Polyglot Dictionary

prohibir

/pɾoiˈβiɾ/

verb B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
prohíbo
preterite (yo)
prohibí
past participle
prohibido

Meaning

  1. to forbid

    • Prohíben fumar aquí.

      Smoking is forbidden here.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

vedar

vedar is slightly more formal or literary, also used for hunting or fishing bans, "vedado"; prohibir is the everyday word for "to forbid."

Similar in other languages

French

interdire

interdire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to forbid."

Portuguese

proibir

proibir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to forbid."

Practice

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