hibernar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hībernāre (“to pass winter”), from hībernus (“of winter”). Doublet of hivernar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [i.βərˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [i.bərˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.beɾˈnaɾ]

Verb

hibernar (first-person singular present hiberno, first-person singular preterite hiberní, past participle hibernat)

1. to hibernate

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hībernāre (“to pass winter”), from hībernus (“of winter”). Doublet of invernar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌi.beɾ.ˈna(ɾ)/, /ˌi.beɹ.ˈna(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˌi.beɾ.ˈna(ɾ)/, /ˌi.beɻ.ˈna(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /i.βɨɾ.ˈnaɾ/

Verb

1. (biology) to hibernate (to spend winter time in hibernation)
2. (computing) to hibernate (to enter a standby state)

Related terms

• hibernação
• hibernado
• hibernagem
• hibernal

• hibernante
• hibernoso
• inverno

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hībernāre, present active infinitive of hībernō. Doublet of invernar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ibeɾˈnaɾ/ [i.β̞eɾˈnaɾ]

Verb

1. to hibernate