nombrar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• nomar

Etymology

From Latin nōmināre, present active infinitive of nōminō. Cf. Spanish nombrar.

Verb

nombrar (first-person singular indicative present nombro, past participle nombráu)

1. to name (to give a name to)

Conjugation

Related terms

• nome

Old Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin nōminō, nōmināre.

Verb

nombrar

1. to name

Descendants

• Spanish: nombrar

Etymology 2

From Latin numerō, numerāre.

Verb

nombrar

1. to count, to number
   • c. 1140 to 1207, anonymous, Poem of the Cid 1263-1266:

     Mando los venir ala corth ⁊ a todos loᷤ iuntar
     Qͣndo los fallo por cuenta fizo los nonbrar
     Tres mill & ſeys çientos auie myo çid el de biuar
     Alegras le el coraçon ⁊ tornos aſonrriſar

     He ordered them to come to the court and to assemble,
     and when he found them there, he had them counted and recorded.
     My Cid of Vivar had 3600 men,
     his heart was pleased, and he began to smile.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nombrar, from Latin nōmināre. Compare nominar, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nomˈbɾaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: nom‧brar

Verb

nombrar (first-person singular present nombro, first-person singular preterite nombré, past participle nombrado)

1. to name

Conjugation

Related terms

Further reading

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