principar

Spanish

Verb

principar (first-person singular present principo, first-person singular preterite principé, past participle principado)

1. (obsolete) to rule as prince

Conjugation

    Conjugation of principar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			principar
gerund			principando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		principado		principada
		plural		principados		principadas
		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	principo	principastú principásvos	principa	principamos	principáis	principan
	imperfect	principaba	principabas	principaba	principábamos	principabais	principaban
	preterite	principé	principaste	principó	principamos	principasteis	principaron
	future	principaré	principarás	principará	principaremos	principaréis	principarán
	conditional	principaría	principarías	principaría	principaríamos	principaríais	principarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	principe	principestú principésvos2	principe	principemos	principéis	principen
	imperfect (ra)	principara	principaras	principara	principáramos	principarais	principaran
	imperfect (se)	principase	principases	principase	principásemos	principaseis	principasen
	future1	principare	principares	principare	principáremos	principareis	principaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		principatú principávos	principe	principemos	principad	principen
	negative		no principes	no principe	no principemos	no principéis	no principen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of principar

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 principar
	dative	principarme	principarte	principarle, principarse	principarnos	principaros	principarles, principarse
	accusative	principarme	principarte	principarlo, principarla, principarse	principarnos	principaros	principarlos, principarlas, principarse
with gerund principando
	dative	principándome	principándote	principándole, principándose	principándonos	principándoos	principándoles, principándose
	accusative	principándome	principándote	principándolo, principándola, principándose	principándonos	principándoos	principándolos, principándolas, principándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative principa
	dative	princípame	princípate	princípale	princípanos	not used	princípales
	accusative	princípame	princípate	princípalo, princípala	princípanos	not used	princípalos, princípalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative principá
	dative	principame	principate	principale	principanos	not used	principales
	accusative	principame	principate	principalo, principala	principanos	not used	principalos, principalas
with formal second-person singular imperative principe
	dative	princípeme	not used	princípele, princípese	princípenos	not used	princípeles
	accusative	princípeme	not used	princípelo, princípela, princípese	princípenos	not used	princípelos, princípelas
with first-person plural imperative principemos
	dative	not used	principémoste	principémosle	principémonos	principémoos	principémosles
	accusative	not used	principémoste	principémoslo, principémosla	principémonos	principémoos	principémoslos, principémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative principad
	dative	principadme	not used	principadle	principadnos	principaos	principadles
	accusative	principadme	not used	principadlo, principadla	principadnos	principaos	principadlos, principadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative principen
	dative	princípenme	not used	princípenle	princípennos	not used	princípenles, princípense
	accusative	princípenme	not used	princípenlo, princípenla	princípennos	not used	princípenlos, princípenlas, princípense

Further reading

• “principar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28