triturar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trītūrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾi.tuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾi.tuˈɾaɾ]

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Verb

triturar (first-person singular present trituro, first-person singular preterite triturí, past participle triturat)

1. (transitive) to grind; to shred

Conjugation

    Conjugation of triturar (first conjugation)

infinitive			triturar
gerund			triturant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		triturat		triturada
		plural		triturats		triturades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trituro	tritures	tritura	triturem	tritureu	trituren
	imperfect	triturava	trituraves	triturava	trituràvem	trituràveu	trituraven
	future	trituraré	trituraràs	triturarà	triturarem	triturareu	trituraran
	preterite	triturí	triturares	triturà	trituràrem	trituràreu	trituraren
	conditional	trituraria	trituraries	trituraria	trituraríem	trituraríeu	triturarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trituri	trituris	trituri	triturem	tritureu	triturin
	imperfect	triturés	trituressis	triturés	trituréssim	trituréssiu	trituressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tritura	trituri	triturem	tritureu	triturin
	negative (no)	—	no trituris	no trituri	no triturem	no tritureu	no triturin

Related terms

• trituració
• triturador

Further reading

• “triturar”, 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
• “triturar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “triturar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “triturar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin trītūrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾi.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [tɾi.tuˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾi.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [tɾi.tuˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾi.tuˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾi.tuˈɾa(ʁ)/ [tɾi.tuˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾi.tuˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾi.tuˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾi.tuˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾi.tuˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

triturar (first-person singular present trituro, first-person singular preterite triturei, past participle triturado)

1. to grind, to crush, to triturate
2. to shred

Conjugation

    Conjugation of triturar (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	triturar
Personal	triturar	triturares	triturar	triturarmos	triturardes	triturarem
Gerund
	triturando
Past participle
Masculine	triturado			triturados
Feminine	triturada			trituradas
Indicative
Present	trituro	trituras	tritura	trituramos	triturais	trituram
Imperfect	triturava	trituravas	triturava	triturávamos	trituráveis	trituravam
Preterite	triturei	trituraste	triturou	trituramos1, triturámos2	triturastes	trituraram
Pluperfect	triturara	trituraras	triturara	trituráramos	trituráreis	trituraram
Future	triturarei	triturarás	triturará	trituraremos	triturareis	triturarão
Conditional	trituraria	triturarias	trituraria	trituraríamos	trituraríeis	triturariam
Subjunctive
Present	triture	tritures	triture	trituremos	tritureis	triturem
Imperfect	triturasse	triturasses	triturasse	triturássemos	triturásseis	triturassem
Future	triturar	triturares	triturar	triturarmos	triturardes	triturarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tritura	triture	trituremos	triturai	triturem
Negative (não)		não tritures	não triture	não trituremos	não tritureis	não triturem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• triturador

Further reading

• “triturar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin trītūrāre. Cognate with English triturate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾituˈɾaɾ/ [t̪ɾi.t̪uˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tri‧tu‧rar

Verb

triturar (first-person singular present trituro, first-person singular preterite trituré, past participle triturado)

1. (transitive) to grind

   Synonyms: moler, esmerilar

2. (transitive) to crush (food), to mince

   Synonym: picar

3. (transitive) to shred (paper)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of triturar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			triturar
gerund			triturando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		triturado		triturada
		plural		triturados		trituradas
		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	trituro	triturastú triturásvos	tritura	trituramos	trituráis	trituran
	imperfect	trituraba	triturabas	trituraba	triturábamos	triturabais	trituraban
	preterite	trituré	trituraste	trituró	trituramos	triturasteis	trituraron
	future	trituraré	triturarás	triturará	trituraremos	trituraréis	triturarán
	conditional	trituraría	triturarías	trituraría	trituraríamos	trituraríais	triturarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	triture	triturestú triturésvos2	triture	trituremos	trituréis	trituren
	imperfect (ra)	triturara	trituraras	triturara	trituráramos	triturarais	trituraran
	imperfect (se)	triturase	triturases	triturase	triturásemos	trituraseis	triturasen
	future1	triturare	triturares	triturare	trituráremos	triturareis	trituraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trituratú triturávos	triture	trituremos	triturad	trituren
	negative		no tritures	no triture	no trituremos	no trituréis	no trituren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of triturar

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 triturar	dative	triturarme	triturarte	triturarle, triturarse	triturarnos	trituraros	triturarles, triturarse
	accusative	triturarme	triturarte	triturarlo, triturarla, triturarse	triturarnos	trituraros	triturarlos, triturarlas, triturarse
with gerund triturando	dative	triturándome	triturándote	triturándole, triturándose	triturándonos	triturándoos	triturándoles, triturándose
	accusative	triturándome	triturándote	triturándolo, triturándola, triturándose	triturándonos	triturándoos	triturándolos, triturándolas, triturándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tritura	dative	tritúrame	tritúrate	tritúrale	tritúranos	not used	tritúrales
	accusative	tritúrame	tritúrate	tritúralo, tritúrala	tritúranos	not used	tritúralos, tritúralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative triturá	dative	triturame	triturate	triturale	trituranos	not used	triturales
	accusative	triturame	triturate	trituralo, triturala	trituranos	not used	trituralos, trituralas
with formal second-person singular imperative triture	dative	tritúreme	not used	tritúrele, tritúrese	tritúrenos	not used	tritúreles
	accusative	tritúreme	not used	tritúrelo, tritúrela, tritúrese	tritúrenos	not used	tritúrelos, tritúrelas
with first-person plural imperative trituremos	dative	not used	triturémoste	triturémosle	triturémonos	triturémoos	triturémosles
	accusative	not used	triturémoste	triturémoslo, triturémosla	triturémonos	triturémoos	triturémoslos, triturémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative triturad	dative	trituradme	not used	trituradle	trituradnos	trituraos	trituradles
	accusative	trituradme	not used	trituradlo, trituradla	trituradnos	trituraos	trituradlos, trituradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative trituren	dative	tritúrenme	not used	tritúrenle	tritúrennos	not used	tritúrenles, tritúrense
	accusative	tritúrenme	not used	tritúrenlo, tritúrenla	tritúrennos	not used	tritúrenlos, tritúrenlas, tritúrense

Derived terms

• triturador
• trituradora

Related terms

• trituración

Further reading

• “triturar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024