germinar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin germināre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ger‧mi‧nar

Verb

germinar (first-person singular present germino, first-person singular preterite germinei, past participle germinado)

  1. to sprout; to germinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of germinar (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 germinar
Personal germinar germinares germinar germinarmos germinardes germinarem
Gerund
germinando
Past participle
Masculine germinado germinados
Feminine germinada germinadas
Indicative
Present germino germinas germina germinamos germinais germinam
Imperfect germinava germinavas germinava germinávamos germináveis germinavam
Preterite germinei germinaste germinou germinamos1, germinámos2 germinastes germinaram
Pluperfect germinara germinaras germinara germináramos germináreis germinaram
Future germinarei germinarás germinará germinaremos germinareis germinarão
Conditional germinaria germinarias germinaria germinaríamos germinaríeis germinariam
Subjunctive
Present germine germines germine germinemos germineis germinem
Imperfect germinasse germinasses germinasse germinássemos germinásseis germinassem
Future germinar germinares germinar germinarmos germinardes germinarem
Imperative
Affirmative germina germine germinemos germinai germinem
Negative (não) não germines não germine não germinemos não germineis não germinem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin germināre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xeɾmiˈnaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ger‧mi‧nar

Verb

germinar (first-person singular present germino, first-person singular preterite germiné, past participle germinado)

  1. to germinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of germinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive germinar
gerund germinando
past participle masculine feminine
singular germinado germinada
plural germinados germinadas
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 germino germinastú
germinásvos 		germina germinamos germináis germinan
imperfect germinaba germinabas germinaba germinábamos germinabais germinaban
preterite germiné germinaste germinó germinamos germinasteis germinaron
future germinaré germinarás germinará germinaremos germinaréis germinarán
conditional germinaría germinarías germinaría germinaríamos germinaríais germinarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present germine germinestú
germinésvos2 		germine germinemos germinéis germinen
imperfect
(ra) 		germinara germinaras germinara germináramos germinarais germinaran
imperfect
(se) 		germinase germinases germinase germinásemos germinaseis germinasen
future1 germinare germinares germinare germináremos germinareis germinaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative germinatú
germinávos 		germine germinemos germinad germinen
negative no germines no germine no germinemos no germinéis no germinen

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

    Selected combined forms of germinar

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 germinar
dative germinarme germinarte germinarle, germinarse germinarnos germinaros germinarles, germinarse
accusative germinarme germinarte germinarlo, germinarla, germinarse germinarnos germinaros germinarlos, germinarlas, germinarse
with gerund germinando
dative germinándome germinándote germinándole, germinándose germinándonos germinándoos germinándoles, germinándose
accusative germinándome germinándote germinándolo, germinándola, germinándose germinándonos germinándoos germinándolos, germinándolas, germinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative germina
dative germíname germínate germínale germínanos not used germínales
accusative germíname germínate germínalo, germínala germínanos not used germínalos, germínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative germiná
dative germiname germinate germinale germinanos not used germinales
accusative germiname germinate germinalo, germinala germinanos not used germinalos, germinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative germine
dative germíneme not used germínele, germínese germínenos not used germíneles
accusative germíneme not used germínelo, germínela, germínese germínenos not used germínelos, germínelas
with first-person plural imperative germinemos
dative not used germinémoste germinémosle germinémonos germinémoos germinémosles
accusative not used germinémoste germinémoslo, germinémosla germinémonos germinémoos germinémoslos, germinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative germinad
dative germinadme not used germinadle germinadnos germinaos germinadles
accusative germinadme not used germinadlo, germinadla germinadnos germinaos germinadlos, germinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative germinen
dative germínenme not used germínenle germínennos not used germínenles, germínense
accusative germínenme not used germínenlo, germínenla germínennos not used germínenlos, germínenlas, germínense

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