licenciar
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin licentiāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /li.sẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [li.sẽ.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /li.sẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [li.sẽˈsja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /li.sẽ.siˈa(ɾ)/ [li.sẽ.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /li.sẽˈsja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /li.sẽ.siˈa(ʁ)/ [li.sẽ.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /li.sẽˈsja(ʁ)/ [li.sẽˈsja(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /li.sẽ.siˈa(ɻ)/ [li.sẽ.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /li.sẽˈsja(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /li.sẽˈsjaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /li.sẽˈsja.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: li‧cen‧ci‧ar
Verb
licenciar (first-person singular present licencio, first-person singular preterite licenciei, past participle licenciado)
- (transitive, reflexive) to license
Conjugation
Conjugation of licenciar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- licenciado
- licenciador
- licenciamento
Related terms
Further reading
- “licenciar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “licenciar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “licenciar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “licenciar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liθenˈθjaɾ/ [li.θẽn̟ˈθjaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /lisenˈsjaɾ/ [li.sẽnˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: li‧cen‧ciar
Verb
licenciar (first-person singular present licencio, first-person singular preterite licencié, past participle licenciado)
- to license
Conjugation
Conjugation of licenciar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of licenciar
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 licenciar | dative | licenciarme | licenciarte | licenciarle, licenciarse | licenciarnos | licenciaros | licenciarles, licenciarse |
| accusative | licenciarme | licenciarte | licenciarlo, licenciarla, licenciarse | licenciarnos | licenciaros | licenciarlos, licenciarlas, licenciarse | |
| with gerund licenciando | dative | licenciándome | licenciándote | licenciándole, licenciándose | licenciándonos | licenciándoos | licenciándoles, licenciándose |
| accusative | licenciándome | licenciándote | licenciándolo, licenciándola, licenciándose | licenciándonos | licenciándoos | licenciándolos, licenciándolas, licenciándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative licencia | dative | licénciame | licénciate | licénciale | licéncianos | not used | licénciales |
| accusative | licénciame | licénciate | licéncialo, licénciala | licéncianos | not used | licéncialos, licéncialas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative licenciá | dative | licenciame | licenciate | licenciale | licencianos | not used | licenciales |
| accusative | licenciame | licenciate | licencialo, licenciala | licencianos | not used | licencialos, licencialas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative licencie | dative | licéncieme | not used | licénciele, licénciese | licéncienos | not used | licéncieles |
| accusative | licéncieme | not used | licéncielo, licénciela, licénciese | licéncienos | not used | licéncielos, licéncielas | |
| with first-person plural imperative licenciemos | dative | not used | licenciémoste | licenciémosle | licenciémonos | licenciémoos | licenciémosles |
| accusative | not used | licenciémoste | licenciémoslo, licenciémosla | licenciémonos | licenciémoos | licenciémoslos, licenciémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative licenciad | dative | licenciadme | not used | licenciadle | licenciadnos | licenciaos | licenciadles |
| accusative | licenciadme | not used | licenciadlo, licenciadla | licenciadnos | licenciaos | licenciadlos, licenciadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative licencien | dative | licéncienme | not used | licéncienle | licénciennos | not used | licéncienles, licénciense |
| accusative | licéncienme | not used | licéncienlo, licéncienla | licénciennos | not used | licéncienlos, licéncienlas, licénciense | |
Derived terms
- licenciado
- licenciador
- licenciamiento
Related terms
Further reading
- “licenciar”, 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