prospectar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Verb

prospectar (first-person singular present prospecto, first-person singular preterite prospectei, past participle prospectado) (Brazilian spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

  1. (geology, mining) to prospect (to determine which minerals or metals are present in a location)
  2. (by extension) to prospect (to evaluate the potentials of something)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of prospectar (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 prospectar
Personal prospectar prospectares prospectar prospectarmos prospectardes prospectarem
Gerund
prospectando
Past participle
Masculine prospectado prospectados
Feminine prospectada prospectadas
Indicative
Present prospecto prospectas prospecta prospectamos prospectais prospectam
Imperfect prospectava prospectavas prospectava prospectávamos prospectáveis prospectavam
Preterite prospectei prospectaste prospectou prospectamos1, prospectámos2 prospectastes prospectaram
Pluperfect prospectara prospectaras prospectara prospectáramos prospectáreis prospectaram
Future prospectarei prospectarás prospectará prospectaremos prospectareis prospectarão
Conditional prospectaria prospectarias prospectaria prospectaríamos prospectaríeis prospectariam
Subjunctive
Present prospecte prospectes prospecte prospectemos prospecteis prospectem
Imperfect prospectasse prospectasses prospectasse prospectássemos prospectásseis prospectassem
Future prospectar prospectares prospectar prospectarmos prospectardes prospectarem
Imperative
Affirmative prospecta prospecte prospectemos prospectai prospectem
Negative (não) não prospectes não prospecte não prospectemos não prospecteis não prospectem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɾospeɡˈtaɾ/ [pɾos.peɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pros‧pec‧tar

Verb

prospectar (first-person singular present prospecto, first-person singular preterite prospecté, past participle prospectado)

  1. to prospect

Conjugation
    Conjugation of prospectar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive prospectar
gerund prospectando
past participle masculine feminine
singular prospectado prospectada
plural prospectados prospectadas
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 prospecto prospectastú
prospectásvos		 prospecta prospectamos prospectáis prospectan
imperfect prospectaba prospectabas prospectaba prospectábamos prospectabais prospectaban
preterite prospecté prospectaste prospectó prospectamos prospectasteis prospectaron
future prospectaré prospectarás prospectará prospectaremos prospectaréis prospectarán
conditional prospectaría prospectarías prospectaría prospectaríamos prospectaríais prospectarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present prospecte prospectestú
prospectésvos2		 prospecte prospectemos prospectéis prospecten
imperfect
(ra)		 prospectara prospectaras prospectara prospectáramos prospectarais prospectaran
imperfect
(se)		 prospectase prospectases prospectase prospectásemos prospectaseis prospectasen
future1 prospectare prospectares prospectare prospectáremos prospectareis prospectaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative prospectatú
prospectávos		 prospecte prospectemos prospectad prospecten
negative no prospectes no prospecte no prospectemos no prospectéis no prospecten

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

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