efeminar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin effēminō (“I make feminine”)

Verb

efeminar (first-person singular present efemino, first-person singular preterite efeminí, past participle efeminat)

1. (transitive) to feminise, to make womanly or effeminate
2. (pronominal) to become womanly or effeminate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of efeminar (first conjugation)

infinitive			efeminar
gerund			efeminant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		efeminat		efeminada
		plural		efeminats		efeminades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	efemino	efemines	efemina	efeminem	efemineu	efeminen
	imperfect	efeminava	efeminaves	efeminava	efeminàvem	efeminàveu	efeminaven
	future	efeminaré	efeminaràs	efeminarà	efeminarem	efeminareu	efeminaran
	preterite	efeminí	efeminares	efeminà	efeminàrem	efeminàreu	efeminaren
	conditional	efeminaria	efeminaries	efeminaria	efeminaríem	efeminaríeu	efeminarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	efemini	efeminis	efemini	efeminem	efemineu	efeminin
	imperfect	efeminés	efeminessis	efeminés	efeminéssim	efeminéssiu	efeminessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	efemina	efemini	efeminem	efemineu	efeminin
	negative (no)	—	no efeminis	no efemini	no efeminem	no efemineu	no efeminin

Synonyms

• feminitzar

Derived terms

• efeminador
• efeminament
• efeminat

Related terms

• efeminació

Further reading

• “efeminar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Spanish

Verb

efeminar (first-person singular present efemino, first-person singular preterite efeminé, past participle efeminado)

1. obsolete form of afeminar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of efeminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			efeminar
gerund			efeminando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		efeminado		efeminada
		plural		efeminados		efeminadas
		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	efemino	efeminastú efeminásvos	efemina	efeminamos	efemináis	efeminan
	imperfect	efeminaba	efeminabas	efeminaba	efeminábamos	efeminabais	efeminaban
	preterite	efeminé	efeminaste	efeminó	efeminamos	efeminasteis	efeminaron
	future	efeminaré	efeminarás	efeminará	efeminaremos	efeminaréis	efeminarán
	conditional	efeminaría	efeminarías	efeminaría	efeminaríamos	efeminaríais	efeminarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	efemine	efeminestú efeminésvos2	efemine	efeminemos	efeminéis	efeminen
	imperfect (ra)	efeminara	efeminaras	efeminara	efemináramos	efeminarais	efeminaran
	imperfect (se)	efeminase	efeminases	efeminase	efeminásemos	efeminaseis	efeminasen
	future1	efeminare	efeminares	efeminare	efemináremos	efeminareis	efeminaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		efeminatú efeminávos	efemine	efeminemos	efeminad	efeminen
	negative		no efemines	no efemine	no efeminemos	no efeminéis	no efeminen

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

    Selected combined forms of efeminar

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 efeminar	dative	efeminarme	efeminarte	efeminarle, efeminarse	efeminarnos	efeminaros	efeminarles, efeminarse
	accusative	efeminarme	efeminarte	efeminarlo, efeminarla, efeminarse	efeminarnos	efeminaros	efeminarlos, efeminarlas, efeminarse
with gerund efeminando	dative	efeminándome	efeminándote	efeminándole, efeminándose	efeminándonos	efeminándoos	efeminándoles, efeminándose
	accusative	efeminándome	efeminándote	efeminándolo, efeminándola, efeminándose	efeminándonos	efeminándoos	efeminándolos, efeminándolas, efeminándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative efemina	dative	efemíname	efemínate	efemínale	efemínanos	not used	efemínales
	accusative	efemíname	efemínate	efemínalo, efemínala	efemínanos	not used	efemínalos, efemínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative efeminá	dative	efeminame	efeminate	efeminale	efeminanos	not used	efeminales
	accusative	efeminame	efeminate	efeminalo, efeminala	efeminanos	not used	efeminalos, efeminalas
with formal second-person singular imperative efemine	dative	efemíneme	not used	efemínele, efemínese	efemínenos	not used	efemíneles
	accusative	efemíneme	not used	efemínelo, efemínela, efemínese	efemínenos	not used	efemínelos, efemínelas
with first-person plural imperative efeminemos	dative	not used	efeminémoste	efeminémosle	efeminémonos	efeminémoos	efeminémosles
	accusative	not used	efeminémoste	efeminémoslo, efeminémosla	efeminémonos	efeminémoos	efeminémoslos, efeminémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative efeminad	dative	efeminadme	not used	efeminadle	efeminadnos	efeminaos	efeminadles
	accusative	efeminadme	not used	efeminadlo, efeminadla	efeminadnos	efeminaos	efeminadlos, efeminadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative efeminen	dative	efemínenme	not used	efemínenle	efemínennos	not used	efemínenles, efemínense
	accusative	efemínenme	not used	efemínenlo, efemínenla	efemínennos	not used	efemínenlos, efemínenlas, efemínense

Further reading

• “efeminar”, 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