encriptar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əŋ.kɾipˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.kɾipˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eŋ.kɾipˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

encriptar (first-person singular present encripto, first-person singular preterite encriptí, past participle encriptat)

1. to encrypt

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of encriptar (first conjugation)

infinitive			encriptar
gerund			encriptant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encriptat		encriptada
		plural		encriptats		encriptades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	encripto	encriptes	encripta	encriptem	encripteu	encripten
	imperfect	encriptava	encriptaves	encriptava	encriptàvem	encriptàveu	encriptaven
	future	encriptaré	encriptaràs	encriptarà	encriptarem	encriptareu	encriptaran
	preterite	encriptí	encriptares	encriptà	encriptàrem	encriptàreu	encriptaren
	conditional	encriptaria	encriptaries	encriptaria	encriptaríem	encriptaríeu	encriptarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	encripti	encriptis	encripti	encriptem	encripteu	encriptin
	imperfect	encriptés	encriptessis	encriptés	encriptéssim	encriptéssiu	encriptessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	encripta	encripti	encriptem	encripteu	encriptin
	negative (no)	—	no encriptis	no encripti	no encriptem	no encripteu	no encriptin

Further reading

• “encriptar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

From English encrypt +‎ -ar, from en- + crypt, from Latin crypta (“vault”), from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”), from κρύπτω (krúptō, “to conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *krāu-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.kɾipˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾipˈta(h)], /ĩ.kɾipˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾipˈta(h)], (careful) /ẽ.kɾi.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾi.piˈta(h)], /ĩ.kɾi.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾi.piˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.kɾipˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾipˈta(h)], /ĩ.kɾipˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾipˈta(h)], (careful) /ẽ.kɾi.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾi.piˈta(h)], /ĩ.kɾi.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾi.piˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.kɾipˈta(ɾ)/, /ĩ.kɾipˈta(ɾ)/, (careful) /ẽ.kɾi.piˈta(ɾ)/, /ĩ.kɾi.piˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.kɾipˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾipˈta(χ)], /ĩ.kɾipˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾipˈta(χ)], (careful) /ẽ.kɾi.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kɾi.piˈta(χ)], /ĩ.kɾi.piˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kɾi.piˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.kɾipˈta(ɻ)/, /ĩ.kɾipˈta(ɻ)/, (careful) /ẽ.kɾi.piˈta(ɻ)/, /ĩ.kɾi.piˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾipˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾipˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.kɾipˈta.ɾi/

Verb

encriptar (first-person singular present encripto, first-person singular preterite encriptei, past participle encriptado)

1. (cryptography) to encrypt (conceal information by means of a code or cipher)

   Synonyms: cifrar, criptografar

   Antonyms: decifrar, decriptar, desencriptar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encriptar (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	encriptar
Personal	encriptar	encriptares	encriptar	encriptarmos	encriptardes	encriptarem
Gerund
	encriptando
Past participle
Masculine	encriptado			encriptados
Feminine	encriptada			encriptadas
Indicative
Present	encripto	encriptas	encripta	encriptamos	encriptais	encriptam
Imperfect	encriptava	encriptavas	encriptava	encriptávamos	encriptáveis	encriptavam
Preterite	encriptei	encriptaste	encriptou	encriptamos1, encriptámos2	encriptastes	encriptaram
Pluperfect	encriptara	encriptaras	encriptara	encriptáramos	encriptáreis	encriptaram
Future	encriptarei	encriptarás	encriptará	encriptaremos	encriptareis	encriptarão
Conditional	encriptaria	encriptarias	encriptaria	encriptaríamos	encriptaríeis	encriptariam
Subjunctive
Present	encripte	encriptes	encripte	encriptemos	encripteis	encriptem
Imperfect	encriptasse	encriptasses	encriptasse	encriptássemos	encriptásseis	encriptassem
Future	encriptar	encriptares	encriptar	encriptarmos	encriptardes	encriptarem
Imperative
Affirmative		encripta	encripte	encriptemos	encriptai	encriptem
Negative (não)		não encriptes	não encripte	não encriptemos	não encripteis	não encriptem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• cripta
• criptografia

