centrar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sənˈtɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [senˈtɾaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

centrar (first-person singular present centro, first-person singular preterite centrí, past participle centrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to center
2. to centralise

Conjugation

    Conjugation of centrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			centrar
gerund			centrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		centrat		centrada
		plural		centrats		centrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	centro	centres	centra	centrem	centreu	centren
	imperfect	centrava	centraves	centrava	centràvem	centràveu	centraven
	future	centraré	centraràs	centrarà	centrarem	centrareu	centraran
	preterite	centrí	centrares	centrà	centràrem	centràreu	centraren
	conditional	centraria	centraries	centraria	centraríem	centraríeu	centrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	centri	centris	centri	centrem	centreu	centrin
	imperfect	centrés	centressis	centrés	centréssim	centréssiu	centressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	centra	centri	centrem	centreu	centrin
	negative (no)	—	no centris	no centri	no centrem	no centreu	no centrin

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Borrowed from French centrer. Derivable from centro (noun) +‎ -ar.

Verb

centrar (ORB, broad)

1. to center

Conjugation

    Conjugation of centrar

		simple			compound
infinitive		centrar			haveir centrá
gerund		centránt			hayent centrá
auxiliary verb		haveir
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	centrá			centráe
	plural	centrás			centráes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	centro	centres	centret	centrems	centrads	centront
	imperfect	centravo	centraves	centravet	centravams	centravads	centravant
	preterite	centrei	centrés	centrét	centrémos	centrêtes	centréront
	future	centrerai	centrerés	centrerat	centrerems	centrereds	centreránt
	conditional	centrerim	centreries	centreriet	centreriams	centreriads	centreriant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of haveir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of haveir + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of haveir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haveir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	centro	centres	centret	centrams	centrads	centrant
	imperfect	centresso	centresses	centresset	centressams	centressads	centressant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of haveir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haveir + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			centra		centrams	centrads

References

• centrar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [sẽˈtɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [sẽˈtɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [sẽˈtɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cen‧trar

Verb

centrar (first-person singular present centro, first-person singular preterite centrei, past participle centrado)

1. to centre
2. to centralize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of centrar (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	centrar
Personal	centrar	centrares	centrar	centrarmos	centrardes	centrarem
Gerund
	centrando
Past participle
Masculine	centrado			centrados
Feminine	centrada			centradas
Indicative
Present	centro	centras	centra	centramos	centrais	centram
Imperfect	centrava	centravas	centrava	centrávamos	centráveis	centravam
Preterite	centrei	centraste	centrou	centramos1, centrámos2	centrastes	centraram
Pluperfect	centrara	centraras	centrara	centráramos	centráreis	centraram
Future	centrarei	centrarás	centrará	centraremos	centrareis	centrarão
Conditional	centraria	centrarias	centraria	centraríamos	centraríeis	centrariam
Subjunctive
Present	centre	centres	centre	centremos	centreis	centrem
Imperfect	centrasse	centrasses	centrasse	centrássemos	centrásseis	centrassem
Future	centrar	centrares	centrar	centrarmos	centrardes	centrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		centra	centre	centremos	centrai	centrem
Negative (não)		não centres	não centre	não centremos	não centreis	não centrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θenˈtɾaɾ/ [θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /senˈtɾaɾ/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cen‧trar

Verb

centrar (first-person singular present centro, first-person singular preterite centré, past participle centrado)

1. to focus, to center
   • 2016 November, “Los ojos del gato”, in Frontera.info‎^[1]:

     En primer lugar, centrémonos en el aspecto fisiológico y destaquemos algunas cuestiones básicas:Los gatitos abren los ojos al séptimo día de su nacimiento pero no desarrollan todo su potencial hasta pasadas unas 12.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (soccer) cross (pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of centrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			centrar
gerund			centrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		centrado		centrada
		plural		centrados		centradas
		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	centro	centrastú centrásvos	centra	centramos	centráis	centran
	imperfect	centraba	centrabas	centraba	centrábamos	centrabais	centraban
	preterite	centré	centraste	centró	centramos	centrasteis	centraron
	future	centraré	centrarás	centrará	centraremos	centraréis	centrarán
	conditional	centraría	centrarías	centraría	centraríamos	centraríais	centrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	centre	centrestú centrésvos2	centre	centremos	centréis	centren
	imperfect (ra)	centrara	centraras	centrara	centráramos	centrarais	centraran
	imperfect (se)	centrase	centrases	centrase	centrásemos	centraseis	centrasen
	future1	centrare	centrares	centrare	centráremos	centrareis	centraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		centratú centrávos	centre	centremos	centrad	centren
	negative		no centres	no centre	no centremos	no centréis	no centren

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

    Selected combined forms of centrar

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 centrar	dative	centrarme	centrarte	centrarle, centrarse	centrarnos	centraros	centrarles, centrarse
	accusative	centrarme	centrarte	centrarlo, centrarla, centrarse	centrarnos	centraros	centrarlos, centrarlas, centrarse
with gerund centrando	dative	centrándome	centrándote	centrándole, centrándose	centrándonos	centrándoos	centrándoles, centrándose
	accusative	centrándome	centrándote	centrándolo, centrándola, centrándose	centrándonos	centrándoos	centrándolos, centrándolas, centrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative centra	dative	céntrame	céntrate	céntrale	céntranos	not used	céntrales
	accusative	céntrame	céntrate	céntralo, céntrala	céntranos	not used	céntralos, céntralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative centrá	dative	centrame	centrate	centrale	centranos	not used	centrales
	accusative	centrame	centrate	centralo, centrala	centranos	not used	centralos, centralas
with formal second-person singular imperative centre	dative	céntreme	not used	céntrele, céntrese	céntrenos	not used	céntreles
	accusative	céntreme	not used	céntrelo, céntrela, céntrese	céntrenos	not used	céntrelos, céntrelas
with first-person plural imperative centremos	dative	not used	centrémoste	centrémosle	centrémonos	centrémoos	centrémosles
	accusative	not used	centrémoste	centrémoslo, centrémosla	centrémonos	centrémoos	centrémoslos, centrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative centrad	dative	centradme	not used	centradle	centradnos	centraos	centradles
	accusative	centradme	not used	centradlo, centradla	centradnos	centraos	centradlos, centradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative centren	dative	céntrenme	not used	céntrenle	céntrennos	not used	céntrenles, céntrense
	accusative	céntrenme	not used	céntrenlo, céntrenla	céntrennos	not used	céntrenlos, céntrenlas, céntrense

Related terms

• centro

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

centrar

1. indefinite plural of center