privar

From Latin prīvāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾiˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾiˈvaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite priví, past participle privat)

1. (transitive) to deprive

   Synonym: desposseir

2. (transitive) to prohibit
3. (reflexive) to do without

• privació

• “privar”, 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
• “privar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “privar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “privar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Borrowed from Latin prīvāre.

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite privei, past participle privado)

1. (transitive) to deprive [with direct object; or with de]

   privar algo a alguém ― to deprive somebody of something

2. (transitive) to prohibit, to take
3. (reflexive) to refrain from doing something [with de]

   tenho de me privar da bebida ― I have to refrain from drinking

4. (transitive) to interact closely with someone [with com]

   tive oportunidade de privar consigo ― I had the opportunity of speaking to you

5. (transitive, social media) to make private

   ela privou sua conta no Facebook ― she made her Facebook account private

• privação

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

From Latin prīvāre.

• IPA^(key): /pɾiˈbaɾ/ [pɾiˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pri‧var

privar (first-person singular present privo, first-person singular preterite privé, past participle privado)

1. (transitive) to deprive

   Synonym: despojar

   privar a alguien de algo ― to deprive someone of something

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 307:

     La tisana preparada con «piedra de ara», es el único remedio contra la hora u hora muerta, nombres ambos con se designa la parálisis repentina que priva al paciente del uso de alguno de sus miembros.

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2. (transitive) to prohibit

   Synonym: prohibir

3. (transitive) to refrain from doing something
4. (reflexive) to do without

   Synonym: prescindir

5. (intransitive) to be in vogue
6. (intransitive, colloquial) to enjoy immensely (gustar-like)

   Le priva viajar. ― She loves to travel.

7. (reflexive, Latin America) to pass out, fall unconscious
8. (reflexive, Canary Islands) to get excited

• “privar”, 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
• “privarse”, in Diccionario Básico de Canarismos [Basic Dictionary of Canarianisms] (in Spanish), Canarian Academy of the Language [Spanish: Academia Canaria de La Lengua], 2010