cromar

Portuguese

Etymology

From cromo.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɔˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɔˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɾɔˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cro‧mar

Verb

cromar (first-person singular present cromo, first-person singular preterite cromei, past participle cromado)

1. to chrome
2. to electroplate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cromar (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	cromar
Personal	cromar	cromares	cromar	cromarmos	cromardes	cromarem
Gerund
	cromando
Past participle
Masculine	cromado			cromados
Feminine	cromada			cromadas
Indicative
Present	cromo	cromas	croma	cromamos	cromais	cromam
Imperfect	cromava	cromavas	cromava	cromávamos	cromáveis	cromavam
Preterite	cromei	cromaste	cromou	cromamos1, cromámos2	cromastes	cromaram
Pluperfect	cromara	cromaras	cromara	cromáramos	cromáreis	cromaram
Future	cromarei	cromarás	cromará	cromaremos	cromareis	cromarão
Conditional	cromaria	cromarias	cromaria	cromaríamos	cromaríeis	cromariam
Subjunctive
Present	crome	cromes	crome	cromemos	cromeis	cromem
Imperfect	cromasse	cromasses	cromasse	cromássemos	cromásseis	cromassem
Future	cromar	cromares	cromar	cromarmos	cromardes	cromarem
Imperative
Affirmative		croma	crome	cromemos	cromai	cromem
Negative (não)		não cromes	não crome	não cromemos	não cromeis	não cromem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From cromo, from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɾoˈmaɾ/ [kɾoˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cro‧mar

Verb

cromar (first-person singular present cromo, first-person singular preterite cromé, past participle cromado)

1. (metallurgy) to chrome
2. (metallurgy) to electroplate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cromar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cromar
gerund			cromando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cromado		cromada
		plural		cromados		cromadas
		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	cromo	cromastú cromásvos	croma	cromamos	cromáis	croman
	imperfect	cromaba	cromabas	cromaba	cromábamos	cromabais	cromaban
	preterite	cromé	cromaste	cromó	cromamos	cromasteis	cromaron
	future	cromaré	cromarás	cromará	cromaremos	cromaréis	cromarán
	conditional	cromaría	cromarías	cromaría	cromaríamos	cromaríais	cromarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	crome	cromestú cromésvos2	crome	cromemos	croméis	cromen
	imperfect (ra)	cromara	cromaras	cromara	cromáramos	cromarais	cromaran
	imperfect (se)	cromase	cromases	cromase	cromásemos	cromaseis	cromasen
	future1	cromare	cromares	cromare	cromáremos	cromareis	cromaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cromatú cromávos	crome	cromemos	cromad	cromen
	negative		no cromes	no crome	no cromemos	no croméis	no cromen

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

Further reading

• “cromar”, 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