determinar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dētermināre (“limit, set a bound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [də.tər.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.teɾ.miˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [de.ter.miˈna]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

determinar (first-person singular present determino, first-person singular preterite determiní, past participle determinat)(transitive)

1. to determine, to fix

   Synonyms: establir, fixar, precisar

2. to cause

   Synonym: causar

3. to decide

   Synonym: decidir

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of determinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			determinar
gerund			determinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		determinat		determinada
		plural		determinats		determinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	determino	determines	determina	determinem	determineu	determinen
	imperfect	determinava	determinaves	determinava	determinàvem	determinàveu	determinaven
	future	determinaré	determinaràs	determinarà	determinarem	determinareu	determinaran
	preterite	determiní	determinares	determinà	determinàrem	determinàreu	determinaren
	conditional	determinaria	determinaries	determinaria	determinaríem	determinaríeu	determinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	determini	determinis	determini	determinem	determineu	determinin
	imperfect	determinés	determinessis	determinés	determinéssim	determinéssiu	determinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	determina	determini	determinem	determineu	determinin
	negative (no)	—	no determinis	no determini	no determinem	no determineu	no determinin

Derived terms

• determinable
• determinant
• determinat
• determinatiu
• determini

Related terms

• determinació
• predeterminar

Further reading

• “determinar”, 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
• “determinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “determinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “determinar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish determinar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧ter‧mi‧nar
• IPA^(key): /deteɾmiˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.teɾ.miˈn̪aɾ]

Verb

determinar

1. to determine

   Synonym: mangno

Derived terms

• determinaron
• magdeterminar

Related terms

• determinado
• determinasyon

Galician

Etymology

From Latin dēterminō (“limit, set a bound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deteɾmiˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.t̪eɾ.mĩˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: de‧ter‧mi‧nar

Verb

determinar (first-person singular present determino, first-person singular preterite determinei, past participle determinado)

1. to determine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of determinar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	determinar
Personal	determinar	determinares	determinar	determinarmos	determinardes	determinaren
Gerund
	determinando
Past participle
Masculine	determinado			determinados
Feminine	determinada			determinadas
Indicative
Present	determino	determinas	determina	determinamos	determinades	determinan
Imperfect	determinaba	determinabas	determinaba	determinabamos	determinabades	determinaban
Preterite	determinei	determinaches	determinou	determinamos	determinastes	determinaron
Pluperfect	determinara	determinaras	determinara	determinaramos	determinarades	determinaran
Future	determinarei	determinarás	determinará	determinaremos	determinaredes	determinarán
Conditional	determinaría	determinarías	determinaría	determinariamos	determinariades	determinarían
Subjunctive
Present	determine	determines	determine	determinemos	determinedes	determinen
Imperfect	determinase	determinases	determinase	determinásemos	determinásedes	determinasen
Future	determinar	determinares	determinar	determinarmos	determinardes	determinaren
Imperative
Affirmative		determina	determine	determinemos	determinade	determinen
Negative (non)		non determines	non determine	non determinemos	non determinedes	non determinen

    Reintegrated conjugation of determinar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	determinar
Personal	determinar	determinares	determinar	determinarmos	determinardes	determinarem
Gerund
	determinando
Past participle
Masculine	determinado			determinados
Feminine	determinada			determinadas
Indicative
Present	determino	determinas	determina	determinamos	determinades, determinais	determinam
Imperfect	determinava	determinavas	determinava	determinávamos	determinávades, determináveis, determinávais1	determinavam
Preterite	determinei	determinaste, determinache1	determinou	determinamos	determinastes	determinárom, determinaram
Pluperfect	determinara	determinaras	determinara	determináramos	determinárades, determináreis, determinárais1	determinaram
Future	determinarei	determinarás	determinará	determinaremos	determinaredes, determinareis	determinarám, determinarão
Conditional	determinaria	determinarias	determinaria	determinaríamos	determinaríades, determinaríeis, determinaríais1	determinariam
Subjunctive
Present	determine	determines	determine	determinemos	determinedes, determineis	determinem
Imperfect	determinasse	determinasses	determinasse	determinássemos	determinássedes, determinásseis	determinassem
Future	determinar	determinares	determinar	determinarmos	determinardes	determinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		determina	determine	determinemos	determinade, determinai	determinem
Negative (nom)		nom determines	nom determine	nom determinemos	nom determinedes, nom determineis	nom determinem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• determinación

Further reading

• “determinar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “determinar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “determinar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “determinar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dēterminō.

