imaginar
See also: imaginär
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /i.mə.ʒiˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /i.ma.d͡ʒiˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, past participle imaginat)
- to imagine
- to conceive
- to think
Conjugation
Conjugation of imaginar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | imaginar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | imaginant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | imaginat | imaginada | |||||
| plural | imaginats | imaginades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | imagino | imagines | imagina | imaginem | imagineu | imaginen | |
| imperfect | imaginava | imaginaves | imaginava | imaginàvem | imaginàveu | imaginaven | |
| future | imaginaré | imaginaràs | imaginarà | imaginarem | imaginareu | imaginaran | |
| preterite | imaginí | imaginares | imaginà | imaginàrem | imaginàreu | imaginaren | |
| conditional | imaginaria | imaginaries | imaginaria | imaginaríem | imaginaríeu | imaginarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | imagini | imaginis | imagini | imaginem | imagineu | imaginin | |
| imperfect | imaginés | imaginessis | imaginés | imaginéssim | imaginéssiu | imaginessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | imagina | imagini | imaginem | imagineu | imaginin | ||
Related terms
- imaginable
- imaginació
- imaginari
- imaginària
- imaginatiu
Further reading
- “imaginar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “imaginar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “imaginar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “imaginar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English imagine, French imaginer, Italian immaginare, Spanish imaginar, ultimately from Latin imāginor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imaɡiˈnar/
Verb
imaginar (present tense imaginas, past tense imaginis, future tense imaginos, imperative imaginez, conditional imaginus)
- (transitive) to imagine
- Synonym: fantaziar
Conjugation
Conjugation of imaginar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imaginar | imaginir | imaginor | ||||
| tense | imaginas | imaginis | imaginos | ||||
| conditional | imaginus | ||||||
| imperative | imaginez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | imaginanta | imagininta | imaginonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | imaginante | imagininte | imaginonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | imaginanto | imagininto | imaginonto | |||
| plural | imaginanti | imagininti | imaginonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | imaginata | imaginita | imaginota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | imaginate | imaginite | imaginote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | imaginato | imaginito | imaginoto | |||
| plural | imaginati | imaginiti | imaginoti | ||||
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
imaginar
- to imagine
Conjugation
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imaginar | aver imaginat | |||||
| gerund | imaginant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | imaginat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | imagini | imaginas | imagina | imaginam | imaginatz | imaginan | |
| imperfect | imaginavi | imaginavas | imaginava | imaginàvem | imaginàvetz | imaginavan | |
| preterite | imaginèri | imaginères | imaginèt | imaginèrem | imaginèretz | imaginèron | |
| future | imaginarai | imaginaràs | imaginarà | imaginarem | imaginaretz | imaginaràn | |
| conditional | imaginariái | imaginariás | imaginariá | imaginariam | imaginariatz | imaginarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | imaginèra | imaginèras | imaginèra | imagineram | imagineratz | imaginèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | imagine | imagines | imagine | imaginem | imaginetz | imaginen | |
| imperfect | imaginèssi | imaginèsses | imaginèsse | imaginèssem | imaginèssetz | imaginèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| imagina | imaginem | imaginatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Auvernhàs| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imaginar | aver imaginat | |||||
| gerund | imaginant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | imaginat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | imagine | imagines | imagina | imaginam | imaginatz | imaginon | |
| imperfect | imaginave | imaginaves | imaginava | imaginaviam | imaginaviatz | imaginavon | |
| preterite | imaginere | imagineres | imaginet | imaginem | imaginetz | imagineron | |
| future | imaginarai | imaginaràs | imaginará | imaginarem | imaginaretz | imaginarán | |
| conditional | imaginariá | imaginariás | imaginariá | imaginariam | imaginariatz | imaginarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | imaginèra | imaginèras | imaginèra | imagineram | imagineratz | imaginèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | imagine | imagines | imagine | imaginassiam | imaginassiatz | imaginon | |
| imperfect | imaginesse | imaginesses | imaginesse | imaginessiam | imaginessiatz | imaginesson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| imagina | imaginassiam | imaginatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Gascon| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imaginar | aver imaginat | |||||
