figurar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”). First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurí, past participle figurat)

1. (transitive) to depict, to represent, to show

   Synonym: representar

2. (reflexive) to imagine, to suppose

   Synonyms: afigurar-se, imaginar

3. (intransitive) to appear, to be a part of

   Synonyms: aparèixer, formar part

   figurar a la llista ― to appear on the list

4. (intransitive) to be important
   • 2020 April 21, Màrius Carol, “El somni de la immortalitat”, in La Vanguardia‎:

     La immortalitat és un assumpte que figura a la nova agenda humana.

     Immortality is a matter that is important in the new human agenda.

Conjugation

References

Further reading

• “figurar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “figurar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “figurar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

figurar m

1. indefinite plural of figur

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”).

Pronunciation

Verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurei, past participle figurado)

1. (transitive) to look like; to resemble (be similar in appearance to)

   Synonyms: assemelhar-se a, parecer

2. (transitive) to symbolize; to represent (be symbolic of)

   Synonyms: representar, simbolizar

3. (transitive with em or entre) to figure among (be a part of)
4. (transitive) to fake; to feign; to simulate (make a false display of)

   Synonyms: encenar, fingir, simular

5. (transitive with que or with no preposition) to consider (assign some quality to)

   Synonyms: considerar, ter como/por

6. (transitive with em) to star in; to act in (work as an actor in)

   Synonyms: atuar, encenar, estrelar

Conjugation

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin figūrāre (“to form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiɡuˈɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧gu‧rar

Verb

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figuré, past participle figurado)

1. to appear

   Synonym: aparecer

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

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