confinar

Asturian

Verb

confinar

1. to lock down

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Catalan

Etymology

confí +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.fiˈnaɾ]

Verb

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confiní, past participle confinat)

1. (intransitive) to border

   Synonym: fronterejar

2. (transitive) to confine (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
3. (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

Derived terms

• confinament

Further reading

• “confinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “confinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “confinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “confinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

confín +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfiˈnaɾ/ [kõɱ.fiˈnaɾ]

Verb

confinar

1. (transitive) to confine, to imprison (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
2. (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

Derived terms

• confinamento

Further reading

• “confinar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

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Occitan

Verb

confinar

1. to confine

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• confinament

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2 edition, →ISBN, page 276.
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 174.

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Portuguese

Etymology

confim +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõ.fiˈnaɾ/
• Hyphenation: con‧fi‧nar

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) to border
2. (transitive) to confine (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
3. (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

Derived terms

• confinamento

Further reading

• “confinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

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Spanish

Etymology

confín +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfiˈnaɾ/ [kõɱ.fiˈnaɾ]

Verb

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confiné, past participle confinado)

1. (transitive) to confine, to limit, to restrict, to keep within bounds
2. (transitive) to lock down, to secure (make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			confinar
gerund			confinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confinado		confinada
		plural		confinados		confinadas
		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	confino	confinastú confinásvos	confina	confinamos	confináis	confinan
	imperfect	confinaba	confinabas	confinaba	confinábamos	confinabais	confinaban
	preterite	confiné	confinaste	confinó	confinamos	confinasteis	confinaron
	future	confinaré	confinarás	confinará	confinaremos	confinaréis	confinarán
	conditional	confinaría	confinarías	confinaría	confinaríamos	confinaríais	confinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	confine	confinestú confinésvos2	confine	confinemos	confinéis	confinen
	imperfect (ra)	confinara	confinaras	confinara	confináramos	confinarais	confinaran
	imperfect (se)	confinase	confinases	confinase	confinásemos	confinaseis	confinasen
	future1	confinare	confinares	confinare	confináremos	confinareis	confinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		confinatú confinávos	confine	confinemos	confinad	confinen
	negative		no confines	no confine	no confinemos	no confinéis	no confinen

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

    Selected combined forms of confinar

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 confinar
	dative	confinarme	confinarte	confinarle, confinarse	confinarnos	confinaros	confinarles, confinarse
	accusative	confinarme	confinarte	confinarlo, confinarla, confinarse	confinarnos	confinaros	confinarlos, confinarlas, confinarse
with gerund confinando
	dative	confinándome	confinándote	confinándole, confinándose	confinándonos	confinándoos	confinándoles, confinándose
	accusative	confinándome	confinándote	confinándolo, confinándola, confinándose	confinándonos	confinándoos	confinándolos, confinándolas, confinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confina
	dative	confíname	confínate	confínale	confínanos	not used	confínales
	accusative	confíname	confínate	confínalo, confínala	confínanos	not used	confínalos, confínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confiná
	dative	confiname	confinate	confinale	confinanos	not used	confinales
	accusative	confiname	confinate	confinalo, confinala	confinanos	not used	confinalos, confinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative confine
	dative	confíneme	not used	confínele, confínese	confínenos	not used	confíneles
	accusative	confíneme	not used	confínelo, confínela, confínese	confínenos	not used	confínelos, confínelas
with first-person plural imperative confinemos
	dative	not used	confinémoste	confinémosle	confinémonos	confinémoos	confinémosles
	accusative	not used	confinémoste	confinémoslo, confinémosla	confinémonos	confinémoos	confinémoslos, confinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confinad
	dative	confinadme	not used	confinadle	confinadnos	confinaos	confinadles
	accusative	confinadme	not used	confinadlo, confinadla	confinadnos	confinaos	confinadlos, confinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confinen
	dative	confínenme	not used	confínenle	confínennos	not used	confínenles, confínense
	accusative	confínenme	not used	confínenlo, confínenla	confínennos	not used	confínenlos, confínenlas, confínense

Derived terms

• confinamiento
• desconfinar

Further reading

• “confinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28