liquidar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [li.kiˈða]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [li.kiˈðaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

liquidar (first-person singular present liquido, first-person singular preterite liquidí, past participle liquidat)

1. to liquidate (to settle a debt)
2. to liquidate (to settle the affairs of a company)
3. to liquidate (to convert assets into cash)
4. to liquefy

   Synonym: liqüefer

Conjugation

infinitive			liquidar
gerund			liquidant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		liquidat		liquidada
		plural		liquidats		liquidades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	liquido	liquides	liquida	liquidem	liquideu	liquiden
	imperfect	liquidava	liquidaves	liquidava	liquidàvem	liquidàveu	liquidaven
	future	liquidaré	liquidaràs	liquidarà	liquidarem	liquidareu	liquidaran
	preterite	liquidí	liquidares	liquidà	liquidàrem	liquidàreu	liquidaren
	conditional	liquidaria	liquidaries	liquidaria	liquidaríem	liquidaríeu	liquidarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	liquidi	liquidis	liquidi	liquidem	liquideu	liquidin
	imperfect	liquidés	liquidessis	liquidés	liquidéssim	liquidéssiu	liquidessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	liquida	liquidi	liquidem	liquideu	liquidin
	negative (no)	—	no liquidis	no liquidi	no liquidem	no liquideu	no liquidin

    Conjugation of liquidar (first conjugation)

Derived terms

• liquidació

Related terms

• líquid

Further reading

• “liquidar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Interlingua

Verb

liquidar

1. to liquidize

Conjugation

infinitive		liquidar
participle		present	perfect
		liquidante	liquidate
active		simple	perfect
	present	liquida	ha liquidate
	past	liquidava	habeva liquidate
	future	liquidara	habera liquidate
	conditional	liquidarea	haberea liquidate
	imperative	liquida
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es liquidate	ha essite liquidate
	past	esseva liquidate	habeva essite liquidate
	future	essera liquidate	habera essite liquidate
	conditional	esserea liquidate	haberea essite liquidate
	imperative	sia liquidate

    Conjugation of liquidar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin liquidāre. By surface analysis, líquido +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.kiˈda(ʁ)/ [li.kiˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.kiˈda(ʁ)/ [li.kiˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /li.kiˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /li.kiˈda(ʁ)/ [li.kiˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /li.kiˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.kiˈdaɾ/ [li.kiˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.kiˈdaɾ/ [li.kiˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /li.kiˈda.ɾi/ [li.kiˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: li‧qui‧dar

Verb

liquidar (first-person singular present liquido, first-person singular preterite liquidei, past participle liquidado)

1. to settle
2. to liquidate
3. to pay off

   Ela liquidou uma dívida. ― She paid off a debt.

4. (figurative) to kill, to annihilate
5. to sell off, to have a clearance sale

Conjugation

	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	liquidar
Personal	liquidar	liquidares	liquidar	liquidarmos	liquidardes	liquidarem
Gerund
	liquidando
Past participle
Masculine	liquidado			liquidados
Feminine	liquidada			liquidadas
Indicative
Present	liquido	liquidas	liquida	liquidamos	liquidais	liquidam
Imperfect	liquidava	liquidavas	liquidava	liquidávamos	liquidáveis	liquidavam
Preterite	liquidei	liquidaste	liquidou	liquidamos1, liquidámos2	liquidastes	liquidaram
Pluperfect	liquidara	liquidaras	liquidara	liquidáramos	liquidáreis	liquidaram
Future	liquidarei	liquidarás	liquidará	liquidaremos	liquidareis	liquidarão
Conditional	liquidaria	liquidarias	liquidaria	liquidaríamos	liquidaríeis	liquidariam
Subjunctive
Present	liquide	liquides	liquide	liquidemos	liquideis	liquidem
Imperfect	liquidasse	liquidasses	liquidasse	liquidássemos	liquidásseis	liquidassem
Future	liquidar	liquidares	liquidar	liquidarmos	liquidardes	liquidarem
Imperative
Affirmative		liquida	liquide	liquidemos	liquidai	liquidem
Negative (não)		não liquides	não liquide	não liquidemos	não liquideis	não liquidem

