minar
See also: mínar
English
Noun
minar (plural minars)
- A minaret.
- 1885, James Burgess, Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency (page 230)
- The barah-dari has six window places and two doorways, and is surmounted by four small minars.
- 1885, James Burgess, Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Bombay Presidency (page 230)
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /miˈna/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /miˈnaɾ/
Verb
minar (first-person singular present mino, past participle minat)
- to mine (to dig into, for ore or metal)
- to mine (to sow explosive mines)
- to undermine (to weaken or work against)
- Synonym: soscavar
Conjugation
Conjugation of minar (first conjugation)
infinitive | minar | ||||||
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present participle | minant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | minat | minada | |||||
plural | minats | minades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | mino | mines | mina | minem | mineu | minen | |
imperfect | minava | minaves | minava | minàvem | minàveu | minaven | |
future | minaré | minaràs | minarà | minarem | minareu | minaran | |
preterite | miní | minares | minà | minàrem | minàreu | minaren | |
conditional | minaria | minaries | minaria | minaríem | minaríeu | minarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | mini | minis | mini | minem | mineu | minin | |
imperfect | minés | minessis | minés | minéssim | minéssiu | minessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | mina | mini | minem | mineu | minin |
Related terms
- mina
Further reading
- “minar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “minar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “minar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “minar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
minar
- present of mina
Occitan
Etymology
From mina + -ar.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
minar
- to mine
Conjugation
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simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | minar | aver minat | |||||
gerund | minant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | minat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | mini | minas | mina | minam | minatz | minan | |
imperfect | minavi | minavas | minava | minàvem | minàvetz | minavan | |
preterite | minèri | minères | minèt | minèrem | minèretz | minèron | |
future | minarai | minaràs | minarà | minarem | minaretz | minaràn | |
conditional | minariái | minariás | minariá | minariam | minariatz | minarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | minèra | minèras | minèra | mineram | mineratz | minèran | |
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 | mine | mines | mine | minem | minetz | minen | |
imperfect | minèssi | minèsses | minèsse | minèssem | minèssetz | minèsson | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
mina | minem | minatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
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simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | minar | aver minat | |||||
gerund | minant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | minat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | mine | mines | mina | minam | minatz | minon | |
imperfect | minave | minaves | minava | minaviam | minaviatz | minavon | |
preterite | minere | mineres | minet | minem | minetz | mineron | |
future | minarai | minaràs | minará | minarem | minaretz | minarán | |
conditional | minariá | minariás | minariá | minariam | minariatz | minarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | minèra | minèras | minèra | mineram | mineratz | minèran | |
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 | mine | mines | mine | minassiam | minassiatz | minon | |
imperfect | minesse | minesses | minesse | minessiam | minessiatz | minesson | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
mina | minassiam | minatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
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simple | compound | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | minar | aver minat | |||||
gerund | minant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | minat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | mini | minas | mina | minam | minatz | minan | |
imperfect | minavi | minavas | minava | minàvam | minàvatz | minavan | |
preterite | minèi | minès | minè | minèm | minètz | minèn | |
future | minarèi | minaràs | minarà | minaram | minaratz | minaràn | |
conditional | minarí | minarés | minaré | minarem | minaretz | minarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | minèra | minèras | minèra | mineram | mineratz | minèran | |
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 | mini | mines | mine | minem | minetz | minen | |
imperfect | minèssi | minèsses | minèsse | minèssem | minèssetz | minèssen | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
mina | minem | minatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
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simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | minar | aver minat | |||||
gerund | minant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | minat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | mine | minas | mina | minam | minatz | minan | |
imperfect | minava | minavas | minava | minàvam | minàvatz | minavan | |
preterite | minei | mineras | minet | minèram | minèratz | mineran | |
future | minarai | minaràs | minará | minarem | minaretz | minarán | |
conditional | minariá | minariàs | minariá | minariam | minariatz | minarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | minèra | minèras | minèra | mineram | mineratz | minèran | |
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 | mine | mines | mine | minem | minetz | minen | |
imperfect | minèsse | minèsses | minèsse | minèssem | minèssetz | minèssen | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
mina | minem | minatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
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simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | minar | aver minat | |||||
gerund | minant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | minat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | mine | mines | mina | minam | minatz | minan | |
