destinar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /destiˈnaɾ/ [d̪es̪.t̪iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ti‧nar

Verb

destinar (first-person singular indicative present destino, past participle destináu)

1. to destine
2. to set apart

Conjugation

Conjugation of destinar

infinitive		destinar
gerund		destinando
past participle		m destináu, f destinada, n destinao, m pl destinaos, f pl destinaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	destino	destines	destina	destinamos	destináis	destinen
	imperfect	destinaba	destinabes	destinaba	destinábemos, destinábamos	destinabeis, destinabais	destinaben
	preterite	destiné	destinasti, destinesti	destinó	destinemos	destinastis, destinestis	destinaron
	pluperfect	destinare, destinara	destinares, destinaras	destinare, destinara	destináremos, destináramos	destinareis, destinarais	destinaren, destinaran
	future	destinaré	destinarás	destinará	destinaremos	destinaréis	destinarán
	conditional	destinaría	destinaríes	destinaría	destinaríemos, destinaríamos	destinaríeis, destinaríais	destinaríen
subjunctive	present	destine	destines, destinas	destine	destinemos	destinéis	destinen, destinan
	imperfect	destinare, destinara	destinares, destinaras	destinare, destinara	destináremos, destináramos	destinareis, destinarais	destinaren, destinaran
imperative		—	destina	—	—	destinái	—

Related terms

• destín

Further reading

• “destinar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “destinar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstināre. First attested in 1344.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəs.tiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.tiˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Hyphenation: des‧ti‧nar

Verb

destinar (first-person singular present destino, first-person singular preterite destiní, past participle destinat)(transitive)

1. to set aside, to earmark
   • 2024 January 16, “Granollers plantarà 250 arbres durant aquests mesos d'hivern”, in Nació‎^[1], Granollers:

     L'Ajuntament destina prop de 200.000 euros a la plantació d'arbres i a l'enverdiment del centre de la ciutat.

     The city administration sets aside nearly 200,000 euros for the planting of trees and the greening of the city centre.

2. to appoint (a to), to assign, to dedicate

   Aquests assecadors són destinats al treball de nit.

   Those dryers are dedicated to night work.

3. to destine (a to)

   Déu l'ha destinat a ser jutge de vius i de morts.

   God has destined him to be the judge of the living and the dead.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of destinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			destinar
gerund			destinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		destinat		destinada
		plural		destinats		destinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	destino	destines	destina	destinem	destineu	destinen
	imperfect	destinava	destinaves	destinava	destinàvem	destinàveu	destinaven
	future	destinaré	destinaràs	destinarà	destinarem	destinareu	destinaran
	preterite	destiní	destinares	destinà	destinàrem	destinàreu	destinaren
	conditional	destinaria	destinaries	destinaria	destinaríem	destinaríeu	destinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	destini	destinis	destini	destinem	destineu	destinin
	imperfect	destinés	destinessis	destinés	destinéssim	destinéssiu	destinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	destina	destini	destinem	destineu	destinin
	negative (no)	—	no destinis	no destini	no destinem	no destineu	no destinin

Related terms

• destí
• destinació
• destinatari

Further reading

• “destinar”, 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
• “destinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “destinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto destini, Latin dēstinō, English destine, French destiner, Italian destinare, Spanish destinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /destiˈnar/
• Hyphenation: des‧ti‧nar

Verb

destinar (present tense destinas, past tense destinis, future tense destinos, imperative destinez, conditional destinus)

1. (transitive) to destine

Conjugation

Conjugation of destinar

		present		past		future
infinitive		destinar		destinir		destinor
tense		destinas		destinis		destinos
conditional		destinus		—		—
imperative		destinez		—		—
adjective active participle		destinanta		destininta		destinonta
adverbial active participle		destinante		destininte		destinonte
nominal active participle	singular	destinanto		destininto		destinonto
	plural	destinanti		destininti		destinonti
adjective passive participle		destinata		destinita		destinota
adverbial passive participle		destinate		destinite		destinote
nominal passive participle	singular	destinato		destinito		destinoto
	plural	destinati		destiniti		destinoti

References

• destinar in Ido-English Dictionary by L.H. Dyer, 1924

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstināre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [des.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.tiˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.tiˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.tiˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: des‧ti‧nar

Verb

destinar (first-person singular present destino, first-person singular preterite destinei, past participle destinado)

