captivar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin captīvāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kəp.tiˈβa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kəp.tiˈva]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kap.tiˈvaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
captivar (first-person singular present captivo, first-person singular preterite captiví, past participle captivat)
- (transitive) to take captive
- (transitive, figurative) to captivate
Conjugation
Conjugation of captivar (first conjugation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “captivar”, 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
Spanish
Verb
captivar (first-person singular present captivo, first-person singular preterite captivé, past participle captivado)
- archaic form of cautivar
Conjugation
Conjugation of captivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | captivar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | captivando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | captivado | captivada | |||||
| plural | captivados | captivadas | |||||
| 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 | captivo | captivastú captivásvos |
captiva | captivamos | captiváis | captivan | |
| imperfect | captivaba | captivabas | captivaba | captivábamos | captivabais | captivaban | |
| preterite | captivé | captivaste | captivó | captivamos | captivasteis | captivaron | |
| future | captivaré | captivarás | captivará | captivaremos | captivaréis | captivarán | |
| conditional | captivaría | captivarías | captivaría | captivaríamos | captivaríais | captivarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | captive | captivestú captivésvos2 |
captive | captivemos | captivéis | captiven | |
| imperfect (ra) |
captivara | captivaras | captivara | captiváramos | captivarais | captivaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
captivase | captivases | captivase | captivásemos | captivaseis | captivasen | |
| future1 | captivare | captivares | captivare | captiváremos | captivareis | captivaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | captivatú captivávos |
captive | captivemos | captivad | captiven | ||
| negative | no captives | no captive | no captivemos | no captivéis | no captiven | ||
Selected combined forms of captivar
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 captivar | dative | captivarme | captivarte | captivarle, captivarse | captivarnos | captivaros | captivarles, captivarse |
| accusative | captivarme | captivarte | captivarlo, captivarla, captivarse | captivarnos | captivaros | captivarlos, captivarlas, captivarse | |
| with gerund captivando | dative | captivándome | captivándote | captivándole, captivándose | captivándonos | captivándoos | captivándoles, captivándose |
| accusative | captivándome | captivándote | captivándolo, captivándola, captivándose | captivándonos | captivándoos | captivándolos, captivándolas, captivándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative captiva | dative | captívame | captívate | captívale | captívanos | not used | captívales |
| accusative | captívame | captívate | captívalo, captívala | captívanos | not used | captívalos, captívalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative captivá | dative | captivame | captivate | captivale | captivanos | not used | captivales |
| accusative | captivame | captivate | captivalo, captivala | captivanos | not used | captivalos, captivalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative captive | dative | captíveme | not used | captívele, captívese | captívenos | not used | captíveles |
| accusative | captíveme | not used | captívelo, captívela, captívese | captívenos | not used | captívelos, captívelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative captivemos | dative | not used | captivémoste | captivémosle | captivémonos | captivémoos | captivémosles |
| accusative | not used | captivémoste | captivémoslo, captivémosla | captivémonos | captivémoos | captivémoslos, captivémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative captivad | dative | captivadme | not used | captivadle | captivadnos | captivaos | captivadles |
| accusative | captivadme | not used | captivadlo, captivadla | captivadnos | captivaos | captivadlos, captivadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative captiven | dative | captívenme | not used | captívenle | captívennos | not used | captívenles, captívense |
| accusative | captívenme | not used | captívenlo, captívenla | captívennos | not used | captívenlos, captívenlas, captívense | |
Further reading
- “captivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025