seriar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

seriar m

1. indefinite plural of serie

Portuguese

Etymology

From série (“series”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [se.ɾiˈa(h)], (faster) /seˈɾja(ʁ)/ [seˈɾja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [se.ɾiˈa(h)], (faster) /seˈɾja(ʁ)/ [seˈɾja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /seˈɾja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [se.ɾiˈa(χ)], (faster) /seˈɾja(ʁ)/ [seˈɾja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /se.ɾiˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /seˈɾja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɾja.ɾi/

Verb

seriar (first-person singular present serio, first-person singular preterite seriei, past participle seriado)

1. to classify

   Synonyms: agrupar, classificar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of seriar (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	seriar
Personal	seriar	seriares	seriar	seriarmos	seriardes	seriarem
Gerund
	seriando
Past participle
Masculine	seriado			seriados
Feminine	seriada			seriadas
Indicative
Present	serio	serias	seria	seriamos	seriais	seriam
Imperfect	seriava	seriavas	seriava	seriávamos	seriáveis	seriavam
Preterite	seriei	seriaste	seriou	seriamos1, seriámos2	seriastes	seriaram
Pluperfect	seriara	seriaras	seriara	seriáramos	seriáreis	seriaram
Future	seriarei	seriarás	seriará	seriaremos	seriareis	seriarão
Conditional	seriaria	seriarias	seriaria	seriaríamos	seriaríeis	seriariam
Subjunctive
Present	serie	series	serie	seriemos	serieis	seriem
Imperfect	seriasse	seriasses	seriasse	seriássemos	seriásseis	seriassem
Future	seriar	seriares	seriar	seriarmos	seriardes	seriarem
Imperative
Affirmative		seria	serie	seriemos	seriai	seriem
Negative (não)		não series	não serie	não seriemos	não serieis	não seriem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• seriação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From serie + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɾjaɾ/ [seˈɾjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧riar

Verb

seriar (first-person singular present serio, first-person singular preterite serié, past participle seriado)

1. (transitive) to put in a series
2. (transitive) to serialize
3. (transitive) to mass-produce
4. (transitive, rustic, Honduras, El Salvador) to rummage through something without permission or consent

   Synonym: cerear

   No te di permiso para seriar mis cosas.

   I didn't allow you to rummage through my belongings.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of seriar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			seriar
gerund			seriando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		seriado		seriada
		plural		seriados		seriadas
		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	serio	seriastú seriásvos	seria	seriamos	seriáis	serian
	imperfect	seriaba	seriabas	seriaba	seriábamos	seriabais	seriaban
	preterite	serié	seriaste	serió	seriamos	seriasteis	seriaron
	future	seriaré	seriarás	seriará	seriaremos	seriaréis	seriarán
	conditional	seriaría	seriarías	seriaría	seriaríamos	seriaríais	seriarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	serie	seriestú seriésvos2	serie	seriemos	seriéis	serien
	imperfect (ra)	seriara	seriaras	seriara	seriáramos	seriarais	seriaran
	imperfect (se)	seriase	seriases	seriase	seriásemos	seriaseis	seriasen
	future1	seriare	seriares	seriare	seriáremos	seriareis	seriaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		seriatú seriávos	serie	seriemos	seriad	serien
	negative		no series	no serie	no seriemos	no seriéis	no serien

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

Further reading

• “seriar”, 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
• “seriar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “seriar”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA