# formar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin formāre.

### Verb

formar (first-person singular indicative present formo, past participle formáu)
* to form (to give shape)
* to form, make up
* to make, form
* to bring up, raise

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fōrmāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [furˈma]
* IPA: (Balearic) [forˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [foɾˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formí, past participle format); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* to shape
* to teach, instruct, show
* to form

#### Related terms

* forma
* formació
* formatiu

### Further reading

* “formar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “formar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “formar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “formar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

formar
* (transitive) to form

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Related terms

* forma

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese formar, from Latin fōrmāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /foʁˈma(ʁ)/ [foɦˈma(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /foʁˈma(ʁ)/ [foɦˈma(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /foɾˈma(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /foʁˈma(ʁ)/ [foʁˈma(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /foɻˈma(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuɾˈmaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fuɾˈmaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fuɾˈma.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: for‧mar

### Verb

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formei, past participle formado)
* to form
* (pronominal) to graduate, to receive a degree

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formar.

## Romanian
### Etymology

From formă +‎ -ar.

### Noun

formar m (plural formari)
* moulder

#### Declension
## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* furmar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
* furmer (Puter)
* fuormar (Vallader)

### Etymology

From Latin formāre.

### Verb

formar
* (Sursilvan) to shape, form

#### Related terms

* fuorma

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin formāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foɾˈmaɾ/ [foɾˈmaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: for‧mar

### Verb

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formé, past participle formado)
* (transitive) to form, to create
* (transitive) to train, to educate
* (transitive) to make up, to constitute
* (intransitive) to line up (to get in a line)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* formar parte

#### Related terms

* forma
* formación
* formativo

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* morfar

## Swedish
### Noun

formar
* indefinite plural of form

### Verb

formar
* present indicative of forma

### Anagrams

* farmor, morfar