ordenar

See also: ordeñar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ōrdināre, present active infinitive of ōrdinō.

Verb

ordenar (first-person singular indicative present ordeno, past participle ordenáu)

1. to order (put in order)
2. to order, command

Conjugation

Conjugation of ordenar

infinitive		ordenar
gerund		ordenando
past participle		m ordenáu, f ordenada, n ordenao, m pl ordenaos, f pl ordenaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	ordeno	ordenes	ordena	ordenamos	ordenáis	ordenen
	imperfect	ordenaba	ordenabes	ordenaba	ordenábemos, ordenábamos	ordenabeis, ordenabais	ordenaben
	preterite	ordené	ordenasti, ordenesti	ordenó	ordenemos	ordenastis, ordenestis	ordenaron
	pluperfect	ordenare, ordenara	ordenares, ordenaras	ordenare, ordenara	ordenáremos, ordenáramos	ordenareis, ordenarais	ordenaren, ordenaran
	future	ordenaré	ordenarás	ordenará	ordenaremos	ordenaréis	ordenarán
	conditional	ordenaría	ordenaríes	ordenaría	ordenaríemos, ordenaríamos	ordenaríeis, ordenaríais	ordenaríen
subjunctive	present	ordene	ordenes, ordenas	ordene	ordenemos	ordenéis	ordenen, ordenan
	imperfect	ordenare, ordenara	ordenares, ordenaras	ordenare, ordenara	ordenáremos, ordenáramos	ordenareis, ordenarais	ordenaren, ordenaran
imperative		—	ordena	—	—	ordenái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan ordenar (also found as ordonar), from Latin ōrdināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ur.dəˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [or.dəˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oɾ.ðeˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

ordenar (first-person singular present ordeno, first-person singular preterite ordení, past participle ordenat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to order (put in order)
2. to order (give a command)

   Synonym: manar

3. to arrange, sort, tidy

   Synonym: endreçar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ordenar (first conjugation)

infinitive			ordenar
gerund			ordenant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ordenat		ordenada
		plural		ordenats		ordenades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ordeno	ordenes	ordena	ordenem	ordeneu	ordenen
	imperfect	ordenava	ordenaves	ordenava	ordenàvem	ordenàveu	ordenaven
	future	ordenaré	ordenaràs	ordenarà	ordenarem	ordenareu	ordenaran
	preterite	ordení	ordenares	ordenà	ordenàrem	ordenàreu	ordenaren
	conditional	ordenaria	ordenaries	ordenaria	ordenaríem	ordenaríeu	ordenarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ordeni	ordenis	ordeni	ordenem	ordeneu	ordenin
	imperfect	ordenés	ordenessis	ordenés	ordenéssim	ordenéssiu	ordenessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ordena	ordeni	ordenem	ordeneu	ordenin
	negative (no)	—	no ordenis	no ordeni	no ordenem	no ordeneu	no ordenin

Derived terms

• ordenament
• reordenar

Related terms

• ordre

References

• “ordenar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ordenar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ordenar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ordenar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ordenar m pl

1. indefinite plural of orden

Portuguese

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin ōrdināre (“to arrange”), from ōrdō (“order, arrangement”), from Proto-Italic *ored(h)- (“to arrange”), of unknown origin. Doublet of ordenhar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.deˈna(ʁ)/ [oɦ.deˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oʁ.deˈna(ʁ)/ [oɦ.deˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oɾ.deˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oʁ.deˈna(ʁ)/ [oʁ.deˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oɻ.deˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.dɨˈnaɾ/ [ɔɾ.ðɨˈnaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.dɨˈnaɾ/ [ɔɾ.ðɨˈnaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔɾ.dɨˈna.ɾi/ [ɔɾ.ðɨˈna.ɾi]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌɔɦ.dẽ.ˈna(h)/
• Hyphenation: or‧de‧nar

Verb

ordenar (first-person singular present ordeno, first-person singular preterite ordenei, past participle ordenado)

1. to sort; to order (set in (any) order)

   Synonyms: dispor, pôr em ordem

   Antonyms: bagunçar, desarrumar, desordenar

2. to order (issue a command)

   Synonyms: comandar, exigir, instruir, mandar

3. (Christianity) to ordain (admit into the ministry of the Christian church)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ordenar (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	ordenar
Personal	ordenar	ordenares	ordenar	ordenarmos	ordenardes	ordenarem
Gerund
	ordenando
Past participle
Masculine	ordenado			ordenados
Feminine	ordenada			ordenadas
Indicative
Present	ordeno	ordenas	ordena	ordenamos	ordenais	ordenam
Imperfect	ordenava	ordenavas	ordenava	ordenávamos	ordenáveis	ordenavam
Preterite	ordenei	ordenaste	ordenou	ordenamos1, ordenámos2	ordenastes	ordenaram
Pluperfect	ordenara	ordenaras	ordenara	ordenáramos	ordenáreis	ordenaram
Future	ordenarei	ordenarás	ordenará	ordenaremos	ordenareis	ordenarão
Conditional	ordenaria	ordenarias	ordenaria	ordenaríamos	ordenaríeis	ordenariam
Subjunctive
Present	ordene	ordenes	ordene	ordenemos	ordeneis	ordenem
Imperfect	ordenasse	ordenasses	ordenasse	ordenássemos	ordenásseis	ordenassem
Future	ordenar	ordenares	ordenar	ordenarmos	ordenardes	ordenarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ordena	ordene	ordenemos	ordenai	ordenem
Negative (não)		não ordenes	não ordene	não ordenemos	não ordeneis	não ordenem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• reordenar

