declarar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēclārāre. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.kləˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.klaˈɾaɾ]

Verb

declarar (first-person singular present declaro, first-person singular preterite declarí, past participle declarat)

1. (ambitransitive) to declare
2. (transitive) to explain
3. (intransitive) to testify
4. (pronominal) to declare oneself to be, to announce oneself

   declarar-se innocent ― to plead not guilty

Conjugation

    Conjugation of declarar (first conjugation)

infinitive			declarar
gerund			declarant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		declarat		declarada
		plural		declarats		declarades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	declaro	declares	declara	declarem	declareu	declaren
	imperfect	declarava	declaraves	declarava	declaràvem	declaràveu	declaraven
	future	declararé	declararàs	declararà	declararem	declarareu	declararan
	preterite	declarí	declarares	declarà	declaràrem	declaràreu	declararen
	conditional	declararia	declararies	declararia	declararíem	declararíeu	declararien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	declari	declaris	declari	declarem	declareu	declarin
	imperfect	declarés	declaressis	declarés	declaréssim	declaréssiu	declaressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	declara	declari	declarem	declareu	declarin
	negative (no)	—	no declaris	no declari	no declarem	no declareu	no declarin

Related terms

• declaració
• declaratiu

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese declarar, from Latin dēclārāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deklaˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.klaˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: de‧cla‧rar

Verb

declarar (first-person singular present declaro, first-person singular preterite declarei, past participle declarado)

1. to declare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of declarar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	declarar
Personal	declarar	declarares	declarar	declararmos	declarardes	declararen
Gerund
	declarando
Past participle
Masculine	declarado			declarados
Feminine	declarada			declaradas
Indicative
Present	declaro	declaras	declara	declaramos	declarades	declaran
Imperfect	declaraba	declarabas	declaraba	declarabamos	declarabades	declaraban
Preterite	declarei	declaraches	declarou	declaramos	declarastes	declararon
Pluperfect	declarara	declararas	declarara	declararamos	declararades	declararan
Future	declararei	declararás	declarará	declararemos	declararedes	declararán
Conditional	declararía	declararías	declararía	declarariamos	declarariades	declararían
Subjunctive
Present	declare	declares	declare	declaremos	declaredes	declaren
Imperfect	declarase	declarases	declarase	declarásemos	declarásedes	declarasen
Future	declarar	declarares	declarar	declararmos	declarardes	declararen
Imperative
Affirmative		declara	declare	declaremos	declarade	declaren
Negative (non)		non declares	non declare	non declaremos	non declaredes	non declaren

    Reintegrated conjugation of declarar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	declarar
Personal	declarar	declarares	declarar	declararmos	declarardes	declararem
Gerund
	declarando
Past participle
Masculine	declarado			declarados
Feminine	declarada			declaradas
Indicative
Present	declaro	declaras	declara	declaramos	declarades, declarais	declaram
Imperfect	declarava	declaravas	declarava	declarávamos	declarávades, declaráveis, declarávais1	declaravam
Preterite	declarei	declaraste, declarache1	declarou	declaramos	declarastes	declarárom, declararam
Pluperfect	declarara	declararas	declarara	declaráramos	declarárades, declaráreis, declarárais1	declararam
Future	declararei	declararás	declarará	declararemos	declararedes, declarareis	declararám, declararão
Conditional	declararia	declararias	declararia	declararíamos	declararíades, declararíeis, declararíais1	declarariam
Subjunctive
Present	declare	declares	declare	declaremos	declaredes, declareis	declarem
Imperfect	declarasse	declarasses	declarasse	declarássemos	declarássedes, declarásseis	declarassem
Future	declarar	declarares	declarar	declararmos	declarardes	declararem
Imperative
Affirmative		declara	declare	declaremos	declarade, declarai	declarem
Negative (nom)		nom declares	nom declare	nom declaremos	nom declaredes, nom declareis	nom declarem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• declaración
• declarante

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Verb

declarar

1. to declare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of declarar

infinitive		declarar
participle		present	perfect
		declarante	declarate
active		simple	perfect
	present	declara	ha declarate
	past	declarava	habeva declarate
	future	declarara	habera declarate
	conditional	declararea	haberea declarate
	imperative	declara	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es declarate	ha essite declarate
	past	esseva declarate	habeva essite declarate
	future	essera declarate	habera essite declarate
	conditional	esserea declarate	haberea essite declarate
	imperative	sia declarate	—

Related terms

• declaration
• declarative
• declaratori

Ladino

Verb

declarar (Hebrew spelling דיקלאראר)

1. Alternative spelling of deklarar
   • 1940, La boz de Türkiye‎^[1], numbers 11–34, page 116:

     Los Judios de la primera categoria devran tomar de nuevo sus viejos nombres en el caso onde los trocaron y declarar sus fortunas.

