ornar

See also: örnar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ornar, from Latin ōrnāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈna(ʁ)/ [oɦˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁˈna(ʁ)/ [oɦˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁˈna(ʁ)/ [oʁˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /oɻˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾˈna.ɾi/

Verb

ornar (first-person singular present orno, first-person singular preterite ornei, past participle ornado)

1. to adorn

   Synonyms: adornar, enfeitar, ornamentar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ornar (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	ornar
Personal	ornar	ornares	ornar	ornarmos	ornardes	ornarem
Gerund
	ornando
Past participle
Masculine	ornado			ornados
Feminine	ornada			ornadas
Indicative
Present	orno	ornas	orna	ornamos	ornais	ornam
Imperfect	ornava	ornavas	ornava	ornávamos	ornáveis	ornavam
Preterite	ornei	ornaste	ornou	ornamos1, ornámos2	ornastes	ornaram
Pluperfect	ornara	ornaras	ornara	ornáramos	ornáreis	ornaram
Future	ornarei	ornarás	ornará	ornaremos	ornareis	ornarão
Conditional	ornaria	ornarias	ornaria	ornaríamos	ornaríeis	ornariam
Subjunctive
Present	orne	ornes	orne	ornemos	orneis	ornem
Imperfect	ornasse	ornasses	ornasse	ornássemos	ornásseis	ornassem
Future	ornar	ornares	ornar	ornarmos	ornardes	ornarem
Imperative
Affirmative		orna	orne	ornemos	ornai	ornem
Negative (não)		não ornes	não orne	não ornemos	não orneis	não ornem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• ornador
• ornamento
• ornato

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ōrnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾˈnaɾ/ [oɾˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: or‧nar

Verb

ornar (first-person singular present orno, first-person singular preterite orné, past participle ornado)

1. to adorn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ornar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ornar
gerund			ornando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ornado		ornada
		plural		ornados		ornadas
		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	orno	ornastú ornásvos	orna	ornamos	ornáis	ornan
	imperfect	ornaba	ornabas	ornaba	ornábamos	ornabais	ornaban
	preterite	orné	ornaste	ornó	ornamos	ornasteis	ornaron
	future	ornaré	ornarás	ornará	ornaremos	ornaréis	ornarán
	conditional	ornaría	ornarías	ornaría	ornaríamos	ornaríais	ornarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	orne	ornestú ornésvos2	orne	ornemos	ornéis	ornen
	imperfect (ra)	ornara	ornaras	ornara	ornáramos	ornarais	ornaran
	imperfect (se)	ornase	ornases	ornase	ornásemos	ornaseis	ornasen
	future1	ornare	ornares	ornare	ornáremos	ornareis	ornaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ornatú ornávos	orne	ornemos	ornad	ornen
	negative		no ornes	no orne	no ornemos	no ornéis	no ornen

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

    Selected combined forms of ornar

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 ornar	dative	ornarme	ornarte	ornarle, ornarse	ornarnos	ornaros	ornarles, ornarse
	accusative	ornarme	ornarte	ornarlo, ornarla, ornarse	ornarnos	ornaros	ornarlos, ornarlas, ornarse
with gerund ornando	dative	ornándome	ornándote	ornándole, ornándose	ornándonos	ornándoos	ornándoles, ornándose
	accusative	ornándome	ornándote	ornándolo, ornándola, ornándose	ornándonos	ornándoos	ornándolos, ornándolas, ornándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative orna	dative	órname	órnate	órnale	órnanos	not used	órnales
	accusative	órname	órnate	órnalo, órnala	órnanos	not used	órnalos, órnalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative orná	dative	orname	ornate	ornale	ornanos	not used	ornales
	accusative	orname	ornate	ornalo, ornala	ornanos	not used	ornalos, ornalas
with formal second-person singular imperative orne	dative	órneme	not used	órnele, órnese	órnenos	not used	órneles
	accusative	órneme	not used	órnelo, órnela, órnese	órnenos	not used	órnelos, órnelas
with first-person plural imperative ornemos	dative	not used	ornémoste	ornémosle	ornémonos	ornémoos	ornémosles
	accusative	not used	ornémoste	ornémoslo, ornémosla	ornémonos	ornémoos	ornémoslos, ornémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ornad	dative	ornadme	not used	ornadle	ornadnos	ornaos	ornadles
	accusative	ornadme	not used	ornadlo, ornadla	ornadnos	ornaos	ornadlos, ornadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ornen	dative	órnenme	not used	órnenle	órnennos	not used	órnenles, órnense
	accusative	órnenme	not used	órnenlo, órnenla	órnennos	not used	órnenlos, órnenlas, órnense

Further reading

• “ornar”, 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

Swedish

Noun

ornar

1. indefinite plural of orne

Anagrams

• norra