modelar

Catalan

Etymology

From model +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [mu.ðəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.ðəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mo.ðeˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [mo.ðeˈla]

Verb

modelar (first-person singular present modelo, first-person singular preterite modelí, past participle modelat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to model

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of modelar (first conjugation)

infinitive			modelar
gerund			modelant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		modelat		modelada
		plural		modelats		modelades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	modelo	modeles	modela	modelem	modeleu	modelen
	imperfect	modelava	modelaves	modelava	modelàvem	modelàveu	modelaven
	future	modelaré	modelaràs	modelarà	modelarem	modelareu	modelaran
	preterite	modelí	modelares	modelà	modelàrem	modelàreu	modelaren
	conditional	modelaria	modelaries	modelaria	modelaríem	modelaríeu	modelarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	modeli	modelis	modeli	modelem	modeleu	modelin
	imperfect	modelés	modelessis	modelés	modeléssim	modeléssiu	modelessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	modela	modeli	modelem	modeleu	modelin
	negative (no)	—	no modelis	no modeli	no modelem	no modeleu	no modelin

Derived terms

• modelatge

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician modelo

Proto-Italic *-āzi

▲

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Galician -ar

Galician modelar

From modelo + -ar.

Verb

modelar (first-person singular present modelo, first-person singular preterite modelei, past participle modelado)

1. to model

Conjugation

    Conjugation of modelar

	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	modelar
Personal	modelar	modelares	modelar	modelarmos	modelardes	modelaren
Gerund
	modelando
Past participle
Masculine	modelado			modelados
Feminine	modelada			modeladas
Indicative
Present	modelo	modelas	modela	modelamos	modelades	modelan
Imperfect	modelaba	modelabas	modelaba	modelabamos	modelabades	modelaban
Preterite	modelei	modelaches	modelou	modelamos	modelastes	modelaron
Pluperfect	modelara	modelaras	modelara	modelaramos	modelarades	modelaran
Future	modelarei	modelarás	modelará	modelaremos	modelaredes	modelarán
Conditional	modelaría	modelarías	modelaría	modelariamos	modelariades	modelarían
Subjunctive
Present	modele	modeles	modele	modelemos	modeledes	modelen
Imperfect	modelase	modelases	modelase	modelásemos	modelásedes	modelasen
Future	modelar	modelares	modelar	modelarmos	modelardes	modelaren
Imperative
Affirmative		modela	modele	modelemos	modelade	modelen
Negative (non)		non modeles	non modele	non modelemos	non modeledes	non modelen

    Reintegrated conjugation of modelar (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	modelar
Personal	modelar	modelares	modelar	modelarmos	modelardes	modelarem
Gerund
	modelando
Past participle
Masculine	modelado			modelados
Feminine	modelada			modeladas
Indicative
Present	modelo	modelas	modela	modelamos	modelades, modelais	modelam
Imperfect	modelava	modelavas	modelava	modelávamos	modelávades, modeláveis, modelávais1	modelavam
Preterite	modelei	modelaste, modelache1	modelou	modelamos	modelastes	modelárom, modelaram
Pluperfect	modelara	modelaras	modelara	modeláramos	modelárades, modeláreis, modelárais1	modelaram
Future	modelarei	modelarás	modelará	modelaremos	modelaredes, modelareis	modelarám, modelarão
Conditional	modelaria	modelarias	modelaria	modelaríamos	modelaríades, modelaríeis, modelaríais1	modelariam
Subjunctive
Present	modele	modeles	modele	modelemos	modeledes, modeleis	modelem
Imperfect	modelasse	modelasses	modelasse	modelássemos	modelássedes, modelásseis	modelassem
Future	modelar	modelares	modelar	modelarmos	modelardes	modelarem
Imperative
Affirmative		modela	modele	modelemos	modelade, modelai	modelem
Negative (nom)		nom modeles	nom modele	nom modelemos	nom modeledes, nom modeleis	nom modelem

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “modelar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Occitan

Etymology

modèl +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

modelar

1. to model

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 448

Portuguese

Etymology

From modelo + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.deˈla(ʁ)/ [mo.deˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.dɨˈlaɾ/ [mu.ðɨˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.dɨˈlaɾ/ [mu.ðɨˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.dɨˈla.ɾi/ [mu.ðɨˈla.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: mo‧de‧lar

Verb

modelar (first-person singular present modelo, first-person singular preterite modelei, past participle modelado)

