silabar

Portuguese

Etymology

From sílaba + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.laˈba(ʁ)/ [si.laˈba(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.lɐˈbaɾ/ [si.lɐˈβaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.lɐˈbaɾ/ [si.lɐˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.lɐˈba.ɾi/

Verb

silabar (first-person singular present silabo, first-person singular preterite silabei, past participle silabado)

1. to syllabify
2. to enunciate each syllable

Conjugation

    Conjugation of silabar (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	silabar
Personal	silabar	silabares	silabar	silabarmos	silabardes	silabarem
Gerund
	silabando
Past participle
Masculine	silabado			silabados
Feminine	silabada			silabadas
Indicative
Present	silabo	silabas	silaba	silabamos	silabais	silabam
Imperfect	silabava	silabavas	silabava	silabávamos	silabáveis	silabavam
Preterite	silabei	silabaste	silabou	silabamos1, silabámos2	silabastes	silabaram
Pluperfect	silabara	silabaras	silabara	silabáramos	silabáreis	silabaram
Future	silabarei	silabarás	silabará	silabaremos	silabareis	silabarão
Conditional	silabaria	silabarias	silabaria	silabaríamos	silabaríeis	silabariam
Subjunctive
Present	silabe	silabes	silabe	silabemos	silabeis	silabem
Imperfect	silabasse	silabasses	silabasse	silabássemos	silabásseis	silabassem
Future	silabar	silabares	silabar	silabarmos	silabardes	silabarem
Imperative
Affirmative		silaba	silabe	silabemos	silabai	silabem
Negative (não)		não silabes	não silabe	não silabemos	não silabeis	não silabem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• silabação

Further reading

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

Romanian

Alternative forms

• силабар (silabar) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French syllabaire, Latin syllabārium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.laˈbar/
• Rhymes: -ar
• Hyphenation: si‧la‧bar

Noun

silabar n (plural silabare)

1. syllabary

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	silabar	silabarul	silabare	silabarele
genitive-dative	silabar	silabarului	silabare	silabarelor
vocative	silabarule		silabarelor

References

• “silabar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /silaˈbaɾ/ [si.laˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: si‧la‧bar

Verb

silabar (first-person singular present silabo, first-person singular preterite silabé, past participle silabado)

1. (intransitive, transitive) alternative form of silabear (“syllabify”)

   Synonym: silabizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of silabar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			silabar
gerund			silabando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		silabado		silabada
		plural		silabados		silabadas
		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	silabo	silabastú silabásvos	silaba	silabamos	silabáis	silaban
	imperfect	silababa	silababas	silababa	silabábamos	silababais	silababan
	preterite	silabé	silabaste	silabó	silabamos	silabasteis	silabaron
	future	silabaré	silabarás	silabará	silabaremos	silabaréis	silabarán
	conditional	silabaría	silabarías	silabaría	silabaríamos	silabaríais	silabarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	silabe	silabestú silabésvos2	silabe	silabemos	silabéis	silaben
	imperfect (ra)	silabara	silabaras	silabara	silabáramos	silabarais	silabaran
	imperfect (se)	silabase	silabases	silabase	silabásemos	silabaseis	silabasen
	future1	silabare	silabares	silabare	silabáremos	silabareis	silabaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		silabatú silabávos	silabe	silabemos	silabad	silaben
	negative		no silabes	no silabe	no silabemos	no silabéis	no silaben

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

Related terms

• sílaba f
• silabario
• silábico

Further reading

• “silabar”, 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