dominar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [du.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [do.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [do.miˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

dominar (first-person singular present domino, first-person singular preterite dominí, past participle dominat)

1. to dominate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dominar (first conjugation)

infinitive			dominar
gerund			dominant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dominat		dominada
		plural		dominats		dominades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	domino	domines	domina	dominem	domineu	dominen
	imperfect	dominava	dominaves	dominava	dominàvem	dominàveu	dominaven
	future	dominaré	dominaràs	dominarà	dominarem	dominareu	dominaran
	preterite	dominí	dominares	dominà	dominàrem	dominàreu	dominaren
	conditional	dominaria	dominaries	dominaria	dominaríem	dominaríeu	dominarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	domini	dominis	domini	dominem	domineu	dominin
	imperfect	dominés	dominessis	dominés	dominéssim	dominéssiu	dominessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	domina	domini	dominem	domineu	dominin
	negative (no)	—	no dominis	no domini	no dominem	no domineu	no dominin

Related terms

• dominació
• dominant

Further reading

• “dominar”, 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
• “dominar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “dominar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dominar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

dominar (first-person singular present domino, first-person singular preterite dominei, past participle dominado)

1. to dominate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dominar

	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	dominar
Personal	dominar	dominares	dominar	dominarmos	dominardes	dominaren
Gerund
	dominando
Past participle
Masculine	dominado			dominados
Feminine	dominada			dominadas
Indicative
Present	domino	dominas	domina	dominamos	dominades	dominan
Imperfect	dominaba	dominabas	dominaba	dominabamos	dominabades	dominaban
Preterite	dominei	dominaches	dominou	dominamos	dominastes	dominaron
Pluperfect	dominara	dominaras	dominara	dominaramos	dominarades	dominaran
Future	dominarei	dominarás	dominará	dominaremos	dominaredes	dominarán
Conditional	dominaría	dominarías	dominaría	dominariamos	dominariades	dominarían
Subjunctive
Present	domine	domines	domine	dominemos	dominedes	dominen
Imperfect	dominase	dominases	dominase	dominásemos	dominásedes	dominasen
Future	dominar	dominares	dominar	dominarmos	dominardes	dominaren
Imperative
Affirmative		domina	domine	dominemos	dominade	dominen
Negative (non)		non domines	non domine	non dominemos	non dominedes	non dominen

    Reintegrated conjugation of dominar (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	dominar
Personal	dominar	dominares	dominar	dominarmos	dominardes	dominarem
Gerund
	dominando
Past participle
Masculine	dominado			dominados
Feminine	dominada			dominadas
Indicative
Present	domino	dominas	domina	dominamos	dominades, dominais	dominam
Imperfect	dominava	dominavas	dominava	dominávamos	dominávades, domináveis, dominávais1	dominavam
Preterite	dominei	dominaste, dominache1	dominou	dominamos	dominastes	dominárom, dominaram
Pluperfect	dominara	dominaras	dominara	domináramos	dominárades, domináreis, dominárais1	dominaram
Future	dominarei	dominarás	dominará	dominaremos	dominaredes, dominareis	dominarám, dominarão
Conditional	dominaria	dominarias	dominaria	dominaríamos	dominaríades, dominaríeis, dominaríais1	dominariam
Subjunctive
Present	domine	domines	domine	dominemos	dominedes, domineis	dominem
Imperfect	dominasse	dominasses	dominasse	dominássemos	dominássedes, dominásseis	dominassem
Future	dominar	dominares	dominar	dominarmos	dominardes	dominarem
Imperative
Affirmative		domina	domine	dominemos	dominade, dominai	dominem
Negative (nom)		nom domines	nom domine	nom dominemos	nom dominedes, nom domineis	nom dominem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• dominación
• dominante

Further reading

• “dominar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “dominar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Interlingua

Verb

dominar

1. to dominate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dominar

infinitive		dominar
participle		present	perfect
		dominante	dominate
active		simple	perfect
	present	domina	ha dominate
	past	dominava	habeva dominate
	future	dominara	habera dominate
	conditional	dominarea	haberea dominate
	imperative	domina	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es dominate	ha essite dominate
	past	esseva dominate	habeva essite dominate
	future	essera dominate	habera essite dominate
	conditional	esserea dominate	haberea essite dominate
	imperative	sia dominate	—

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Verb

dominar

1. to dominate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		dominar			aver dominat
gerund		dominant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		dominat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	domini	dominas	domina	dominam	dominatz	dominan
	imperfect	dominavi	dominavas	dominava	dominàvem	dominàvetz	dominavan
	preterite	dominèri	dominères	dominèt	dominèrem	dominèretz	dominèron
	future	dominarai	dominaràs	dominarà	dominarem	dominaretz	dominaràn
	conditional	dominariái	dominariás	dominariá	dominariam	dominariatz	dominarián
	conditional 2nd form1	dominèra	dominèras	dominèra	domineram	domineratz	dominèran
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	domine	domines	domine	dominem	dominetz	dominen
	imperfect	dominèssi	dominèsses	dominèsse	dominèssem	dominèssetz	dominèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			domina		dominem	dominatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		dominar			aver dominat
gerund		dominant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		dominat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	domine	domines	domina	dominam	dominatz	dominon
	imperfect	dominave	dominaves	dominava	dominaviam	dominaviatz	dominavon
	preterite	dominere	domineres	dominet	dominem	dominetz	domineron
	future	dominarai	dominaràs	dominará	dominarem	dominaretz	dominarán
	conditional	dominariá	dominariás	dominariá	dominariam	dominariatz	dominarián
	conditional 2nd form1	dominèra	dominèras	dominèra	domineram	domineratz	dominèran
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	domine	domines	domine	dominassiam	dominassiatz	dominon
	imperfect	dominesse	dominesses	dominesse	dominessiam	dominessiatz	dominesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			domina		dominassiam	dominatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		dominar			aver dominat
gerund		dominant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		dominat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	domini	dominas	domina	dominam	dominatz	dominan
	imperfect	dominavi	dominavas	dominava	dominàvam	dominàvatz	dominavan
	preterite	dominèi	dominès	dominè	dominèm	dominètz	dominèn
	future	dominarèi	dominaràs	dominarà	dominaram	dominaratz	dominaràn
	conditional	dominarí	dominarés	dominaré	dominarem	dominaretz	dominarén
	conditional 2nd form1	dominèra	dominèras	dominèra	domineram	domineratz	dominèran
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	domini	domines	domine	dominem	dominetz	dominen
	imperfect	dominèssi	dominèsses	dominèsse	dominèssem	dominèssetz	dominèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			domina		dominem	dominatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		dominar			aver dominat
gerund		dominant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		dominat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	domine	dominas	domina	dominam	dominatz	dominan
	imperfect	dominava	dominavas	dominava	dominàvam	dominàvatz	dominavan
	preterite	dominei	domineras	dominet	dominèram	dominèratz	domineran
	future	dominarai	dominaràs	dominará	dominarem	dominaretz	dominarán
	conditional	dominariá	dominariàs	dominariá	dominariam	dominariatz	dominarián
	conditional 2nd form1	dominèra	dominèras	dominèra	domineram	domineratz	dominèran
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	domine	domines	domine	dominem	dominetz	dominen
	imperfect	dominèsse	dominèsses	dominèsse	dominèssem	dominèssetz	dominèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			domina		dominem	dominatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		dominar			aver dominat
gerund		dominant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		dominat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	domine	domines	domina	dominam	dominatz	dominan
	imperfect	dominavi	dominavas	dominava	dominàvem	dominàvetz	dominavan
	preterite	dominère	dominères	dominèt	domineriam	domineriatz	dominèron
	future	dominarai	dominaràs	dominarà	dominarem	dominaretz	dominaràn
	conditional	dominariáu	dominariás	dominariá	dominariam	dominariatz	dominarián
	conditional 2nd form1	dominèra	dominèras	dominèra	domineram	domineratz	dominèran
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	domine	domines	domine	dominem	dominetz	dominan
	imperfect	dominèsse	dominèsses	dominèsse	dominessiam	dominessiatz	dominèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			domina		dominem	dominatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• dominant
• domincion

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 249

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominārī (“to be master, to dominate”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.miˈna(ʁ)/ [do.miˈna(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /du.miˈnaɾ/

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

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• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧nar

Verb

dominar (first-person singular present domino, first-person singular preterite dominei, past participle dominado)

1. (intransitive) to dominate; to predominate

   A indústria automobilística alemã domina mundialmente.

   The German car industry dominates worldwide.

2. (transitive) to dominate; to control
3. (transitive) to master (to learn to a high degree of proficiency)

   Gostaria de dominar o inglês.

   I'd like to master English.

