prohibir

Borrowed from Latin prohibēre (“to prohibit”), with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.iˈβi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.iˈbi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.iˈbiɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: pro‧hi‧bir
• Homophone: prohibí (except Valencian)

prohibir (first-person singular present prohibeixo, first-person singular preterite prohibí, past participle prohibit)

1. (transitive) to prohibit

• prohibició

• proibir (reintegrationist)

Learned borrowing from Latin prohibēre, present active infinitive of prohibeō (“prohibit”).

• IPA^(key): /pɾoiˈbiɾ/ [pɾo.iˈβ̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: pro‧hi‧bir

prohibir (first-person singular present prohibo, first-person singular preterite prohibín, past participle prohibido)

1. (transitive) to forbid, to prohibit, to enjoin

   Synonyms: abolir, non permitir

   Antonyms: autorizar, permitir

   prohíbese fumar ― “no smoking” (literally, “smoking is prohibited”)

   prohibido estacionar ― “no parking”

• prohibición
• prohibicionista
• prohibicionismo
• prohibido
• prohibitivo
• prohibitivamente
• prohibitorio

• “prohibir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

prohibir (first-person singular present prohibo, first-person singular preterite prohibi, past participle prohibido)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of proibir.

Borrowed from Latin prohibēre (“prohibit”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pɾoiˈbiɾ/ [pɾoi̯ˈβ̞iɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: prohi‧bir

prohibir (first-person singular present prohíbo, first-person singular preterite prohibí, past participle prohibido)

1. (transitive) to forbid, prohibit, enjoin

   Synonyms: desautorizar, inhibir, interdecir, ilegitimar, no permitir, privar, vedar

   se prohíbe fumar ― no smoking (literally, “smoking is prohibited”)

   prohibido estacionar ― no parking

• “prohibir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28