Related terms

• ordeiro
• ordem
• ordenação
• ordenadamente
• ordenado
• ordenador
• ordenamento
• ordenança
• ordenável
• ordenhar
• ordinal
• ordinário

 

Further reading

• “ordenar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned term derived from Latin ōrdināre. Doublet of the inherited ordeñar (“milk”), with a specialized sense.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɾdeˈnaɾ/ [oɾ.ð̞eˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: or‧de‧nar

Verb

ordenar (first-person singular present ordeno, first-person singular preterite ordené, past participle ordenado)

1. to order

   Synonym: mandar

2. to sort
3. to sort through, to sort out, to collect
4. (religion) to ordain
5. to enjoin

   Synonym: imponer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ordenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ordenar
gerund			ordenando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ordenado		ordenada
		plural		ordenados		ordenadas
		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	ordeno	ordenastú ordenásvos	ordena	ordenamos	ordenáis	ordenan
	imperfect	ordenaba	ordenabas	ordenaba	ordenábamos	ordenabais	ordenaban
	preterite	ordené	ordenaste	ordenó	ordenamos	ordenasteis	ordenaron
	future	ordenaré	ordenarás	ordenará	ordenaremos	ordenaréis	ordenarán
	conditional	ordenaría	ordenarías	ordenaría	ordenaríamos	ordenaríais	ordenarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ordene	ordenestú ordenésvos2	ordene	ordenemos	ordenéis	ordenen
	imperfect (ra)	ordenara	ordenaras	ordenara	ordenáramos	ordenarais	ordenaran
	imperfect (se)	ordenase	ordenases	ordenase	ordenásemos	ordenaseis	ordenasen
	future1	ordenare	ordenares	ordenare	ordenáremos	ordenareis	ordenaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ordenatú ordenávos	ordene	ordenemos	ordenad	ordenen
	negative		no ordenes	no ordene	no ordenemos	no ordenéis	no ordenen

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

    Selected combined forms of ordenar

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 ordenar
	dative	ordenarme	ordenarte	ordenarle, ordenarse	ordenarnos	ordenaros	ordenarles, ordenarse
	accusative	ordenarme	ordenarte	ordenarlo, ordenarla, ordenarse	ordenarnos	ordenaros	ordenarlos, ordenarlas, ordenarse
with gerund ordenando
	dative	ordenándome	ordenándote	ordenándole, ordenándose	ordenándonos	ordenándoos	ordenándoles, ordenándose
	accusative	ordenándome	ordenándote	ordenándolo, ordenándola, ordenándose	ordenándonos	ordenándoos	ordenándolos, ordenándolas, ordenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ordena
	dative	ordéname	ordénate	ordénale	ordénanos	not used	ordénales
	accusative	ordéname	ordénate	ordénalo, ordénala	ordénanos	not used	ordénalos, ordénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ordená
	dative	ordename	ordenate	ordenale	ordenanos	not used	ordenales
	accusative	ordename	ordenate	ordenalo, ordenala	ordenanos	not used	ordenalos, ordenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ordene
	dative	ordéneme	not used	ordénele, ordénese	ordénenos	not used	ordéneles
	accusative	ordéneme	not used	ordénelo, ordénela, ordénese	ordénenos	not used	ordénelos, ordénelas
with first-person plural imperative ordenemos
	dative	not used	ordenémoste	ordenémosle	ordenémonos	ordenémoos	ordenémosles
	accusative	not used	ordenémoste	ordenémoslo, ordenémosla	ordenémonos	ordenémoos	ordenémoslos, ordenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ordenad
	dative	ordenadme	not used	ordenadle	ordenadnos	ordenaos	ordenadles
	accusative	ordenadme	not used	ordenadlo, ordenadla	ordenadnos	ordenaos	ordenadlos, ordenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ordenen
	dative	ordénenme	not used	ordénenle	ordénennos	not used	ordénenles, ordénense
	accusative	ordénenme	not used	ordénenlo, ordénenla	ordénennos	not used	ordénenlos, ordénenlas, ordénense

Derived terms

• de ordeno y mando
• ordenamiento
• reordenar

 

Related terms

• orden
• ordenador

 

Further reading

• “ordenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16