Verb

determinar

1. to determine

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		determinar			aver determinat
gerund		determinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		determinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	determini	determinas	determina	determinam	determinatz	determinan
	imperfect	determinavi	determinavas	determinava	determinàvem	determinàvetz	determinavan
	preterite	determinèri	determinères	determinèt	determinèrem	determinèretz	determinèron
	future	determinarai	determinaràs	determinarà	determinarem	determinaretz	determinaràn
	conditional	determinariái	determinariás	determinariá	determinariam	determinariatz	determinarián
	conditional 2nd form1	determinèra	determinèras	determinèra	determineram	determineratz	determinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	determine	determines	determine	determinem	determinetz	determinen
	imperfect	determinèssi	determinèsses	determinèsse	determinèssem	determinèssetz	determinèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			determina		determinem	determinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		determinar			aver determinat
gerund		determinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		determinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	determine	determines	determina	determinam	determinatz	determinon
	imperfect	determinave	determinaves	determinava	determinaviam	determinaviatz	determinavon
	preterite	determinere	determineres	determinet	determinem	determinetz	determineron
	future	determinarai	determinaràs	determinará	determinarem	determinaretz	determinarán
	conditional	determinariá	determinariás	determinariá	determinariam	determinariatz	determinarián
	conditional 2nd form1	determinèra	determinèras	determinèra	determineram	determineratz	determinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	determine	determines	determine	determinassiam	determinassiatz	determinon
	imperfect	determinesse	determinesses	determinesse	determinessiam	determinessiatz	determinesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			determina		determinassiam	determinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		determinar			aver determinat
gerund		determinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		determinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	determini	determinas	determina	determinam	determinatz	determinan
	imperfect	determinavi	determinavas	determinava	determinàvam	determinàvatz	determinavan
	preterite	determinèi	determinès	determinè	determinèm	determinètz	determinèn
	future	determinarèi	determinaràs	determinarà	determinaram	determinaratz	determinaràn
	conditional	determinarí	determinarés	determinaré	determinarem	determinaretz	determinarén
	conditional 2nd form1	determinèra	determinèras	determinèra	determineram	determineratz	determinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	determini	determines	determine	determinem	determinetz	determinen
	imperfect	determinèssi	determinèsses	determinèsse	determinèssem	determinèssetz	determinèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			determina		determinem	determinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		determinar			aver determinat
gerund		determinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		determinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	determine	determinas	determina	determinam	determinatz	determinan
	imperfect	determinava	determinavas	determinava	determinàvam	determinàvatz	determinavan
	preterite	determinei	determineras	determinet	determinèram	determinèratz	determineran
	future	determinarai	determinaràs	determinará	determinarem	determinaretz	determinarán
	conditional	determinariá	determinariàs	determinariá	determinariam	determinariatz	determinarián
	conditional 2nd form1	determinèra	determinèras	determinèra	determineram	determineratz	determinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	determine	determines	determine	determinem	determinetz	determinen
	imperfect	determinèsse	determinèsses	determinèsse	determinèssem	determinèssetz	determinèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			determina		determinem	determinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		determinar			aver determinat
gerund		determinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		determinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	determine	determines	determina	determinam	determinatz	determinan
	imperfect	determinavi	determinavas	determinava	determinàvem	determinàvetz	determinavan
	preterite	determinère	determinères	determinèt	determineriam	determineriatz	determinèron
	future	determinarai	determinaràs	determinarà	determinarem	determinaretz	determinaràn
	conditional	determinariáu	determinariás	determinariá	determinariam	determinariatz	determinarián
	conditional 2nd form1	determinèra	determinèras	determinèra	determineram	determineratz	determinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	determine	determines	determine	determinem	determinetz	determinan
	imperfect	determinèsse	determinèsses	determinèsse	determinessiam	determinessiatz	determinèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			determina		determinem	determinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• determinacion

Further reading

• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[1], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 350
• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 219

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dētermināre (“limit, set a bound”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.teʁ.miˈna(ʁ)/ [de.teɦ.miˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.teʁ.miˈna(ʁ)/ [de.teɦ.miˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.teɾ.miˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.teʁ.miˈna(ʁ)/ [de.teʁ.miˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.teɻ.miˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.tɨɾ.miˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.tɨɾ.miˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.tɨɾ.miˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧ter‧mi‧nar

