dominar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dominō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /do.miˈna/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /du.miˈna/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /do.miˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

dominar (first-person singular present domino, past participle dominat)

1. to dominate

Conjugation

Conjugation of dominar (first conjugation)

infinitive			dominar
present participle			dominant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dominat		dominada
		plural		dominats		dominades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	domino	domines	domina	dominem	domineu	dominen
	imperfect	dominava	dominaves	dominava	dominàvem	dominàveu	dominaven
	future	dominaré	dominaràs	dominarà	dominarem	dominareu	dominaran
	preterite	dominí	dominares	dominà	dominàrem	dominàreu	dominaren
	conditional	dominaria	dominaries	dominaria	dominaríem	dominaríeu	dominarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	domini	dominis	domini	dominem	domineu	dominin
	imperfect	dominés	dominessis	dominés	dominéssim	dominéssiu	dominessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	domina	domini	dominem	domineu	dominin

Related terms

• dominació
• dominant

Further reading

• “dominar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dominar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “dominar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dominar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dominārī (“to be master, to dominate”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /do.miˈna(ʁ)/ [do.miˈna(h)]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /du.miˈnaɾ/

• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧nar

Verb

dominar (first-person singular present domino, first-person singular preterite dominei, past participle dominado)

1. (intransitive) to dominate; to predominate

   A indústria automobilística alemã domina mundialmente.

   The German car industry dominates worldwide.

2. (transitive) to dominate; to control
3. (transitive) to master (to learn to a high degree of proficiency)

   Gostaria de dominar o inglês.

   I'd like to master English.

4. (transitive) to rule
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to control oneself; to restrain oneself

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dominar (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	dominar
Personal	dominar	dominares	dominar	dominarmos	dominardes	dominarem
Gerund
	dominando
Past participle
Masculine	dominado			dominados
Feminine	dominada			dominadas
Indicative
Present	domino	dominas	domina	dominamos	dominais	dominam
Imperfect	dominava	dominavas	dominava	dominávamos	domináveis	dominavam
Preterite	dominei	dominaste	dominou	dominamos1, dominámos2	dominastes	dominaram
Pluperfect	dominara	dominaras	dominara	domináramos	domináreis	dominaram
Future	dominarei	dominarás	dominará	dominaremos	dominareis	dominarão
Conditional
	dominaria	dominarias	dominaria	dominaríamos	dominaríeis	dominariam
Subjunctive
Present	domine	domines	domine	dominemos	domineis	dominem
Imperfect	dominasse	dominasses	dominasse	dominássemos	dominásseis	dominassem
Future	dominar	dominares	dominar	dominarmos	dominardes	dominarem
Imperative
Affirmative		domina	domine	dominemos	dominai	dominem
Negative (não)		não domines	não domine	não dominemos	não domineis	não dominem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Related terms

• dominação
• dominante

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dominō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /domiˈnaɾ/ [d̪o.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: do‧mi‧nar

Verb

dominar (first-person singular present domino, first-person singular preterite dominé, past participle dominado)

1. to dominate
2. to hold sway

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dominar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			dominar
gerund			dominando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dominado		dominada
		plural		dominados		dominadas
		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	domino	dominastú dominásvos	domina	dominamos	domináis	dominan
	imperfect	dominaba	dominabas	dominaba	dominábamos	dominabais	dominaban
	preterite	dominé	dominaste	dominó	dominamos	dominasteis	dominaron
	future	dominaré	dominarás	dominará	dominaremos	dominaréis	dominarán
	conditional	dominaría	dominarías	dominaría	dominaríamos	dominaríais	dominarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	domine	dominestú dominésvos2	domine	dominemos	dominéis	dominen
	imperfect (ra)	dominara	dominaras	dominara	domináramos	dominarais	dominaran
	imperfect (se)	dominase	dominases	dominase	dominásemos	dominaseis	dominasen
	future1	dominare	dominares	dominare	domináremos	dominareis	dominaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dominatú dominávos	domine	dominemos	dominad	dominen
	negative		no domines	no domine	no dominemos	no dominéis	no dominen

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

    Selected combined forms of dominar

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 dominar
	dative	dominarme	dominarte	dominarle, dominarse	dominarnos	dominaros	dominarles, dominarse
	accusative	dominarme	dominarte	dominarlo, dominarla, dominarse	dominarnos	dominaros	dominarlos, dominarlas, dominarse
with gerund dominando
	dative	dominándome	dominándote	dominándole, dominándose	dominándonos	dominándoos	dominándoles, dominándose
	accusative	dominándome	dominándote	dominándolo, dominándola, dominándose	dominándonos	dominándoos	dominándolos, dominándolas, dominándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative domina
	dative	domíname	domínate	domínale	domínanos	not used	domínales
	accusative	domíname	domínate	domínalo, domínala	domínanos	not used	domínalos, domínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dominá
	dative	dominame	dominate	dominale	dominanos	not used	dominales
	accusative	dominame	dominate	dominalo, dominala	dominanos	not used	dominalos, dominalas
with formal second-person singular imperative domine
	dative	domíneme	not used	domínele, domínese	domínenos	not used	domíneles
	accusative	domíneme	not used	domínelo, domínela, domínese	domínenos	not used	domínelos, domínelas
with first-person plural imperative dominemos
	dative	not used	dominémoste	dominémosle	dominémonos	dominémoos	dominémosles
	accusative	not used	dominémoste	dominémoslo, dominémosla	dominémonos	dominémoos	dominémoslos, dominémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dominad
	dative	dominadme	not used	dominadle	dominadnos	dominaos	dominadles
	accusative	dominadme	not used	dominadlo, dominadla	dominadnos	dominaos	dominadlos, dominadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative dominen
	dative	domínenme	not used	domínenle	domínennos	not used	domínenles, domínense
	accusative	domínenme	not used	domínenlo, domínenla	domínennos	not used	domínenlos, domínenlas, domínense

Related terms

• dominación
• dominante
• dominio

Further reading

• “dominar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014