imaginar

Borrowed from Latin imāginārī, from imāginem (“a copy, likeness, image”).

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

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginí, past participle imaginat)

1. to imagine
2. to conceive
3. to think

• “imaginar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “imaginar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “imaginar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “imaginar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from English imagine, French imaginer, Italian immaginare, Spanish imaginar, ultimately from Latin imāginor.

• IPA^(key): /imaɡiˈnar/

imaginar (present tense imaginas, past tense imaginis, future tense imaginos, imperative imaginez, conditional imaginus)

1. (transitive) to imagine

   Synonym: fantaziar

Conjugation of imaginar

		present		past		future
infinitive		imaginar		imaginir		imaginor
tense		imaginas		imaginis		imaginos
conditional		imaginus		—		—
imperative		imaginez		—		—
adjective active participle		imaginanta		imagininta		imaginonta
adverbial active participle		imaginante		imagininte		imaginonte
nominal active participle	singular	imaginanto		imagininto		imaginonto
	plural	imaginanti		imagininti		imaginonti
adjective passive participle		imaginata		imaginita		imaginota
adverbial passive participle		imaginate		imaginite		imaginote
nominal passive participle	singular	imaginato		imaginito		imaginoto
	plural	imaginati		imaginiti		imaginoti

From Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

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imaginar

1. to imagine

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagini	imaginas	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginavi	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginàvem	imaginàvetz	imaginavan
	preterite	imaginèri	imaginères	imaginèt	imaginèrem	imaginèretz	imaginèron
	future	imaginarai	imaginaràs	imaginarà	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginaràn
	conditional	imaginariái	imaginariás	imaginariá	imaginariam	imaginariatz	imaginarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginem	imaginetz	imaginen
	imperfect	imaginèssi	imaginèsses	imaginèsse	imaginèssem	imaginèssetz	imaginèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginem	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagine	imagines	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginon
	imperfect	imaginave	imaginaves	imaginava	imaginaviam	imaginaviatz	imaginavon
	preterite	imaginere	imagineres	imaginet	imaginem	imaginetz	imagineron
	future	imaginarai	imaginaràs	imaginará	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginarán
	conditional	imaginariá	imaginariás	imaginariá	imaginariam	imaginariatz	imaginarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginassiam	imaginassiatz	imaginon
	imperfect	imaginesse	imaginesses	imaginesse	imaginessiam	imaginessiatz	imaginesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginassiam	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagini	imaginas	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginavi	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginàvam	imaginàvatz	imaginavan
	preterite	imaginèi	imaginès	imaginè	imaginèm	imaginètz	imaginèn
	future	imaginarèi	imaginaràs	imaginarà	imaginaram	imaginaratz	imaginaràn
	conditional	imaginarí	imaginarés	imaginaré	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginarén
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imagini	imagines	imagine	imaginem	imaginetz	imaginen
	imperfect	imaginèssi	imaginèsses	imaginèsse	imaginèssem	imaginèssetz	imaginèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginem	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagine	imaginas	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginava	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginàvam	imaginàvatz	imaginavan
	preterite	imaginei	imagineras	imaginet	imaginèram	imaginèratz	imagineran
	future	imaginarai	imaginaràs	imaginará	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginarán
	conditional	imaginariá	imaginariàs	imaginariá	imaginariam	imaginariatz	imaginarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginem	imaginetz	imaginen
	imperfect	imaginèsse	imaginèsses	imaginèsse	imaginèssem	imaginèssetz	imaginèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginem	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagine	imagines	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginavi	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginàvem	imaginàvetz	imaginavan
	preterite	imaginère	imaginères	imaginèt	imagineriam	imagineriatz	imaginèron
	future	imaginarai	imaginaràs	imaginarà	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginaràn
	conditional	imaginariáu	imaginariás	imaginariá	imaginariam	imaginariatz	imaginarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginem	imaginetz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginèsse	imaginèsses	imaginèsse	imaginessiam	imaginessiatz	imaginèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginem	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Borrowed from Latin imāginārī, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

• Hyphenation: i‧ma‧gi‧nar

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginei, past participle imaginado)

1. to imagine (all senses)

Borrowed from French imaginaire, from Latin imaginarius. By surface analysis, imagina +‎ -ar.

imaginar m or n (feminine singular imaginară, masculine plural imaginari, feminine and neuter plural imaginare)

1. imaginary

From Latin imāginārī, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

• IPA^(key): /imaxiˈnaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: i‧ma‧gi‧nar

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginé, past participle imaginado)

1. to imagine

   Imagínate. ― Go figure.

   Bien, imagínate eso. ― Well, imagine that.

2. (reflexive) to imagine, to suppose

   Synonym: suponer

• “imaginar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10