# informar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [iɱ.furˈma]
* IPA: (Balearic) [iɱ.forˈma]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iɱ.foɾˈmaɾ]

### Verb

informar (first-person singular present informo, first-person singular preterite informí, past participle informat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to inform
* (intransitive, law) (prosecutors and lawyers) to speak in court in fulfillment of their duties.

#### Related terms

* formar
* informació
* informant

### Further reading

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

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English inform, French informer, German informieren, Italian informare, Russian информи́ровать (informírovatʹ), Spanish informar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /inforˈmar/

### Verb

informar (present tense informas, past tense informis, future tense informos, imperative informez, conditional informus)
* to inform
    Li informis su pri balnuyi. ― They informed themselves about baths.

#### Conjugation
## Interlingua
### Verb

informar
* to inform

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | informar | informar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | informante | informate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | informa | ha informate |
| active | past | informava | habeva informate |
| active | future | informara | habera informate |
| active | conditional | informarea | haberea informate |
| active | imperative | informa | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es informate | ha essite informate |
| passive | past | esseva informate | habeva essite informate |
| passive | future | essera informate | habera essite informate |
| passive | conditional | esserea informate | haberea essite informate |
| passive | imperative | sia informate | |

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* enformar (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmāre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

informar (first-person singular present informo, first-person singular preterite informei, past participle informado)
* (transitive) to inform
    Antonym: desinformar
* (intransitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* formar
* informação
* informante

### Further reading

* “informar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “informar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “informar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “informar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “informar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “informar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /infoɾˈmaɾ/ [ĩɱ.foɾˈmaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: in‧for‧mar

### Verb

informar (first-person singular present informo, first-person singular preterite informé, past participle informado)
* (transitive) to inform
    Synonym: reportar
* (reflexive) to find out
    Synonym: enterar

#### 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.

#### Related terms

* formar
* información
* informante
* informarse
* informativo
* informe

### Further reading

* “informar”, 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