formar

See also: förmår

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Verb

formar (first-person singular indicative present formo, past participle formáu)

1. to form (to give shape)
2. to form, make up
3. to make, form
4. to bring up, raise

Conjugation

Conjugation of formar

infinitive		formar
gerund		formando
past participle		m formáu, f formada, n formao, m pl formaos, f pl formaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	formo	formes	forma	formamos	formáis	formen
	imperfect	formaba	formabes	formaba	formábemos, formábamos	formabeis, formabais	formaben
	preterite	formé	formasti, formesti	formó	formemos	formastis, formestis	formaron
	pluperfect	formare, formara	formares, formaras	formare, formara	formáremos, formáramos	formareis, formarais	formaren, formaran
	future	formaré	formarás	formará	formaremos	formaréis	formarán
	conditional	formaría	formaríes	formaría	formaríemos, formaríamos	formaríeis, formaríais	formaríen
subjunctive	present	forme	formes, formas	forme	formemos	forméis	formen, forman
	imperfect	formare, formara	formares, formaras	formare, formara	formáremos, formáramos	formareis, formarais	formaren, formaran
imperative		—	forma	—	—	formái	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [furˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [forˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formí, past participle format)

1. to shape
2. to teach, instruct, show
3. to form

Related terms

• forma
• formació
• formatiu

Further reading

• “formar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “formar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “formar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “formar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

formar

1. (transitive) to form

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• forma

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese formar, from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuɾ.ˈmaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /foʁ.ˈma(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: for‧mar

Verb

1. to form
2. (with se) to graduate, to receive a degree

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formar.

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• furmar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• furmer (Puter)
• fuormar (Vallader)

Etymology

From Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Verb

formar

1. (Sursilvan) to shape, form

Related terms

• fuorma

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Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈmaɾ/ [foɾˈmaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to form, to create
2. (transitive)to train, to educate
3. (transitive) to make up, to constitute
4. (intransitive) to line up (to get in a line)

Derived terms

• formar parte

Related terms

• forma
• formación
• formativo

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Swedish

Noun

formar

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of form

Verb

formar

1. (deprecated template usage) present tense of forma.

Anagrams

• farmor, morfar