colorar
See also: cołorar
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin colōrāre. Doublet of corar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.luˈɾaɾ/
Verb
colorar (first-person singular present coloro, first-person singular preterite colorei, past participle colorado)
- to color/colour
- Synonym: colorir
Conjugation
Conjugation of colorar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | colorar | |||||
| Personal | colorar | colorares | colorar | colorarmos | colorardes | colorarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| colorando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | colorado | colorados | ||||
| Feminine | colorada | coloradas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | coloro | coloras | colora | coloramos | colorais | coloram |
| Imperfect | colorava | coloravas | colorava | colorávamos | coloráveis | coloravam |
| Preterite | colorei | coloraste | colorou | coloramos1, colorámos2 | colorastes | coloraram |
| Pluperfect | colorara | coloraras | colorara | coloráramos | coloráreis | coloraram |
| Future | colorarei | colorarás | colorará | coloraremos | colorareis | colorarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| coloraria | colorarias | coloraria | coloraríamos | coloraríeis | colorariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | colore | colores | colore | coloremos | coloreis | colorem |
| Imperfect | colorasse | colorasses | colorasse | colorássemos | colorásseis | colorassem |
| Future | colorar | colorares | colorar | colorarmos | colorardes | colorarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | colora | colore | coloremos | colorai | colorem | |
| Negative (não) | não colores | não colore | não coloremos | não coloreis | não colorem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
Probably derived from the noun color[1], or possibly from Latin colorāre, present active infinitive of colorō, but in this form probably taken as a semi-learned term. Cf. the inherited corlar (“apply a varnish to something to make it appear golden”)[2]. Compare also Portuguese corar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koloˈɾaɾ/ [ko.loˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧lo‧rar
Verb
colorar (first-person singular present coloro, first-person singular preterite coloré, past participle colorado)
- to dye, tint
- (dated) to color
- Synonym: colorear
Conjugation
Conjugation of colorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | colorar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | colorando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | colorado | colorada | |||||
| plural | colorados | coloradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | coloro | colorastú colorásvos | colora | coloramos | coloráis | coloran | |
| imperfect | coloraba | colorabas | coloraba | colorábamos | colorabais | coloraban | |
| preterite | coloré | coloraste | coloró | coloramos | colorasteis | coloraron | |
| future | coloraré | colorarás | colorará | coloraremos | coloraréis | colorarán | |
| conditional | coloraría | colorarías | coloraría | coloraríamos | coloraríais | colorarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | colore | colorestú colorésvos2 | colore | coloremos | coloréis | coloren | |
| imperfect (ra) | colorara | coloraras | colorara | coloráramos | colorarais | coloraran | |
| imperfect (se) | colorase | colorases | colorase | colorásemos | coloraseis | colorasen | |
| future1 | colorare | colorares | colorare | coloráremos | colorareis | coloraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | coloratú colorávos | colore | coloremos | colorad | coloren | ||
| negative | no colores | no colore | no coloremos | no coloréis | no coloren | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of colorar
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 colorar | |||||||
| dative | colorarme | colorarte | colorarle, colorarse | colorarnos | coloraros | colorarles, colorarse | |
| accusative | colorarme | colorarte | colorarlo, colorarla, colorarse | colorarnos | coloraros | colorarlos, colorarlas, colorarse | |
| with gerund colorando | |||||||
| dative | colorándome | colorándote | colorándole, colorándose | colorándonos | colorándoos | colorándoles, colorándose | |
| accusative | colorándome | colorándote | colorándolo, colorándola, colorándose | colorándonos | colorándoos | colorándolos, colorándolas, colorándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative colora | |||||||
| dative | colórame | colórate | colórale | colóranos | not used | colórales | |
| accusative | colórame | colórate | colóralo, colórala | colóranos | not used | colóralos, colóralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative colorá | |||||||
| dative | colorame | colorate | colorale | coloranos | not used | colorales | |
| accusative | colorame | colorate | coloralo, colorala | coloranos | not used | coloralos, coloralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative colore | |||||||
| dative | colóreme | not used | colórele, colórese | colórenos | not used | colóreles | |
| accusative | colóreme | not used | colórelo, colórela, colórese | colórenos | not used | colórelos, colórelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative coloremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | colorémoste | colorémosle | colorémonos | colorémoos | colorémosles | |
| accusative | not used | colorémoste | colorémoslo, colorémosla | colorémonos | colorémoos | colorémoslos, colorémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative colorad | |||||||
| dative | coloradme | not used | coloradle | coloradnos | coloraos | coloradles | |
| accusative | coloradme | not used | coloradlo, coloradla | coloradnos | coloraos | coloradlos, coloradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative coloren | |||||||
| dative | colórenme | not used | colórenle | colórennos | not used | colórenles, colórense | |
| accusative | colórenme | not used | colórenlo, colórenla | colórennos | not used | colórenlos, colórenlas, colórense | |
Related terms
- color
- coloración
- colorado
- colorante
- colorete
- colorido
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- “corladura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Further reading
- “colorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014