fulminar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulmināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [ful.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ful.miˈnaɾ]

Verb

fulminar (first-person singular present fulmino, first-person singular preterite fulminí, past participle fulminat)

1. (transitive) (of lightning) to strike
2. (transitive, figurative) to strike down

   Synonym: llampar

3. (intransitive) to lightning

   Synonym: llampegar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of fulminar (first conjugation)

infinitive			fulminar
gerund			fulminant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fulminat		fulminada
		plural		fulminats		fulminades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fulmino	fulmines	fulmina	fulminem	fulmineu	fulminen
	imperfect	fulminava	fulminaves	fulminava	fulminàvem	fulminàveu	fulminaven
	future	fulminaré	fulminaràs	fulminarà	fulminarem	fulminareu	fulminaran
	preterite	fulminí	fulminares	fulminà	fulminàrem	fulminàreu	fulminaren
	conditional	fulminaria	fulminaries	fulminaria	fulminaríem	fulminaríeu	fulminarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fulmini	fulminis	fulmini	fulminem	fulmineu	fulminin
	imperfect	fulminés	fulminessis	fulminés	fulminéssim	fulminéssiu	fulminessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fulmina	fulmini	fulminem	fulmineu	fulminin
	negative (no)	—	no fulminis	no fulmini	no fulminem	no fulmineu	no fulminin

Derived terms

• fulminador
• fulminat
• fulminatori

Related terms

• fulminació
• fulminant
• fulmini

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

fulminar

1. to strike down

Conjugation

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Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 338

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fulmināre, from Latin fulmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fulmiˈnaɾ/ [ful.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ful‧mi‧nar

Verb

fulminar (first-person singular present fulmino, first-person singular preterite fulminé, past participle fulminado)

1. (transitive) to strike down
   • 2021 July 14, Juan Sanguino, “Curvas y músculos pero nada de sexo: por qué los héroes de Hollywood han abrazado el celibato”, in El País‎^[2], retrieved 15 July 2021:

     Ese “género indeterminado” del que habla Almodóvar podría deberse a que […] lo único que se le ha ocurrido a Marvel es fulminar la libido de todos sus superhéroes por igual.

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of fulminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fulminar
gerund			fulminando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fulminado		fulminada
		plural		fulminados		fulminadas
		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	fulmino	fulminastú fulminásvos	fulmina	fulminamos	fulmináis	fulminan
	imperfect	fulminaba	fulminabas	fulminaba	fulminábamos	fulminabais	fulminaban
	preterite	fulminé	fulminaste	fulminó	fulminamos	fulminasteis	fulminaron
	future	fulminaré	fulminarás	fulminará	fulminaremos	fulminaréis	fulminarán
	conditional	fulminaría	fulminarías	fulminaría	fulminaríamos	fulminaríais	fulminarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fulmine	fulminestú fulminésvos2	fulmine	fulminemos	fulminéis	fulminen
	imperfect (ra)	fulminara	fulminaras	fulminara	fulmináramos	fulminarais	fulminaran
	imperfect (se)	fulminase	fulminases	fulminase	fulminásemos	fulminaseis	fulminasen
	future1	fulminare	fulminares	fulminare	fulmináremos	fulminareis	fulminaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fulminatú fulminávos	fulmine	fulminemos	fulminad	fulminen
	negative		no fulmines	no fulmine	no fulminemos	no fulminéis	no fulminen

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

    Selected combined forms of fulminar

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 fulminar	dative	fulminarme	fulminarte	fulminarle, fulminarse	fulminarnos	fulminaros	fulminarles, fulminarse
	accusative	fulminarme	fulminarte	fulminarlo, fulminarla, fulminarse	fulminarnos	fulminaros	fulminarlos, fulminarlas, fulminarse
with gerund fulminando	dative	fulminándome	fulminándote	fulminándole, fulminándose	fulminándonos	fulminándoos	fulminándoles, fulminándose
	accusative	fulminándome	fulminándote	fulminándolo, fulminándola, fulminándose	fulminándonos	fulminándoos	fulminándolos, fulminándolas, fulminándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative fulmina	dative	fulmíname	fulmínate	fulmínale	fulmínanos	not used	fulmínales
	accusative	fulmíname	fulmínate	fulmínalo, fulmínala	fulmínanos	not used	fulmínalos, fulmínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative fulminá	dative	fulminame	fulminate	fulminale	fulminanos	not used	fulminales
	accusative	fulminame	fulminate	fulminalo, fulminala	fulminanos	not used	fulminalos, fulminalas
with formal second-person singular imperative fulmine	dative	fulmíneme	not used	fulmínele, fulmínese	fulmínenos	not used	fulmíneles
	accusative	fulmíneme	not used	fulmínelo, fulmínela, fulmínese	fulmínenos	not used	fulmínelos, fulmínelas
with first-person plural imperative fulminemos	dative	not used	fulminémoste	fulminémosle	fulminémonos	fulminémoos	fulminémosles
	accusative	not used	fulminémoste	fulminémoslo, fulminémosla	fulminémonos	fulminémoos	fulminémoslos, fulminémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fulminad	dative	fulminadme	not used	fulminadle	fulminadnos	fulminaos	fulminadles
	accusative	fulminadme	not used	fulminadlo, fulminadla	fulminadnos	fulminaos	fulminadlos, fulminadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fulminen	dative	fulmínenme	not used	fulmínenle	fulmínennos	not used	fulmínenles, fulmínense
	accusative	fulmínenme	not used	fulmínenlo, fulmínenla	fulmínennos	not used	fulmínenlos, fulmínenlas, fulmínense

Related terms

• fulgor
• fulminante

Further reading

• “fulminar”, 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