# confinar
## Asturian
### Verb

confinar
* to lock down

## Catalan
### Etymology

From confí +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kuɱ.fiˈna]
* IPA: (Balearic) [koɱ.fiˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [koɱ.fiˈnaɾ]

### Verb

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confiní, past participle confinat)
* (intransitive) to border
    Synonym: fronterejar
* (transitive) to confine (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
* (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

#### Derived terms

* confinament

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From confín +‎ -ar.

### Verb

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confinei, past participle confinado)
* (transitive) to confine, to imprison (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
* (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* confinamento

### Further reading

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

## Occitan
### Verb

confinar
* to confine

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* confinament

### Further reading

* Joan de Cantalausa (2006) Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎, 2 edition, →ISBN, page 276.
* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 174.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From confim +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fiˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fiˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.fiˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.fiˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.fiˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.fiˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fiˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fiˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fiˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: con‧fi‧nar

### Verb

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confinei, past participle confinado)
* (transitive, intransitive) to border
* (transitive) to confine (to restrict; to keep within bounds)
* (transitive) to lock down (to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* confinamento

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From confín +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /konfiˈnaɾ/ [kõɱ.fiˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: con‧fi‧nar

### Verb

confinar (first-person singular present confino, first-person singular preterite confiné, past participle confinado)
* (transitive) to confine, to limit, to restrict, to keep within bounds
* (transitive) to lock down, to secure (make people stay locked indoors for their safety)

#### 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

* confinamiento
* desconfinar

### Further reading

* “confinar”, 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