idear

idear

See also: idéar

English

Noun

idear (plural idears)

1. (Appalachia) Pronunciation spelling of idea.

Anagrams

• Dirae, adire, aider, aired, deair, irade, redia

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• idéar

Noun

idear m

1. indefinite plural of idé

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Portuguese

Verb

idear (first-person singular present ideio, first-person singular preterite ideei, past participle ideado)

1. to ideate (to generate an idea)

   Synonym: idealizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of idear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	idear
Personal	idear	ideares	idear	idearmos	ideardes	idearem
Gerund
	ideando
Past participle
Masculine	ideado			ideados
Feminine	ideada			ideadas
Indicative
Present	ideio	ideias	ideia	ideamos	ideais	ideiam
Imperfect	ideava	ideavas	ideava	ideávamos	ideáveis	ideavam
Preterite	ideei	ideaste	ideou	ideamos1, ideámos2	ideastes	idearam
Pluperfect	ideara	idearas	ideara	ideáramos	ideáreis	idearam
Future	idearei	idearás	ideará	idearemos	ideareis	idearão
Conditional
	idearia	idearias	idearia	idearíamos	idearíeis	ideariam
Subjunctive
Present	ideie	ideies	ideie	ideemos	ideeis	ideiem
Imperfect	ideasse	ideasses	ideasse	ideássemos	ideásseis	ideassem
Future	idear	ideares	idear	idearmos	ideardes	idearem
Imperative
Affirmative		ideia	ideie	ideemos	ideai	ideiem
Negative (não)		não ideies	não ideie	não ideemos	não ideeis	não ideiem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

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Spanish

Etymology

From idea +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ideˈaɾ/ [i.ð̞eˈaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: i‧de‧ar

Verb

idear (first-person singular present ideo, first-person singular preterite ideé, past participle ideado)

1. (transitive) to devise, to come up with

Conjugation

    Conjugation of idear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			idear
gerund			ideando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ideado		ideada
		plural		ideados		ideadas
		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	ideo	ideastú ideásvos	idea	ideamos	ideáis	idean
	imperfect	ideaba	ideabas	ideaba	ideábamos	ideabais	ideaban
	preterite	ideé	ideaste	ideó	ideamos	ideasteis	idearon
	future	idearé	idearás	ideará	idearemos	idearéis	idearán
	conditional	idearía	idearías	idearía	idearíamos	idearíais	idearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	idee	ideestú ideésvos2	idee	ideemos	ideéis	ideen
	imperfect (ra)	ideara	idearas	ideara	ideáramos	idearais	idearan
	imperfect (se)	idease	ideases	idease	ideásemos	ideaseis	ideasen
	future1	ideare	ideares	ideare	ideáremos	ideareis	idearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ideatú ideávos	idee	ideemos	idead	ideen
	negative		no idees	no idee	no ideemos	no ideéis	no ideen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of idear

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 idear
	dative	idearme	idearte	idearle, idearse	idearnos	idearos	idearles, idearse
	accusative	idearme	idearte	idearlo, idearla, idearse	idearnos	idearos	idearlos, idearlas, idearse
with gerund ideando
	dative	ideándome	ideándote	ideándole, ideándose	ideándonos	ideándoos	ideándoles, ideándose
	accusative	ideándome	ideándote	ideándolo, ideándola, ideándose	ideándonos	ideándoos	ideándolos, ideándolas, ideándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative idea
	dative	idéame	idéate	idéale	idéanos	not used	idéales
	accusative	idéame	idéate	idéalo, idéala	idéanos	not used	idéalos, idéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ideá
	dative	ideame	ideate	ideale	ideanos	not used	ideales
	accusative	ideame	ideate	idealo, ideala	ideanos	not used	idealos, idealas
with formal second-person singular imperative idee
	dative	idéeme	not used	idéele, idéese	idéenos	not used	idéeles
	accusative	idéeme	not used	idéelo, idéela, idéese	idéenos	not used	idéelos, idéelas
with first-person plural imperative ideemos
	dative	not used	ideémoste	ideémosle	ideémonos	ideémoos	ideémosles
	accusative	not used	ideémoste	ideémoslo, ideémosla	ideémonos	ideémoos	ideémoslos, ideémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative idead
	dative	ideadme	not used	ideadle	ideadnos	ideaos	ideadles
	accusative	ideadme	not used	ideadlo, ideadla	ideadnos	ideaos	ideadlos, ideadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ideen
	dative	idéenme	not used	idéenle	idéennos	not used	idéenles, idéense
	accusative	idéenme	not used	idéenlo, idéenla	idéennos	not used	idéenlos, idéenlas, idéense

Derived terms

• ideación
• ideador

Further reading

• “idear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014