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English encrypt

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish encriptar

From English encrypt + Spanish -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enkɾibˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.kɾiβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧crip‧tar

Verb

encriptar (first-person singular present encripto, first-person singular preterite encripté, past participle encriptado)

1. to encrypt

   Synonym: cifrar

Usage notes

• This verb is regarded as anglicism by many, claiming that cifrar (“to encrypt”) should be preferred.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encriptar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			encriptar
gerund			encriptando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		encriptado		encriptada
		plural		encriptados		encriptadas
		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	encripto	encriptastú encriptásvos	encripta	encriptamos	encriptáis	encriptan
	imperfect	encriptaba	encriptabas	encriptaba	encriptábamos	encriptabais	encriptaban
	preterite	encripté	encriptaste	encriptó	encriptamos	encriptasteis	encriptaron
	future	encriptaré	encriptarás	encriptará	encriptaremos	encriptaréis	encriptarán
	conditional	encriptaría	encriptarías	encriptaría	encriptaríamos	encriptaríais	encriptarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	encripte	encriptestú encriptésvos2	encripte	encriptemos	encriptéis	encripten
	imperfect (ra)	encriptara	encriptaras	encriptara	encriptáramos	encriptarais	encriptaran
	imperfect (se)	encriptase	encriptases	encriptase	encriptásemos	encriptaseis	encriptasen
	future1	encriptare	encriptares	encriptare	encriptáremos	encriptareis	encriptaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		encriptatú encriptávos	encripte	encriptemos	encriptad	encripten
	negative		no encriptes	no encripte	no encriptemos	no encriptéis	no encripten

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

    Selected combined forms of encriptar

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 encriptar	dative	encriptarme	encriptarte	encriptarle, encriptarse	encriptarnos	encriptaros	encriptarles, encriptarse
	accusative	encriptarme	encriptarte	encriptarlo, encriptarla, encriptarse	encriptarnos	encriptaros	encriptarlos, encriptarlas, encriptarse
with gerund encriptando	dative	encriptándome	encriptándote	encriptándole, encriptándose	encriptándonos	encriptándoos	encriptándoles, encriptándose
	accusative	encriptándome	encriptándote	encriptándolo, encriptándola, encriptándose	encriptándonos	encriptándoos	encriptándolos, encriptándolas, encriptándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative encripta	dative	encríptame	encríptate	encríptale	encríptanos	not used	encríptales
	accusative	encríptame	encríptate	encríptalo, encríptala	encríptanos	not used	encríptalos, encríptalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative encriptá	dative	encriptame	encriptate	encriptale	encriptanos	not used	encriptales
	accusative	encriptame	encriptate	encriptalo, encriptala	encriptanos	not used	encriptalos, encriptalas
with formal second-person singular imperative encripte	dative	encrípteme	not used	encríptele, encríptese	encríptenos	not used	encrípteles
	accusative	encrípteme	not used	encríptelo, encríptela, encríptese	encríptenos	not used	encríptelos, encríptelas
with first-person plural imperative encriptemos	dative	not used	encriptémoste	encriptémosle	encriptémonos	encriptémoos	encriptémosles
	accusative	not used	encriptémoste	encriptémoslo, encriptémosla	encriptémonos	encriptémoos	encriptémoslos, encriptémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative encriptad	dative	encriptadme	not used	encriptadle	encriptadnos	encriptaos	encriptadles
	accusative	encriptadme	not used	encriptadlo, encriptadla	encriptadnos	encriptaos	encriptadlos, encriptadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative encripten	dative	encríptenme	not used	encríptenle	encríptennos	not used	encríptenles, encríptense
	accusative	encríptenme	not used	encríptenlo, encríptenla	encríptennos	not used	encríptenlos, encríptenlas, encríptense

Further reading

• “encriptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026