nominar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōmināre, from nōmen (“name”). Compare nomenar, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [nu.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [no.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [no.miˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

nominar (first-person singular present nomino, first-person singular preterite nominí, past participle nominat)

1. to nominate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nominar (first conjugation)

infinitive			nominar
gerund			nominant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nominat		nominada
		plural		nominats		nominades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nomino	nomines	nomina	nominem	nomineu	nominen
	imperfect	nominava	nominaves	nominava	nominàvem	nominàveu	nominaven
	future	nominaré	nominaràs	nominarà	nominarem	nominareu	nominaran
	preterite	nominí	nominares	nominà	nominàrem	nominàreu	nominaren
	conditional	nominaria	nominaries	nominaria	nominaríem	nominaríeu	nominarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nomini	nominis	nomini	nominem	nomineu	nominin
	imperfect	nominés	nominessis	nominés	nominéssim	nominéssiu	nominessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	nomina	nomini	nominem	nomineu	nominin
	negative (no)	—	no nominis	no nomini	no nominem	no nomineu	no nominin

Related terms

• nominació

Ido

Verb

nominar (present tense nominas, past tense nominis, future tense nominos, imperative nominez, conditional nominus)

1. to nominate, to give a nomination

Conjugation

Conjugation of nominar

		present		past		future
infinitive		nominar		nominir		nominor
tense		nominas		nominis		nominos
conditional		nominus		—		—
imperative		nominez		—		—
adjective active participle		nominanta		nomininta		nominonta
adverbial active participle		nominante		nomininte		nominonte
nominal active participle	singular	nominanto		nomininto		nominonto
	plural	nominanti		nomininti		nominonti
adjective passive participle		nominata		nominita		nominota
adverbial passive participle		nominate		nominite		nominote
nominal passive participle	singular	nominato		nominito		nominoto
	plural	nominati		nominiti		nominoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nōmināre (“to name”), from nōmen (“name”). Doublet of nomear, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.miˈna(ʁ)/ [no.miˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /no.miˈna(ʁ)/ [no.miˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /no.miˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /no.miˈna(ʁ)/ [no.miˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /no.miˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.miˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.miˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nu.miˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: no‧mi‧nar

Verb

nominar (first-person singular present nomino, first-person singular preterite nominei, past participle nominado)

1. to name (give a name to)

   Synonyms: nomear, chamar, denominar, designar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nominar (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	nominar
Personal	nominar	nominares	nominar	nominarmos	nominardes	nominarem
Gerund
	nominando
Past participle
Masculine	nominado			nominados
Feminine	nominada			nominadas
Indicative
Present	nomino	nominas	nomina	nominamos	nominais	nominam
Imperfect	nominava	nominavas	nominava	nominávamos	nomináveis	nominavam
Preterite	nominei	nominaste	nominou	nominamos1, nominámos2	nominastes	nominaram
Pluperfect	nominara	nominaras	nominara	nomináramos	nomináreis	nominaram
Future	nominarei	nominarás	nominará	nominaremos	nominareis	nominarão
Conditional	nominaria	nominarias	nominaria	nominaríamos	nominaríeis	nominariam
Subjunctive
Present	nomine	nomines	nomine	nominemos	nomineis	nominem
Imperfect	nominasse	nominasses	nominasse	nominássemos	nominásseis	nominassem
Future	nominar	nominares	nominar	nominarmos	nominardes	nominarem
Imperative
Affirmative		nomina	nomine	nominemos	nominai	nominem
Negative (não)		não nomines	não nomine	não nominemos	não nomineis	não nominem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “nominar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nominar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “nominar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “nominar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “nominar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “nominar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nōmināre, from nōmen (“name”). Compare nombrar, an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nomiˈnaɾ/ [no.miˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: no‧mi‧nar

Verb

nominar (first-person singular present nomino, first-person singular preterite nominé, past participle nominado)