| gerund | imaginant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | imaginat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | imagini | imaginas | imagina | imaginam | imaginatz | imaginan | |
| imperfect | imaginavi | imaginavas | imaginava | imaginàvam | imaginàvatz | imaginavan | |
| preterite | imaginèi | imaginès | imaginè | imaginèm | imaginètz | imaginèn | |
| future | imaginarèi | imaginaràs | imaginarà | imaginaram | imaginaratz | imaginaràn | |
| conditional | imaginarí | imaginarés | imaginaré | imaginarem | imaginaretz | imaginarén | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | imaginèra | imaginèras | imaginèra | imagineram | imagineratz | imaginèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | imagini | imagines | imagine | imaginem | imaginetz | imaginen | |
| imperfect | imaginèssi | imaginèsses | imaginèsse | imaginèssem | imaginèssetz | imaginèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| imagina | imaginem | imaginatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Lemosin| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imaginar | aver imaginat | |||||
| gerund | imaginant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | imaginat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | imagine | imaginas | imagina | imaginam | imaginatz | imaginan | |
| imperfect | imaginava | imaginavas | imaginava | imaginàvam | imaginàvatz | imaginavan | |
| preterite | imaginei | imagineras | imaginet | imaginèram | imaginèratz | imagineran | |
| future | imaginarai | imaginaràs | imaginará | imaginarem | imaginaretz | imaginarán | |
| conditional | imaginariá | imaginariàs | imaginariá | imaginariam | imaginariatz | imaginarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | imaginèra | imaginèras | imaginèra | imagineram | imagineratz | imaginèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | imagine | imagines | imagine | imaginem | imaginetz | imaginen | |
| imperfect | imaginèsse | imaginèsses | imaginèsse | imaginèssem | imaginèssetz | imaginèssen | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| imagina | imaginem | imaginatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Provençau| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imaginar | aver imaginat | |||||
| gerund | imaginant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
| past participle | imaginat | — | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | imagine | imagines | imagina | imaginam | imaginatz | imaginan | |
| imperfect | imaginavi | imaginavas | imaginava | imaginàvem | imaginàvetz | imaginavan | |
| preterite | imaginère | imaginères | imaginèt | imagineriam | imagineriatz | imaginèron | |
| future | imaginarai | imaginaràs | imaginarà | imaginarem | imaginaretz | imaginaràn | |
| conditional | imaginariáu | imaginariás | imaginariá | imaginariam | imaginariatz | imaginarián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | imaginèra | imaginèras | imaginèra | imagineram | imagineratz | imaginèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | imagine | imagines | imagine | imaginem | imaginetz | imaginan | |
| imperfect | imaginèsse | imaginèsses | imaginèsse | imaginessiam | imaginessiatz | imaginèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| imagina | imaginem | imaginatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Related terms
- imaginacion
- imaginatiu
- imatge
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imāginārī, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [i.ma.ʒiˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [i.ma.ʒiˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /i.mɐ.ʒiˈnaɾ/
- Hyphenation: i‧ma‧gi‧nar
Verb
imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginei, past participle imaginado)
- to imagine (all senses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of imaginar (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 | imaginar | |||||
| Personal | imaginar | imaginares | imaginar | imaginarmos | imaginardes | imaginarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| imaginando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | imaginado | imaginados | ||||
| Feminine | imaginada | imaginadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | imagino | imaginas | imagina | imaginamos | imaginais | imaginam |
| Imperfect | imaginava | imaginavas | imaginava | imaginávamos | imagináveis | imaginavam |
| Preterite | imaginei | imaginaste | imaginou | imaginamos1, imaginámos2 | imaginastes | imaginaram |
| Pluperfect | imaginara | imaginaras | imaginara | imagináramos | imagináreis | imaginaram |
| Future | imaginarei | imaginarás | imaginará | imaginaremos | imaginareis | imaginarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| imaginaria | imaginarias | imaginaria | imaginaríamos | imaginaríeis | imaginariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | imagine | imagines | imagine | imaginemos | imagineis | imaginem |
| Imperfect | imaginasse | imaginasses | imaginasse | imaginássemos | imaginásseis | imaginassem |
| Future | imaginar | imaginares | imaginar | imaginarmos | imaginardes | imaginarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | imagina | imagine | imaginemos | imaginai | imaginem | |
| Negative (não) | não imagines | não imagine | não imaginemos | não imagineis | não imaginem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Romanian
Etymology
From French imaginaire, from Latin imaginarius. By surface analysis, imagina + -ar.
