conquerir
Catalan
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin root *conquerīre, from Latin conquīrere (compare Occitan conquerir, French conquérir, Romanian cuceri).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kuŋ.kəˈɾi]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [koŋ.kəˈɾi]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [koŋ.keˈɾiɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
Verb
conquerir (first-person singular present conquereixo, first-person singular preterite conquerí, past participle conquerit)
- to conquer
- Synonym: conquistar
Conjugation
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “conquerir”, 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
- “conquerir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “conquerir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “conquerir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese conquerer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin conquaerere, from conquīrere (compare Catalan conquerir, French conquérir, Romanian cuceri).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʊŋkeˈɾiɾ]
Verb
conquerir
- (literary) to conquer
- Synonym: conquistar
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “conquerer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “conquer”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “conquerir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “conquerir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Catalan conquerir), from a Vulgar Latin root *conquerīre, from Latin conquīrere.
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn): (file)
Verb
conquerir
- to conquer
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Etymology
From a Vulgar Latin root *conquerīre, from Latin conquīrere (compare Occitan conquerir, French conquérir, Romanian cuceri).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konkeˈɾiɾ/ [kõŋ.keˈɾiɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: con‧que‧rir
Verb
conquerir (first-person singular present conquiero, first-person singular preterite conquerí, past participle conquerido)
- (obsolete, transitive) to conquer
- Synonym: conquistar
Conjugation
| infinitive | conquerir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | conquiriendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | conquerido | conquerida | |||||
| plural | conqueridos | conqueridas | |||||
| 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 | conquiero | conquierestú conquerísvos |
conquiere | conquerimos | conquerís | conquieren | |
| imperfect | conquería | conquerías | conquería | conqueríamos | conqueríais | conquerían | |
| preterite | conquerí | conqueriste | conquirió | conquerimos | conqueristeis | conquirieron | |
| future | conqueriré | conquerirás | conquerirá | conqueriremos | conqueriréis | conquerirán | |
| conditional | conqueriría | conquerirías | conqueriría | conqueriríamos | conqueriríais | conquerirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | conquiera | conquierastú conquirásvos2 |
conquiera | conquiramos | conquiráis | conquieran | |
| imperfect (ra) |
conquiriera | conquirieras | conquiriera | conquiriéramos | conquirierais | conquirieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
conquiriese | conquirieses | conquiriese | conquiriésemos | conquirieseis | conquiriesen | |
| future1 | conquiriere | conquirieres | conquiriere | conquiriéremos | conquiriereis | conquirieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | conquieretú conquerívos |
conquiera | conquiramos | conquerid | conquieran | ||
| negative | no conquieras | no conquiera | no conquiramos | no conquiráis | no conquieran | ||
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 conquerir | dative | conquerirme | conquerirte | conquerirle, conquerirse | conquerirnos | conqueriros | conquerirles, conquerirse |
| accusative | conquerirme | conquerirte | conquerirlo, conquerirla, conquerirse | conquerirnos | conqueriros | conquerirlos, conquerirlas, conquerirse | |
| with gerund conquiriendo | dative | conquiriéndome | conquiriéndote | conquiriéndole, conquiriéndose | conquiriéndonos | conquiriéndoos | conquiriéndoles, conquiriéndose |
| accusative | conquiriéndome | conquiriéndote | conquiriéndolo, conquiriéndola, conquiriéndose | conquiriéndonos | conquiriéndoos | conquiriéndolos, conquiriéndolas, conquiriéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative conquiere | dative | conquiéreme | conquiérete | conquiérele | conquiérenos | not used | conquiéreles |
| accusative | conquiéreme | conquiérete | conquiérelo, conquiérela | conquiérenos | not used | conquiérelos, conquiérelas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative conquerí | dative | conquerime | conquerite | conquerile | conquerinos | not used | conqueriles |
| accusative | conquerime | conquerite | conquerilo, conquerila | conquerinos | not used | conquerilos, conquerilas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative conquiera | dative | conquiérame | not used | conquiérale, conquiérase | conquiéranos | not used | conquiérales |
| accusative | conquiérame | not used | conquiéralo, conquiérala, conquiérase | conquiéranos | not used | conquiéralos, conquiéralas | |
| with first-person plural imperative conquiramos | dative | not used | conquirámoste | conquirámosle | conquirámonos | conquirámoos | conquirámosles |
| accusative | not used | conquirámoste | conquirámoslo, conquirámosla | conquirámonos | conquirámoos | conquirámoslos, conquirámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative conquerid | dative | conqueridme | not used | conqueridle | conqueridnos | conqueríos | conqueridles |
| accusative | conqueridme | not used | conqueridlo, conqueridla | conqueridnos | conqueríos | conqueridlos, conqueridlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative conquieran | dative | conquiéranme | not used | conquiéranle | conquiérannos | not used | conquiéranles, conquiéranse |
| accusative | conquiéranme | not used | conquiéranlo, conquiéranla | conquiérannos | not used | conquiéranlos, conquiéranlas, conquiéranse | |
Further reading
- “conquerir”, 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