Borrowed from Latin abdicāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əb.diˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ab.diˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquí, past participle abdicat)

1. (ambitransitive) to abdicate

• “abdicar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “abdicar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “abdicar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “abdicar”, 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

From Latin abdicāre.

• IPA^(key): /abdiˈkaɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞iˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquei, past participle abdicado)

1. to abdicate

• abdicación

• “abdicar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Ultimately derived from Latin abdicāre. Compare Esperanto abdiki.

abdicar

1. (transitive) abdicate (to reject, cast off, discard)

• abdication
• abdicative

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [abˈdiː.kar]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [abˈdiː.kar]

abdīcar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of abdīcō

From Latin abdicāre.

• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

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abdicar

1. to abdicate

• abdicacion

Borrowed from Latin abdicāre.

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• Hyphenation: ab‧di‧car

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiquei, past participle abdicado)

1. (intransitive or transitive) to abdicate [with de or transitive ‘a position, e.g. the throne’]

   Synonym: renunciar

   O imperador Dom Pedro I abdicou. ― The emperor Peter I abdicated.

2. (transitive) to give up [with direct object ‘something’ and em favor de ‘in favour/favor of someone’]

   Synonyms: ceder, renunciar, desistir

   Abdiquei meu direito à herança em favor de meus filhos. ― I have given up my right to heir in favour of my sons.

• “abdicar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abdicar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “abdicar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “abdicar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “abdicar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “abdicar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin abdicāre.

• IPA^(key): /abdiˈkaɾ/ [aβ̞.ð̞iˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ab‧di‧car

abdicar (first-person singular present abdico, first-person singular preterite abdiqué, past participle abdicado)

1. (transitive) to abdicate, relinquish

• “abdicar”, 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

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