instrumentar

Catalan

Etymology

From instrument +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ins.tɾu.mənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ins.tɾu.menˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ins.tɾu.menˈta]

Verb

instrumentar (first-person singular present instrumento, first-person singular preterite instrumentí, past participle instrumentat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive, music) to score, to orchestrate

   Synonym: orquestrar

2. (transitive, law) to formalise, to execute by deed

   Synonym: escripturar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of instrumentar (first conjugation)

infinitive			instrumentar
gerund			instrumentant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		instrumentat		instrumentada
		plural		instrumentats		instrumentades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	instrumento	instrumentes	instrumenta	instrumentem	instrumenteu	instrumenten
	imperfect	instrumentava	instrumentaves	instrumentava	instrumentàvem	instrumentàveu	instrumentaven
	future	instrumentaré	instrumentaràs	instrumentarà	instrumentarem	instrumentareu	instrumentaran
	preterite	instrumentí	instrumentares	instrumentà	instrumentàrem	instrumentàreu	instrumentaren
	conditional	instrumentaria	instrumentaries	instrumentaria	instrumentaríem	instrumentaríeu	instrumentarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	instrumenti	instrumentis	instrumenti	instrumentem	instrumenteu	instrumentin
	imperfect	instrumentés	instrumentessis	instrumentés	instrumentéssim	instrumentéssiu	instrumentessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	instrumenta	instrumenti	instrumentem	instrumenteu	instrumentin
	negative (no)	—	no instrumentis	no instrumenti	no instrumentem	no instrumenteu	no instrumentin

Derived terms

• instrumentació

Further reading

• “instrumentar”, 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *enstrowō

Latin īnstruō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Latin īnstrūmentumbor.

Portuguese instrumento

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese instrumentar

From instrumento + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾu.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩʃ.tɾu.mẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tɾu.mẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾu.mẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾu.mẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɾu.mẽˈta.ɾi/

Verb

instrumentar (first-person singular present instrumento, first-person singular preterite instrumentei, past participle instrumentado)

1. (transitive, music) to score, to instrument (a work)
2. (transitive or intransitive, music) to choose the instruments for (a work)
3. (transitive) to equip (e.g. a factory)
4. (transitive, surgery, Brazil) to provide the instruments for (a surgery) (e.g. of a nurse)
5. (transitive, law) to draw up, to draft (a contract or other legal document)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of instrumentar (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	instrumentar
Personal	instrumentar	instrumentares	instrumentar	instrumentarmos	instrumentardes	instrumentarem
Gerund
	instrumentando
Past participle
Masculine	instrumentado			instrumentados
Feminine	instrumentada			instrumentadas
Indicative
Present	instrumento	instrumentas	instrumenta	instrumentamos	instrumentais	instrumentam
Imperfect	instrumentava	instrumentavas	instrumentava	instrumentávamos	instrumentáveis	instrumentavam
Preterite	instrumentei	instrumentaste	instrumentou	instrumentamos1, instrumentámos2	instrumentastes	instrumentaram
Pluperfect	instrumentara	instrumentaras	instrumentara	instrumentáramos	instrumentáreis	instrumentaram
Future	instrumentarei	instrumentarás	instrumentará	instrumentaremos	instrumentareis	instrumentarão
Conditional	instrumentaria	instrumentarias	instrumentaria	instrumentaríamos	instrumentaríeis	instrumentariam
Subjunctive
Present	instrumente	instrumentes	instrumente	instrumentemos	instrumenteis	instrumentem
Imperfect	instrumentasse	instrumentasses	instrumentasse	instrumentássemos	instrumentásseis	instrumentassem
Future	instrumentar	instrumentares	instrumentar	instrumentarmos	instrumentardes	instrumentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		instrumenta	instrumente	instrumentemos	instrumentai	instrumentem
Negative (não)		não instrumentes	não instrumente	não instrumentemos	não instrumenteis	não instrumentem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• instrumento

References

• “instrumentar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “instrumentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “instrumentar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026

Romanian

Etymology

From instrument +‎ -ar.

