adornar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
adornar (first-person singular present adorno, first-person singular preterite adorní, past participle adornat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- to adorn
- 2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:
- es trovaba dividida en llotges profusament adornades
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of adornar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | adornar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | adornant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | adornat | adornada | |||||
| plural | adornats | adornades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | adorno | adornes | adorna | adornem | adorneu | adornen | |
| imperfect | adornava | adornaves | adornava | adornàvem | adornàveu | adornaven | |
| future | adornaré | adornaràs | adornarà | adornarem | adornareu | adornaran | |
| preterite | adorní | adornares | adornà | adornàrem | adornàreu | adornaren | |
| conditional | adornaria | adornaries | adornaria | adornaríem | adornaríeu | adornarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | adorni | adornis | adorni | adornem | adorneu | adornin | |
| imperfect | adornés | adornessis | adornés | adornéssim | adornéssiu | adornessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | adorna | adorni | adornem | adorneu | adornin | |
| negative (no) | — | no adornis | no adorni | no adornem | no adorneu | no adornin | |
Derived terms
- adorn
- adornament
Further reading
- “adornar”, 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
- “adornar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “adornar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “adornar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.doʁˈna(ʁ)/ [a.doɦˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.doɾˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.doʁˈna(ʁ)/ [a.doʁˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.doɻˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duɾˈnaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuɾˈnaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duɾˈna.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuɾˈna.ɾi]
Audio (Brazil): (file) - Hyphenation: a‧dor‧nar
Verb
adornar (first-person singular present adorno, first-person singular preterite adornei, past participle adornado)
- to adorn
- Synonyms: enfeitar, ornamentar, ornar
Conjugation
Conjugation of adornar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “adornar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /adoɾˈnaɾ/ [a.ð̞oɾˈnaɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧dor‧nar
Verb
adornar (first-person singular present adorno, first-person singular preterite adorné, past participle adornado)
- to adorn, to ornament, to decorate, to garnish, to embellish, to dress, to bedeck, to deck
- Synonym: decorar
- to trim (e.g. a Christmas tree)
- (transitive, Nicaragua, Cuba, Ecuador, Rioplatense, colloquial, euphemistic, rare) to cheat on someone
- (Argentina, slang) to buy off; to bribe
Conjugation
Conjugation of adornar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of adornar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive adornar | dative | adornarme | adornarte | adornarle, adornarse | adornarnos | adornaros | adornarles, adornarse |
| accusative | adornarme | adornarte | adornarlo, adornarla, adornarse | adornarnos | adornaros | adornarlos, adornarlas, adornarse | |
| with gerund adornando | dative | adornándome | adornándote | adornándole, adornándose | adornándonos | adornándoos | adornándoles, adornándose |
| accusative | adornándome | adornándote | adornándolo, adornándola, adornándose | adornándonos | adornándoos | adornándolos, adornándolas, adornándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative adorna | dative | adórname | adórnate | adórnale | adórnanos | not used | adórnales |
| accusative | adórname | adórnate | adórnalo, adórnala | adórnanos | not used | adórnalos, adórnalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative adorná | dative | adorname | adornate | adornale | adornanos | not used | adornales |
| accusative | adorname | adornate | adornalo, adornala | adornanos | not used | adornalos, adornalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative adorne | dative | adórneme | not used | adórnele, adórnese | adórnenos | not used | adórneles |
| accusative | adórneme | not used | adórnelo, adórnela, adórnese | adórnenos | not used | adórnelos, adórnelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative adornemos | dative | not used | adornémoste | adornémosle | adornémonos | adornémoos | adornémosles |
| accusative | not used | adornémoste | adornémoslo, adornémosla | adornémonos | adornémoos | adornémoslos, adornémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative adornad | dative | adornadme | not used | adornadle | adornadnos | adornaos | adornadles |
| accusative | adornadme | not used | adornadlo, adornadla | adornadnos | adornaos | adornadlos, adornadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative adornen | dative | adórnenme | not used | adórnenle | adórnennos | not used | adórnenles, adórnense |
| accusative | adórnenme | not used | adórnenlo, adórnenla | adórnennos | not used | adórnenlos, adórnenlas, adórnense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adornar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024