Verb

determinar (first-person singular present determino, first-person singular preterite determinei, past participle determinado)

1. to determine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of determinar (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	determinar
Personal	determinar	determinares	determinar	determinarmos	determinardes	determinarem
Gerund
	determinando
Past participle
Masculine	determinado			determinados
Feminine	determinada			determinadas
Indicative
Present	determino	determinas	determina	determinamos	determinais	determinam
Imperfect	determinava	determinavas	determinava	determinávamos	determináveis	determinavam
Preterite	determinei	determinaste	determinou	determinamos1, determinámos2	determinastes	determinaram
Pluperfect	determinara	determinaras	determinara	determináramos	determináreis	determinaram
Future	determinarei	determinarás	determinará	determinaremos	determinareis	determinarão
Conditional	determinaria	determinarias	determinaria	determinaríamos	determinaríeis	determinariam
Subjunctive
Present	determine	determines	determine	determinemos	determineis	determinem
Imperfect	determinasse	determinasses	determinasse	determinássemos	determinásseis	determinassem
Future	determinar	determinares	determinar	determinarmos	determinardes	determinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		determina	determine	determinemos	determinai	determinem
Negative (não)		não determines	não determine	não determinemos	não determineis	não determinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• determinação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dētermināre (“limit, set a bound”). Cognate with English determine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deteɾmiˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.t̪eɾ.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧ter‧mi‧nar

Verb

determinar (first-person singular present determino, first-person singular preterite determiné, past participle determinado)

1. to determine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of determinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			determinar
gerund			determinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		determinado		determinada
		plural		determinados		determinadas
		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	determino	determinastú determinásvos	determina	determinamos	determináis	determinan
	imperfect	determinaba	determinabas	determinaba	determinábamos	determinabais	determinaban
	preterite	determiné	determinaste	determinó	determinamos	determinasteis	determinaron
	future	determinaré	determinarás	determinará	determinaremos	determinaréis	determinarán
	conditional	determinaría	determinarías	determinaría	determinaríamos	determinaríais	determinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	determine	determinestú determinésvos2	determine	determinemos	determinéis	determinen
	imperfect (ra)	determinara	determinaras	determinara	determináramos	determinarais	determinaran
	imperfect (se)	determinase	determinases	determinase	determinásemos	determinaseis	determinasen
	future1	determinare	determinares	determinare	determináremos	determinareis	determinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		determinatú determinávos	determine	determinemos	determinad	determinen
	negative		no determines	no determine	no determinemos	no determinéis	no determinen

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

    Selected combined forms of determinar

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 determinar	dative	determinarme	determinarte	determinarle, determinarse	determinarnos	determinaros	determinarles, determinarse
	accusative	determinarme	determinarte	determinarlo, determinarla, determinarse	determinarnos	determinaros	determinarlos, determinarlas, determinarse
with gerund determinando	dative	determinándome	determinándote	determinándole, determinándose	determinándonos	determinándoos	determinándoles, determinándose
	accusative	determinándome	determinándote	determinándolo, determinándola, determinándose	determinándonos	determinándoos	determinándolos, determinándolas, determinándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative determina	dative	determíname	determínate	determínale	determínanos	not used	determínales
	accusative	determíname	determínate	determínalo, determínala	determínanos	not used	determínalos, determínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative determiná	dative	determiname	determinate	determinale	determinanos	not used	determinales
	accusative	determiname	determinate	determinalo, determinala	determinanos	not used	determinalos, determinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative determine	dative	determíneme	not used	determínele, determínese	determínenos	not used	determíneles
	accusative	determíneme	not used	determínelo, determínela, determínese	determínenos	not used	determínelos, determínelas
with first-person plural imperative determinemos	dative	not used	determinémoste	determinémosle	determinémonos	determinémoos	determinémosles
	accusative	not used	determinémoste	determinémoslo, determinémosla	determinémonos	determinémoos	determinémoslos, determinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative determinad	dative	determinadme	not used	determinadle	determinadnos	determinaos	determinadles
	accusative	determinadme	not used	determinadlo, determinadla	determinadnos	determinaos	determinadlos, determinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative determinen	dative	determínenme	not used	determínenle	determínennos	not used	determínenles, determínense
	accusative	determínenme	not used	determínenlo, determínenla	determínennos	not used	determínenlos, determínenlas, determínense

Derived terms

• predeterminar (“to predetermine”)

Related terms

• determinación

Further reading

• “determinar”, 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