prosperar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prosperāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pɾus.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾos.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾos.peˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾos.peˈɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

prosperar (first-person singular present prospero, first-person singular preterite prosperí, past participle prosperat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to prosper

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of prosperar (first conjugation)

infinitive			prosperar
gerund			prosperant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prosperat		prosperada
		plural		prosperats		prosperades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prospero	prosperes	prospera	prosperem	prospereu	prosperen
	imperfect	prosperava	prosperaves	prosperava	prosperàvem	prosperàveu	prosperaven
	future	prosperaré	prosperaràs	prosperarà	prosperarem	prosperareu	prosperaran
	preterite	prosperí	prosperares	prosperà	prosperàrem	prosperàreu	prosperaren
	conditional	prosperaria	prosperaries	prosperaria	prosperaríem	prosperaríeu	prosperarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prosperi	prosperis	prosperi	prosperem	prospereu	prosperin
	imperfect	prosperés	prosperessis	prosperés	prosperéssim	prosperéssiu	prosperessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	prospera	prosperi	prosperem	prospereu	prosperin
	negative (no)	—	no prosperis	no prosperi	no prosperem	no prospereu	no prosperin

Related terms

• pròsper
• prosperitat
• prosperós

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin prosperus

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 -ō

Latin prosperāre

Galician prosperar

From Latin prosperāre.

Verb

prosperar (first-person singular present prospero, first-person singular preterite prosperei, past participle prosperado)

1. (intransitive) to prosper

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prosperar

	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	prosperar
Personal	prosperar	prosperares	prosperar	prosperarmos	prosperardes	prosperaren
Gerund
	prosperando
Past participle
Masculine	prosperado			prosperados
Feminine	prosperada			prosperadas
Indicative
Present	prospero	prosperas	prospera	prosperamos	prosperades	prosperan
Imperfect	prosperaba	prosperabas	prosperaba	prosperabamos	prosperabades	prosperaban
Preterite	prosperei	prosperaches	prosperou	prosperamos	prosperastes	prosperaron
Pluperfect	prosperara	prosperaras	prosperara	prosperaramos	prosperarades	prosperaran
Future	prosperarei	prosperarás	prosperará	prosperaremos	prosperaredes	prosperarán
Conditional	prosperaría	prosperarías	prosperaría	prosperariamos	prosperariades	prosperarían
Subjunctive
Present	prospere	prosperes	prospere	prosperemos	prosperedes	prosperen
Imperfect	prosperase	prosperases	prosperase	prosperásemos	prosperásedes	prosperasen
Future	prosperar	prosperares	prosperar	prosperarmos	prosperardes	prosperaren
Imperative
Affirmative		prospera	prospere	prosperemos	prosperade	prosperen
Negative (non)		non prosperes	non prospere	non prosperemos	non prosperedes	non prosperen

    Reintegrated conjugation of prosperar (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	prosperar
Personal	prosperar	prosperares	prosperar	prosperarmos	prosperardes	prosperarem
Gerund
	prosperando
Past participle
Masculine	prosperado			prosperados
Feminine	prosperada			prosperadas
Indicative
Present	prospero	prosperas	prospera	prosperamos	prosperades, prosperais	prosperam
Imperfect	prosperava	prosperavas	prosperava	prosperávamos	prosperávades, prosperáveis, prosperávais1	prosperavam
Preterite	prosperei	prosperaste, prosperache1	prosperou	prosperamos	prosperastes	prosperárom, prosperaram
Pluperfect	prosperara	prosperaras	prosperara	prosperáramos	prosperárades, prosperáreis, prosperárais1	prosperaram
Future	prosperarei	prosperarás	prosperará	prosperaremos	prosperaredes, prosperareis	prosperarám, prosperarão
Conditional	prosperaria	prosperarias	prosperaria	prosperaríamos	prosperaríades, prosperaríeis, prosperaríais1	prosperariam
Subjunctive
Present	prospere	prosperes	prospere	prosperemos	prosperedes, prospereis	prosperem
Imperfect	prosperasse	prosperasses	prosperasse	prosperássemos	prosperássedes, prosperásseis	prosperassem
Future	prosperar	prosperares	prosperar	prosperarmos	prosperardes	prosperarem
Imperative
Affirmative		prospera	prospere	prosperemos	prosperade, prosperai	prosperem
Negative (nom)		nom prosperes	nom prospere	nom prosperemos	nom prosperedes, nom prospereis	nom prosperem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• prosperidade
• próspero

