inflamar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflammāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [iɱ.fləˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.flaˈmaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [iɱ.flaˈma]
• Homophone: inflamà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

inflamar (first-person singular present inflamo, first-person singular preterite inflamí, past participle inflamat)

1. (transitive) to ignite

   Synonym: encendre

2. (transitive, pathology) to inflame

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of inflamar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inflamar
gerund			inflamant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inflamat		inflamada
		plural		inflamats		inflamades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inflamo	inflames	inflama	inflamem	inflameu	inflamen
	imperfect	inflamava	inflamaves	inflamava	inflamàvem	inflamàveu	inflamaven
	future	inflamaré	inflamaràs	inflamarà	inflamarem	inflamareu	inflamaran
	preterite	inflamí	inflamares	inflamà	inflamàrem	inflamàreu	inflamaren
	conditional	inflamaria	inflamaries	inflamaria	inflamaríem	inflamaríeu	inflamarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inflami	inflamis	inflami	inflamem	inflameu	inflamin
	imperfect	inflamés	inflamessis	inflamés	inflaméssim	inflaméssiu	inflamessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inflama	inflami	inflamem	inflameu	inflamin
	negative (no)	—	no inflamis	no inflami	no inflamem	no inflameu	no inflamin

Related terms

• inflamable
• inflamació
• inflamatori

Further reading

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflammō, English inflame, French enflammer, German entflammen, Italian infiammare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inflaˈmar/

Verb

inflamar (present tense inflamas, past tense inflamis, future tense inflamos, imperative inflamez, conditional inflamus)

1. (transitive, pathology) to inflame
2. (transitive) to set fire to

Conjugation

Conjugation of inflamar

		present		past		future
infinitive		inflamar		inflamir		inflamor
tense		inflamas		inflamis		inflamos
conditional		inflamus		—		—
imperative		inflamez		—		—
adjective active participle		inflamanta		inflaminta		inflamonta
adverbial active participle		inflamante		inflaminte		inflamonte
nominal active participle	singular	inflamanto		inflaminto		inflamonto
	plural	inflamanti		inflaminti		inflamonti
adjective passive participle		inflamata		inflamita		inflamota
adverbial passive participle		inflamate		inflamite		inflamote
nominal passive participle	singular	inflamato		inflamito		inflamoto
	plural	inflamati		inflamiti		inflamoti

Derived terms

• inflamesar

Related terms

• inflamo

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Italic *flagmā

Latin flamma

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 flammō

Latin īnflammārelbor.

Portuguese inflamar

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflammāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.flɐˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.flɐˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.flɐˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧fla‧mar

Verb

inflamar (first-person singular present inflamo, first-person singular preterite inflamei, past participle inflamado)

1. (transitive) to inflame (set on fire)
2. (intransitive) to catch fire
3. to inflame (produce morbid heat, congestion or swelling)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inflamar (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	inflamar
Personal	inflamar	inflamares	inflamar	inflamarmos	inflamardes	inflamarem
Gerund
	inflamando
Past participle
Masculine	inflamado			inflamados
Feminine	inflamada			inflamadas
Indicative
Present	inflamo	inflamas	inflama	inflamamos	inflamais	inflamam
Imperfect	inflamava	inflamavas	inflamava	inflamávamos	inflamáveis	inflamavam
Preterite	inflamei	inflamaste	inflamou	inflamamos1, inflamámos2	inflamastes	inflamaram
Pluperfect	inflamara	inflamaras	inflamara	inflamáramos	inflamáreis	inflamaram
Future	inflamarei	inflamarás	inflamará	inflamaremos	inflamareis	inflamarão
Conditional	inflamaria	inflamarias	inflamaria	inflamaríamos	inflamaríeis	inflamariam
Subjunctive
Present	inflame	inflames	inflame	inflamemos	inflameis	inflamem
Imperfect	inflamasse	inflamasses	inflamasse	inflamássemos	inflamásseis	inflamassem
Future	inflamar	inflamares	inflamar	inflamarmos	inflamardes	inflamarem
Imperative
Affirmative		inflama	inflame	inflamemos	inflamai	inflamem
Negative (não)		não inflames	não inflame	não inflamemos	não inflameis	não inflamem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• inflamação
• inflamatório
• inflamável

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Italic *flagmā

Latin flamma

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 flammō

Latin īnflammāreder.