imperfect | minavi | minavas | minava | minàvem | minàvetz | minavan | |
preterite | minère | minères | minèt | mineriam | mineriatz | minèron | |
future | minarai | minaràs | minarà | minarem | minaretz | minaràn | |
conditional | minariáu | minariás | minariá | minariam | minariatz | minarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | minèra | minèras | minèra | mineram | mineratz | minèran | |
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 | mine | mines | mine | minem | minetz | minan | |
imperfect | minèsse | minèsses | minèsse | minessiam | minessiatz | minèsson | |
compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
mina | minem | minatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈna(ʁ)/ [miˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /miˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /miˈna(ʁ)/ [miˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /miˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /miˈnaɾ/
- Hyphenation: mi‧nar
Verb
minar (first-person singular present mino, first-person singular preterite minei, past participle minado)
- to mine (to extract ore from the ground)
- (transitive) to mine (to place mines (device that explodes when touched or approached) in)
- Synonyms: explorar, minerar
- to undermine (to dig under something)
- Synonym: solapar
- (figurative) to undermine (to weaken or work against)
Conjugation
Conjugation of minar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | minar | |||||
Personal | minar | minares | minar | minarmos | minardes | minarem |
Gerund | ||||||
minando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | minado | minados | ||||
Feminine | minada | minadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | mino | minas | mina | minamos | minais | minam |
Imperfect | minava | minavas | minava | minávamos | mináveis | minavam |
Preterite | minei | minaste | minou | minamos1, minámos2 | minastes | minaram |
Pluperfect | minara | minaras | minara | mináramos | mináreis | minaram |
Future | minarei | minarás | minará | minaremos | minareis | minarão |
Conditional | ||||||
minaria | minarias | minaria | minaríamos | minaríeis | minariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | mine | mines | mine | minemos | mineis | minem |
Imperfect | minasse | minasses | minasse | minássemos | minásseis | minassem |
Future | minar | minares | minar | minarmos | minardes | minarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | mina | mine | minemos | minai | minem | |
Negative (não) | não mines | não mine | não minemos | não mineis | não minem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- mina
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mina (“mine”), from Ancient Greek μνᾶ (mnâ, “100 drachmas”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈnaɾ/ [miˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: mi‧nar
Verb
minar (first-person singular present mino, first-person singular preterite miné, past participle minado)
- to sap, mine, dig tunnels under
- to mine, lay military land or marine mines
- (figuratively) to undermine, destroy (health, confidence, etc.)
- to wear away, erode
Conjugation
Conjugation of minar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | minar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | minando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | minado | minada | |||||
plural | minados | minadas | |||||
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 | mino | minastú minásvos | mina | minamos | mináis | minan | |
imperfect | minaba | minabas | minaba | minábamos | minabais | minaban | |
preterite | miné | minaste | minó | minamos | minasteis | minaron | |
future | minaré | minarás | minará | minaremos | minaréis | minarán | |
conditional | minaría | minarías | minaría | minaríamos | minaríais | minarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | mine | minestú minésvos2 | mine | minemos | minéis | minen | |
imperfect (ra) | minara | minaras | minara | mináramos | minarais | minaran | |
imperfect (se) | minase | minases | minase | minásemos | minaseis | minasen | |
future1 | minare | minares | minare | mináremos | minareis | minaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | minatú minávos | mine | minemos | minad | minen | ||
negative | no mines | no mine | no minemos | no minéis | no minen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of minar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive minar | |||||||
dative | minarme | minarte | minarle, minarse | minarnos | minaros | minarles, minarse | |
accusative | minarme | minarte | minarlo, minarla, minarse | minarnos | minaros | minarlos, minarlas, minarse | |
with gerund minando | |||||||
dative | minándome | minándote | minándole, minándose | minándonos | minándoos | minándoles, minándose | |
accusative | minándome | minándote | minándolo, minándola, minándose | minándonos | minándoos | minándolos, minándolas, minándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mina | |||||||
dative | míname | mínate | mínale | mínanos | not used | mínales | |
accusative | míname | mínate | mínalo, mínala | mínanos | not used | mínalos, mínalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative miná | |||||||
dative | miname | minate | minale | minanos | not used | minales | |
accusative | miname | minate | minalo, minala | minanos | not used | minalos, minalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative mine | |||||||
dative | míneme | not used | mínele, mínese | mínenos | not used | míneles | |
accusative | míneme | not used | mínelo, mínela, mínese | mínenos | not used | mínelos, mínelas | |
with first-person plural imperative minemos | |||||||
dative | not used | minémoste | minémosle | minémonos | minémoos | minémosles | |
accusative | not used | minémoste | minémoslo, minémosla | minémonos | minémoos | minémoslos, minémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative minad | |||||||
dative | minadme | not used | minadle | minadnos | minaos | minadles | |
accusative | minadme | not used | minadlo, minadla | minadnos | minaos | minadlos, minadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative minen | |||||||
dative | mínenme | not used | mínenle | mínennos | not used | mínenles, mínense | |
accusative | mínenme | not used | mínenlo, mínenla | mínennos | not used | mínenlos, mínenlas, mínense |
Related terms
- mina
Further reading
- “minar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014