formar

See also: förmår

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Verb

formar (first-person singular indicative present formo, past participle formáu)

to form (to give shape)
to form, make up
to make, form
to bring up, raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of formar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		formar
gerund		formando
past participle		m formáu, f formada, n formao, m pl formaos, f pl formaes
indicative	present	formo	formes	forma	formamos	formáis	formen
	imperfect	formaba	formabes	formaba	formábemos, formábamos	formabeis, formabais	formaben
	preterite	formé	formasti, formesti	formó	formemos	formastis, formestis	formaron
	pluperfect	formare, formara	formares, formaras	formare, formara	formáremos, formáramos	formareis, formarais	formaren, formaran
	future	formaré	formarás	formará	formaremos	formaréis	formarán
	conditional	formaría	formaríes	formaría	formaríemos, formaríamos	formaríeis, formaríais	formaríen
subjunctive	present	forme	formes, formas	forme	formemos	forméis	formen, forman
subjunctive	imperfect	formare, formara	formares, formaras	formare, formara	formáremos, formáramos	formareis, formarais	formaren, formaran
imperative		—	forma	—	—	formái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fōrmāre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formí, past participle format); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

Conjugation

Conjugation of formar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			formar
gerund			formant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		format		formada
		plural		formats		formades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	formo	formes	forma	formem	formeu	formen
	imperfect	formava	formaves	formava	formàvem	formàveu	formaven
	future	formaré	formaràs	formarà	formarem	formareu	formaran
	preterite	formí	formares	formà	formàrem	formàreu	formaren
	conditional	formaria	formaries	formaria	formaríem	formaríeu	formarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	formi	formis	formi	formem	formeu	formin
	imperfect	formés	formessis	formés	forméssim	forméssiu	formessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	forma	formi	formem	formeu	formin
	negative (no)	—	no formis	no formi	no formem	no formeu	no formin

Related terms

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan , from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Pronunciation

Audio (Béarn) (file)

Verb

formar

(transitive) to form

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

forma

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese formar, from Latin fōrmāre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /foʁˈma(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /foɾˈma(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /foʁˈma(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻˈma(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈmaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuɾˈma.ɾi/

Hyphenation: for‧mar

Verb

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formei, past participle formado)

to form
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to graduate, to receive a degree

Conjugation

Conjugation of formar (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	formar
Personal	formar	formares	formar	formarmos	formardes	formarem
Gerund
	formando
Past participle
Masculine	formado			formados
Feminine	formada			formadas
Indicative
Present	formo	formas	forma	formamos	formais	formam
Imperfect	formava	formavas	formava	formávamos	formáveis	formavam
Preterite	formei	formaste	formou	formamos¹, formámos²	formastes	formaram
Pluperfect	formara	formaras	formara	formáramos	formáreis	formaram
Future	formarei	formarás	formará	formaremos	formareis	formarão
Conditional	formaria	formarias	formaria	formaríamos	formaríeis	formariam
Subjunctive
Present	forme	formes	forme	formemos	formeis	formem
Imperfect	formasse	formasses	formasse	formássemos	formásseis	formassem
Future	formar	formares	formar	formarmos	formardes	formarem
Imperative
Affirmative		forma	forme	formemos	formai	formem
Negative (não)		não formes	não forme	não formemos	não formeis	não formem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formar.

Romanian

Etymology

From formă +‎ -ar.

Noun

formar m (plural formari)

moulder

Declension

Declension of formar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) formar	formarul	(niște) formari	formarii
genitive/dative	(unui) formar	formarului	(unor) formari	formarilor
vocative	formarule		formarilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

furmar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
furmer (Puter)
fuormar (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Verb

formar

(Sursilvan) to shape, form

Related terms

fuorma

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin formāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /foɾˈmaɾ/
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: for‧mar

Verb

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formé, past participle formado)

(transitive) to form, to create
(transitive) to train, to educate
(transitive) to make up, to constitute
(intransitive) to line up (to get in a line)

Conjugation

Conjugation of formar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			formar
gerund			formando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		formado		formada
		plural		formados		formadas
		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	formo	formas^{^tú} formás^{^vos}	forma	formamos	formáis	forman
	imperfect	formaba	formabas	formaba	formábamos	formabais	formaban
	preterite	formé	formaste	formó	formamos	formasteis	formaron
	future	formaré	formarás	formará	formaremos	formaréis	formarán
	conditional	formaría	formarías	formaría	formaríamos	formaríais	formarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	forme	formes^{^tú} formés^{^vos²}	forme	formemos	forméis	formen
	imperfect (ra)	formara	formaras	formara	formáramos	formarais	formaran
	imperfect (se)	formase	formases	formase	formásemos	formaseis	formasen
	future¹	formare	formares	formare	formáremos	formareis	formaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		forma^{^tú} formá^{^vos}	forme	formemos	formad	formen
	negative		no formes	no forme	no formemos	no forméis	no formen

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

Selected combined forms of formar

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 formar
	dative	formarme	formarte	formarle, formarse	formarnos	formaros	formarles, formarse
	accusative	formarme	formarte	formarlo, formarla, formarse	formarnos	formaros	formarlos, formarlas, formarse

with gerund formando
	dative	formándome	formándote	formándole, formándose	formándonos	formándoos	formándoles, formándose
	accusative	formándome	formándote	formándolo, formándola, formándose	formándonos	formándoos	formándolos, formándolas, formándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative forma
	dative	fórmame	fórmate	fórmale	fórmanos	not used	fórmales
	accusative	fórmame	fórmate	fórmalo, fórmala	fórmanos	not used	fórmalos, fórmalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative formá
	dative	formame	formate	formale	formanos	not used	formales
	accusative	formame	formate	formalo, formala	formanos	not used	formalos, formalas

with formal second-person singular imperative forme
	dative	fórmeme	not used	fórmele, fórmese	fórmenos	not used	fórmeles
	accusative	fórmeme	not used	fórmelo, fórmela, fórmese	fórmenos	not used	fórmelos, fórmelas

with first-person plural imperative formemos
	dative	not used	formémoste	formémosle	formémonos	formémoos	formémosles
	accusative	not used	formémoste	formémoslo, formémosla	formémonos	formémoos	formémoslos, formémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative formad
	dative	formadme	not used	formadle	formadnos	formaos	formadles
	accusative	formadme	not used	formadlo, formadla	formadnos	formaos	formadlos, formadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative formen
	dative	fórmenme	not used	fórmenle	fórmennos	not used	fórmenles, fórmense
	accusative	fórmenme	not used	fórmenlo, fórmenla	fórmennos	not used	fórmenlos, fórmenlas, fórmense

Derived terms

formar parte

Related terms

Anagrams

morfar

Swedish

Noun

formar

indefinite plural of form

Verb

formar

present indicative of forma

Anagrams

farmor, morfar

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