emular

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aemulārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.muˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.muˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [e.muˈla]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Homophone: emulà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

emular (first-person singular present emulo, first-person singular preterite emulí, past participle emulat)

1. (transitive) to emulate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of emular (first conjugation)

infinitive			emular
gerund			emulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emulat		emulada
		plural		emulats		emulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	emulo	emules	emula	emulem	emuleu	emulen
	imperfect	emulava	emulaves	emulava	emulàvem	emulàveu	emulaven
	future	emularé	emularàs	emularà	emularem	emulareu	emularan
	preterite	emulí	emulares	emulà	emulàrem	emulàreu	emularen
	conditional	emularia	emularies	emularia	emularíem	emularíeu	emularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	emuli	emulis	emuli	emulem	emuleu	emulin
	imperfect	emulés	emulessis	emulés	emuléssim	emuléssiu	emulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	emula	emuli	emulem	emuleu	emulin
	negative (no)	—	no emulis	no emuli	no emulem	no emuleu	no emulin

Related terms

• emulació
• emulador

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *aimos

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin aemulus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin aemulārībor.

Portuguese emular

Borrowed from Latin aemulārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.muˈla(ʁ)/ [e.muˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.muˈlaɾ/, /e.muˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.muˈlaɾ/, /e.muˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.muˈla.ɾi/, /e.muˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧mu‧lar

Verb

emular (first-person singular present emulo, first-person singular preterite emulei, past participle emulado)

1. (transitive) to emulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emular (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	emular
Personal	emular	emulares	emular	emularmos	emulardes	emularem
Gerund
	emulando
Past participle
Masculine	emulado			emulados
Feminine	emulada			emuladas
Indicative
Present	emulo	emulas	emula	emulamos	emulais	emulam
Imperfect	emulava	emulavas	emulava	emulávamos	emuláveis	emulavam
Preterite	emulei	emulaste	emulou	emulamos1, emulámos2	emulastes	emularam
Pluperfect	emulara	emularas	emulara	emuláramos	emuláreis	emularam
Future	emularei	emularás	emulará	emularemos	emulareis	emularão
Conditional	emularia	emularias	emularia	emularíamos	emularíeis	emulariam
Subjunctive
Present	emule	emules	emule	emulemos	emuleis	emulem
Imperfect	emulasse	emulasses	emulasse	emulássemos	emulásseis	emulassem
Future	emular	emulares	emular	emularmos	emulardes	emularem
Imperative
Affirmative		emula	emule	emulemos	emulai	emulem
Negative (não)		não emules	não emule	não emulemos	não emuleis	não emulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• emulação
• emulador

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin aemulārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emuˈlaɾ/ [e.muˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧mu‧lar

Verb

emular (first-person singular present emulo, first-person singular preterite emulé, past participle emulado)

1. (transitive) to emulate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			emular
gerund			emulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emulado		emulada
		plural		emulados		emuladas
		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	emulo	emulastú emulásvos	emula	emulamos	emuláis	emulan
	imperfect	emulaba	emulabas	emulaba	emulábamos	emulabais	emulaban
	preterite	emulé	emulaste	emuló	emulamos	emulasteis	emularon
	future	emularé	emularás	emulará	emularemos	emularéis	emularán
	conditional	emularía	emularías	emularía	emularíamos	emularíais	emularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	emule	emulestú emulésvos2	emule	emulemos	emuléis	emulen
	imperfect (ra)	emulara	emularas	emulara	emuláramos	emularais	emularan
	imperfect (se)	emulase	emulases	emulase	emulásemos	emulaseis	emulasen
	future1	emulare	emulares	emulare	emuláremos	emulareis	emularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		emulatú emulávos	emule	emulemos	emulad	emulen
	negative		no emules	no emule	no emulemos	no emuléis	no emulen

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

    Selected combined forms of emular

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 emular	dative	emularme	emularte	emularle, emularse	emularnos	emularos	emularles, emularse
	accusative	emularme	emularte	emularlo, emularla, emularse	emularnos	emularos	emularlos, emularlas, emularse
with gerund emulando	dative	emulándome	emulándote	emulándole, emulándose	emulándonos	emulándoos	emulándoles, emulándose
	accusative	emulándome	emulándote	emulándolo, emulándola, emulándose	emulándonos	emulándoos	emulándolos, emulándolas, emulándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative emula	dative	emúlame	emúlate	emúlale	emúlanos	not used	emúlales
	accusative	emúlame	emúlate	emúlalo, emúlala	emúlanos	not used	emúlalos, emúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative emulá	dative	emulame	emulate	emulale	emulanos	not used	emulales
	accusative	emulame	emulate	emulalo, emulala	emulanos	not used	emulalos, emulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative emule	dative	emúleme	not used	emúlele, emúlese	emúlenos	not used	emúleles
	accusative	emúleme	not used	emúlelo, emúlela, emúlese	emúlenos	not used	emúlelos, emúlelas
with first-person plural imperative emulemos	dative	not used	emulémoste	emulémosle	emulémonos	emulémoos	emulémosles
	accusative	not used	emulémoste	emulémoslo, emulémosla	emulémonos	emulémoos	emulémoslos, emulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative emulad	dative	emuladme	not used	emuladle	emuladnos	emulaos	emuladles
	accusative	emuladme	not used	emuladlo, emuladla	emuladnos	emulaos	emuladlos, emuladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative emulen	dative	emúlenme	not used	emúlenle	emúlennos	not used	emúlenles, emúlense
	accusative	emúlenme	not used	emúlenlo, emúlenla	emúlennos	not used	emúlenlos, emúlenlas, emúlense

Related terms

• emulación
• emulador

Further reading

• “emular”, 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