incinerar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incinerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [in.si.nəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.si.neˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [in.si.neˈɾa]

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Verb

incinerar (first-person singular present incinero, first-person singular preterite incinerí, past participle incinerat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to incinerate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of incinerar (first conjugation)

infinitive			incinerar
gerund			incinerant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incinerat		incinerada
		plural		incinerats		incinerades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incinero	incineres	incinera	incinerem	incinereu	incineren
	imperfect	incinerava	incineraves	incinerava	incineràvem	incineràveu	incineraven
	future	incineraré	incineraràs	incinerarà	incinerarem	incinerareu	incineraran
	preterite	incinerí	incinerares	incinerà	incineràrem	incineràreu	incineraren
	conditional	incineraria	incineraries	incineraria	incineraríem	incineraríeu	incinerarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incineri	incineris	incineri	incinerem	incinereu	incinerin
	imperfect	incinerés	incineressis	incinerés	incineréssim	incineréssiu	incineressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	incinera	incineri	incinerem	incinereu	incinerin
	negative (no)	—	no incineris	no incineri	no incinerem	no incinereu	no incinerin

Related terms

• cendra
• incineració
• incinerador

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incinerāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.neˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.si.neˈɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.nɨˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.nɨˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.nɨˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧ci‧ne‧rar

Verb

incinerar (first-person singular present incinero, first-person singular preterite incinerei, past participle incinerado)

1. to incinerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incinerar (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	incinerar
Personal	incinerar	incinerares	incinerar	incinerarmos	incinerardes	incinerarem
Gerund
	incinerando
Past participle
Masculine	incinerado			incinerados
Feminine	incinerada			incineradas
Indicative
Present	incinero	incineras	incinera	incineramos	incinerais	incineram
Imperfect	incinerava	incineravas	incinerava	incinerávamos	incineráveis	incineravam
Preterite	incinerei	incineraste	incinerou	incineramos1, incinerámos2	incinerastes	incineraram
Pluperfect	incinerara	incineraras	incinerara	incineráramos	incineráreis	incineraram
Future	incinerarei	incinerarás	incinerará	incineraremos	incinerareis	incinerarão
Conditional	incineraria	incinerarias	incineraria	incineraríamos	incineraríeis	incinerariam
Subjunctive
Present	incinere	incineres	incinere	incineremos	incinereis	incinerem
Imperfect	incinerasse	incinerasses	incinerasse	incinerássemos	incinerásseis	incinerassem
Future	incinerar	incinerares	incinerar	incinerarmos	incinerardes	incinerarem
Imperative
Affirmative		incinera	incinere	incineremos	incinerai	incinerem
Negative (não)		não incineres	não incinere	não incineremos	não incinereis	não incinerem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• incineração
• incinerador

Further reading

• “incinerar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incinerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inθineˈɾaɾ/ [ĩn̟.θi.neˈɾaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /insineˈɾaɾ/ [ĩn.si.neˈɾaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ci‧ne‧rar

Verb

incinerar (first-person singular present incinero, first-person singular preterite incineré, past participle incinerado)

1. to incinerate

   Synonym: cremar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incinerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			incinerar
gerund			incinerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incinerado		incinerada
		plural		incinerados		incineradas
		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	incinero	incinerastú incinerásvos	incinera	incineramos	incineráis	incineran
	imperfect	incineraba	incinerabas	incineraba	incinerábamos	incinerabais	incineraban
	preterite	incineré	incineraste	incineró	incineramos	incinerasteis	incineraron
	future	incineraré	incinerarás	incinerará	incineraremos	incineraréis	incinerarán
	conditional	incineraría	incinerarías	incineraría	incineraríamos	incineraríais	incinerarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	incinere	incinerestú incinerésvos2	incinere	incineremos	incineréis	incineren
	imperfect (ra)	incinerara	incineraras	incinerara	incineráramos	incinerarais	incineraran
	imperfect (se)	incinerase	incinerases	incinerase	incinerásemos	incineraseis	incinerasen
	future1	incinerare	incinerares	incinerare	incineráremos	incinerareis	incineraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		incineratú incinerávos	incinere	incineremos	incinerad	incineren
	negative		no incineres	no incinere	no incineremos	no incineréis	no incineren

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

    Selected combined forms of incinerar

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 incinerar	dative	incinerarme	incinerarte	incinerarle, incinerarse	incinerarnos	incineraros	incinerarles, incinerarse
	accusative	incinerarme	incinerarte	incinerarlo, incinerarla, incinerarse	incinerarnos	incineraros	incinerarlos, incinerarlas, incinerarse
with gerund incinerando	dative	incinerándome	incinerándote	incinerándole, incinerándose	incinerándonos	incinerándoos	incinerándoles, incinerándose
	accusative	incinerándome	incinerándote	incinerándolo, incinerándola, incinerándose	incinerándonos	incinerándoos	incinerándolos, incinerándolas, incinerándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative incinera	dative	incinérame	incinérate	incinérale	incinéranos	not used	incinérales
	accusative	incinérame	incinérate	incinéralo, incinérala	incinéranos	not used	incinéralos, incinéralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative incinerá	dative	incinerame	incinerate	incinerale	incineranos	not used	incinerales
	accusative	incinerame	incinerate	incineralo, incinerala	incineranos	not used	incineralos, incineralas
with formal second-person singular imperative incinere	dative	incinéreme	not used	incinérele, incinérese	incinérenos	not used	incinéreles
	accusative	incinéreme	not used	incinérelo, incinérela, incinérese	incinérenos	not used	incinérelos, incinérelas
with first-person plural imperative incineremos	dative	not used	incinerémoste	incinerémosle	incinerémonos	incinerémoos	incinerémosles
	accusative	not used	incinerémoste	incinerémoslo, incinerémosla	incinerémonos	incinerémoos	incinerémoslos, incinerémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative incinerad	dative	incineradme	not used	incineradle	incineradnos	incineraos	incineradles
	accusative	incineradme	not used	incineradlo, incineradla	incineradnos	incineraos	incineradlos, incineradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative incineren	dative	incinérenme	not used	incinérenle	incinérennos	not used	incinérenles, incinérense
	accusative	incinérenme	not used	incinérenlo, incinérenla	incinérennos	not used	incinérenlos, incinérenlas, incinérense

Related terms

• incineración
• incinerador

Further reading

• “incinerar”, 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