presenté, past participle presentado)

1. to present, to submit
2. to introduce (someone), to acquaint

   Debería presentar mi nueva novia a mi familia.

   I should introduce my new girlfriend to my family.

3. to show; to show signs of

   presenta riesgos

   run risks

   presenta dificultades

   engender difficulties

   presenta una mejora

   show signs of improvement

4. (law) to file (a lawsuit), to lodge (an appeal, a complaint)

   Synonym: interponer

5. (government) to table (e.g., a resolution, an amendment)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of presentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			presentar
gerund			presentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		presentado		presentada
		plural		presentados		presentadas
		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	presento	presentastú presentásvos	presenta	presentamos	presentáis	presentan
	imperfect	presentaba	presentabas	presentaba	presentábamos	presentabais	presentaban
	preterite	presenté	presentaste	presentó	presentamos	presentasteis	presentaron
	future	presentaré	presentarás	presentará	presentaremos	presentaréis	presentarán
	conditional	presentaría	presentarías	presentaría	presentaríamos	presentaríais	presentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	presente	presentestú presentésvos2	presente	presentemos	presentéis	presenten
	imperfect (ra)	presentara	presentaras	presentara	presentáramos	presentarais	presentaran
	imperfect (se)	presentase	presentases	presentase	presentásemos	presentaseis	presentasen
	future1	presentare	presentares	presentare	presentáremos	presentareis	presentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		presentatú presentávos	presente	presentemos	presentad	presenten
	negative		no presentes	no presente	no presentemos	no presentéis	no presenten

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

    Selected combined forms of presentar

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 presentar	dative	presentarme	presentarte	presentarle, presentarse	presentarnos	presentaros	presentarles, presentarse
	accusative	presentarme	presentarte	presentarlo, presentarla, presentarse	presentarnos	presentaros	presentarlos, presentarlas, presentarse
with gerund presentando	dative	presentándome	presentándote	presentándole, presentándose	presentándonos	presentándoos	presentándoles, presentándose
	accusative	presentándome	presentándote	presentándolo, presentándola, presentándose	presentándonos	presentándoos	presentándolos, presentándolas, presentándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative presenta	dative	preséntame	preséntate	preséntale	preséntanos	not used	preséntales
	accusative	preséntame	preséntate	preséntalo, preséntala	preséntanos	not used	preséntalos, preséntalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative presentá	dative	presentame	presentate	presentale	presentanos	not used	presentales
	accusative	presentame	presentate	presentalo, presentala	presentanos	not used	presentalos, presentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative presente	dative	presénteme	not used	preséntele, preséntese	preséntenos	not used	presénteles
	accusative	presénteme	not used	preséntelo, preséntela, preséntese	preséntenos	not used	preséntelos, preséntelas
with first-person plural imperative presentemos	dative	not used	presentémoste	presentémosle	presentémonos	presentémoos	presentémosles
	accusative	not used	presentémoste	presentémoslo, presentémosla	presentémonos	presentémoos	presentémoslos, presentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative presentad	dative	presentadme	not used	presentadle	presentadnos	presentaos	presentadles
	accusative	presentadme	not used	presentadlo, presentadla	presentadnos	presentaos	presentadlos, presentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative presenten	dative	preséntenme	not used	preséntenle	preséntennos	not used	preséntenles, preséntense
	accusative	preséntenme	not used	preséntenlo, preséntenla	preséntennos	not used	preséntenlos, preséntenlas, preséntense

Related terms

• impresentable
• presentable
• presentación
• presentador

Further reading

• “presentar”, 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