competir

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin competō, competere.

Verb

competir

1. to compete

Related terms

• competición
• competente
• pedir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin competere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kum.pəˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kom.pəˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kom.peˈtiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kom.peˈti]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

competir (first-person singular present competeixo, first-person singular preterite competí, past participle competit)

1. to compete

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of competir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			competir
gerund			competint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		competit		competida
		plural		competits		competides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	competeixo	competeixes	competeix	competim	competiu	competeixen
	imperfect	competia	competies	competia	competíem	competíeu	competien
	future	competiré	competiràs	competirà	competirem	competireu	competiran
	preterite	competí	competires	competí	competírem	competíreu	competiren
	conditional	competiria	competiries	competiria	competiríem	competiríeu	competirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	competeixi	competeixis	competeixi	competim	competiu	competeixin
	imperfect	competís	competissis	competís	competíssim	competíssiu	competissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	competeix	competeixi	competim	competiu	competeixin
	negative (no)	—	no competeixis	no competeixi	no competim	no competiu	no competeixin

Related terms

• competició
• competitiu

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competō, competerelbor.

Galician competir

Learned borrowing from Latin competō, competere.

Verb

competir (first-person singular present compito, third-person singular present compite, first-person singular preterite competín, past participle competido)
competir (first-person singular present compito, third-person singular present compete, first-person singular preterite competim or competi, past participle competido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to compete (contend)

   Synonym: rivalizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of competir (e becomes i when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	competir
Personal	competir	competires	competir	competirmos	competirdes	competiren
Gerund
	competindo
Past participle
Masculine	competido			competidos
Feminine	competida			competidas
Indicative
Present	compito	compites	compite	competimos	competides	compiten
Imperfect	competía	competías	competía	competiamos	competiades	competían
Preterite	competín	competiches	competiu	competimos	competistes	competiron
Pluperfect	competira	competiras	competira	competiramos	competirades	competiran
Future	competirei	competirás	competirá	competiremos	competiredes	competirán
Conditional	competiría	competirías	competiría	competiriamos	competiriades	competirían
Subjunctive
Present	compita	compitas	compita	compitamos	compitades	compitan
Imperfect	competise	competises	competise	competísemos	competísedes	competisen
Future	competir	competires	competir	competirmos	competirdes	competiren
Imperative
Affirmative		compite	compita	compitamos	competide	compitan
Negative (non)		non compitas	non compita	non compitamos	non compitades	non compitan

    Reintegrated conjugation of competir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	competir
Personal	competir	competires	competir	competirmos	competirdes	competirem
Gerund
	competindo
Past participle
Masculine	competido			competidos
Feminine	competida			competidas
Indicative
Present	compito	competes	compete	competimos	competides, competis	competem
Imperfect	competia	competias	competia	competíamos	competíades, competíeis, competíais1	competiam
Preterite	competim, competi	competiste, competiche1	competiu	competimos	competistes	competírom, competiram
Pluperfect	competira	competiras	competira	competíramos	competírades, competíreis, competírais1	competiram
Future	competirei	competirás	competirá	competiremos	competiredes, competireis	competirám, competirão
Conditional	competiria	competirias	competiria	competiríamos	competiríades, competiríeis, competiríais1	competiriam
Subjunctive
Present	compita	compitas	compita	compitamos	compitades, compitais	compitam
Imperfect	competisse	competisses	competisse	competíssemos	competíssedes, competísseis	competissem
Future	competir	competires	competir	competirmos	competirdes	competirem
Imperative
Affirmative		compete	compita	compitamos	competide, competi	compitam
Negative (nom)		nom compitas	nom compita	nom compitamos	nom compitades, nom compitais	nom compitam

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• competencia
• competente
• competición
• competidor
• competitivo
• pedir

Further reading

• “competir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “competir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competerelbor.

