# eliminar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin ēlīmināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /elimiˈnaɾ/ [e.li.miˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: e‧li‧mi‧nar

### Verb

eliminar (first-person singular indicative present elimino, past participle elimináu)
* to eliminate, get rid of

#### Related terms

* eliminación

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlīmināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.li.miˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [e.li.miˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: e‧li‧mi‧nar
* Homophone: eliminà (except Valencian)

### Verb

eliminar (first-person singular present elimino, first-person singular preterite eliminí, past participle eliminat)
* to eliminate

#### Derived terms

* eliminatori

#### Related terms

* eliminació

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin ēlīmināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛlimiˈnaɾ/ [ɛ.li.mĩˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: e‧li‧mi‧nar

### Verb

eliminar (first-person singular present elimino, first-person singular preterite eliminei, past participle eliminado)
* to eliminate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* eliminación

### Further reading

* “eliminar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “eliminar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Spanish eliminar and Portuguese eliminar, from Latin ēlīminātus, perfect passive participle of ēlīminō (“carry outdoors”).

### Verb

eliminar
* to eliminate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | eliminar | eliminar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | eliminante | eliminate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | elimina | ha eliminate |
| active | past | eliminava | habeva eliminate |
| active | future | eliminara | habera eliminate |
| active | conditional | eliminarea | haberea eliminate |
| active | imperative | elimina | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es eliminate | ha essite eliminate |
| passive | past | esseva eliminate | habeva essite eliminate |
| passive | future | essera eliminate | habera essite eliminate |
| passive | conditional | esserea eliminate | haberea essite eliminate |
| passive | imperative | sia eliminate | |

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin ēlīmināre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

eliminar
* to eliminate

#### Related terms

* eliminacion

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlīmināre (“to carry out of doors; to eliminate”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /e.li.miˈna(ʁ)/ [e.li.miˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /e.li.miˈna(ʁ)/ [e.li.miˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /e.li.miˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /e.li.miˈna(ʁ)/ [e.li.miˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /e.li.miˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.li.miˈnaɾ/, /i.lɨ.miˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.li.miˈnaɾ/, /i.lɨ.miˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.li.miˈna.ɾi/, /i.lɨ.miˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: e‧li‧mi‧nar

### Verb

eliminar (first-person singular present elimino, first-person singular preterite eliminei, past participle eliminado)
* (transitive) to eliminate (completely destroy something)
    Synonyms: apagar, destruir, riscar do mapa

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin ēlīmināre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /elimiˈnaɾ/ [e.li.miˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: e‧li‧mi‧nar

### Verb

eliminar (first-person singular present elimino, first-person singular preterite eliminé, past participle eliminado)
* to eliminate

#### 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

* eliminación
* eliminador
* eliminante
* eliminatorio

### Further reading

* “eliminar”, 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