     Jews of the first category must retake their old names when they changed and they must declare their fortunes.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

declarar

1. to declare

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		declarar			aver declarat
gerund		declarant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		declarat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	declari	declaras	declara	declaram	declaratz	declaran
	imperfect	declaravi	declaravas	declarava	declaràvem	declaràvetz	declaravan
	preterite	declarèri	declarères	declarèt	declarèrem	declarèretz	declarèron
	future	declararai	declararàs	declararà	declararem	declararetz	declararàn
	conditional	declarariái	declarariás	declarariá	declarariam	declarariatz	declararián
	conditional 2nd form1	declarèra	declarèras	declarèra	declareram	declareratz	declarèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	declare	declares	declare	declarem	declaretz	declaren
	imperfect	declarèssi	declarèsses	declarèsse	declarèssem	declarèssetz	declarèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			declara		declarem	declaratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		declarar			aver declarat
gerund		declarant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		declarat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	declare	declares	declara	declaram	declaratz	declaron
	imperfect	declarave	declaraves	declarava	declaraviam	declaraviatz	declaravon
	preterite	declarere	declareres	declaret	declarem	declaretz	declareron
	future	declararai	declararàs	declarará	declararem	declararetz	declararán
	conditional	declarariá	declarariás	declarariá	declarariam	declarariatz	declararián
	conditional 2nd form1	declarèra	declarèras	declarèra	declareram	declareratz	declarèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	declare	declares	declare	declarassiam	declarassiatz	declaron
	imperfect	declaresse	declaresses	declaresse	declaressiam	declaressiatz	declaresson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			declara		declarassiam	declaratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		declarar			aver declarat
gerund		declarant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		declarat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	declari	declaras	declara	declaram	declaratz	declaran
	imperfect	declaravi	declaravas	declarava	declaràvam	declaràvatz	declaravan
	preterite	declarèi	declarès	declarè	declarèm	declarètz	declarèn
	future	declararèi	declararàs	declararà	declararam	declararatz	declararàn
	conditional	declararí	declararés	declararé	declararem	declararetz	declararén
	conditional 2nd form1	declarèra	declarèras	declarèra	declareram	declareratz	declarèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	declari	declares	declare	declarem	declaretz	declaren
	imperfect	declarèssi	declarèsses	declarèsse	declarèssem	declarèssetz	declarèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			declara		declarem	declaratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		declarar			aver declarat
gerund		declarant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		declarat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	declare	declaras	declara	declaram	declaratz	declaran
	imperfect	declarava	declaravas	declarava	declaràvam	declaràvatz	declaravan
	preterite	declarei	declareras	declaret	declarèram	declarèratz	declareran
	future	declararai	declararàs	declarará	declararem	declararetz	declararán
	conditional	declarariá	declarariàs	declarariá	declarariam	declarariatz	declararián
	conditional 2nd form1	declarèra	declarèras	declarèra	declareram	declareratz	declarèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	declare	declares	declare	declarem	declaretz	declaren
	imperfect	declarèsse	declarèsses	declarèsse	declarèssem	declarèssetz	declarèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			declara		declarem	declaratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		declarar			aver declarat
gerund		declarant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		declarat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	declare	declares	declara	declaram	declaratz	declaran
	imperfect	declaravi	declaravas	declarava	declaràvem	declaràvetz	declaravan
	preterite	declarère	declarères	declarèt	declareriam	declareriatz	declarèron
	future	declararai	declararàs	declararà	declararem	declararetz	declararàn
	conditional	declarariáu	declarariás	declarariá	declarariam	declarariatz	declararián
	conditional 2nd form1	declarèra	declarèras	declarèra	declareram	declareratz	declarèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	declare	declares	declare	declarem	declaretz	declaran
	imperfect	declarèsse	declarèsses	declarèsse	declaressiam	declaressiatz	declarèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			declara		declarem	declaratz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• declaracion
• declaratiu

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 217.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēclārāre.

Verb

declarar

1. (transitive) to explain

Descendants

• Galician: declarar
• Portuguese: declarar

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “declarar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “declarar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēclārāre.

