inclinar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iŋ.kliˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kliˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

inclinar (first-person singular present inclino, first-person singular preterite incliní, past participle inclinat)

1. (ambitransitive) to incline, to tilt, to slope
2. (transitive, figurative) to persuade [with a ‘to’]

   Synonym: persuadir

3. (reflexive) to stoop, bend, bow
4. (pronominal, figurative) to be inclined

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inclinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inclinar
gerund			inclinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inclinat		inclinada
		plural		inclinats		inclinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inclino	inclines	inclina	inclinem	inclineu	inclinen
	imperfect	inclinava	inclinaves	inclinava	inclinàvem	inclinàveu	inclinaven
	future	inclinaré	inclinaràs	inclinarà	inclinarem	inclinareu	inclinaran
	preterite	incliní	inclinares	inclinà	inclinàrem	inclinàreu	inclinaren
	conditional	inclinaria	inclinaries	inclinaria	inclinaríem	inclinaríeu	inclinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inclini	inclinis	inclini	inclinem	inclineu	inclinin
	imperfect	inclinés	inclinessis	inclinés	inclinéssim	inclinéssiu	inclinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inclina	inclini	inclinem	inclineu	inclinin
	negative (no)	—	no inclinis	no inclini	no inclinem	no inclineu	no inclinin

Related terms

• inclinació
• inclinat

Further reading

• “inclinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inclinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”).

Verb

inclinar (first-person singular present inclino, first-person singular preterite inclinei, past participle inclinado)

1. to tilt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inclinar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inclinar
Personal	inclinar	inclinares	inclinar	inclinarmos	inclinardes	inclinaren
Gerund
	inclinando
Past participle
Masculine	inclinado			inclinados
Feminine	inclinada			inclinadas
Indicative
Present	inclino	inclinas	inclina	inclinamos	inclinades	inclinan
Imperfect	inclinaba	inclinabas	inclinaba	inclinabamos	inclinabades	inclinaban
Preterite	inclinei	inclinaches	inclinou	inclinamos	inclinastes	inclinaron
Pluperfect	inclinara	inclinaras	inclinara	inclinaramos	inclinarades	inclinaran
Future	inclinarei	inclinarás	inclinará	inclinaremos	inclinaredes	inclinarán
Conditional	inclinaría	inclinarías	inclinaría	inclinariamos	inclinariades	inclinarían
Subjunctive
Present	incline	inclines	incline	inclinemos	inclinedes	inclinen
Imperfect	inclinase	inclinases	inclinase	inclinásemos	inclinásedes	inclinasen
Future	inclinar	inclinares	inclinar	inclinarmos	inclinardes	inclinaren
Imperative
Affirmative		inclina	incline	inclinemos	inclinade	inclinen
Negative (non)		non inclines	non incline	non inclinemos	non inclinedes	non inclinen

    Reintegrated conjugation of inclinar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inclinar
Personal	inclinar	inclinares	inclinar	inclinarmos	inclinardes	inclinarem
Gerund
	inclinando
Past participle
Masculine	inclinado			inclinados
Feminine	inclinada			inclinadas
Indicative
Present	inclino	inclinas	inclina	inclinamos	inclinades, inclinais	inclinam
Imperfect	inclinava	inclinavas	inclinava	inclinávamos	inclinávades, inclináveis, inclinávais1	inclinavam
Preterite	inclinei	inclinaste, inclinache1	inclinou	inclinamos	inclinastes	inclinárom, inclinaram
Pluperfect	inclinara	inclinaras	inclinara	inclináramos	inclinárades, inclináreis, inclinárais1	inclinaram
Future	inclinarei	inclinarás	inclinará	inclinaremos	inclinaredes, inclinareis	inclinarám, inclinarão
Conditional	inclinaria	inclinarias	inclinaria	inclinaríamos	inclinaríades, inclinaríeis, inclinaríais1	inclinariam
Subjunctive
Present	incline	inclines	incline	inclinemos	inclinedes, inclineis	inclinem
Imperfect	inclinasse	inclinasses	inclinasse	inclinássemos	inclinássedes, inclinásseis	inclinassem
Future	inclinar	inclinares	inclinar	inclinarmos	inclinardes	inclinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		inclina	incline	inclinemos	inclinade, inclinai	inclinem
Negative (nom)		nom inclines	nom incline	nom inclinemos	nom inclinedes, nom inclineis	nom inclinem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• inclinación

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inclīnāre (“to incline, to tilt”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kliˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kliˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kliˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧cli‧nar

Verb

inclinar (first-person singular present inclino, first-person singular preterite inclinei, past participle inclinado)

