blindar
Catalan
Etymology
From French blinder, from blinde (“pieces of wood used as protection”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /blinˈda/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /blinˈdaɾ/
Verb
blindar (first-person singular present blindo, past participle blindat)
- to armor
- to shield, to encase, to protect
Conjugation
Conjugation of blindar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | blindar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | blindant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | blindat | blindada | |||||
| plural | blindats | blindades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | blindo | blindes | blinda | blindem | blindeu | blinden | |
| imperfect | blindava | blindaves | blindava | blindàvem | blindàveu | blindaven | |
| future | blindaré | blindaràs | blindarà | blindarem | blindareu | blindaran | |
| preterite | blindí | blindares | blindà | blindàrem | blindàreu | blindaren | |
| conditional | blindaria | blindaries | blindaria | blindaríem | blindaríeu | blindarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | blindi | blindis | blindi | blindem | blindeu | blindin | |
| imperfect | blindés | blindessis | blindés | blindéssim | blindéssiu | blindessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | blinda | blindi | blindem | blindeu | blindin | ||
Derived terms
- blindatge
Further reading
- “blindar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “blindar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “blindar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “blindar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Icelandic
Verb
blindar
- second/third-person singular active present indicative of blinda
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
blindar
- present of blinda
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /blĩˈda(ʁ)/ [blĩˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /blĩˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /blĩˈda(ʁ)/ [blĩˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /blĩˈda(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /blĩˈdaɾ/
Verb
blindar (first-person singular present blindo, first-person singular preterite blindei, past participle blindado)
- (transitive) to shield, to armor
Conjugation
Conjugation of blindar (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 | blindar | |||||
| Personal | blindar | blindares | blindar | blindarmos | blindardes | blindarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| blindando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | blindado | blindados | ||||
| Feminine | blindada | blindadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | blindo | blindas | blinda | blindamos | blindais | blindam |
| Imperfect | blindava | blindavas | blindava | blindávamos | blindáveis | blindavam |
| Preterite | blindei | blindaste | blindou | blindamos1, blindámos2 | blindastes | blindaram |
| Pluperfect | blindara | blindaras | blindara | blindáramos | blindáreis | blindaram |
| Future | blindarei | blindarás | blindará | blindaremos | blindareis | blindarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| blindaria | blindarias | blindaria | blindaríamos | blindaríeis | blindariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | blinde | blindes | blinde | blindemos | blindeis | blindem |
| Imperfect | blindasse | blindasses | blindasse | blindássemos | blindásseis | blindassem |
| Future | blindar | blindares | blindar | blindarmos | blindardes | blindarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | blinda | blinde | blindemos | blindai | blindem | |
| Negative (não) | não blindes | não blinde | não blindemos | não blindeis | não blindem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
From French blinder, from Proto-Germanic *blandijaną, which is related to English blind.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /blinˈdaɾ/ [blĩn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: blin‧dar
Verb
blindar (first-person singular present blindo, first-person singular preterite blindé, past participle blindado)
- (transitive) to shield, to armor
- (figuratively, transitive) to safeguard
- 2018 January 26, Virginia López Enano, “El misterio de Canfranc: nazis, espías y oro”, in El País, Madrid, ISSN 1134-6582:
- Su historia es breve, pero por ella el pueblo se ha construido un nombre. Durante la II Guerra Mundial, España enviaba por sus railes wolframio y pirita para blindar el armamento nazi.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of blindar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | blindar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | blindando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | blindado | blindada | |||||
| plural | blindados | blindadas | |||||
| 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 | blindo | blindastú blindásvos | blinda | blindamos | blindáis | blindan | |
| imperfect | blindaba | blindabas | blindaba | blindábamos | blindabais | blindaban | |
| preterite | blindé | blindaste | blindó | blindamos | blindasteis | blindaron | |
| future | blindaré | blindarás | blindará | blindaremos | blindaréis | blindarán | |
| conditional | blindaría | blindarías | blindaría | blindaríamos | blindaríais | blindarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | blinde | blindestú blindésvos2 | blinde | blindemos | blindéis | blinden | |
| imperfect (ra) | blindara | blindaras | blindara | blindáramos | blindarais | blindaran | |
| imperfect (se) | blindase | blindases | blindase | blindásemos | blindaseis | blindasen | |
| future1 | blindare | blindares | blindare | blindáremos | blindareis | blindaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | blindatú blindávos | blinde | blindemos | blindad | blinden | ||
| negative | no blindes | no blinde | no blindemos | no blindéis | no blinden | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of blindar
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 blindar | |||||||
| dative | blindarme | blindarte | blindarle, blindarse | blindarnos | blindaros | blindarles, blindarse | |
| accusative | blindarme | blindarte | blindarlo, blindarla, blindarse | blindarnos | blindaros | blindarlos, blindarlas, blindarse | |
| with gerund blindando | |||||||
| dative | blindándome | blindándote | blindándole, blindándose | blindándonos | blindándoos | blindándoles, blindándose | |
| accusative | blindándome | blindándote | blindándolo, blindándola, blindándose | blindándonos | blindándoos | blindándolos, blindándolas, blindándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative blinda | |||||||
| dative | blíndame | blíndate | blíndale | blíndanos | not used | blíndales | |
| accusative | blíndame | blíndate | blíndalo, blíndala | blíndanos | not used | blíndalos, blíndalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative blindá | |||||||
| dative | blindame | blindate | blindale | blindanos | not used | blindales | |
| accusative | blindame | blindate | blindalo, blindala | blindanos | not used | blindalos, blindalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative blinde | |||||||
| dative | blíndeme | not used | blíndele, blíndese | blíndenos | not used | blíndeles | |
| accusative | blíndeme | not used | blíndelo, blíndela, blíndese | blíndenos | not used | blíndelos, blíndelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative blindemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | blindémoste | blindémosle | blindémonos | blindémoos | blindémosles | |
| accusative | not used | blindémoste | blindémoslo, blindémosla | blindémonos | blindémoos | blindémoslos, blindémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative blindad | |||||||
| dative | blindadme | not used | blindadle | blindadnos | blindaos | blindadles | |
| accusative | blindadme | not used | blindadlo, blindadla | blindadnos | blindaos | blindadlos, blindadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative blinden | |||||||
| dative | blíndenme | not used | blíndenle | blíndennos | not used | blíndenles, blíndense | |
| accusative | blíndenme | not used | blíndenlo, blíndenla | blíndennos | not used | blíndenlos, blíndenlas, blíndense | |
Related terms
- blindaje
- blindado
Further reading
- “blindar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014