colorir

Portuguese

Etymology

From color, or borrowed from Italian colorire. Cf. also colorar and corar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈɾi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈɾi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɾi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɾi(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈɾi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ko.loˈɾi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.luˈɾiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.luˈɾiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.luˈɾi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧lo‧rir

Verb

colorir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present colore, first-person singular preterite colori, past participle colorido)

1. to color, colour

   Synonyms: colorar, colorear, corar, matizar

2. (by extension) to paint

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colorir (defective) (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	colorir
Personal	colorir	colorires	colorir	colorirmos	colorirdes	colorirem
Gerund
	colorindo
Past participle
Masculine	colorido			coloridos
Feminine	colorida			coloridas
Indicative
Present	—	colores	colore	colorimos	coloris	colorem
Imperfect	coloria	colorias	coloria	coloríamos	coloríeis	coloriam
Preterite	colori	coloriste	coloriu	colorimos	coloristes	coloriram
Pluperfect	colorira	coloriras	colorira	coloríramos	coloríreis	coloriram
Future	colorirei	colorirás	colorirá	coloriremos	colorireis	colorirão
Conditional	coloriria	coloririas	coloriria	coloriríamos	coloriríeis	coloririam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	colorisse	colorisses	colorisse	coloríssemos	colorísseis	colorissem
Future	colorir	colorires	colorir	colorirmos	colorirdes	colorirem
Imperative
Affirmative		colore	—	—	colori	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• coloração
• colorido
• cor

Further reading

• “colorir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “colorir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Related to or derived from color. Compare Portuguese colorir, Italian colorire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koloˈɾiɾ/ [ko.loˈɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: co‧lo‧rir

Verb

colorir (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite colorí, past participle colorido)

1. (rare) to colour

   Synonym: colorear

Usage notes

• Used only with forms where the ending begins with -i.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colorir (defective) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			colorir
gerund			coloriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		colorido		colorida
		plural		coloridos		coloridas
		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	—	—tú colorísvos	—	colorimos	colorís	—
	imperfect	coloría	colorías	coloría	coloríamos	coloríais	colorían
	preterite	colorí	coloriste	colorió	colorimos	coloristeis	colorieron
	future	coloriré	colorirás	colorirá	coloriremos	coloriréis	colorirán
	conditional	coloriría	colorirías	coloriría	coloriríamos	coloriríais	colorirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	—	—	—	—	—	—
	imperfect (ra)	coloriera	colorieras	coloriera	coloriéramos	colorierais	colorieran
	imperfect (se)	coloriese	colorieses	coloriese	coloriésemos	colorieseis	coloriesen
	future1	coloriere	colorieres	coloriere	coloriéremos	coloriereis	colorieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		—tú colorívos	—	—	colorid	—
	negative		—	—	—	—	—

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.

Further reading

• “colorir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025