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin prosperō. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

prosperar

1. (intransitive) to prosper

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		prosperar			aver prosperat
gerund		prosperant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		prosperat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	prospèri	prosperas	prospera	prosperam	prosperatz	prosperan
	imperfect	prosperavi	prosperavas	prosperava	prosperàvem	prosperàvetz	prosperavan
	preterite	prospèrèri	prospèrères	prospèrèt	prospèrèrem	prospèrèretz	prospèrèron
	future	prosperarai	prosperaràs	prosperarà	prosperarem	prosperaretz	prosperaràn
	conditional	prosperariái	prosperariás	prosperariá	prosperariam	prosperariatz	prosperarián
	conditional 2nd form1	prospèrèra	prospèrèras	prospèrèra	prospèreram	prospèreratz	prospèrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	prospère	prospères	prospère	prospèrem	prospèretz	prospèren
	imperfect	prospèrèssi	prospèrèsses	prospèrèsse	prospèrèssem	prospèrèssetz	prospèrèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			prospera		prospèrem	prosperatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		prosperar			aver prosperat
gerund		prosperant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		prosperat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	prospère	prospères	prospera	prosperam	prosperatz	prosperon
	imperfect	prosperave	prosperaves	prosperava	prosperaviam	prosperaviatz	prosperavon
	preterite	prospèrere	prospèreres	prospèret	prospèrem	prospèretz	prospèreron
	future	prosperarai	prosperaràs	prosperará	prosperarem	prosperaretz	prosperarán
	conditional	prosperariá	prosperariás	prosperariá	prosperariam	prosperariatz	prosperarián
	conditional 2nd form1	prospèrèra	prospèrèras	prospèrèra	prospèreram	prospèreratz	prospèrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	prospère	prospères	prospère	prosperassiam	prosperassiatz	prosperon
	imperfect	prospèresse	prospèresses	prospèresse	prospèressiam	prospèressiatz	prospèresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			prospera		prosperassiam	prosperatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		prosperar			aver prosperat
gerund		prosperant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		prosperat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	prospèri	prosperas	prospera	prosperam	prosperatz	prosperan
	imperfect	prosperavi	prosperavas	prosperava	prosperàvam	prosperàvatz	prosperavan
	preterite	prospèrèi	prospèrès	prospèrè	prospèrèm	prospèrètz	prospèrèn
	future	prosperarèi	prosperaràs	prosperarà	prosperaram	prosperaratz	prosperaràn
	conditional	prosperarí	prosperarés	prosperaré	prosperarem	prosperaretz	prosperarén
	conditional 2nd form1	prospèrèra	prospèrèras	prospèrèra	prospèreram	prospèreratz	prospèrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	prospèri	prospères	prospère	prospèrem	prospèretz	prospèren
	imperfect	prospèrèssi	prospèrèsses	prospèrèsse	prospèrèssem	prospèrèssetz	prospèrèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			prospera		prospèrem	prosperatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		prosperar			aver prosperat
gerund		prosperant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		prosperat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	prospère	prosperas	prospera	prosperam	prosperatz	prosperan
	imperfect	prosperava	prosperavas	prosperava	prosperàvam	prosperàvatz	prosperavan
	preterite	prospèrei	prospèreras	prospèret	prospèrèram	prospèrèratz	prospèreran
	future	prosperarai	prosperaràs	prosperará	prosperarem	prosperaretz	prosperarán
	conditional	prosperariá	prosperariàs	prosperariá	prosperariam	prosperariatz	prosperarián
	conditional 2nd form1	prospèrèra	prospèrèras	prospèrèra	prospèreram	prospèreratz	prospèrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	prospère	prospères	prospère	prospèrem	prospèretz	prospèren
	imperfect	prospèrèsse	prospèrèsses	prospèrèsse	prospèrèssem	prospèrèssetz	prospèrèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			prospera		prospèrem	prosperatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		prosperar			aver prosperat
gerund		prosperant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		prosperat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	prospère	prospères	prospera	prosperam	prosperatz	prosperan
	imperfect	prosperavi	prosperavas	prosperava	prosperàvem	prosperàvetz	prosperavan
	preterite	prospèrère	prospèrères	prospèrèt	prospèreriam	prospèreriatz	prospèrèron
	future	prosperarai	prosperaràs	prosperarà	prosperarem	prosperaretz	prosperaràn
	conditional	prosperariáu	prosperariás	prosperariá	prosperariam	prosperariatz	prosperarián
	conditional 2nd form1	prospèrèra	prospèrèras	prospèrèra	prospèreram	prospèreratz	prospèrèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	prospère	prospères	prospère	prospèrem	prospèretz	prosperan
	imperfect	prospèrèsse	prospèrèsses	prospèrèsse	prospèressiam	prospèressiatz	prospèrèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			prospera		prospèrem	prosperatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• prospèr
• prosperitat