1. to destine, decide, resolve
2. to appropriate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of destinar (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	destinar
Personal	destinar	destinares	destinar	destinarmos	destinardes	destinarem
Gerund
	destinando
Past participle
Masculine	destinado			destinados
Feminine	destinada			destinadas
Indicative
Present	destino	destinas	destina	destinamos	destinais	destinam
Imperfect	destinava	destinavas	destinava	destinávamos	destináveis	destinavam
Preterite	destinei	destinaste	destinou	destinamos1, destinámos2	destinastes	destinaram
Pluperfect	destinara	destinaras	destinara	destináramos	destináreis	destinaram
Future	destinarei	destinarás	destinará	destinaremos	destinareis	destinarão
Conditional	destinaria	destinarias	destinaria	destinaríamos	destinaríeis	destinariam
Subjunctive
Present	destine	destines	destine	destinemos	destineis	destinem
Imperfect	destinasse	destinasses	destinasse	destinássemos	destinásseis	destinassem
Future	destinar	destinares	destinar	destinarmos	destinardes	destinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		destina	destine	destinemos	destinai	destinem
Negative (não)		não destines	não destine	não destinemos	não destineis	não destinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• destinação
• destino

Further reading

• “destinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /destiˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ti‧nar

Verb

destinar (first-person singular present destino, first-person singular preterite destiné, past participle destinado)

1. to appoint
2. to set aside

Conjugation

    Conjugation of destinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			destinar
gerund			destinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		destinado		destinada
		plural		destinados		destinadas
		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	destino	destinastú destinásvos	destina	destinamos	destináis	destinan
	imperfect	destinaba	destinabas	destinaba	destinábamos	destinabais	destinaban
	preterite	destiné	destinaste	destinó	destinamos	destinasteis	destinaron
	future	destinaré	destinarás	destinará	destinaremos	destinaréis	destinarán
	conditional	destinaría	destinarías	destinaría	destinaríamos	destinaríais	destinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	destine	destinestú destinésvos2	destine	destinemos	destinéis	destinen
	imperfect (ra)	destinara	destinaras	destinara	destináramos	destinarais	destinaran
	imperfect (se)	destinase	destinases	destinase	destinásemos	destinaseis	destinasen
	future1	destinare	destinares	destinare	destináremos	destinareis	destinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		destinatú destinávos	destine	destinemos	destinad	destinen
	negative		no destines	no destine	no destinemos	no destinéis	no destinen

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

    Selected combined forms of destinar

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 destinar	dative	destinarme	destinarte	destinarle, destinarse	destinarnos	destinaros	destinarles, destinarse
	accusative	destinarme	destinarte	destinarlo, destinarla, destinarse	destinarnos	destinaros	destinarlos, destinarlas, destinarse
with gerund destinando	dative	destinándome	destinándote	destinándole, destinándose	destinándonos	destinándoos	destinándoles, destinándose
	accusative	destinándome	destinándote	destinándolo, destinándola, destinándose	destinándonos	destinándoos	destinándolos, destinándolas, destinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative destina	dative	destíname	destínate	destínale	destínanos	not used	destínales
	accusative	destíname	destínate	destínalo, destínala	destínanos	not used	destínalos, destínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative destiná	dative	destiname	destinate	destinale	destinanos	not used	destinales
	accusative	destiname	destinate	destinalo, destinala	destinanos	not used	destinalos, destinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative destine	dative	destíneme	not used	destínele, destínese	destínenos	not used	destíneles
	accusative	destíneme	not used	destínelo, destínela, destínese	destínenos	not used	destínelos, destínelas
with first-person plural imperative destinemos	dative	not used	destinémoste	destinémosle	destinémonos	destinémoos	destinémosles
	accusative	not used	destinémoste	destinémoslo, destinémosla	destinémonos	destinémoos	destinémoslos, destinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative destinad	dative	destinadme	not used	destinadle	destinadnos	destinaos	destinadles
	accusative	destinadme	not used	destinadlo, destinadla	destinadnos	destinaos	destinadlos, destinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative destinen	dative	destínenme	not used	destínenle	destínennos	not used	destínenles, destínense
	accusative	destínenme	not used	destínenlo, destínenla	destínennos	not used	destínenlos, destínenlas, destínense

Related terms

• destinación
• destino

Further reading

• “destinar”, 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