1. to tilt, tip
2. to incline, slope

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inclinar (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	inclinar
Personal	inclinar	inclinares	inclinar	inclinarmos	inclinardes	inclinarem
Gerund
	inclinando
Past participle
Masculine	inclinado			inclinados
Feminine	inclinada			inclinadas
Indicative
Present	inclino	inclinas	inclina	inclinamos	inclinais	inclinam
Imperfect	inclinava	inclinavas	inclinava	inclinávamos	inclináveis	inclinavam
Preterite	inclinei	inclinaste	inclinou	inclinamos1, inclinámos2	inclinastes	inclinaram
Pluperfect	inclinara	inclinaras	inclinara	inclináramos	inclináreis	inclinaram
Future	inclinarei	inclinarás	inclinará	inclinaremos	inclinareis	inclinarão
Conditional	inclinaria	inclinarias	inclinaria	inclinaríamos	inclinaríeis	inclinariam
Subjunctive
Present	incline	inclines	incline	inclinemos	inclineis	inclinem
Imperfect	inclinasse	inclinasses	inclinasse	inclinássemos	inclinásseis	inclinassem
Future	inclinar	inclinares	inclinar	inclinarmos	inclinardes	inclinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		inclina	incline	inclinemos	inclinai	inclinem
Negative (não)		não inclines	não incline	não inclinemos	não inclineis	não inclinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• inclinação

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkliˈnaɾ/ [ĩŋ.kliˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧cli‧nar

Verb

inclinar (first-person singular present inclino, first-person singular preterite incliné, past participle inclinado)

1. (transitive) to tilt
2. (reflexive) to bow, to lean (physically)

   Inclínese ante su Dios.

   Bow down before your God.

3. (reflexive) to be inclined

   me inclino a pensar tiene razón

   I'm inclined to think she is right

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inclinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inclinar
gerund			inclinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inclinado		inclinada
		plural		inclinados		inclinadas
		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	inclino	inclinastú inclinásvos	inclina	inclinamos	inclináis	inclinan
	imperfect	inclinaba	inclinabas	inclinaba	inclinábamos	inclinabais	inclinaban
	preterite	incliné	inclinaste	inclinó	inclinamos	inclinasteis	inclinaron
	future	inclinaré	inclinarás	inclinará	inclinaremos	inclinaréis	inclinarán
	conditional	inclinaría	inclinarías	inclinaría	inclinaríamos	inclinaríais	inclinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	incline	inclinestú inclinésvos2	incline	inclinemos	inclinéis	inclinen
	imperfect (ra)	inclinara	inclinaras	inclinara	inclináramos	inclinarais	inclinaran
	imperfect (se)	inclinase	inclinases	inclinase	inclinásemos	inclinaseis	inclinasen
	future1	inclinare	inclinares	inclinare	inclináremos	inclinareis	inclinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inclinatú inclinávos	incline	inclinemos	inclinad	inclinen
	negative		no inclines	no incline	no inclinemos	no inclinéis	no inclinen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of inclinar

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 inclinar	dative	inclinarme	inclinarte	inclinarle, inclinarse	inclinarnos	inclinaros	inclinarles, inclinarse
	accusative	inclinarme	inclinarte	inclinarlo, inclinarla, inclinarse	inclinarnos	inclinaros	inclinarlos, inclinarlas, inclinarse
with gerund inclinando	dative	inclinándome	inclinándote	inclinándole, inclinándose	inclinándonos	inclinándoos	inclinándoles, inclinándose
	accusative	inclinándome	inclinándote	inclinándolo, inclinándola, inclinándose	inclinándonos	inclinándoos	inclinándolos, inclinándolas, inclinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative inclina	dative	inclíname	inclínate	inclínale	inclínanos	not used	inclínales
	accusative	inclíname	inclínate	inclínalo, inclínala	inclínanos	not used	inclínalos, inclínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative incliná	dative	incliname	inclinate	inclinale	inclinanos	not used	inclinales
	accusative	incliname	inclinate	inclinalo, inclinala	inclinanos	not used	inclinalos, inclinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative incline	dative	inclíneme	not used	inclínele, inclínese	inclínenos	not used	inclíneles
	accusative	inclíneme	not used	inclínelo, inclínela, inclínese	inclínenos	not used	inclínelos, inclínelas
with first-person plural imperative inclinemos	dative	not used	inclinémoste	inclinémosle	inclinémonos	inclinémoos	inclinémosles
	accusative	not used	inclinémoste	inclinémoslo, inclinémosla	inclinémonos	inclinémoos	inclinémoslos, inclinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inclinad	dative	inclinadme	not used	inclinadle	inclinadnos	inclinaos	inclinadles
	accusative	inclinadme	not used	inclinadlo, inclinadla	inclinadnos	inclinaos	inclinadlos, inclinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inclinen	dative	inclínenme	not used	inclínenle	inclínennos	not used	inclínenles, inclínense
	accusative	inclínenme	not used	inclínenlo, inclínenla	inclínennos	not used	inclínenlos, inclínenlas, inclínense

Derived terms

• inclinar la balanza
• plano inclinado

Related terms

• inclinación

Further reading

• “inclinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10