1. to model

Conjugation

    Conjugation of modelar (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	modelar
Personal	modelar	modelares	modelar	modelarmos	modelardes	modelarem
Gerund
	modelando
Past participle
Masculine	modelado			modelados
Feminine	modelada			modeladas
Indicative
Present	modelo	modelas	modela	modelamos	modelais	modelam
Imperfect	modelava	modelavas	modelava	modelávamos	modeláveis	modelavam
Preterite	modelei	modelaste	modelou	modelamos1, modelámos2	modelastes	modelaram
Pluperfect	modelara	modelaras	modelara	modeláramos	modeláreis	modelaram
Future	modelarei	modelarás	modelará	modelaremos	modelareis	modelarão
Conditional	modelaria	modelarias	modelaria	modelaríamos	modelaríeis	modelariam
Subjunctive
Present	modele	modeles	modele	modelemos	modeleis	modelem
Imperfect	modelasse	modelasses	modelasse	modelássemos	modelásseis	modelassem
Future	modelar	modelares	modelar	modelarmos	modelardes	modelarem
Imperative
Affirmative		modela	modele	modelemos	modelai	modelem
Negative (não)		não modeles	não modele	não modelemos	não modeleis	não modelem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “modelar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “modelar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *medos

Latin modus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Late Latin modulusder.

Vulgar Latin *modellus

Italian modellobor.

Spanish modelo

Spanish -ar

Spanish modelar

From modelo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /modeˈlaɾ/ [mo.ð̞eˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧de‧lar

Verb

modelar (first-person singular present modelo, first-person singular preterite modelé, past participle modelado)

1. to model

Conjugation

    Conjugation of modelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			modelar
gerund			modelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		modelado		modelada
		plural		modelados		modeladas
		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	modelo	modelastú modelásvos	modela	modelamos	modeláis	modelan
	imperfect	modelaba	modelabas	modelaba	modelábamos	modelabais	modelaban
	preterite	modelé	modelaste	modeló	modelamos	modelasteis	modelaron
	future	modelaré	modelarás	modelará	modelaremos	modelaréis	modelarán
	conditional	modelaría	modelarías	modelaría	modelaríamos	modelaríais	modelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	modele	modelestú modelésvos2	modele	modelemos	modeléis	modelen
	imperfect (ra)	modelara	modelaras	modelara	modeláramos	modelarais	modelaran
	imperfect (se)	modelase	modelases	modelase	modelásemos	modelaseis	modelasen
	future1	modelare	modelares	modelare	modeláremos	modelareis	modelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		modelatú modelávos	modele	modelemos	modelad	modelen
	negative		no modeles	no modele	no modelemos	no modeléis	no modelen

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

    Selected combined forms of modelar

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 modelar	dative	modelarme	modelarte	modelarle, modelarse	modelarnos	modelaros	modelarles, modelarse
	accusative	modelarme	modelarte	modelarlo, modelarla, modelarse	modelarnos	modelaros	modelarlos, modelarlas, modelarse
with gerund modelando	dative	modelándome	modelándote	modelándole, modelándose	modelándonos	modelándoos	modelándoles, modelándose
	accusative	modelándome	modelándote	modelándolo, modelándola, modelándose	modelándonos	modelándoos	modelándolos, modelándolas, modelándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative modela	dative	modélame	modélate	modélale	modélanos	not used	modélales
	accusative	modélame	modélate	modélalo, modélala	modélanos	not used	modélalos, modélalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative modelá	dative	modelame	modelate	modelale	modelanos	not used	modelales
	accusative	modelame	modelate	modelalo, modelala	modelanos	not used	modelalos, modelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative modele	dative	modéleme	not used	modélele, modélese	modélenos	not used	modéleles
	accusative	modéleme	not used	modélelo, modélela, modélese	modélenos	not used	modélelos, modélelas
with first-person plural imperative modelemos	dative	not used	modelémoste	modelémosle	modelémonos	modelémoos	modelémosles
	accusative	not used	modelémoste	modelémoslo, modelémosla	modelémonos	modelémoos	modelémoslos, modelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative modelad	dative	modeladme	not used	modeladle	modeladnos	modelaos	modeladles
	accusative	modeladme	not used	modeladlo, modeladla	modeladnos	modelaos	modeladlos, modeladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative modelen	dative	modélenme	not used	modélenle	modélennos	not used	modélenles, modélense
	accusative	modélenme	not used	modélenlo, modélenla	modélennos	not used	modélenlos, modélenlas, modélense

Further reading

• “modelar”, 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