# narrar
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin narrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [nəˈra]
* IPA: (Valencia) [naˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

narrar (first-person singular present narro, first-person singular preterite narrí, past participle narrat)
* (transitive) to narrate

#### Related terms

* narració
* narrador

### Further reading

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

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin narrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naˈraɾ/ [naˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: na‧rrar

### Verb

narrar (first-person singular present narro, first-person singular preterite narrei, past participle narrado)
* to narrate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* narración
* narrador, narradora

### Further reading

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

## Interlingua
### Verb

narrar
* to recount, narrate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | narrar | narrar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | narrante | narrate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | narra | ha narrate |
| active | past | narrava | habeva narrate |
| active | future | narrara | habera narrate |
| active | conditional | narrarea | haberea narrate |
| active | imperative | narra | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es narrate | ha essite narrate |
| passive | past | esseva narrate | habeva essite narrate |
| passive | future | essera narrate | habera essite narrate |
| passive | conditional | esserea narrate | haberea essite narrate |
| passive | imperative | sia narrate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin narrāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /naˈʁa(ʁ)/ [naˈha(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /naˈʁa(ʁ)/ [naˈha(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /naˈʁa(ɾ)/ [naˈha(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /naˈʁa(ʁ)/ [naˈχa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /naˈʁa(ɻ)/ [naˈha(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɐˈʁaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɐˈʁaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /nɐˈʁa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: nar‧rar

### Verb

narrar (first-person singular present narro, first-person singular preterite narrei, past participle narrado)
* to narrate, tell, describe

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* narração
* narrador
* narrativa

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin narrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /naˈraɾ/ [naˈraɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: na‧rrar

### Verb

narrar (first-person singular present narro, first-person singular preterite narré, past participle narrado)
* (transitive) to narrate
    Synonym: contar

#### 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

* narración
* narrador

### Further reading

* “narrar”, 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

## Swedish
### Verb

narrar
* present indicative of narra