admirar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirārī. More at English admire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əd.miˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ad.miˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

admirar (first-person singular present admiro, first-person singular preterite admirí, past participle admirat)

1. to admire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of admirar (first conjugation)

infinitive			admirar
gerund			admirant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		admirat		admirada
		plural		admirats		admirades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	admiro	admires	admira	admirem	admireu	admiren
	imperfect	admirava	admiraves	admirava	admiràvem	admiràveu	admiraven
	future	admiraré	admiraràs	admirarà	admirarem	admirareu	admiraran
	preterite	admirí	admirares	admirà	admiràrem	admiràreu	admiraren
	conditional	admiraria	admiraries	admiraria	admiraríem	admiraríeu	admirarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	admiri	admiris	admiri	admirem	admireu	admirin
	imperfect	admirés	admiressis	admirés	admiréssim	admiréssiu	admiressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	admira	admiri	admirem	admireu	admirin
	negative (no)	—	no admiris	no admiri	no admirem	no admireu	no admirin

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• (Fribourgeois) admirâ; (Valdôtain) ammiré; (Piemontais) amiřê; (Bressan) admirô; (Beaujolais) admiro

• (Fribourgeois)
  • admirâ^DFF (Allières)
• (Valdôtain)
  • ammiré (Aosta)
• (Piemontais)
  • amiřê^DGL (Giaglione)
• (Bressan)
  • admirô^DFF
• (Beaujolais)
  • admiro^DPB (Belleroche)

Sources:

• DFF: “admirer”
• DGL: “amiřê”
• DPB: “admiro”

Etymology

Borrowed from French admirer and Italian ammirare.

Pronunciation

• (Valdôtain): [amiˈre]

• (Valdôtain)
  • [amiˈre] ⟨ammiré⟩ (Aosta)

Sources:

Verb

admirar (ORB)

1. to admire

References

• Gauchet, Louis & Jeanjaquet, Jules & Tappolet, Ernest (1924‒33) “admirer”, in Glossaire des patois de la Suisse romande, Neuchâtel: Attinger.
• Stich, Dominique (2003) “admirar”, in Dictionnaire francoprovençal/français, français/francoprovençal: Dictionnaire des mots de base du francoprovençal: Orthographe ORB supradialectale standardisée, Thonon-les-Bains: Éditions Le Carré.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin admirārī, present active infinitive of admiror. More at English admire.

Verb

admirar (first-person singular present admiro, first-person singular preterite admirei, past participle admirado)

1. to admire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of admirar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	admirar
Personal	admirar	admirares	admirar	admirarmos	admirardes	admiraren
Gerund
	admirando
Past participle
Masculine	admirado			admirados
Feminine	admirada			admiradas
Indicative
Present	admiro	admiras	admira	admiramos	admirades	admiran
Imperfect	admiraba	admirabas	admiraba	admirabamos	admirabades	admiraban
Preterite	admirei	admiraches	admirou	admiramos	admirastes	admiraron
Pluperfect	admirara	admiraras	admirara	admiraramos	admirarades	admiraran
Future	admirarei	admirarás	admirará	admiraremos	admiraredes	admirarán
Conditional	admiraría	admirarías	admiraría	admirariamos	admirariades	admirarían
Subjunctive
Present	admire	admires	admire	admiremos	admiredes	admiren
Imperfect	admirase	admirases	admirase	admirásemos	admirásedes	admirasen
Future	admirar	admirares	admirar	admirarmos	admirardes	admiraren
Imperative
Affirmative		admira	admire	admiremos	admirade	admiren
Negative (non)		non admires	non admire	non admiremos	non admiredes	non admiren

    Reintegrated conjugation of admirar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	admirar
Personal	admirar	admirares	admirar	admirarmos	admirardes	admirarem
Gerund
	admirando
Past participle
Masculine	admirado			admirados
Feminine	admirada			admiradas
Indicative
Present	admiro	admiras	admira	admiramos	admirades, admirais	admiram
Imperfect	admirava	admiravas	admirava	admirávamos	admirávades, admiráveis, admirávais1	admiravam
Preterite	admirei	admiraste, admirache1	admirou	admiramos	admirastes	admirárom, admiraram
Pluperfect	admirara	admiraras	admirara	admiráramos	admirárades, admiráreis, admirárais1	admiraram
Future	admirarei	admirarás	admirará	admiraremos	admiraredes, admirareis	admirarám, admirarão
Conditional	admiraria	admirarias	admiraria	admiraríamos	admiraríades, admiraríeis, admiraríais1	admirariam
Subjunctive
Present	admire	admires	admire	admiremos	admiredes, admireis	admirem
Imperfect	admirasse	admirasses	admirasse	admirássemos	admirássedes, admirásseis	admirassem
Future	admirar	admirares	admirar	admirarmos	admirardes	admirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		admira	admire	admiremos	admirade, admirai	admirem
Negative (nom)		nom admires	nom admire	nom admiremos	nom admiredes, nom admireis	nom admirem

¹Less recommended.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto admiri, English admire, French admirer, Italian ammirare, Spanish admirar, from Latin admīror, admīrārī,.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad.miˈrar/

Verb

admirar (present tense admiras, past tense admiris, future tense admiros, imperative admirez, conditional admirus)