    Conjugation of liquidar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• liquidação
• liquidador

 

Further reading

• “liquidar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin liquidāre. By surface analysis, líquido +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /likiˈdaɾ/ [li.kiˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧qui‧dar

Verb

liquidar (first-person singular present liquido, first-person singular preterite liquidé, past participle liquidado)

1. to liquidate (to settle a debt)
2. to liquidate (to settle the affairs of a company)
3. to liquidate (to convert assets into cash)
4. to liquefy
5. (colloquial) to pick off, to finish off, to take out

Conjugation

infinitive			liquidar
gerund			liquidando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		liquidado		liquidada
		plural		liquidados		liquidadas
		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	liquido	liquidastú liquidásvos	liquida	liquidamos	liquidáis	liquidan
	imperfect	liquidaba	liquidabas	liquidaba	liquidábamos	liquidabais	liquidaban
	preterite	liquidé	liquidaste	liquidó	liquidamos	liquidasteis	liquidaron
	future	liquidaré	liquidarás	liquidará	liquidaremos	liquidaréis	liquidarán
	conditional	liquidaría	liquidarías	liquidaría	liquidaríamos	liquidaríais	liquidarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	liquide	liquidestú liquidésvos2	liquide	liquidemos	liquidéis	liquiden
	imperfect (ra)	liquidara	liquidaras	liquidara	liquidáramos	liquidarais	liquidaran
	imperfect (se)	liquidase	liquidases	liquidase	liquidásemos	liquidaseis	liquidasen
	future1	liquidare	liquidares	liquidare	liquidáremos	liquidareis	liquidaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		liquidatú liquidávos	liquide	liquidemos	liquidad	liquiden
	negative		no liquides	no liquide	no liquidemos	no liquidéis	no liquiden

    Conjugation of liquidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive liquidar	dative	liquidarme	liquidarte	liquidarle, liquidarse	liquidarnos	liquidaros	liquidarles, liquidarse
	accusative	liquidarme	liquidarte	liquidarlo, liquidarla, liquidarse	liquidarnos	liquidaros	liquidarlos, liquidarlas, liquidarse
with gerund liquidando	dative	liquidándome	liquidándote	liquidándole, liquidándose	liquidándonos	liquidándoos	liquidándoles, liquidándose
	accusative	liquidándome	liquidándote	liquidándolo, liquidándola, liquidándose	liquidándonos	liquidándoos	liquidándolos, liquidándolas, liquidándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative liquida	dative	liquídame	liquídate	liquídale	liquídanos	not used	liquídales
	accusative	liquídame	liquídate	liquídalo, liquídala	liquídanos	not used	liquídalos, liquídalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative liquidá	dative	liquidame	liquidate	liquidale	liquidanos	not used	liquidales
	accusative	liquidame	liquidate	liquidalo, liquidala	liquidanos	not used	liquidalos, liquidalas
with formal second-person singular imperative liquide	dative	liquídeme	not used	liquídele, liquídese	liquídenos	not used	liquídeles
	accusative	liquídeme	not used	liquídelo, liquídela, liquídese	liquídenos	not used	liquídelos, liquídelas
with first-person plural imperative liquidemos	dative	not used	liquidémoste	liquidémosle	liquidémonos	liquidémoos	liquidémosles
	accusative	not used	liquidémoste	liquidémoslo, liquidémosla	liquidémonos	liquidémoos	liquidémoslos, liquidémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative liquidad	dative	liquidadme	not used	liquidadle	liquidadnos	liquidaos	liquidadles
	accusative	liquidadme	not used	liquidadlo, liquidadla	liquidadnos	liquidaos	liquidadlos, liquidadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative liquiden	dative	liquídenme	not used	liquídenle	liquídennos	not used	liquídenles, liquídense
	accusative	liquídenme	not used	liquídenlo, liquídenla	liquídennos	not used	liquídenlos, liquídenlas, liquídense

    Selected combined forms of liquidar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Derived terms

• liquidación

 

Further reading

• “liquidar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10