narrar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin narrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nəˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [naˈraɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

narrar (first-person singular present narro, first-person singular preterite narrí, past participle narrat)

1. (transitive) to narrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of narrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			narrar
gerund			narrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		narrat		narrada
		plural		narrats		narrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	narro	narres	narra	narrem	narreu	narren
	imperfect	narrava	narraves	narrava	narràvem	narràveu	narraven
	future	narraré	narraràs	narrarà	narrarem	narrareu	narraran
	preterite	narrí	narrares	narrà	narràrem	narràreu	narraren
	conditional	narraria	narraries	narraria	narraríem	narraríeu	narrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	narri	narris	narri	narrem	narreu	narrin
	imperfect	narrés	narressis	narrés	narréssim	narréssiu	narressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	narra	narri	narrem	narreu	narrin
	negative (no)	—	no narris	no narri	no narrem	no narreu	no narrin

Related terms

• narració
• narrador
• narratiu
• narrativa

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin narrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈraɾ/ [naˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: na‧rrar

Verb

narrar (first-person singular present narro, first-person singular preterite narrei, past participle narrado)

1. to narrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of narrar

	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	narrar
Personal	narrar	narrares	narrar	narrarmos	narrardes	narraren
Gerund
	narrando
Past participle
Masculine	narrado			narrados
Feminine	narrada			narradas
Indicative
Present	narro	narras	narra	narramos	narrades	narran
Imperfect	narraba	narrabas	narraba	narrabamos	narrabades	narraban
Preterite	narrei	narraches	narrou	narramos	narrastes	narraron
Pluperfect	narrara	narraras	narrara	narraramos	narrarades	narraran
Future	narrarei	narrarás	narrará	narraremos	narraredes	narrarán
Conditional	narraría	narrarías	narraría	narrariamos	narrariades	narrarían
Subjunctive
Present	narre	narres	narre	narremos	narredes	narren
Imperfect	narrase	narrases	narrase	narrásemos	narrásedes	narrasen
Future	narrar	narrares	narrar	narrarmos	narrardes	narraren
Imperative
Affirmative		narra	narre	narremos	narrade	narren
Negative (non)		non narres	non narre	non narremos	non narredes	non narren

    Reintegrated conjugation of narrar (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	narrar
Personal	narrar	narrares	narrar	narrarmos	narrardes	narrarem
Gerund
	narrando
Past participle
Masculine	narrado			narrados
Feminine	narrada			narradas
Indicative
Present	narro	narras	narra	narramos	narrades, narrais	narram
Imperfect	narrava	narravas	narrava	narrávamos	narrávades, narráveis, narrávais1	narravam
Preterite	narrei	narraste, narrache1	narrou	narramos	narrastes	narrárom, narraram
Pluperfect	narrara	narraras	narrara	narráramos	narrárades, narráreis, narrárais1	narraram
Future	narrarei	narrarás	narrará	narraremos	narraredes, narrareis	narrarám, narrarão
Conditional	narraria	narrarias	narraria	narraríamos	narraríades, narraríeis, narraríais1	narrariam
Subjunctive
Present	narre	narres	narre	narremos	narredes, narreis	narrem
Imperfect	narrasse	narrasses	narrasse	narrássemos	narrássedes, narrásseis	narrassem
Future	narrar	narrares	narrar	narrarmos	narrardes	narrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		narra	narre	narremos	narrade, narrai	narrem
Negative (nom)		nom narres	nom narre	nom narremos	nom narredes, nom narreis	nom narrem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• narración
• narrador, narradora

Further reading

• “narrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “narrar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

Interlingua

Verb

narrar

1. to recount, narrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of narrar

infinitive		narrar
participle		present	perfect
		narrante	narrate
active		simple	perfect
	present	narra	ha narrate
	past	narrava	habeva narrate
	future	narrara	habera narrate
	conditional	narrarea	haberea narrate
	imperative	narra	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es narrate	ha essite narrate
	past	esseva narrate	habeva essite narrate
	future	essera narrate	habera essite narrate
	conditional	esserea narrate	haberea essite narrate
	imperative	sia narrate	—

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin narrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈʁa(ʁ)/ [naˈha(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈʁa(ʁ)/ [naˈha(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /naˈʁa(ɾ)/ [naˈha(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /naˈʁa(ʁ)/ [naˈχa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈʁa(ɻ)/ [naˈha(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈʁaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈʁaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈʁa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: nar‧rar

