informar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmāre. Spanish informar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [iɱ.furˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [iɱ.forˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iɱ.foɾˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

informar (first-person singular present informo, first-person singular preterite informí, past participle informat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to inform
2. (intransitive, law) (prosecutors and lawyers) to speak in court in fulfillment of their duties.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of informar (first conjugation)

infinitive			informar
gerund			informant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		informat		informada
		plural		informats		informades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	informo	informes	informa	informem	informeu	informen
	imperfect	informava	informaves	informava	informàvem	informàveu	informaven
	future	informaré	informaràs	informarà	informarem	informareu	informaran
	preterite	informí	informares	informà	informàrem	informàreu	informaren
	conditional	informaria	informaries	informaria	informaríem	informaríeu	informarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	informi	informis	informi	informem	informeu	informin
	imperfect	informés	informessis	informés	informéssim	informéssiu	informessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	informa	informi	informem	informeu	informin
	negative (no)	—	no informis	no informi	no informem	no informeu	no informin

Related terms

• formar
• informació
• informant

Further reading

• “informar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “informar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “informar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “informar”, 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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English inform, French informer, German informieren, Italian informare, Russian информи́ровать (informírovatʹ), Spanish informar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inforˈmar/

Verb

informar (present tense informas, past tense informis, future tense informos, imperative informez, conditional informus)

1. to inform

   Li informis su pri balnuyi. ― They informed themselves about baths.

Conjugation

Conjugation of informar

		present		past		future
infinitive		informar		informir		informor
tense		informas		informis		informos
conditional		informus		—		—
imperative		informez		—		—
adjective active participle		informanta		informinta		informonta
adverbial active participle		informante		informinte		informonte
nominal active participle	singular	informanto		informinto		informonto
	plural	informanti		informinti		informonti
adjective passive participle		informata		informita		informota
adverbial passive participle		informate		informite		informote
nominal passive participle	singular	informato		informito		informoto
	plural	informati		informiti		informoti

Interlingua

Verb

informar

1. to inform

Conjugation

    Conjugation of informar

infinitive		informar
participle		present	perfect
		informante	informate
active		simple	perfect
	present	informa	ha informate
	past	informava	habeva informate
	future	informara	habera informate
	conditional	informarea	haberea informate
	imperative	informa	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es informate	ha essite informate
	past	esseva informate	habeva essite informate
	future	essera informate	habera essite informate
	conditional	esserea informate	haberea essite informate
	imperative	sia informate	—

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• enformar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fuɾˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fuɾˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fuɾˈma.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʁ, -aɾ
• Hyphenation: in‧for‧mar

Verb

informar (first-person singular present informo, first-person singular preterite informei, past participle informado)

1. (transitive) to inform

   Antonym: desinformar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of informar (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	informar
Personal	informar	informares	informar	informarmos	informardes	informarem
Gerund
	informando
Past participle
Masculine	informado			informados
Feminine	informada			informadas
Indicative
Present	informo	informas	informa	informamos	informais	informam
Imperfect	informava	informavas	informava	informávamos	informáveis	informavam
Preterite	informei	informaste	informou	informamos1, informámos2	informastes	informaram
Pluperfect	informara	informaras	informara	informáramos	informáreis	informaram
Future	informarei	informarás	informará	informaremos	informareis	informarão
Conditional	informaria	informarias	informaria	informaríamos	informaríeis	informariam
Subjunctive
Present	informe	informes	informe	informemos	informeis	informem
Imperfect	informasse	informasses	informasse	informássemos	informásseis	informassem
Future	informar	informares	informar	informarmos	informardes	informarem
Imperative
Affirmative		informa	informe	informemos	informai	informem
Negative (não)		não informes	não informe	não informemos	não informeis	não informem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• formar
• informação
• informante
• informe

Further reading

• “informar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “informar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “informar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “informar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “informar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “informar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /infoɾˈmaɾ/ [ĩɱ.foɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧for‧mar

Verb

informar (first-person singular present informo, first-person singular preterite informé, past participle informado)

1. (transitive) to inform

   Synonym: reportar

2. (reflexive) to find out

   Synonym: enterar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of informar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			informar
gerund			informando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		informado		informada
		plural		informados		informadas
		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	informo	informastú informásvos	informa	informamos	informáis	informan
	imperfect	informaba	informabas	informaba	informábamos	informabais	informaban
	preterite	informé	informaste	informó	informamos	informasteis	informaron
	future	informaré	informarás	informará	informaremos	informaréis	informarán
	conditional	informaría	informarías	informaría	informaríamos	informaríais	informarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	informe	informestú informésvos2	informe	informemos	informéis	informen
	imperfect (ra)	informara	informaras	informara	informáramos	informarais	informaran
	imperfect (se)	informase	informases	informase	informásemos	informaseis	informasen
	future1	informare	informares	informare	informáremos	informareis	informaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		informatú informávos	informe	informemos	informad	informen
	negative		no informes	no informe	no informemos	no informéis	no informen

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

    Selected combined forms of informar

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 informar	dative	informarme	informarte	informarle, informarse	informarnos	informaros	informarles, informarse
	accusative	informarme	informarte	informarlo, informarla, informarse	informarnos	informaros	informarlos, informarlas, informarse
with gerund informando	dative	informándome	informándote	informándole, informándose	informándonos	informándoos	informándoles, informándose
	accusative	informándome	informándote	informándolo, informándola, informándose	informándonos	informándoos	informándolos, informándolas, informándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative informa	dative	infórmame	infórmate	infórmale	infórmanos	not used	infórmales
	accusative	infórmame	infórmate	infórmalo, infórmala	infórmanos	not used	infórmalos, infórmalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative informá	dative	informame	informate	informale	informanos	not used	informales
	accusative	informame	informate	informalo, informala	informanos	not used	informalos, informalas
with formal second-person singular imperative informe	dative	infórmeme	not used	infórmele, infórmese	infórmenos	not used	infórmeles
	accusative	infórmeme	not used	infórmelo, infórmela, infórmese	infórmenos	not used	infórmelos, infórmelas
with first-person plural imperative informemos	dative	not used	informémoste	informémosle	informémonos	informémoos	informémosles
	accusative	not used	informémoste	informémoslo, informémosla	informémonos	informémoos	informémoslos, informémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative informad	dative	informadme	not used	informadle	informadnos	informaos	informadles
	accusative	informadme	not used	informadlo, informadla	informadnos	informaos	informadlos, informadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative informen	dative	infórmenme	not used	infórmenle	infórmennos	not used	infórmenles, infórmense
	accusative	infórmenme	not used	infórmenlo, infórmenla	infórmennos	not used	infórmenlos, infórmenlas, infórmense

Related terms

• formar
• información
• informante
• informarse
• informativo
• informe

Further reading

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