significar
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.
Verb
significar (first-person singular indicative present significo, past participle significáu)
- to mean, signify
Conjugation
Conjugation of significar
| infinitive | significar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | significando | ||||||
| past participle | m significáu, f significada, n significao, m pl significaos, f pl significaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | significo | signifiques | significa | significamos | significáis | signifiquen |
| imperfect | significaba | significabes | significaba | significábemos, significábamos | significabeis, significabais | significaben | |
| preterite | signifiqué | significasti, signifiquesti | significó | signifiquemos | significastis, signifiquestis | significaron | |
| pluperfect | significare, significara | significares, significaras | significare, significara | significáremos, significáramos | significareis, significarais | significaren, significaran | |
| future | significaré | significarás | significará | significaremos | significaréis | significarán | |
| conditional | significaría | significaríes | significaría | significaríemos, significaríamos | significaríeis, significaríais | significaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | signifique | signifiques, significas | signifique | signifiquemos | signifiquéis | signifiquen, significan |
| imperfect | significare, significara | significares, significaras | significare, significara | significáremos, significáramos | significareis, significarais | significaren, significaran | |
| imperative | — | significa | — | — | significái | — | |
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈka/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈkaɾ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
significar (first-person singular present significo, past participle significat)
- to mean, to signify
- Si hi ha núvols al cel, significa que plourà. ― If there are clouds in the sky, it means that it's going to rain.
- Synonym: voler dir
Conjugation
Conjugation of significar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | significar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | significant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | significat | significada | |||||
| plural | significats | significades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | significo | signifiques | significa | signifiquem | signifiqueu | signifiquen | |
| imperfect | significava | significaves | significava | significàvem | significàveu | significaven | |
| future | significaré | significaràs | significarà | significarem | significareu | significaran | |
| preterite | signifiquí | significares | significà | significàrem | significàreu | significaren | |
| conditional | significaria | significaries | significaria | significaríem | significaríeu | significarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | signifiqui | signifiquis | signifiqui | signifiquem | signifiqueu | signifiquin | |
| imperfect | signifiqués | signifiquessis | signifiqués | signifiquéssim | signifiquéssiu | signifiquessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | significa | signifiqui | signifiquem | signifiqueu | signifiquin | ||
Derived terms
- significat
Related terms
- significació
- significant
- significatiu
Further reading
- “significar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “significar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “significar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “significar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.
Verb
significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)
- to mean, signify
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of significar
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive of significar
Conjugation
- Note: signific- are changed to signifiqu- before front vowels (e).
Conjugation of significar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | significar | |||||
| personal | significar | significares | significar | significarmos | significardes | significaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| significando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | significado | significados | ||||
| feminine | significada | significadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | significo | significas | significa | significamos | significades | significan |
| imperfect | significaba | significabas | significaba | significabamos | significabades | significaban |
| preterite | signifiquei | significaches | significou | significamos | significastes | significaron |
| pluperfect | significara | significaras | significara | significaramos | significarades | significaran |
| future | significarei | significarás | significará | significaremos | significaredes | significarán |
| conditional | significaría | significarías | significaría | significariamos | significariades | significarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | signifique | signifiques | signifique | signifiquemos | signifiquedes | signifiquen |
| preterite | significase | significases | significase | significásemos | significásedes | significasen |
| future | significar | significares | significar | significarmos | significardes | significaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | significa | signifique | signifiquemos | significade | signifiquen |
| negative | – | signifiques | signifique | signifiquemos | signifiquedes | signifiquen |
Related terms
- significado
- signo
Interlingua
Verb
significar
- to mean; signify
Conjugation
Conjugation of significar
| infinitive | significar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| significante | significate | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | significa | ha significate | |
| past | significava | habeva significate | |
| future | significara | habera significate | |
| conditional | significarea | haberea significate | |
| imperative | significa | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es significate | ha essite significate | |
| past | esseva significate | habeva essite significate | |
| future | essera significate | habera essite significate | |
| conditional | esserea significate | haberea essite significate | |
| imperative | sia significate | ||
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin significāre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(h)], /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [siɡ.ni.fiˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ɾ)/, /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(χ)], /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [siɡ.ni.fiˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ɻ)/, /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.ɡni.fiˈkaɾ/ [si.ɣni.fiˈkaɾ]
- Hyphenation: sig‧ni‧fi‧car
Verb
significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)
- (transitive) to mean (to have a particular meaning)
- A palavra “livro” significa um conjunto de páginas ligadas. ― The word “book” means a collection of bound pages.
- (transitive, often taking que and a subordinate clause) to mean; to signify (to indicate a consequence)
- Isso significa guerra. ― This means war.