4. (transitive) to rule
5. (pronominal) to control oneself; to restrain oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dominar (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	dominar
Personal	dominar	dominares	dominar	dominarmos	dominardes	dominarem
Gerund
	dominando
Past participle
Masculine	dominado			dominados
Feminine	dominada			dominadas
Indicative
Present	domino	dominas	domina	dominamos	dominais	dominam
Imperfect	dominava	dominavas	dominava	dominávamos	domináveis	dominavam
Preterite	dominei	dominaste	dominou	dominamos1, dominámos2	dominastes	dominaram
Pluperfect	dominara	dominaras	dominara	domináramos	domináreis	dominaram
Future	dominarei	dominarás	dominará	dominaremos	dominareis	dominarão
Conditional	dominaria	dominarias	dominaria	dominaríamos	dominaríeis	dominariam
Subjunctive
Present	domine	domines	domine	dominemos	domineis	dominem
Imperfect	dominasse	dominasses	dominasse	dominássemos	dominásseis	dominassem
Future	dominar	dominares	dominar	dominarmos	dominardes	dominarem
Imperative
Affirmative		domina	domine	dominemos	dominai	dominem
Negative (não)		não domines	não domine	não dominemos	não domineis	não dominem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• dominação
• dominância
• dominante
• domínio

Further reading

• “dominar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “dominar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “dominar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “dominar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “dominar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “dominar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /domiˈnaɾ/ [d̪o.miˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: do‧mi‧nar

Verb

dominar (first-person singular present domino, first-person singular preterite dominé, past participle dominado)

1. to dominate; to hold sway

   Synonym: imponer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dominar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			dominar
gerund			dominando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dominado		dominada
		plural		dominados		dominadas
		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	domino	dominastú dominásvos	domina	dominamos	domináis	dominan
	imperfect	dominaba	dominabas	dominaba	dominábamos	dominabais	dominaban
	preterite	dominé	dominaste	dominó	dominamos	dominasteis	dominaron
	future	dominaré	dominarás	dominará	dominaremos	dominaréis	dominarán
	conditional	dominaría	dominarías	dominaría	dominaríamos	dominaríais	dominarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	domine	dominestú dominésvos2	domine	dominemos	dominéis	dominen
	imperfect (ra)	dominara	dominaras	dominara	domináramos	dominarais	dominaran
	imperfect (se)	dominase	dominases	dominase	dominásemos	dominaseis	dominasen
	future1	dominare	dominares	dominare	domináremos	dominareis	dominaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dominatú dominávos	domine	dominemos	dominad	dominen
	negative		no domines	no domine	no dominemos	no dominéis	no dominen

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

    Selected combined forms of dominar

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 dominar	dative	dominarme	dominarte	dominarle, dominarse	dominarnos	dominaros	dominarles, dominarse
	accusative	dominarme	dominarte	dominarlo, dominarla, dominarse	dominarnos	dominaros	dominarlos, dominarlas, dominarse
with gerund dominando	dative	dominándome	dominándote	dominándole, dominándose	dominándonos	dominándoos	dominándoles, dominándose
	accusative	dominándome	dominándote	dominándolo, dominándola, dominándose	dominándonos	dominándoos	dominándolos, dominándolas, dominándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative domina	dative	domíname	domínate	domínale	domínanos	not used	domínales
	accusative	domíname	domínate	domínalo, domínala	domínanos	not used	domínalos, domínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative dominá	dative	dominame	dominate	dominale	dominanos	not used	dominales
	accusative	dominame	dominate	dominalo, dominala	dominanos	not used	dominalos, dominalas
with formal second-person singular imperative domine	dative	domíneme	not used	domínele, domínese	domínenos	not used	domíneles
	accusative	domíneme	not used	domínelo, domínela, domínese	domínenos	not used	domínelos, domínelas
with first-person plural imperative dominemos	dative	not used	dominémoste	dominémosle	dominémonos	dominémoos	dominémosles
	accusative	not used	dominémoste	dominémoslo, dominémosla	dominémonos	dominémoos	dominémoslos, dominémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dominad	dative	dominadme	not used	dominadle	dominadnos	dominaos	dominadles
	accusative	dominadme	not used	dominadlo, dominadla	dominadnos	dominaos	dominadlos, dominadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dominen	dative	domínenme	not used	domínenle	domínennos	not used	domínenles, domínense
	accusative	domínenme	not used	domínenlo, domínenla	domínennos	not used	domínenlos, domínenlas, domínense

Related terms

• dominación
• dominante
• dominio

Further reading

• “dominar”, 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