pretextar

Catalan

Etymology

From pretext +‎ -ar.

Verb

pretextar (first-person singular present pretexto, first-person singular preterite pretextí, past participle pretextat)(transitive)

1. to allege

   Synonym: al·legar

2. to plead, to claim, to give as a pretext

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of pretextar (first conjugation)

infinitive			pretextar
gerund			pretextant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pretextat		pretextada
		plural		pretextats		pretextades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pretexto	pretextes	pretexta	pretextem	pretexteu	pretexten
	imperfect	pretextava	pretextaves	pretextava	pretextàvem	pretextàveu	pretextaven
	future	pretextaré	pretextaràs	pretextarà	pretextarem	pretextareu	pretextaran
	preterite	pretextí	pretextares	pretextà	pretextàrem	pretextàreu	pretextaren
	conditional	pretextaria	pretextaries	pretextaria	pretextaríem	pretextaríeu	pretextarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pretexti	pretextis	pretexti	pretextem	pretexteu	pretextin
	imperfect	pretextés	pretextessis	pretextés	pretextéssim	pretextéssiu	pretextessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	pretexta	pretexti	pretextem	pretexteu	pretextin
	negative (no)	—	no pretextis	no pretexti	no pretextem	no pretexteu	no pretextin

Further reading

• “pretextar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin praetextusbor.

Portuguese pretexto

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese pretextar

From pretexto + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾe.tesˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾe.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾe.tesˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾe.tesˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾe.teʃˈta(ʁ)/ [pɾe.teʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /pɾe.tesˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.tɐjʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.tɐjʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.tejʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.tejʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾɨ.teʃˈta.ɾi/

Verb

pretextar (first-person singular present pretexto, first-person singular preterite pretextei, past participle pretextado)

1. to give as a pretext

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pretextar (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	pretextar
Personal	pretextar	pretextares	pretextar	pretextarmos	pretextardes	pretextarem
Gerund
	pretextando
Past participle
Masculine	pretextado			pretextados
Feminine	pretextada			pretextadas
Indicative
Present	pretexto	pretextas	pretexta	pretextamos	pretextais	pretextam
Imperfect	pretextava	pretextavas	pretextava	pretextávamos	pretextáveis	pretextavam
Preterite	pretextei	pretextaste	pretextou	pretextamos1, pretextámos2	pretextastes	pretextaram
Pluperfect	pretextara	pretextaras	pretextara	pretextáramos	pretextáreis	pretextaram
Future	pretextarei	pretextarás	pretextará	pretextaremos	pretextareis	pretextarão
Conditional	pretextaria	pretextarias	pretextaria	pretextaríamos	pretextaríeis	pretextariam
Subjunctive
Present	pretexte	pretextes	pretexte	pretextemos	pretexteis	pretextem
Imperfect	pretextasse	pretextasses	pretextasse	pretextássemos	pretextásseis	pretextassem
Future	pretextar	pretextares	pretextar	pretextarmos	pretextardes	pretextarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pretexta	pretexte	pretextemos	pretextai	pretextem
Negative (não)		não pretextes	não pretexte	não pretextemos	não pretexteis	não pretextem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “pretextar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pretextar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pretextar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pretextar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From pretexto + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeteɡsˈtaɾ/ [pɾe.t̪eɣ̞sˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧tex‧tar

Verb

pretextar (first-person singular present pretexto, first-person singular preterite pretexté, past participle pretextado)

1. to give as a pretext
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 42:

     Decir o cantar la Maunífica o Magníficat, no precisamente el himno que entonó María en la visita a su prima Isabel, sino una oración o lo que fuere, que la gente supersticiosa que la sabe se niega a comunicar, pretextando ignorarla, y de la cual daremos en otro lugar la única y muy disparatada versión que hemos podido recoger.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pretextar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pretextar
gerund			pretextando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pretextado		pretextada
		plural		pretextados		pretextadas
		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	pretexto	pretextastú pretextásvos	pretexta	pretextamos	pretextáis	pretextan
	imperfect	pretextaba	pretextabas	pretextaba	pretextábamos	pretextabais	pretextaban
	preterite	pretexté	pretextaste	pretextó	pretextamos	pretextasteis	pretextaron
	future	pretextaré	pretextarás	pretextará	pretextaremos	pretextaréis	pretextarán
	conditional	pretextaría	pretextarías	pretextaría	pretextaríamos	pretextaríais	pretextarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pretexte	pretextestú pretextésvos2	pretexte	pretextemos	pretextéis	pretexten
	imperfect (ra)	pretextara	pretextaras	pretextara	pretextáramos	pretextarais	pretextaran
	imperfect (se)	pretextase	pretextases	pretextase	pretextásemos	pretextaseis	pretextasen
	future1	pretextare	pretextares	pretextare	pretextáremos	pretextareis	pretextaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pretextatú pretextávos	pretexte	pretextemos	pretextad	pretexten
	negative		no pretextes	no pretexte	no pretextemos	no pretextéis	no pretexten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pretextar

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 pretextar	dative	pretextarme	pretextarte	pretextarle, pretextarse	pretextarnos	pretextaros	pretextarles, pretextarse
	accusative	pretextarme	pretextarte	pretextarlo, pretextarla, pretextarse	pretextarnos	pretextaros	pretextarlos, pretextarlas, pretextarse
with gerund pretextando	dative	pretextándome	pretextándote	pretextándole, pretextándose	pretextándonos	pretextándoos	pretextándoles, pretextándose
	accusative	pretextándome	pretextándote	pretextándolo, pretextándola, pretextándose	pretextándonos	pretextándoos	pretextándolos, pretextándolas, pretextándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative pretexta	dative	pretéxtame	pretéxtate	pretéxtale	pretéxtanos	not used	pretéxtales
	accusative	pretéxtame	pretéxtate	pretéxtalo, pretéxtala	pretéxtanos	not used	pretéxtalos, pretéxtalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative pretextá	dative	pretextame	pretextate	pretextale	pretextanos	not used	pretextales
	accusative	pretextame	pretextate	pretextalo, pretextala	pretextanos	not used	pretextalos, pretextalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pretexte	dative	pretéxteme	not used	pretéxtele, pretéxtese	pretéxtenos	not used	pretéxteles
	accusative	pretéxteme	not used	pretéxtelo, pretéxtela, pretéxtese	pretéxtenos	not used	pretéxtelos, pretéxtelas
with first-person plural imperative pretextemos	dative	not used	pretextémoste	pretextémosle	pretextémonos	pretextémoos	pretextémosles
	accusative	not used	pretextémoste	pretextémoslo, pretextémosla	pretextémonos	pretextémoos	pretextémoslos, pretextémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pretextad	dative	pretextadme	not used	pretextadle	pretextadnos	pretextaos	pretextadles
	accusative	pretextadme	not used	pretextadlo, pretextadla	pretextadnos	pretextaos	pretextadlos, pretextadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pretexten	dative	pretéxtenme	not used	pretéxtenle	pretéxtennos	not used	pretéxtenles, pretéxtense
	accusative	pretéxtenme	not used	pretéxtenlo, pretéxtenla	pretéxtennos	not used	pretéxtenlos, pretéxtenlas, pretéxtense

Further reading

• “pretextar”, 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