1. (transitive) to nominate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nominar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			nominar
gerund			nominando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nominado		nominada
		plural		nominados		nominadas
		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	nomino	nominastú nominásvos	nomina	nominamos	nomináis	nominan
	imperfect	nominaba	nominabas	nominaba	nominábamos	nominabais	nominaban
	preterite	nominé	nominaste	nominó	nominamos	nominasteis	nominaron
	future	nominaré	nominarás	nominará	nominaremos	nominaréis	nominarán
	conditional	nominaría	nominarías	nominaría	nominaríamos	nominaríais	nominarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nomine	nominestú nominésvos2	nomine	nominemos	nominéis	nominen
	imperfect (ra)	nominara	nominaras	nominara	nomináramos	nominarais	nominaran
	imperfect (se)	nominase	nominases	nominase	nominásemos	nominaseis	nominasen
	future1	nominare	nominares	nominare	nomináremos	nominareis	nominaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nominatú nominávos	nomine	nominemos	nominad	nominen
	negative		no nomines	no nomine	no nominemos	no nominéis	no nominen

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

    Selected combined forms of nominar

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 nominar	dative	nominarme	nominarte	nominarle, nominarse	nominarnos	nominaros	nominarles, nominarse
	accusative	nominarme	nominarte	nominarlo, nominarla, nominarse	nominarnos	nominaros	nominarlos, nominarlas, nominarse
with gerund nominando	dative	nominándome	nominándote	nominándole, nominándose	nominándonos	nominándoos	nominándoles, nominándose
	accusative	nominándome	nominándote	nominándolo, nominándola, nominándose	nominándonos	nominándoos	nominándolos, nominándolas, nominándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative nomina	dative	nomíname	nomínate	nomínale	nomínanos	not used	nomínales
	accusative	nomíname	nomínate	nomínalo, nomínala	nomínanos	not used	nomínalos, nomínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative nominá	dative	nominame	nominate	nominale	nominanos	not used	nominales
	accusative	nominame	nominate	nominalo, nominala	nominanos	not used	nominalos, nominalas
with formal second-person singular imperative nomine	dative	nomíneme	not used	nomínele, nomínese	nomínenos	not used	nomíneles
	accusative	nomíneme	not used	nomínelo, nomínela, nomínese	nomínenos	not used	nomínelos, nomínelas
with first-person plural imperative nominemos	dative	not used	nominémoste	nominémosle	nominémonos	nominémoos	nominémosles
	accusative	not used	nominémoste	nominémoslo, nominémosla	nominémonos	nominémoos	nominémoslos, nominémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative nominad	dative	nominadme	not used	nominadle	nominadnos	nominaos	nominadles
	accusative	nominadme	not used	nominadlo, nominadla	nominadnos	nominaos	nominadlos, nominadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative nominen	dative	nomínenme	not used	nomínenle	nomínennos	not used	nomínenles, nomínense
	accusative	nomínenme	not used	nomínenlo, nomínenla	nomínennos	not used	nomínenlos, nomínenlas, nomínense

Related terms

• nominación

Further reading

• “nominar”, 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

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin nōminō, nōmināre (compare Italian nominare), from nōmen (“name”).

Verb

nominar

1. (transitive) to nominate

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of nominar (first conjugation)

infinitive	nominar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		nominando
past participle		nominà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	nomino	(te) nomini	(el/ła) nomina	nominémo, nominòn	nominé	(i/łe) nomina
imperfect	nominava	(te) nominavi	(el/ła) nominava	nominàvimo	nominavi	(i/łe) nominava
future	nominarò	(te) nominarè	(el/ła) nominarà	nominarémo	nominarè	(i/łe) nominarà
conditional	nominarìa	(te) nominarisi	(el/ła) nominarìa	nominarìsimo	nominarisi	(i/łe) nominarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	nomine, nomina	(te) nomini	(el/ła) nomine, (el/ła) nomina	nominémo, nominone	nominé	(i/łe) nomine, (i/łe) nomina
imperfect	nominase	(te) nominasi	(el/ła) nominase	nominàsimo	nominasi	(i/łe) nominase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) nomina	(el/ła) nomina, (el/ła) nomine	nominémo	nominé	(i/łe) nomina, (i/łe) nomine

Related terms

• nome