Adjective
imaginar m or n (feminine singular imaginară, masculine plural imaginari, feminine and neuter plural imaginare)
- imaginary
Declension
Declension of imaginar
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | imaginar | imaginară | imaginari | imaginare | ||
| definite | imaginarul | imaginara | imaginarii | imaginarele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | imaginar | imaginare | imaginari | imaginare | ||
| definite | imaginarului | imaginarei | imaginarilor | imaginarelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imaxiˈnaɾ/ [i.ma.xiˈnaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: i‧ma‧gi‧nar
Verb
imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginé, past participle imaginado)
- to imagine
- Imagínate. ― Go figure.
- Bien, imagínate eso. ― Well, imagine that.
- (reflexive) to imagine, to suppose
Conjugation
Conjugation of imaginar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | imaginar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | imaginando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | imaginado | imaginada | |||||
| plural | imaginados | imaginadas | |||||
| 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 | imagino | imaginastú imaginásvos | imagina | imaginamos | imagináis | imaginan | |
| imperfect | imaginaba | imaginabas | imaginaba | imaginábamos | imaginabais | imaginaban | |
| preterite | imaginé | imaginaste | imaginó | imaginamos | imaginasteis | imaginaron | |
| future | imaginaré | imaginarás | imaginará | imaginaremos | imaginaréis | imaginarán | |
| conditional | imaginaría | imaginarías | imaginaría | imaginaríamos | imaginaríais | imaginarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | imagine | imaginestú imaginésvos2 | imagine | imaginemos | imaginéis | imaginen | |
| imperfect (ra) | imaginara | imaginaras | imaginara | imagináramos | imaginarais | imaginaran | |
| imperfect (se) | imaginase | imaginases | imaginase | imaginásemos | imaginaseis | imaginasen | |
| future1 | imaginare | imaginares | imaginare | imagináremos | imaginareis | imaginaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | imaginatú imaginávos | imagine | imaginemos | imaginad | imaginen | ||
| negative | no imagines | no imagine | no imaginemos | no imaginéis | no imaginen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of imaginar
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 imaginar | |||||||
| dative | imaginarme | imaginarte | imaginarle, imaginarse | imaginarnos | imaginaros | imaginarles, imaginarse | |
| accusative | imaginarme | imaginarte | imaginarlo, imaginarla, imaginarse | imaginarnos | imaginaros | imaginarlos, imaginarlas, imaginarse | |
| with gerund imaginando | |||||||
| dative | imaginándome | imaginándote | imaginándole, imaginándose | imaginándonos | imaginándoos | imaginándoles, imaginándose | |
| accusative | imaginándome | imaginándote | imaginándolo, imaginándola, imaginándose | imaginándonos | imaginándoos | imaginándolos, imaginándolas, imaginándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative imagina | |||||||
| dative | imagíname | imagínate | imagínale | imagínanos | not used | imagínales | |
| accusative | imagíname | imagínate | imagínalo, imagínala | imagínanos | not used | imagínalos, imagínalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative imaginá | |||||||
| dative | imaginame | imaginate | imaginale | imaginanos | not used | imaginales | |
| accusative | imaginame | imaginate | imaginalo, imaginala | imaginanos | not used | imaginalos, imaginalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative imagine | |||||||
| dative | imagíneme | not used | imagínele, imagínese | imagínenos | not used | imagíneles | |
| accusative | imagíneme | not used | imagínelo, imagínela, imagínese | imagínenos | not used | imagínelos, imagínelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative imaginemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | imaginémoste | imaginémosle | imaginémonos | imaginémoos | imaginémosles | |
| accusative | not used | imaginémoste | imaginémoslo, imaginémosla | imaginémonos | imaginémoos | imaginémoslos, imaginémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative imaginad | |||||||
| dative | imaginadme | not used | imaginadle | imaginadnos | imaginaos | imaginadles | |
| accusative | imaginadme | not used | imaginadlo, imaginadla | imaginadnos | imaginaos | imaginadlos, imaginadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative imaginen | |||||||
| dative | imagínenme | not used | imagínenle | imagínennos | not used | imagínenles, imagínense | |
| accusative | imagínenme | not used | imagínenlo, imagínenla | imagínennos | not used | imagínenlos, imagínenlas, imagínense | |
Related terms
- imaginación
Further reading
- “imaginar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014