penetrar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin penetrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [pə.nəˈtɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.neˈtɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pe.neˈtɾa]

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Verb

penetrar (first-person singular present penetro, first-person singular preterite penetrí, past participle penetrat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to penetrate, get inside

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of penetrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			penetrar
gerund			penetrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		penetrat		penetrada
		plural		penetrats		penetrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	penetro	penetres	penetra	penetrem	penetreu	penetren
	imperfect	penetrava	penetraves	penetrava	penetràvem	penetràveu	penetraven
	future	penetraré	penetraràs	penetrarà	penetrarem	penetrareu	penetraran
	preterite	penetrí	penetrares	penetrà	penetràrem	penetràreu	penetraren
	conditional	penetraria	penetraries	penetraria	penetraríem	penetraríeu	penetrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	penetri	penetris	penetri	penetrem	penetreu	penetrin
	imperfect	penetrés	penetressis	penetrés	penetréssim	penetréssiu	penetressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	penetra	penetri	penetrem	penetreu	penetrin
	negative (no)	—	no penetris	no penetri	no penetrem	no penetreu	no penetrin

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin penetrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe.neˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [pe.neˈtɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nɨˈtɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nɨˈtɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨ.nɨˈtɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pe‧ne‧trar

Verb

penetrar (first-person singular present penetro, first-person singular preterite penetrei, past participle penetrado)

1. to penetrate (manage to get through)
2. to penetrate (have sex with a hole)
3. to get into, to get in

Conjugation

    Conjugation of penetrar (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	penetrar
Personal	penetrar	penetrares	penetrar	penetrarmos	penetrardes	penetrarem
Gerund
	penetrando
Past participle
Masculine	penetrado			penetrados
Feminine	penetrada			penetradas
Indicative
Present	penetro	penetras	penetra	penetramos	penetrais	penetram
Imperfect	penetrava	penetravas	penetrava	penetrávamos	penetráveis	penetravam
Preterite	penetrei	penetraste	penetrou	penetramos1, penetrámos2	penetrastes	penetraram
Pluperfect	penetrara	penetraras	penetrara	penetráramos	penetráreis	penetraram
Future	penetrarei	penetrarás	penetrará	penetraremos	penetrareis	penetrarão
Conditional	penetraria	penetrarias	penetraria	penetraríamos	penetraríeis	penetrariam
Subjunctive
Present	penetre	penetres	penetre	penetremos	penetreis	penetrem
Imperfect	penetrasse	penetrasses	penetrasse	penetrássemos	penetrásseis	penetrassem
Future	penetrar	penetrares	penetrar	penetrarmos	penetrardes	penetrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		penetra	penetre	penetremos	penetrai	penetrem
Negative (não)		não penetres	não penetre	não penetremos	não penetreis	não penetrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:penetrar.

Derived terms

• compenetrar

Related terms

• penetrante

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin penetrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peneˈtɾaɾ/ [pe.neˈt̪ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧ne‧trar

Verb

penetrar (first-person singular present penetro, first-person singular preterite penetré, past participle penetrado)

1. to penetrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of penetrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			penetrar
gerund			penetrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		penetrado		penetrada
		plural		penetrados		penetradas
		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	penetro	penetrastú penetrásvos	penetra	penetramos	penetráis	penetran
	imperfect	penetraba	penetrabas	penetraba	penetrábamos	penetrabais	penetraban
	preterite	penetré	penetraste	penetró	penetramos	penetrasteis	penetraron
	future	penetraré	penetrarás	penetrará	penetraremos	penetraréis	penetrarán
	conditional	penetraría	penetrarías	penetraría	penetraríamos	penetraríais	penetrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	penetre	penetrestú penetrésvos2	penetre	penetremos	penetréis	penetren
	imperfect (ra)	penetrara	penetraras	penetrara	penetráramos	penetrarais	penetraran
	imperfect (se)	penetrase	penetrases	penetrase	penetrásemos	penetraseis	penetrasen
	future1	penetrare	penetrares	penetrare	penetráremos	penetrareis	penetraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		penetratú penetrávos	penetre	penetremos	penetrad	penetren
	negative		no penetres	no penetre	no penetremos	no penetréis	no penetren

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

    Selected combined forms of penetrar

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 penetrar	dative	penetrarme	penetrarte	penetrarle, penetrarse	penetrarnos	penetraros	penetrarles, penetrarse
	accusative	penetrarme	penetrarte	penetrarlo, penetrarla, penetrarse	penetrarnos	penetraros	penetrarlos, penetrarlas, penetrarse
with gerund penetrando	dative	penetrándome	penetrándote	penetrándole, penetrándose	penetrándonos	penetrándoos	penetrándoles, penetrándose
	accusative	penetrándome	penetrándote	penetrándolo, penetrándola, penetrándose	penetrándonos	penetrándoos	penetrándolos, penetrándolas, penetrándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative penetra	dative	penétrame	penétrate	penétrale	penétranos	not used	penétrales
	accusative	penétrame	penétrate	penétralo, penétrala	penétranos	not used	penétralos, penétralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative penetrá	dative	penetrame	penetrate	penetrale	penetranos	not used	penetrales
	accusative	penetrame	penetrate	penetralo, penetrala	penetranos	not used	penetralos, penetralas
with formal second-person singular imperative penetre	dative	penétreme	not used	penétrele, penétrese	penétrenos	not used	penétreles
	accusative	penétreme	not used	penétrelo, penétrela, penétrese	penétrenos	not used	penétrelos, penétrelas
with first-person plural imperative penetremos	dative	not used	penetrémoste	penetrémosle	penetrémonos	penetrémoos	penetrémosles
	accusative	not used	penetrémoste	penetrémoslo, penetrémosla	penetrémonos	penetrémoos	penetrémoslos, penetrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative penetrad	dative	penetradme	not used	penetradle	penetradnos	penetraos	penetradles
	accusative	penetradme	not used	penetradlo, penetradla	penetradnos	penetraos	penetradlos, penetradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative penetren	dative	penétrenme	not used	penétrenle	penétrennos	not used	penétrenles, penétrense
	accusative	penétrenme	not used	penétrenlo, penétrenla	penétrennos	not used	penétrenlos, penétrenlas, penétrense

Related terms

• penetración
• penetrador
• penetrante

Further reading

• “penetrar”, 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