concentrar

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Verb

concentrar (first-person singular present concentro, first-person singular preterite concentrí, past participle concentrat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to concentrate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of concentrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			concentrar
gerund			concentrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		concentrat		concentrada
		plural		concentrats		concentrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	concentro	concentres	concentra	concentrem	concentreu	concentren
	imperfect	concentrava	concentraves	concentrava	concentràvem	concentràveu	concentraven
	future	concentraré	concentraràs	concentrarà	concentrarem	concentrareu	concentraran
	preterite	concentrí	concentrares	concentrà	concentràrem	concentràreu	concentraren
	conditional	concentraria	concentraries	concentraria	concentraríem	concentraríeu	concentrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	concentri	concentris	concentri	concentrem	concentreu	concentrin
	imperfect	concentrés	concentressis	concentrés	concentréssim	concentréssiu	concentressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	concentra	concentri	concentrem	concentreu	concentrin
	negative (no)	—	no concentris	no concentri	no concentrem	no concentreu	no concentrin

Related terms

• concentració

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.sẽˈtɾaɾ/

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

• Hyphenation: con‧cen‧trar

Verb

concentrar (first-person singular present concentro, first-person singular preterite concentrei, past participle concentrado)

1. to concentrate
2. to centralize
3. to focus or localize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of concentrar (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	concentrar
Personal	concentrar	concentrares	concentrar	concentrarmos	concentrardes	concentrarem
Gerund
	concentrando
Past participle
Masculine	concentrado			concentrados
Feminine	concentrada			concentradas
Indicative
Present	concentro	concentras	concentra	concentramos	concentrais	concentram
Imperfect	concentrava	concentravas	concentrava	concentrávamos	concentráveis	concentravam
Preterite	concentrei	concentraste	concentrou	concentramos1, concentrámos2	concentrastes	concentraram
Pluperfect	concentrara	concentraras	concentrara	concentráramos	concentráreis	concentraram
Future	concentrarei	concentrarás	concentrará	concentraremos	concentrareis	concentrarão
Conditional	concentraria	concentrarias	concentraria	concentraríamos	concentraríeis	concentrariam
Subjunctive
Present	concentre	concentres	concentre	concentremos	concentreis	concentrem
Imperfect	concentrasse	concentrasses	concentrasse	concentrássemos	concentrásseis	concentrassem
Future	concentrar	concentrares	concentrar	concentrarmos	concentrardes	concentrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		concentra	concentre	concentremos	concentrai	concentrem
Negative (não)		não concentres	não concentre	não concentremos	não concentreis	não concentrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konθenˈtɾaɾ/ [kõn̟.θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /konsenˈtɾaɾ/ [kõn.sẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧cen‧trar

Verb

concentrar (first-person singular present concentro, first-person singular preterite concentré, past participle concentrado)

1. to concentrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of concentrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			concentrar
gerund			concentrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		concentrado		concentrada
		plural		concentrados		concentradas
		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	concentro	concentrastú concentrásvos	concentra	concentramos	concentráis	concentran
	imperfect	concentraba	concentrabas	concentraba	concentrábamos	concentrabais	concentraban
	preterite	concentré	concentraste	concentró	concentramos	concentrasteis	concentraron
	future	concentraré	concentrarás	concentrará	concentraremos	concentraréis	concentrarán
	conditional	concentraría	concentrarías	concentraría	concentraríamos	concentraríais	concentrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	concentre	concentrestú concentrésvos2	concentre	concentremos	concentréis	concentren
	imperfect (ra)	concentrara	concentraras	concentrara	concentráramos	concentrarais	concentraran
	imperfect (se)	concentrase	concentrases	concentrase	concentrásemos	concentraseis	concentrasen
	future1	concentrare	concentrares	concentrare	concentráremos	concentrareis	concentraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		concentratú concentrávos	concentre	concentremos	concentrad	concentren
	negative		no concentres	no concentre	no concentremos	no concentréis	no concentren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of concentrar

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 concentrar	dative	concentrarme	concentrarte	concentrarle, concentrarse	concentrarnos	concentraros	concentrarles, concentrarse
	accusative	concentrarme	concentrarte	concentrarlo, concentrarla, concentrarse	concentrarnos	concentraros	concentrarlos, concentrarlas, concentrarse
with gerund concentrando	dative	concentrándome	concentrándote	concentrándole, concentrándose	concentrándonos	concentrándoos	concentrándoles, concentrándose
	accusative	concentrándome	concentrándote	concentrándolo, concentrándola, concentrándose	concentrándonos	concentrándoos	concentrándolos, concentrándolas, concentrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative concentra	dative	concéntrame	concéntrate	concéntrale	concéntranos	not used	concéntrales
	accusative	concéntrame	concéntrate	concéntralo, concéntrala	concéntranos	not used	concéntralos, concéntralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative concentrá	dative	concentrame	concentrate	concentrale	concentranos	not used	concentrales
	accusative	concentrame	concentrate	concentralo, concentrala	concentranos	not used	concentralos, concentralas
with formal second-person singular imperative concentre	dative	concéntreme	not used	concéntrele, concéntrese	concéntrenos	not used	concéntreles
	accusative	concéntreme	not used	concéntrelo, concéntrela, concéntrese	concéntrenos	not used	concéntrelos, concéntrelas
with first-person plural imperative concentremos	dative	not used	concentrémoste	concentrémosle	concentrémonos	concentrémoos	concentrémosles
	accusative	not used	concentrémoste	concentrémoslo, concentrémosla	concentrémonos	concentrémoos	concentrémoslos, concentrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative concentrad	dative	concentradme	not used	concentradle	concentradnos	concentraos	concentradles
	accusative	concentradme	not used	concentradlo, concentradla	concentradnos	concentraos	concentradlos, concentradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative concentren	dative	concéntrenme	not used	concéntrenle	concéntrennos	not used	concéntrenles, concéntrense
	accusative	concéntrenme	not used	concéntrenlo, concéntrenla	concéntrennos	not used	concéntrenlos, concéntrenlas, concéntrense

Related terms

• concentración

Further reading

• “concentrar”, 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