- inflection of significar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of significar (c-qu alternation) (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 | significar | |||||
| Personal | significar | significares | significar | significarmos | significardes | significarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| significando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | significado | significados | ||||
| Feminine | significada | significadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | significo | significas | significa | significamos | significais | significam |
| Imperfect | significava | significavas | significava | significávamos | significáveis | significavam |
| Preterite | signifiquei | significaste | significou | significamos1, significámos2 | significastes | significaram |
| Pluperfect | significara | significaras | significara | significáramos | significáreis | significaram |
| Future | significarei | significarás | significará | significaremos | significareis | significarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| significaria | significarias | significaria | significaríamos | significaríeis | significariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | signifique | signifiques | signifique | signifiquemos | signifiqueis | signifiquem |
| Imperfect | significasse | significasses | significasse | significássemos | significásseis | significassem |
| Future | significar | significares | significar | significarmos | significardes | significarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | significa | signifique | signifiquemos | significai | signifiquem | |
| Negative (não) | não signifiques | não signifique | não signifiquemos | não signifiqueis | não signifiquem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- ressignificar
- significado
- significante
- significativo
- signo
- sinal
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siɡnifiˈkaɾ/ [siɣ̞.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: sig‧ni‧fi‧car
Verb
significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiqué, past participle significado)
- to signify
- to mean
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stand out
- Synonym: distinguirse
- se significa por su inteligencia ― He stands out for his intelligence.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with en) to speak out, to assert (to voice one's opinion)
- significarse en contra de la guerra ― to speak out against the war
Conjugation
Conjugation of significar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | significar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | significando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | significado | significada | |||||
| plural | significados | significadas | |||||
| 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 | significo | significastú significásvos | significa | significamos | significáis | significan | |
| imperfect | significaba | significabas | significaba | significábamos | significabais | significaban | |
| preterite | signifiqué | significaste | significó | significamos | significasteis | significaron | |
| future | significaré | significarás | significará | significaremos | significaréis | significarán | |
| conditional | significaría | significarías | significaría | significaríamos | significaríais | significarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | signifique | signifiquestú signifiquésvos2 | signifique | signifiquemos | signifiquéis | signifiquen | |
| imperfect (ra) | significara | significaras | significara | significáramos | significarais | significaran | |
| imperfect (se) | significase | significases | significase | significásemos | significaseis | significasen | |
| future1 | significare | significares | significare | significáremos | significareis | significaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | significatú significávos | signifique | signifiquemos | significad | signifiquen | ||
| negative | no signifiques | no signifique | no signifiquemos | no signifiquéis | no signifiquen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of significar (c-qu alternation)
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 significar | |||||||
| dative | significarme | significarte | significarle, significarse | significarnos | significaros | significarles, significarse | |
| accusative | significarme | significarte | significarlo, significarla, significarse | significarnos | significaros | significarlos, significarlas, significarse | |
| with gerund significando | |||||||
| dative | significándome | significándote | significándole, significándose | significándonos | significándoos | significándoles, significándose | |
| accusative | significándome | significándote | significándolo, significándola, significándose | significándonos | significándoos | significándolos, significándolas, significándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative significa | |||||||
| dative | signifícame | signifícate | signifícale | signifícanos | not used | signifícales | |
| accusative | signifícame | signifícate | signifícalo, signifícala | signifícanos | not used | signifícalos, signifícalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative significá | |||||||
| dative | significame | significate | significale | significanos | not used | significales | |
| accusative | significame | significate | significalo, significala | significanos | not used | significalos, significalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative signifique | |||||||
| dative | signifíqueme | not used | signifíquele, signifíquese | signifíquenos | not used | signifíqueles | |
| accusative | signifíqueme | not used | signifíquelo, signifíquela, signifíquese | signifíquenos | not used | signifíquelos, signifíquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative signifiquemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | signifiquémoste | signifiquémosle | signifiquémonos | signifiquémoos | signifiquémosles | |
| accusative | not used | signifiquémoste | signifiquémoslo, signifiquémosla | signifiquémonos | signifiquémoos | signifiquémoslos, signifiquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative significad | |||||||
| dative | significadme | not used | significadle | significadnos | significaos | significadles | |
| accusative | significadme | not used | significadlo, significadla | significadnos | significaos | significadlos, significadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative signifiquen | |||||||
| dative | signifíquenme | not used | signifíquenle | signifíquennos | not used | signifíquenles, signifíquense | |
| accusative | signifíquenme | not used | signifíquenlo, signifíquenla | signifíquennos | not used | signifíquenlos, signifíquenlas, signifíquense | |
Related terms
- significado
- significancia
- significante
Further reading
- “significar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014