Verb

narrar (first-person singular present narro, first-person singular preterite narrei, past participle narrado)

1. to narrate, tell, describe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of narrar (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	narrar
Personal	narrar	narrares	narrar	narrarmos	narrardes	narrarem
Gerund
	narrando
Past participle
Masculine	narrado			narrados
Feminine	narrada			narradas
Indicative
Present	narro	narras	narra	narramos	narrais	narram
Imperfect	narrava	narravas	narrava	narrávamos	narráveis	narravam
Preterite	narrei	narraste	narrou	narramos1, narrámos2	narrastes	narraram
Pluperfect	narrara	narraras	narrara	narráramos	narráreis	narraram
Future	narrarei	narrarás	narrará	narraremos	narrareis	narrarão
Conditional	narraria	narrarias	narraria	narraríamos	narraríeis	narrariam
Subjunctive
Present	narre	narres	narre	narremos	narreis	narrem
Imperfect	narrasse	narrasses	narrasse	narrássemos	narrásseis	narrassem
Future	narrar	narrares	narrar	narrarmos	narrardes	narrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		narra	narre	narremos	narrai	narrem
Negative (não)		não narres	não narre	não narremos	não narreis	não narrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• narração
• narrador
• narrativa

Further reading

• “narrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin narrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈraɾ/ [naˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: na‧rrar

Verb

narrar (first-person singular present narro, first-person singular preterite narré, past participle narrado)

1. (transitive) to narrate

   Synonym: contar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of narrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			narrar
gerund			narrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		narrado		narrada
		plural		narrados		narradas
		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	narro	narrastú narrásvos	narra	narramos	narráis	narran
	imperfect	narraba	narrabas	narraba	narrábamos	narrabais	narraban
	preterite	narré	narraste	narró	narramos	narrasteis	narraron
	future	narraré	narrarás	narrará	narraremos	narraréis	narrarán
	conditional	narraría	narrarías	narraría	narraríamos	narraríais	narrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	narre	narrestú narrésvos2	narre	narremos	narréis	narren
	imperfect (ra)	narrara	narraras	narrara	narráramos	narrarais	narraran
	imperfect (se)	narrase	narrases	narrase	narrásemos	narraseis	narrasen
	future1	narrare	narrares	narrare	narráremos	narrareis	narraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		narratú narrávos	narre	narremos	narrad	narren
	negative		no narres	no narre	no narremos	no narréis	no narren

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

    Selected combined forms of narrar

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 narrar	dative	narrarme	narrarte	narrarle, narrarse	narrarnos	narraros	narrarles, narrarse
	accusative	narrarme	narrarte	narrarlo, narrarla, narrarse	narrarnos	narraros	narrarlos, narrarlas, narrarse
with gerund narrando	dative	narrándome	narrándote	narrándole, narrándose	narrándonos	narrándoos	narrándoles, narrándose
	accusative	narrándome	narrándote	narrándolo, narrándola, narrándose	narrándonos	narrándoos	narrándolos, narrándolas, narrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative narra	dative	nárrame	nárrate	nárrale	nárranos	not used	nárrales
	accusative	nárrame	nárrate	nárralo, nárrala	nárranos	not used	nárralos, nárralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative narrá	dative	narrame	narrate	narrale	narranos	not used	narrales
	accusative	narrame	narrate	narralo, narrala	narranos	not used	narralos, narralas
with formal second-person singular imperative narre	dative	nárreme	not used	nárrele, nárrese	nárrenos	not used	nárreles
	accusative	nárreme	not used	nárrelo, nárrela, nárrese	nárrenos	not used	nárrelos, nárrelas
with first-person plural imperative narremos	dative	not used	narrémoste	narrémosle	narrémonos	narrémoos	narrémosles
	accusative	not used	narrémoste	narrémoslo, narrémosla	narrémonos	narrémoos	narrémoslos, narrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative narrad	dative	narradme	not used	narradle	narradnos	narraos	narradles
	accusative	narradme	not used	narradlo, narradla	narradnos	narraos	narradlos, narradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative narren	dative	nárrenme	not used	nárrenle	nárrennos	not used	nárrenles, nárrense
	accusative	nárrenme	not used	nárrenlo, nárrenla	nárrennos	not used	nárrenlos, nárrenlas, nárrense

Related terms

• narración
• narrador

Further reading

• “narrar”, 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

Swedish

Verb

narrar

1. present indicative of narra