References

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 787

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin prosperus

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 -ō

Latin prosperāreder.

Portuguese prosperar

Derived from Latin prosperāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾos.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾos.peˈɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuʃ.pɨˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuʃ.pɨˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾuʃ.pɨˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pros‧pe‧rar

Verb

prosperar (first-person singular present prospero, first-person singular preterite prosperei, past participle prosperado)

1. (intransitive) to prosper; to thrive (be successful)

   Synonym: florescer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prosperar (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	prosperar
Personal	prosperar	prosperares	prosperar	prosperarmos	prosperardes	prosperarem
Gerund
	prosperando
Past participle
Masculine	prosperado			prosperados
Feminine	prosperada			prosperadas
Indicative
Present	prospero	prosperas	prospera	prosperamos	prosperais	prosperam
Imperfect	prosperava	prosperavas	prosperava	prosperávamos	prosperáveis	prosperavam
Preterite	prosperei	prosperaste	prosperou	prosperamos1, prosperámos2	prosperastes	prosperaram
Pluperfect	prosperara	prosperaras	prosperara	prosperáramos	prosperáreis	prosperaram
Future	prosperarei	prosperarás	prosperará	prosperaremos	prosperareis	prosperarão
Conditional	prosperaria	prosperarias	prosperaria	prosperaríamos	prosperaríeis	prosperariam
Subjunctive
Present	prospere	prosperes	prospere	prosperemos	prospereis	prosperem
Imperfect	prosperasse	prosperasses	prosperasse	prosperássemos	prosperásseis	prosperassem
Future	prosperar	prosperares	prosperar	prosperarmos	prosperardes	prosperarem
Imperative
Affirmative		prospera	prospere	prosperemos	prosperai	prosperem
Negative (não)		não prosperes	não prospere	não prosperemos	não prospereis	não prosperem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• prosperidade

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin prosperus

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 -ō

Latin prosperāreder.

Spanish prosperar

Derived from Latin prosperāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾospeˈɾaɾ/ [pɾos.peˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pros‧pe‧rar

Verb

prosperar (first-person singular present prospero, first-person singular preterite prosperé, past participle prosperado)

1. to prosper, to thrive, to flourish
2. to boom (e.g., business)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of prosperar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			prosperar
gerund			prosperando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		prosperado		prosperada
		plural		prosperados		prosperadas
		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	prospero	prosperastú prosperásvos	prospera	prosperamos	prosperáis	prosperan
	imperfect	prosperaba	prosperabas	prosperaba	prosperábamos	prosperabais	prosperaban
	preterite	prosperé	prosperaste	prosperó	prosperamos	prosperasteis	prosperaron
	future	prosperaré	prosperarás	prosperará	prosperaremos	prosperaréis	prosperarán
	conditional	prosperaría	prosperarías	prosperaría	prosperaríamos	prosperaríais	prosperarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	prospere	prosperestú prosperésvos2	prospere	prosperemos	prosperéis	prosperen
	imperfect (ra)	prosperara	prosperaras	prosperara	prosperáramos	prosperarais	prosperaran
	imperfect (se)	prosperase	prosperases	prosperase	prosperásemos	prosperaseis	prosperasen
	future1	prosperare	prosperares	prosperare	prosperáremos	prosperareis	prosperaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		prosperatú prosperávos	prospere	prosperemos	prosperad	prosperen
	negative		no prosperes	no prospere	no prosperemos	no prosperéis	no prosperen

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

Related terms

• prosperidad
• próspero

Further reading

• “prosperar”, 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