protagonizar
Portuguese
    
    Etymology
    
From protagonista + -izar.
Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(ʁ)/ [pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(ʁ)/ [pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾo.ta.ɡo.niˈza(ɻ)/
 
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.tɐ.ɡu.niˈzaɾ/ [pɾu.tɐ.ɣu.niˈzaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾu.tɐ.ɡu.niˈza.ɾi/ [pɾu.tɐ.ɣu.niˈza.ɾi]
 
- Hyphenation: pro‧ta‧go‧ni‧zar
Verb
    
protagonizar (first-person singular present protagonizo, first-person singular preterite protagonizei, past participle protagonizado)
Conjugation
    
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
    
    Etymology
    
From protagonista + -izar.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): (Spain) /pɾotaɡoniˈθaɾ/ [pɾo.t̪a.ɣ̞o.niˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /pɾotaɡoniˈsaɾ/ [pɾo.t̪a.ɣ̞o.niˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pro‧ta‧go‧ni‧zar
Verb
    
protagonizar (first-person singular present protagonizo, first-person singular preterite protagonicé, past participle protagonizado)
- to star in, to be the protagonist in
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 protagonizar | |||||||
| dative | protagonizarme | protagonizarte | protagonizarle, protagonizarse | protagonizarnos | protagonizaros | protagonizarles, protagonizarse | |
| accusative | protagonizarme | protagonizarte | protagonizarlo, protagonizarla, protagonizarse | protagonizarnos | protagonizaros | protagonizarlos, protagonizarlas, protagonizarse | |
| with gerund protagonizando | |||||||
| dative | protagonizándome | protagonizándote | protagonizándole, protagonizándose | protagonizándonos | protagonizándoos | protagonizándoles, protagonizándose | |
| accusative | protagonizándome | protagonizándote | protagonizándolo, protagonizándola, protagonizándose | protagonizándonos | protagonizándoos | protagonizándolos, protagonizándolas, protagonizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative protagoniza | |||||||
| dative | protagonízame | protagonízate | protagonízale | protagonízanos | not used | protagonízales | |
| accusative | protagonízame | protagonízate | protagonízalo, protagonízala | protagonízanos | not used | protagonízalos, protagonízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative protagonizá | |||||||
| dative | protagonizame | protagonizate | protagonizale | protagonizanos | not used | protagonizales | |
| accusative | protagonizame | protagonizate | protagonizalo, protagonizala | protagonizanos | not used | protagonizalos, protagonizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative protagonice | |||||||
| dative | protagoníceme | not used | protagonícele, protagonícese | protagonícenos | not used | protagoníceles | |
| accusative | protagoníceme | not used | protagonícelo, protagonícela, protagonícese | protagonícenos | not used | protagonícelos, protagonícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative protagonicemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | protagonicémoste | protagonicémosle | protagonicémonos | protagonicémoos | protagonicémosles | |
| accusative | not used | protagonicémoste | protagonicémoslo, protagonicémosla | protagonicémonos | protagonicémoos | protagonicémoslos, protagonicémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative protagonizad | |||||||
| dative | protagonizadme | not used | protagonizadle | protagonizadnos | protagonizaos | protagonizadles | |
| accusative | protagonizadme | not used | protagonizadlo, protagonizadla | protagonizadnos | protagonizaos | protagonizadlos, protagonizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative protagonicen | |||||||
| dative | protagonícenme | not used | protagonícenle | protagonícennos | not used | protagonícenles, protagonícense | |
| accusative | protagonícenme | not used | protagonícenlo, protagonícenla | protagonícennos | not used | protagonícenlos, protagonícenlas, protagonícense | |
Further reading
    
- “protagonizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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