prohibir
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prohibēre (“to prohibit”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [pɾu.iˈβi]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.iˈbi]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.iˈbiɾ]
Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
- Hyphenation: pro‧hi‧bir
- Homophone: prohibí (except Valencian)
Verb
prohibir (first-person singular present prohibeixo, first-person singular preterite prohibí, past participle prohibit)
- (transitive) to prohibit
Conjugation
Related terms
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin prohibēre (“prohibit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoiˈbiɾ/ [pɾo.iˈβ̞iɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Hyphenation: pro‧hi‧bir
Verb
prohibir (first-person singular present prohibo, first-person singular preterite prohibín, past participle prohibido)
- (transitive) to forbid, to prohibit, to enjoin
- Synonyms: abolir, non permitir
- Antonyms: autorizar, permitir
- prohíbese fumar ― “no smoking” (literally, “smoking is prohibited”)
- prohibido estacionar ― “no parking”
Conjugation
Related terms
Further reading
- “prohibir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Occitan
Verb
prohibir
- alternative spelling of proïbir
Conjugation
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | prohibir | ?er prohibit | |||||
| gerund | prohibissent | use gerund of ?er + past participle | |||||
| past participle | prohibit | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | prohibissi | prohibisses | prohibís | prohibissèm | prohibissètz | prohibisson | |
| imperfect | prohibissiái | prohibissiás | prohibissiá | prohibissiam | prohibissiatz | prohibissián | |
| preterite | prohibiguèri | prohibiguères | prohibiguèt | prohibiguèrem | prohibiguèretz | prohibiguèron | |
| future | prohibirai | prohibiràs | prohibirà | prohibirem | prohibiretz | prohibiràn | |
| conditional | prohibiriái | prohibiriás | prohibiriá | prohibiriam | prohibiriatz | prohibirián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | prohibiguèra | prohibiguèras | prohibiguèra | prohibigueram | prohibigueratz | prohibiguèran | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of ?er + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of ?er + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of ?er + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of ?er + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of ?er + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | prohibisca | prohibiscas | prohibisca | prohibiscam | prohibiscatz | prohibiscan | |
| imperfect | prohibiguèsse | prohibiguèsses | prohibiguèsse | prohibiguèssem | prohibiguèssetz | prohibiguèsson | |
| compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of ?er + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| prohibís | prohibiscam | prohibissetz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
References
- Loís Alibèrt, Dictionnaire occitan-français selon les parlers languedociens, 2nd edition, Institut d’Estudis Occitans, Toulouse (France), 1981, page 566
Portuguese
Verb
prohibir (first-person singular present prohibo, first-person singular preterite prohibi, past participle prohibido)
- pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of proibir
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prohibēre (“prohibit”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾoiˈbiɾ/ [pɾoi̯ˈβ̞iɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: prohi‧bir
Verb
prohibir (first-person singular present prohíbo, first-person singular preterite prohibí, past participle prohibido)
- (transitive) to forbid, prohibit, enjoin
- Synonyms: desautorizar, inhibir, interdecir, ilegitimar, no permitir, privar, vedar
- se prohíbe fumar ― no smoking (literally, “smoking is prohibited”)
- prohibido estacionar ― no parking
- 2025 July 7, Sophie Tanno, “Aumentan los llamados para prohibir al partido ultraderechista AfD en Alemania, pese a su creciente popularidad”, in CNN en Español[2]:
- Varios intentos —en 2003, 2016 y 2021— de prohibir al ultraderechista Partido Nacional Democrático de Alemania (NPD) fracasaron. Aunque en 2017 el tribunal reconoció abiertamente que el partido era inconstitucional, concluyó que no representaba una amenaza significativa para el orden constitucional. En enero de 2024, el tribunal aprobó congelar la financiación estatal del NPD por seis años.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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 prohibir | dative | prohibirme | prohibirte | prohibirle, prohibirse | prohibirnos | prohibiros | prohibirles, prohibirse |
| accusative | prohibirme | prohibirte | prohibirlo, prohibirla, prohibirse | prohibirnos | prohibiros | prohibirlos, prohibirlas, prohibirse | |
| with gerund prohibiendo | dative | prohibiéndome | prohibiéndote | prohibiéndole, prohibiéndose | prohibiéndonos | prohibiéndoos | prohibiéndoles, prohibiéndose |
| accusative | prohibiéndome | prohibiéndote | prohibiéndolo, prohibiéndola, prohibiéndose | prohibiéndonos | prohibiéndoos | prohibiéndolos, prohibiéndolas, prohibiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative prohíbe | dative | prohíbeme | prohíbete | prohíbele | prohíbenos | not used | prohíbeles |
| accusative | prohíbeme | prohíbete | prohíbelo, prohíbela | prohíbenos | not used | prohíbelos, prohíbelas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative prohibí | dative | prohibime | prohibite | prohibile | prohibinos | not used | prohibiles |
| accusative | prohibime | prohibite | prohibilo, prohibila | prohibinos | not used | prohibilos, prohibilas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative prohíba | dative | prohíbame | not used | prohíbale, prohíbase | prohíbanos | not used | prohíbales |
| accusative | prohíbame | not used | prohíbalo, prohíbala, prohíbase | prohíbanos | not used | prohíbalos, prohíbalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative prohibamos | dative | not used | prohibámoste | prohibámosle | prohibámonos | prohibámoos | prohibámosles |
| accusative | not used | prohibámoste | prohibámoslo, prohibámosla | prohibámonos | prohibámoos | prohibámoslos, prohibámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative prohibid | dative | prohibidme | not used | prohibidle | prohibidnos | prohibíos | prohibidles |
| accusative | prohibidme | not used | prohibidlo, prohibidla | prohibidnos | prohibíos | prohibidlos, prohibidlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative prohíban | dative | prohíbanme | not used | prohíbanle | prohíbannos | not used | prohíbanles, prohíbanse |
| accusative | prohíbanme | not used | prohíbanlo, prohíbanla | prohíbannos | not used | prohíbanlos, prohíbanlas, prohíbanse | |
Related terms
References
- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “prohibir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “prohibir”, 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