# imaginar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imāginārī, from imāginem (“a copy, likeness, image”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [i.mə.ʒiˈna]
* IPA: (Valencia) [i.ma.d͡ʒiˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginí, past participle imaginat)
* to imagine
* to conceive
* to think

#### Related terms

* imaginable
* imaginació
* imaginari
* imaginària
* imaginatiu

### Further reading

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

## Ido
### Etymology

Borrowed from English imagine, French imaginer, Italian immaginare, Spanish imaginar, ultimately from Latin imāginor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imaɡiˈnar/

### Verb

imaginar (present tense imaginas, past tense imaginis, future tense imaginos, imperative imaginez, conditional imaginus)
* (transitive) to imagine
    Synonym: fantaziar

#### Conjugation
## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

imaginar
* to imagine

#### Related terms

* imaginacion
* imaginatiu
* imatge

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imāginārī, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [i.ma.ʒiˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [i.ma.ʒiˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [i.ma.ʒiˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.mɐ.ʒiˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /i.mɐ.ʒiˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /i.mɐ.ʒiˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: i‧ma‧gi‧nar

### Verb

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginei, past participle imaginado)
* to imagine (all senses)

#### Conjugation

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

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French imaginaire, from Latin imaginarius. By surface analysis, imagina +‎ -ar.

### Adjective

imaginar m or n (feminine singular imaginară, masculine plural imaginari, feminine and neuter plural imaginare)
* imaginary

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin imāginārī, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /imaxiˈnaɾ/ [i.ma.xiˈnaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: i‧ma‧gi‧nar

### Verb

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginé, past participle imaginado)
* to imagine
    Imagínate. ― Go figure.
    Bien, imagínate eso. ― Well, imagine that.
* (reflexive) to imagine, to suppose
    Synonym: suponer

#### 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

* imagen
* imaginación
* imaginario
* imaginativo

### Further reading

* “imaginar”, 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