Spanish inflamar

Derived from Latin īnflammāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inflaˈmaɾ/ [ĩɱ.flaˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧fla‧mar

Verb

inflamar (first-person singular present inflamo, first-person singular preterite inflamé, past participle inflamado)

1. (transitive) to inflame
2. (transitive) to ignite

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inflamar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inflamar
gerund			inflamando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inflamado		inflamada
		plural		inflamados		inflamadas
		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	inflamo	inflamastú inflamásvos	inflama	inflamamos	inflamáis	inflaman
	imperfect	inflamaba	inflamabas	inflamaba	inflamábamos	inflamabais	inflamaban
	preterite	inflamé	inflamaste	inflamó	inflamamos	inflamasteis	inflamaron
	future	inflamaré	inflamarás	inflamará	inflamaremos	inflamaréis	inflamarán
	conditional	inflamaría	inflamarías	inflamaría	inflamaríamos	inflamaríais	inflamarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inflame	inflamestú inflamésvos2	inflame	inflamemos	inflaméis	inflamen
	imperfect (ra)	inflamara	inflamaras	inflamara	inflamáramos	inflamarais	inflamaran
	imperfect (se)	inflamase	inflamases	inflamase	inflamásemos	inflamaseis	inflamasen
	future1	inflamare	inflamares	inflamare	inflamáremos	inflamareis	inflamaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inflamatú inflamávos	inflame	inflamemos	inflamad	inflamen
	negative		no inflames	no inflame	no inflamemos	no inflaméis	no inflamen

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

    Selected combined forms of inflamar

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 inflamar	dative	inflamarme	inflamarte	inflamarle, inflamarse	inflamarnos	inflamaros	inflamarles, inflamarse
	accusative	inflamarme	inflamarte	inflamarlo, inflamarla, inflamarse	inflamarnos	inflamaros	inflamarlos, inflamarlas, inflamarse
with gerund inflamando	dative	inflamándome	inflamándote	inflamándole, inflamándose	inflamándonos	inflamándoos	inflamándoles, inflamándose
	accusative	inflamándome	inflamándote	inflamándolo, inflamándola, inflamándose	inflamándonos	inflamándoos	inflamándolos, inflamándolas, inflamándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative inflama	dative	inflámame	inflámate	inflámale	inflámanos	not used	inflámales
	accusative	inflámame	inflámate	inflámalo, inflámala	inflámanos	not used	inflámalos, inflámalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative inflamá	dative	inflamame	inflamate	inflamale	inflamanos	not used	inflamales
	accusative	inflamame	inflamate	inflamalo, inflamala	inflamanos	not used	inflamalos, inflamalas
with formal second-person singular imperative inflame	dative	inflámeme	not used	inflámele, inflámese	inflámenos	not used	inflámeles
	accusative	inflámeme	not used	inflámelo, inflámela, inflámese	inflámenos	not used	inflámelos, inflámelas
with first-person plural imperative inflamemos	dative	not used	inflamémoste	inflamémosle	inflamémonos	inflamémoos	inflamémosles
	accusative	not used	inflamémoste	inflamémoslo, inflamémosla	inflamémonos	inflamémoos	inflamémoslos, inflamémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inflamad	dative	inflamadme	not used	inflamadle	inflamadnos	inflamaos	inflamadles
	accusative	inflamadme	not used	inflamadlo, inflamadla	inflamadnos	inflamaos	inflamadlos, inflamadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inflamen	dative	inflámenme	not used	inflámenle	inflámennos	not used	inflámenles, inflámense
	accusative	inflámenme	not used	inflámenlo, inflámenla	inflámennos	not used	inflámenlos, inflámenlas, inflámense

Derived terms

• inflamarse

Related terms

• inflamable
• inflamación
• inflamatorio

Further reading

• “inflamar”, 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