privarverb
Privar means to deprive, to go without or to give up in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as priva, privó and privan.
- to deprive
- to go without
- to give up
Él dice que no se privará de fumar.
He says that he won't give up smoking.
Él privó a mi hermanita de todos sus juguetes.
He deprived my little sister of all her toys.
El castigo lo privó de salir el fin de semana.
The punishment deprived him of going out on the weekend.
No queremos privar a los niños del tiempo de juego.
We don't want to deprive children of playtime.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| priva | he, she, it | Present |
| privó | he, she, it | Preterite |
| privan | they | Present |
| privando | Gerund | |
| privaron | they | Preterite |
| prive | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| privaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| privo | I | Present |
| privamos | we | Present or preterite |
| priven | they | Present subjunctive |
| privará | he, she, it | Future |