Verb

declarar

1. (transitive) to explain

Descendants

• Ladino: deklarar, דיקלאראר
• Spanish: declarar

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “declarar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 165

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese declarar, from Latin dēclārāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.klaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.klaˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.klaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.klaˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.klaˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.klaˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.klaˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.klaˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.klɐˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.klɐˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.klɐˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧cla‧rar

Verb

declarar (first-person singular present declaro, first-person singular preterite declarei, past participle declarado)

1. to declare; to state

   Hyponym: redeclarar

   declarar guerra ― to declare war

Conjugation

    Conjugation of declarar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	declarar
Personal	declarar	declarares	declarar	declararmos	declarardes	declararem
Gerund
	declarando
Past participle
Masculine	declarado			declarados
Feminine	declarada			declaradas
Indicative
Present	declaro	declaras	declara	declaramos	declarais	declaram
Imperfect	declarava	declaravas	declarava	declarávamos	declaráveis	declaravam
Preterite	declarei	declaraste	declarou	declaramos1, declarámos2	declarastes	declararam
Pluperfect	declarara	declararas	declarara	declaráramos	declaráreis	declararam
Future	declararei	declararás	declarará	declararemos	declarareis	declararão
Conditional	declararia	declararias	declararia	declararíamos	declararíeis	declarariam
Subjunctive
Present	declare	declares	declare	declaremos	declareis	declarem
Imperfect	declarasse	declarasses	declarasse	declarássemos	declarásseis	declarassem
Future	declarar	declarares	declarar	declararmos	declarardes	declararem
Imperative
Affirmative		declara	declare	declaremos	declarai	declarem
Negative (não)		não declares	não declare	não declaremos	não declareis	não declarem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• declaração
• declarativo

Further reading

• “declarar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “declarar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “declarar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish declarar, from Latin dēclārāre. Cognate with English declare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deklaˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.klaˈɾaɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧cla‧rar

Verb

declarar (first-person singular present declaro, first-person singular preterite declaré, past participle declarado)

1. to declare; to state

   Hyponym: redeclarar

   declarar la guerra ― to declare war

2. (infinitive, law) to declare
3. (reflexive, transitive) to declare one’s love for
4. (reflexive) to plead (e.g., innocent, guilty, etc.)
5. (reflexive) to break out (e.g., pandemic, fire, war)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of declarar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			declarar
gerund			declarando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		declarado		declarada
		plural		declarados		declaradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	declaro	declarastú declarásvos	declara	declaramos	declaráis	declaran
	imperfect	declaraba	declarabas	declaraba	declarábamos	declarabais	declaraban
	preterite	declaré	declaraste	declaró	declaramos	declarasteis	declararon
	future	declararé	declararás	declarará	declararemos	declararéis	declararán
	conditional	declararía	declararías	declararía	declararíamos	declararíais	declararían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	declare	declarestú declarésvos2	declare	declaremos	declaréis	declaren
	imperfect (ra)	declarara	declararas	declarara	declaráramos	declararais	declararan
	imperfect (se)	declarase	declarases	declarase	declarásemos	declaraseis	declarasen
	future1	declarare	declarares	declarare	declaráremos	declarareis	declararen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		declaratú declarávos	declare	declaremos	declarad	declaren
	negative		no declares	no declare	no declaremos	no declaréis	no declaren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of declarar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive declarar	dative	declararme	declararte	declararle, declararse	declararnos	declararos	declararles, declararse
	accusative	declararme	declararte	declararlo, declararla, declararse	declararnos	declararos	declararlos, declararlas, declararse
with gerund declarando	dative	declarándome	declarándote	declarándole, declarándose	declarándonos	declarándoos	declarándoles, declarándose
	accusative	declarándome	declarándote	declarándolo, declarándola, declarándose	declarándonos	declarándoos	declarándolos, declarándolas, declarándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative declara	dative	declárame	declárate	declárale	decláranos	not used	declárales
	accusative	declárame	declárate	decláralo, declárala	decláranos	not used	decláralos, decláralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative declará	dative	declarame	declarate	declarale	declaranos	not used	declarales
	accusative	declarame	declarate	declaralo, declarala	declaranos	not used	declaralos, declaralas
with formal second-person singular imperative declare	dative	decláreme	not used	declárele, declárese	declárenos	not used	decláreles
	accusative	decláreme	not used	declárelo, declárela, declárese	declárenos	not used	declárelos, declárelas
with first-person plural imperative declaremos	dative	not used	declarémoste	declarémosle	declarémonos	declarémoos	declarémosles
	accusative	not used	declarémoste	declarémoslo, declarémosla	declarémonos	declarémoos	declarémoslos, declarémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative declarad	dative	declaradme	not used	declaradle	declaradnos	declaraos	declaradles
	accusative	declaradme	not used	declaradlo, declaradla	declaradnos	declaraos	declaradlos, declaradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative declaren	dative	declárenme	not used	declárenle	declárennos	not used	declárenles, declárense
	accusative	declárenme	not used	declárenlo, declárenla	declárennos	not used	declárenlos, declárenlas, declárense

Related terms

• declaración
• declarativo

Further reading

• “declarar”, 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