cativar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin captīvāre (“to capture”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [ka.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ka.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/

  • Hyphenation: ca‧ti‧var

Verb

cativar (first-person singular present cativo, first-person singular preterite cativei, past participle cativado)

  1. to captivate, to charm, to seduce, to attract
    • 2015, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, O Pequeno Príncipe, Pelekanos Books, →ISBN:
      O que significa "cativar"? – É uma coisa de que toda a gente se esqueceu - disse a raposa. Significa criar laços.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. to dominate
  3. to capture

Conjugation
    Conjugation of cativar (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 cativar
Personal cativar cativares cativar cativarmos cativardes cativarem
Gerund
cativando
Past participle
Masculine cativado cativados
Feminine cativada cativadas
Indicative
Present cativo cativas cativa cativamos cativais cativam
Imperfect cativava cativavas cativava cativávamos cativáveis cativavam
Preterite cativei cativaste cativou cativamos1, cativámos2 cativastes cativaram
Pluperfect cativara cativaras cativara cativáramos cativáreis cativaram
Future cativarei cativarás cativará cativaremos cativareis cativarão
Conditional
cativaria cativarias cativaria cativaríamos cativaríeis cativariam
Subjunctive
Present cative catives cative cativemos cativeis cativem
Imperfect cativasse cativasses cativasse cativássemos cativásseis cativassem
Future cativar cativares cativar cativarmos cativardes cativarem
Imperative
Affirmative cativa cative cativemos cativai cativem
Negative (não) não catives não cative não cativemos não cativeis não cativem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cativar.

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

cativar (first-person singular present cativo, first-person singular preterite cativé, past participle cativado)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cautivar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of cativar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cativar
gerund cativando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cativado cativada
plural cativados cativadas
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 cativo cativastú
cativásvos		 cativa cativamos cativáis cativan
imperfect cativaba cativabas cativaba cativábamos cativabais cativaban
preterite cativé cativaste cativó cativamos cativasteis cativaron
future cativaré cativarás cativará cativaremos cativaréis cativarán
conditional cativaría cativarías cativaría cativaríamos cativaríais cativarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cative cativestú
cativésvos2		 cative cativemos cativéis cativen
imperfect
(ra)		 cativara cativaras cativara cativáramos cativarais cativaran
imperfect
(se)		 cativase cativases cativase cativásemos cativaseis cativasen
future1 cativare cativares cativare cativáremos cativareis cativaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative cativatú
cativávos		 cative cativemos cativad cativen
negative no catives no cative no cativemos no cativéis no cativen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading
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