1. to admire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of admirar

		present		past		future
infinitive		admirar		admirir		admiror
tense		admiras		admiris		admiros
conditional		admirus
imperative		admirez
adjective active participle		admiranta		admirinta		admironta
adverbial active participle		admirante		admirinte		admironte
nominal active participle	singular	admiranto		admirinto		admironto
	plural	admiranti		admirinti		admironti
adjective passive participle		admirata		admirita		admirota
adverbial passive participle		admirate		admirite		admirote
nominal passive participle	singular	admirato		admirito		admiroto
	plural	admirati		admiriti		admiroti

Derived terms

• admirinda

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin admirārī. More at English admire.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa(h)], /ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa(h)], /ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.miˈɾa(ɻ)/, /a.d͡ʒi.miˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmiˈɾaɾ/ [ɐ.ðmiˈɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmiˈɾaɾ/ [ɐ.ðmiˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmiˈɾa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðmiˈɾa.ɾi]

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧rar

Verb

admirar (first-person singular present admiro, first-person singular preterite admirei, past participle admirado)

1. to admire

Conjugation

    Conjugation of admirar (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	admirar
Personal	admirar	admirares	admirar	admirarmos	admirardes	admirarem
Gerund
	admirando
Past participle
Masculine	admirado			admirados
Feminine	admirada			admiradas
Indicative
Present	admiro	admiras	admira	admiramos	admirais	admiram
Imperfect	admirava	admiravas	admirava	admirávamos	admiráveis	admiravam
Preterite	admirei	admiraste	admirou	admiramos1, admirámos2	admirastes	admiraram
Pluperfect	admirara	admiraras	admirara	admiráramos	admiráreis	admiraram
Future	admirarei	admirarás	admirará	admiraremos	admirareis	admirarão
Conditional	admiraria	admirarias	admiraria	admiraríamos	admiraríeis	admirariam
Subjunctive
Present	admire	admires	admire	admiremos	admireis	admirem
Imperfect	admirasse	admirasses	admirasse	admirássemos	admirásseis	admirassem
Future	admirar	admirares	admirar	admirarmos	admirardes	admirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		admira	admire	admiremos	admirai	admirem
Negative (não)		não admires	não admire	não admiremos	não admireis	não admirem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• admiração
• admirador
• admirável

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admirārī. More at English admire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admiˈɾaɾ/ [að̞.miˈɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧rar

Verb

admirar (first-person singular present admiro, first-person singular preterite admiré, past participle admirado)

1. to admire

   Admiraba el trabajo de su amigo

   He admired his friend's work

2. to be admirable

   Me admira tu paciencia

   I admire your patience

3. (reflexive) to be amazed

   Se admiraron de su resistencia

   They were amazed at his courage

Conjugation

    Conjugation of admirar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			admirar
gerund			admirando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		admirado		admirada
		plural		admirados		admiradas
		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	admiro	admirastú admirásvos	admira	admiramos	admiráis	admiran
	imperfect	admiraba	admirabas	admiraba	admirábamos	admirabais	admiraban
	preterite	admiré	admiraste	admiró	admiramos	admirasteis	admiraron
	future	admiraré	admirarás	admirará	admiraremos	admiraréis	admirarán
	conditional	admiraría	admirarías	admiraría	admiraríamos	admiraríais	admirarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	admire	admirestú admirésvos2	admire	admiremos	admiréis	admiren
	imperfect (ra)	admirara	admiraras	admirara	admiráramos	admirarais	admiraran
	imperfect (se)	admirase	admirases	admirase	admirásemos	admiraseis	admirasen
	future1	admirare	admirares	admirare	admiráremos	admirareis	admiraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		admiratú admirávos	admire	admiremos	admirad	admiren
	negative		no admires	no admire	no admiremos	no admiréis	no admiren

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

    Selected combined forms of admirar

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 admirar
	dative	admirarme	admirarte	admirarle, admirarse	admirarnos	admiraros	admirarles, admirarse
	accusative	admirarme	admirarte	admirarlo, admirarla, admirarse	admirarnos	admiraros	admirarlos, admirarlas, admirarse
with gerund admirando
	dative	admirándome	admirándote	admirándole, admirándose	admirándonos	admirándoos	admirándoles, admirándose
	accusative	admirándome	admirándote	admirándolo, admirándola, admirándose	admirándonos	admirándoos	admirándolos, admirándolas, admirándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative admira
	dative	admírame	admírate	admírale	admíranos	not used	admírales
	accusative	admírame	admírate	admíralo, admírala	admíranos	not used	admíralos, admíralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative admirá
	dative	admirame	admirate	admirale	admiranos	not used	admirales
	accusative	admirame	admirate	admiralo, admirala	admiranos	not used	admiralos, admiralas
with formal second-person singular imperative admire
	dative	admíreme	not used	admírele, admírese	admírenos	not used	admíreles
	accusative	admíreme	not used	admírelo, admírela, admírese	admírenos	not used	admírelos, admírelas
with first-person plural imperative admiremos
	dative	not used	admirémoste	admirémosle	admirémonos	admirémoos	admirémosles
	accusative	not used	admirémoste	admirémoslo, admirémosla	admirémonos	admirémoos	admirémoslos, admirémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative admirad
	dative	admiradme	not used	admiradle	admiradnos	admiraos	admiradles
	accusative	admiradme	not used	admiradlo, admiradla	admiradnos	admiraos	admiradlos, admiradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative admiren
	dative	admírenme	not used	admírenle	admírennos	not used	admírenles, admírense
	accusative	admírenme	not used	admírenlo, admírenla	admírennos	not used	admírenlos, admírenlas, admírense

Related terms

• admirable
• admiración
• admirador
• admirativo
• mirar

 

Further reading

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