designar

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of dissenyar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designí, past participle designat)

1. to designate

• designació

• “designar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “designar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “designar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “designar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsignō, dēsignāre. Doublet of deseñar.

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designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designei, past participle designado)

1. to designate

• designación

• “designar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “designar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

designar

1. to design

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of desenhar and design.

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designei, past participle designado)

1. to designate
2. to appoint, nominate

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of diseñar.

• IPA^(key): /desiɡˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sig‧nar

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designé, past participle designado)

1. to designate

• “designar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

designar

1. present of designa