# destinar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstinō, dēstināre.

### Verb

destinar
* to destine
* to set apart
This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstināre. First attested in 1344.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [dəs.tiˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [des.tiˈnaɾ]

### Verb

destinar (first-person singular present destino, first-person singular preterite destiní, past participle destinat)(transitive)
* to set aside, to earmark
** 2024 January 16, “Granollers plantarà 250 arbres durant aquests mesos d'hivern”, in Nació‎, Granollers:L'Ajuntament destina prop de 200.000 euros a la plantació d'arbres i a l'enverdiment del centre de la ciutat.The city administration sets aside nearly 200,000 euros for the planting of trees and the greening of the city centre.
* to appoint (a to), to assign, to dedicate
    Aquests assecadors són destinats al treball de nit.Those dryers are dedicated to night work.
* to destine (a to)
    Déu l'ha destinat a ser jutge de vius i de morts.God has destined him to be the judge of the living and the dead.

#### Related terms

* destí
* destinació
* destinatari

### References

* ↑ “destinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstināre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /des.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [des.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /des.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [des.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /des.t͡ʃiˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʃ.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [deʃ.t͡ʃiˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /des.t͡ʃiˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.tiˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.tiˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʃ.tiˈna.ɾi/

### Verb

destinar (first-person singular present destino, first-person singular preterite destinei, past participle destinado)
* to destine, decide, resolve
* to appropriate

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* destinação
* destino

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēstināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /destiˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪iˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧ti‧nar

### Verb

destinar (first-person singular present destino, first-person singular preterite destiné, past participle destinado)
* to appoint
* to set aside

#### 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

* destinación
* destino

### Further reading

* “destinar”, 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