incorporar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incorporāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [iŋ.kur.puˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [iŋ.kor.poˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.koɾ.poˈɾaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

incorporar (first-person singular present incorporo, first-person singular preterite incorporí, past participle incorporat); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/

1. (transitive) to incorporate (to add to an existing whole)
2. (reflexive) to join [with a ‘a group, etc.’]
3. (transitive) to lift up (the upper part of someone lying down)
4. (reflexive) to lift oneself up

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of incorporar (first conjugation)

infinitive			incorporar
gerund			incorporant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incorporat		incorporada
		plural		incorporats		incorporades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incorporo	incorpores	incorpora	incorporem	incorporeu	incorporen
	imperfect	incorporava	incorporaves	incorporava	incorporàvem	incorporàveu	incorporaven
	future	incorporaré	incorporaràs	incorporarà	incorporarem	incorporareu	incorporaran
	preterite	incorporí	incorporares	incorporà	incorporàrem	incorporàreu	incorporaren
	conditional	incorporaria	incorporaries	incorporaria	incorporaríem	incorporaríeu	incorporarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	incorpori	incorporis	incorpori	incorporem	incorporeu	incorporin
	imperfect	incorporés	incorporessis	incorporés	incorporéssim	incorporéssiu	incorporessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	incorpora	incorpori	incorporem	incorporeu	incorporin
	negative (no)	—	no incorporis	no incorpori	no incorporem	no incorporeu	no incorporin

Derived terms

• reincorporar

Related terms

• incorporació

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *krep-der.

Proto-Italic *korpos

Latin corpus, corporis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin corporō

Latin incorporārebor.

Portuguese incorporar

Borrowed from Latin incorporāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koʁ.poˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.koh.poˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koʁ.poˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.koh.poˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koɾ.poˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koʁ.poˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.koχ.poˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koɻ.poˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuɾ.puˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuɾ.puˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuɾ.puˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

incorporar (first-person singular present incorporo, first-person singular preterite incorporei, past participle incorporado)

1. to incorporate
2. to include, integrate
3. (of a ghost or spirit) to enter the physical body of a person and control it as their own

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incorporar (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	incorporar
Personal	incorporar	incorporares	incorporar	incorporarmos	incorporardes	incorporarem
Gerund
	incorporando
Past participle
Masculine	incorporado			incorporados
Feminine	incorporada			incorporadas
Indicative
Present	incorporo	incorporas	incorpora	incorporamos	incorporais	incorporam
Imperfect	incorporava	incorporavas	incorporava	incorporávamos	incorporáveis	incorporavam
Preterite	incorporei	incorporaste	incorporou	incorporamos1, incorporámos2	incorporastes	incorporaram
Pluperfect	incorporara	incorporaras	incorporara	incorporáramos	incorporáreis	incorporaram
Future	incorporarei	incorporarás	incorporará	incorporaremos	incorporareis	incorporarão
Conditional	incorporaria	incorporarias	incorporaria	incorporaríamos	incorporaríeis	incorporariam
Subjunctive
Present	incorpore	incorpores	incorpore	incorporemos	incorporeis	incorporem
Imperfect	incorporasse	incorporasses	incorporasse	incorporássemos	incorporásseis	incorporassem
Future	incorporar	incorporares	incorporar	incorporarmos	incorporardes	incorporarem
Imperative
Affirmative		incorpora	incorpore	incorporemos	incorporai	incorporem
Negative (não)		não incorpores	não incorpore	não incorporemos	não incorporeis	não incorporem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:incorporar.

Related terms

• incorporação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin incorporāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inkoɾpoˈɾaɾ/ [ĩŋ.koɾ.poˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧cor‧po‧rar

Verb

incorporar (first-person singular present incorporo, first-person singular preterite incorporé, past participle incorporado)

1. to incorporate
2. (cooking) to fold, stir gently
3. to stand up
4. (pronominal) to sit up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of incorporar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			incorporar
gerund			incorporando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		incorporado		incorporada
		plural		incorporados		incorporadas
		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	incorporo	incorporastú incorporásvos	incorpora	incorporamos	incorporáis	incorporan
	imperfect	incorporaba	incorporabas	incorporaba	incorporábamos	incorporabais	incorporaban
	preterite	incorporé	incorporaste	incorporó	incorporamos	incorporasteis	incorporaron
	future	incorporaré	incorporarás	incorporará	incorporaremos	incorporaréis	incorporarán
	conditional	incorporaría	incorporarías	incorporaría	incorporaríamos	incorporaríais	incorporarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	incorpore	incorporestú incorporésvos2	incorpore	incorporemos	incorporéis	incorporen
	imperfect (ra)	incorporara	incorporaras	incorporara	incorporáramos	incorporarais	incorporaran
	imperfect (se)	incorporase	incorporases	incorporase	incorporásemos	incorporaseis	incorporasen
	future1	incorporare	incorporares	incorporare	incorporáremos	incorporareis	incorporaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		incorporatú incorporávos	incorpore	incorporemos	incorporad	incorporen
	negative		no incorpores	no incorpore	no incorporemos	no incorporéis	no incorporen

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

    Selected combined forms of incorporar

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 incorporar	dative	incorporarme	incorporarte	incorporarle, incorporarse	incorporarnos	incorporaros	incorporarles, incorporarse
	accusative	incorporarme	incorporarte	incorporarlo, incorporarla, incorporarse	incorporarnos	incorporaros	incorporarlos, incorporarlas, incorporarse
with gerund incorporando	dative	incorporándome	incorporándote	incorporándole, incorporándose	incorporándonos	incorporándoos	incorporándoles, incorporándose
	accusative	incorporándome	incorporándote	incorporándolo, incorporándola, incorporándose	incorporándonos	incorporándoos	incorporándolos, incorporándolas, incorporándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative incorpora	dative	incorpórame	incorpórate	incorpórale	incorpóranos	not used	incorpórales
	accusative	incorpórame	incorpórate	incorpóralo, incorpórala	incorpóranos	not used	incorpóralos, incorpóralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative incorporá	dative	incorporame	incorporate	incorporale	incorporanos	not used	incorporales
	accusative	incorporame	incorporate	incorporalo, incorporala	incorporanos	not used	incorporalos, incorporalas
with formal second-person singular imperative incorpore	dative	incorpóreme	not used	incorpórele, incorpórese	incorpórenos	not used	incorpóreles
	accusative	incorpóreme	not used	incorpórelo, incorpórela, incorpórese	incorpórenos	not used	incorpórelos, incorpórelas
with first-person plural imperative incorporemos	dative	not used	incorporémoste	incorporémosle	incorporémonos	incorporémoos	incorporémosles
	accusative	not used	incorporémoste	incorporémoslo, incorporémosla	incorporémonos	incorporémoos	incorporémoslos, incorporémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative incorporad	dative	incorporadme	not used	incorporadle	incorporadnos	incorporaos	incorporadles
	accusative	incorporadme	not used	incorporadlo, incorporadla	incorporadnos	incorporaos	incorporadlos, incorporadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative incorporen	dative	incorpórenme	not used	incorpórenle	incorpórennos	not used	incorpórenles, incorpórense
	accusative	incorpórenme	not used	incorpórenlo, incorpórenla	incorpórennos	not used	incorpórenlos, incorpórenlas, incorpórense

Related terms

• incorporación

Further reading

• “incorporar”, 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