Portuguese competir

Learned borrowing from Latin competere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.peˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [kõ.peˈt͡ʃi(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.pɨˈti.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧pe‧tir

Verb

competir (first-person singular present compito, third-person singular present compete, first-person singular preterite competi, past participle competido)

1. to compete (contend)
2. to be responsible for

Conjugation

    Conjugation of competir (i-e alternation in present singular) (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	competir
Personal	competir	competires	competir	competirmos	competirdes	competirem
Gerund
	competindo
Past participle
Masculine	competido			competidos
Feminine	competida			competidas
Indicative
Present	compito	competes	compete	competimos	competis	competem
Imperfect	competia	competias	competia	competíamos	competíeis	competiam
Preterite	competi	competiste	competiu	competimos	competistes	competiram
Pluperfect	competira	competiras	competira	competíramos	competíreis	competiram
Future	competirei	competirás	competirá	competiremos	competireis	competirão
Conditional	competiria	competirias	competiria	competiríamos	competiríeis	competiriam
Subjunctive
Present	compita	compitas	compita	compitamos	compitais	compitam
Imperfect	competisse	competisses	competisse	competíssemos	competísseis	competissem
Future	competir	competires	competir	competirmos	competirdes	competirem
Imperative
Affirmative		compete	compita	compitamos	competi	compitam
Negative (não)		não compitas	não compita	não compitamos	não compitais	não compitam

Related terms

• competência
• competente
• competição
• competidor
• pedir

Further reading

• “competir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “competir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin competerebor.

Spanish competir

Borrowed from Latin competere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kompeˈtiɾ/ [kõm.peˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: com‧pe‧tir

Verb

competir (first-person singular present compito, first-person singular preterite competí, past participle competido)

1. (intransitive) to compete

Conjugation

    Conjugation of competir (e-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			competir
gerund			compitiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		competido		competida
		plural		competidos		competidas
		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	compito	compitestú competísvos	compite	competimos	competís	compiten
	imperfect	competía	competías	competía	competíamos	competíais	competían
	preterite	competí	competiste	compitió	competimos	competisteis	compitieron
	future	competiré	competirás	competirá	competiremos	competiréis	competirán
	conditional	competiría	competirías	competiría	competiríamos	competiríais	competirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	compita	compitastú compitásvos2	compita	compitamos	compitáis	compitan
	imperfect (ra)	compitiera	compitieras	compitiera	compitiéramos	compitierais	compitieran
	imperfect (se)	compitiese	compitieses	compitiese	compitiésemos	compitieseis	compitiesen
	future1	compitiere	compitieres	compitiere	compitiéremos	compitiereis	compitieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		compitetú competívos	compita	compitamos	competid	compitan
	negative		no compitas	no compita	no compitamos	no compitáis	no compitan

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

    Selected combined forms of competir (e-i alternation)

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 competir	dative	competirme	competirte	competirle, competirse	competirnos	competiros	competirles, competirse
	accusative	competirme	competirte	competirlo, competirla, competirse	competirnos	competiros	competirlos, competirlas, competirse
with gerund compitiendo	dative	compitiéndome	compitiéndote	compitiéndole, compitiéndose	compitiéndonos	compitiéndoos	compitiéndoles, compitiéndose
	accusative	compitiéndome	compitiéndote	compitiéndolo, compitiéndola, compitiéndose	compitiéndonos	compitiéndoos	compitiéndolos, compitiéndolas, compitiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative compite	dative	compíteme	compítete	compítele	compítenos	not used	compíteles
	accusative	compíteme	compítete	compítelo, compítela	compítenos	not used	compítelos, compítelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative competí	dative	competime	competite	competile	competinos	not used	competiles
	accusative	competime	competite	competilo, competila	competinos	not used	competilos, competilas
with formal second-person singular imperative compita	dative	compítame	not used	compítale, compítase	compítanos	not used	compítales
	accusative	compítame	not used	compítalo, compítala, compítase	compítanos	not used	compítalos, compítalas
with first-person plural imperative compitamos	dative	not used	compitámoste	compitámosle	compitámonos	compitámoos	compitámosles
	accusative	not used	compitámoste	compitámoslo, compitámosla	compitámonos	compitámoos	compitámoslos, compitámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative competid	dative	competidme	not used	competidle	competidnos	competíos	competidles
	accusative	competidme	not used	competidlo, competidla	competidnos	competíos	competidlos, competidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative compitan	dative	compítanme	not used	compítanle	compítannos	not used	compítanles, compítanse
	accusative	compítanme	not used	compítanlo, compítanla	compítannos	not used	compítanlos, compítanlas, compítanse

Related terms

• competencia
• competente
• competición
• competitivo
• pedir

Further reading

• “competir”, 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