Noun

instrumentar n (plural instrumentare)

1. a set of instruments

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	instrumentar	instrumentarul	instrumentare	instrumentarele
genitive-dative	instrumentar	instrumentarului	instrumentare	instrumentarelor
vocative	instrumentarule		instrumentarelor

References

• instrumentar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From instrumento + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instɾumenˈtaɾ/ [ĩns.t̪ɾu.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ins‧tru‧men‧tar

Verb

instrumentar (first-person singular present instrumento, first-person singular preterite instrumenté, past participle instrumentado)

1. to orchestrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of instrumentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			instrumentar
gerund			instrumentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		instrumentado		instrumentada
		plural		instrumentados		instrumentadas
		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	instrumento	instrumentastú instrumentásvos	instrumenta	instrumentamos	instrumentáis	instrumentan
	imperfect	instrumentaba	instrumentabas	instrumentaba	instrumentábamos	instrumentabais	instrumentaban
	preterite	instrumenté	instrumentaste	instrumentó	instrumentamos	instrumentasteis	instrumentaron
	future	instrumentaré	instrumentarás	instrumentará	instrumentaremos	instrumentaréis	instrumentarán
	conditional	instrumentaría	instrumentarías	instrumentaría	instrumentaríamos	instrumentaríais	instrumentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	instrumente	instrumentestú instrumentésvos2	instrumente	instrumentemos	instrumentéis	instrumenten
	imperfect (ra)	instrumentara	instrumentaras	instrumentara	instrumentáramos	instrumentarais	instrumentaran
	imperfect (se)	instrumentase	instrumentases	instrumentase	instrumentásemos	instrumentaseis	instrumentasen
	future1	instrumentare	instrumentares	instrumentare	instrumentáremos	instrumentareis	instrumentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		instrumentatú instrumentávos	instrumente	instrumentemos	instrumentad	instrumenten
	negative		no instrumentes	no instrumente	no instrumentemos	no instrumentéis	no instrumenten

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

    Selected combined forms of instrumentar

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 instrumentar	dative	instrumentarme	instrumentarte	instrumentarle, instrumentarse	instrumentarnos	instrumentaros	instrumentarles, instrumentarse
	accusative	instrumentarme	instrumentarte	instrumentarlo, instrumentarla, instrumentarse	instrumentarnos	instrumentaros	instrumentarlos, instrumentarlas, instrumentarse
with gerund instrumentando	dative	instrumentándome	instrumentándote	instrumentándole, instrumentándose	instrumentándonos	instrumentándoos	instrumentándoles, instrumentándose
	accusative	instrumentándome	instrumentándote	instrumentándolo, instrumentándola, instrumentándose	instrumentándonos	instrumentándoos	instrumentándolos, instrumentándolas, instrumentándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative instrumenta	dative	instruméntame	instruméntate	instruméntale	instruméntanos	not used	instruméntales
	accusative	instruméntame	instruméntate	instruméntalo, instruméntala	instruméntanos	not used	instruméntalos, instruméntalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative instrumentá	dative	instrumentame	instrumentate	instrumentale	instrumentanos	not used	instrumentales
	accusative	instrumentame	instrumentate	instrumentalo, instrumentala	instrumentanos	not used	instrumentalos, instrumentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative instrumente	dative	instruménteme	not used	instruméntele, instruméntese	instruméntenos	not used	instruménteles
	accusative	instruménteme	not used	instruméntelo, instruméntela, instruméntese	instruméntenos	not used	instruméntelos, instruméntelas
with first-person plural imperative instrumentemos	dative	not used	instrumentémoste	instrumentémosle	instrumentémonos	instrumentémoos	instrumentémosles
	accusative	not used	instrumentémoste	instrumentémoslo, instrumentémosla	instrumentémonos	instrumentémoos	instrumentémoslos, instrumentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative instrumentad	dative	instrumentadme	not used	instrumentadle	instrumentadnos	instrumentaos	instrumentadles
	accusative	instrumentadme	not used	instrumentadlo, instrumentadla	instrumentadnos	instrumentaos	instrumentadlos, instrumentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative instrumenten	dative	instruméntenme	not used	instruméntenle	instruméntennos	not used	instruméntenles, instruméntense
	accusative	instruméntenme	not used	instruméntenlo, instruméntenla	instruméntennos	not used	instruméntenlos, instruméntenlas, instruméntense

Further reading

• “instrumentar”, 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