diplomar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Ancient Greek δῐ́ς (dĭ́s)

Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos)

Ancient Greek διπλόος (diplóos)

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.?

Ancient Greek -όω (-óō)

Ancient Greek δῐπλόω (dĭplóō)

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Hellenic *-mə

Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)

Ancient Greek δίπλωμα (díplōma)bor.

Latin diplōmabor.

Portuguese diploma

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese diplomar

From diploma + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.ploˈma(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.ploˈma(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.pluˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.pluˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.pluˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: di‧plo‧mar

Verb

diplomar (first-person singular present diplomo, first-person singular preterite diplomei, past participle diplomado)

1. (transitive) to graduate (to certify a student as having earned a degree)

   Synonyms: graduar, formar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diplomar (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	diplomar
Personal	diplomar	diplomares	diplomar	diplomarmos	diplomardes	diplomarem
Gerund
	diplomando
Past participle
Masculine	diplomado			diplomados
Feminine	diplomada			diplomadas
Indicative
Present	diplomo	diplomas	diploma	diplomamos	diplomais	diplomam
Imperfect	diplomava	diplomavas	diplomava	diplomávamos	diplomáveis	diplomavam
Preterite	diplomei	diplomaste	diplomou	diplomamos1, diplomámos2	diplomastes	diplomaram
Pluperfect	diplomara	diplomaras	diplomara	diplomáramos	diplomáreis	diplomaram
Future	diplomarei	diplomarás	diplomará	diplomaremos	diplomareis	diplomarão
Conditional	diplomaria	diplomarias	diplomaria	diplomaríamos	diplomaríeis	diplomariam
Subjunctive
Present	diplome	diplomes	diplome	diplomemos	diplomeis	diplomem
Imperfect	diplomasse	diplomasses	diplomasse	diplomássemos	diplomásseis	diplomassem
Future	diplomar	diplomares	diplomar	diplomarmos	diplomardes	diplomarem
Imperative
Affirmative		diploma	diplome	diplomemos	diplomai	diplomem
Negative (não)		não diplomes	não diplome	não diplomemos	não diplomeis	não diplomem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From diploma + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diploˈmaɾ/ [d̪i.ploˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧plo‧mar

Verb

diplomar (first-person singular present diplomo, first-person singular preterite diplomé, past participle diplomado)

1. (transitive) to graduate (to certify a student as having earned a degree)
2. (reflexive) to graduate (receive a degree)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diplomar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			diplomar
gerund			diplomando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		diplomado		diplomada
		plural		diplomados		diplomadas
		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	diplomo	diplomastú diplomásvos	diploma	diplomamos	diplomáis	diploman
	imperfect	diplomaba	diplomabas	diplomaba	diplomábamos	diplomabais	diplomaban
	preterite	diplomé	diplomaste	diplomó	diplomamos	diplomasteis	diplomaron
	future	diplomaré	diplomarás	diplomará	diplomaremos	diplomaréis	diplomarán
	conditional	diplomaría	diplomarías	diplomaría	diplomaríamos	diplomaríais	diplomarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	diplome	diplomestú diplomésvos2	diplome	diplomemos	diploméis	diplomen
	imperfect (ra)	diplomara	diplomaras	diplomara	diplomáramos	diplomarais	diplomaran
	imperfect (se)	diplomase	diplomases	diplomase	diplomásemos	diplomaseis	diplomasen
	future1	diplomare	diplomares	diplomare	diplomáremos	diplomareis	diplomaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		diplomatú diplomávos	diplome	diplomemos	diplomad	diplomen
	negative		no diplomes	no diplome	no diplomemos	no diploméis	no diplomen

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

    Selected combined forms of diplomar

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 diplomar	dative	diplomarme	diplomarte	diplomarle, diplomarse	diplomarnos	diplomaros	diplomarles, diplomarse
	accusative	diplomarme	diplomarte	diplomarlo, diplomarla, diplomarse	diplomarnos	diplomaros	diplomarlos, diplomarlas, diplomarse
with gerund diplomando	dative	diplomándome	diplomándote	diplomándole, diplomándose	diplomándonos	diplomándoos	diplomándoles, diplomándose
	accusative	diplomándome	diplomándote	diplomándolo, diplomándola, diplomándose	diplomándonos	diplomándoos	diplomándolos, diplomándolas, diplomándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative diploma	dative	diplómame	diplómate	diplómale	diplómanos	not used	diplómales
	accusative	diplómame	diplómate	diplómalo, diplómala	diplómanos	not used	diplómalos, diplómalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative diplomá	dative	diplomame	diplomate	diplomale	diplomanos	not used	diplomales
	accusative	diplomame	diplomate	diplomalo, diplomala	diplomanos	not used	diplomalos, diplomalas
with formal second-person singular imperative diplome	dative	diplómeme	not used	diplómele, diplómese	diplómenos	not used	diplómeles
	accusative	diplómeme	not used	diplómelo, diplómela, diplómese	diplómenos	not used	diplómelos, diplómelas
with first-person plural imperative diplomemos	dative	not used	diplomémoste	diplomémosle	diplomémonos	diplomémoos	diplomémosles
	accusative	not used	diplomémoste	diplomémoslo, diplomémosla	diplomémonos	diplomémoos	diplomémoslos, diplomémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative diplomad	dative	diplomadme	not used	diplomadle	diplomadnos	diplomaos	diplomadles
	accusative	diplomadme	not used	diplomadlo, diplomadla	diplomadnos	diplomaos	diplomadlos, diplomadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative diplomen	dative	diplómenme	not used	diplómenle	diplómennos	not used	diplómenles, diplómense
	accusative	diplómenme	not used	diplómenlo, diplómenla	diplómennos	not used	diplómenlos, diplómenlas, diplómense

Derived terms

• diplomatura

Further reading

• “diplomar”, 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