assignar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assignāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.siŋˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.siŋˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.siŋˈna]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

assignar (first-person singular present assigno, first-person singular preterite assigní, past participle assignat)

1. to assign, fix

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of assignar (first conjugation)

infinitive			assignar
gerund			assignant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		assignat		assignada
		plural		assignats		assignades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	assigno	assignes	assigna	assignem	assigneu	assignen
	imperfect	assignava	assignaves	assignava	assignàvem	assignàveu	assignaven
	future	assignaré	assignaràs	assignarà	assignarem	assignareu	assignaran
	preterite	assigní	assignares	assignà	assignàrem	assignàreu	assignaren
	conditional	assignaria	assignaries	assignaria	assignaríem	assignaríeu	assignarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	assigni	assignis	assigni	assignem	assigneu	assignin
	imperfect	assignés	assignessis	assignés	assignéssim	assignéssiu	assignessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	assigna	assigni	assignem	assigneu	assignin
	negative (no)	—	no assignis	no assigni	no assignem	no assigneu	no assignin

Derived terms

• assignatura

Related terms

• assignació

Further reading

• “assignar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “assignar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “assignar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “assignar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Verb

assignar (first-person singular present assigno, first-person singular preterite assignei, past participle assignado)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of assinar
   • 1930 November 25, “Uma nomeação na pasta do Exterior”, in Diario Carioca‎^[1], volume III, number 740, page 3:

     O chefe do governo provisorio assignou, hontem, um decreto na pasta do Exterior, nomeando Antonio Mary Ulrich, para auxiliar de consulado.

     The head of the provisional government signed, yesterday, a decree in the Foreign Affairs department, nominating Antonio Mary Ulrich for consulate assistant.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of assignar (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	assignar
Personal	assignar	assignares	assignar	assignarmos	assignardes	assignarem
Gerund
	assignando
Past participle
Masculine	assignado			assignados
Feminine	assignada			assignadas
Indicative
Present	assigno	assignas	assigna	assignamos	assignais	assignam
Imperfect	assignava	assignavas	assignava	assignávamos	assignáveis	assignavam
Preterite	assignei	assignaste	assignou	assignamos1, assignámos2	assignastes	assignaram
Pluperfect	assignara	assignaras	assignara	assignáramos	assignáreis	assignaram
Future	assignarei	assignarás	assignará	assignaremos	assignareis	assignarão
Conditional	assignaria	assignarias	assignaria	assignaríamos	assignaríeis	assignariam
Subjunctive
Present	assigne	assignes	assigne	assignemos	assigneis	assignem
Imperfect	assignasse	assignasses	assignasse	assignássemos	assignásseis	assignassem
Future	assignar	assignares	assignar	assignarmos	assignardes	assignarem
Imperative
Affirmative		assigna	assigne	assignemos	assignai	assignem
Negative (não)		não assignes	não assigne	não assignemos	não assigneis	não assignem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “assignar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026