significar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

Verb

significar (first-person singular indicative present significo, past participle significáu)

1. to mean, signify

Conjugation

Conjugation of significar

infinitive		significar
gerund		significando
past participle		m significáu, f significada, n significao, m pl significaos, f pl significaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	significo	signifiques	significa	significamos	significáis	signifiquen
	imperfect	significaba	significabes	significaba	significábemos, significábamos	significabeis, significabais	significaben
	preterite	signifiqué	significasti, signifiquesti	significó	signifiquemos	significastis, signifiquestis	significaron
	pluperfect	significare, significara	significares, significaras	significare, significara	significáremos, significáramos	significareis, significarais	significaren, significaran
	future	significaré	significarás	significará	significaremos	significaréis	significarán
	conditional	significaría	significaríes	significaría	significaríemos, significaríamos	significaríeis, significaríais	significaríen
subjunctive	present	signifique	signifiques, significas	signifique	signifiquemos	signifiquéis	signifiquen, significan
	imperfect	significare, significara	significares, significaras	significare, significara	significáremos, significáramos	significareis, significarais	significaren, significaran
imperative		—	significa	—	—	significái	—

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /siɡ.ni.fiˈkaɾ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, past participle significat)

1. to mean, to signify

   Si hi ha núvols al cel, significa que plourà. ― If there are clouds in the sky, it means that it's going to rain.

   Synonym: voler dir

Conjugation

Conjugation of significar (first conjugation)

infinitive			significar
present participle			significant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		significat		significada
		plural		significats		significades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	significo	signifiques	significa	signifiquem	signifiqueu	signifiquen
	imperfect	significava	significaves	significava	significàvem	significàveu	significaven
	future	significaré	significaràs	significarà	significarem	significareu	significaran
	preterite	signifiquí	significares	significà	significàrem	significàreu	significaren
	conditional	significaria	significaries	significaria	significaríem	significaríeu	significarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	signifiqui	signifiquis	signifiqui	signifiquem	signifiqueu	signifiquin
	imperfect	signifiqués	signifiquessis	signifiqués	signifiquéssim	signifiquéssiu	signifiquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	significa	signifiqui	signifiquem	signifiqueu	signifiquin

Derived terms

• significat

Related terms

• significació
• significant
• significatiu

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)

1. to mean, signify
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of significar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of significar

Conjugation

• Note: signific- are changed to signifiqu- before front vowels (e).

Conjugation of significar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	significar
personal	significar	significares	significar	significarmos	significardes	significaren
Gerund
	significando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	significado			significados
feminine	significada			significadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	significo	significas	significa	significamos	significades	significan
imperfect	significaba	significabas	significaba	significabamos	significabades	significaban
preterite	signifiquei	significaches	significou	significamos	significastes	significaron
pluperfect	significara	significaras	significara	significaramos	significarades	significaran
future	significarei	significarás	significará	significaremos	significaredes	significarán
conditional	significaría	significarías	significaría	significariamos	significariades	significarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	signifique	signifiques	signifique	signifiquemos	signifiquedes	signifiquen
preterite	significase	significases	significase	significásemos	significásedes	significasen
future	significar	significares	significar	significarmos	significardes	significaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vos	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	significa	signifique	signifiquemos	significade	signifiquen
negative	–	signifiques	signifique	signifiquemos	signifiquedes	signifiquen

Related terms

• significado
• signo

 

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Interlingua

Verb

significar

1. to mean; signify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of significar

infinitive		significar
participle		present	perfect
		significante	significate
active		simple	perfect
	present	significa	ha significate
	past	significava	habeva significate
	future	significara	habera significate
	conditional	significarea	haberea significate
	imperative	significa
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es significate	ha essite significate
	past	esseva significate	habeva essite significate
	future	essera significate	habera essite significate
	conditional	esserea significate	haberea essite significate
	imperative	sia significate

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

Verb

significar (first-person singular present indicative significo, past participle significado)

1. (transitive) to mean (to have a particular meaning)

   A palavra “livro” significa um conjunto de páginas ligadas. ― The word “book” means a collection of bound pages.

2. (transitive, often taking que and a subordinate clause) to mean; to signify (to indicate a consequence)

   Isso significa guerra. ― This means war.

3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of significar
4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of significar
5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of significar
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of significar

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb significar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter c is changed to qu depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ca-, -que- and -co-. Verbs with this conjugation include: brincar, buscar, pecar, trancar.
	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	significar
Personal	significar	significares	significar	significarmos	significardes	significarem
Gerund
	significando
Past participle
Masculine	significado			significados
Feminine	significada			significadas
Indicative
Present	significo	significas	significa	significamos	significais	significam
Imperfect	significava	significavas	significava	significávamos	significáveis	significavam
Preterite	signifiquei	significaste	significou	significamos significámos	significastes	significaram
Pluperfect	significara	significaras	significara	significáramos	significáreis	significaram
Future	significarei	significarás	significará	significaremos	significareis	significarão
Conditional
	significaria	significarias	significaria	significaríamos	significaríeis	significariam
Subjunctive
Present	signifique	signifiques	signifique	signifiquemos	signifiqueis	signifiquem
Imperfect	significasse	significasses	significasse	significássemos	significásseis	significassem
Future	significar	significares	significar	significarmos	significardes	significarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	significa	signifique	signifiquemos	significai	signifiquem
Negative (não)	-	signifiques	signifique	signifiquemos	signifiqueis	signifiquem

Related terms

• ressignificar
• significado
• significante
• significativo
• signo
• sinal

 

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre, present active infinitive of significō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɡnifiˈkaɾ/, [siɣ̞.ni.fiˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiqué, past participle significado)

1. to signify
2. to mean
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to stand out

   Synonym: distinguirse

   se significa por su inteligencia ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with en) to speak out, to assert (to voice one's opinion)

   significarse en contra de la guerra ― to speak out against the war

Conjugation

    Conjugation of significar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			significar
gerund			significando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		significado		significada
		plural		significados		significadas
		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	significo	significastú significásvos	significa	significamos	significáis	significan
	imperfect	significaba	significabas	significaba	significábamos	significabais	significaban
	preterite	signifiqué	significaste	significó	significamos	significasteis	significaron
	future	significaré	significarás	significará	significaremos	significaréis	significarán
	conditional	significaría	significarías	significaría	significaríamos	significaríais	significarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	signifique	signifiquestú signifiquésvos2	signifique	signifiquemos	signifiquéis	signifiquen
	imperfect (ra)	significara	significaras	significara	significáramos	significarais	significaran
	imperfect (se)	significase	significases	significase	significásemos	significaseis	significasen
	future1	significare	significares	significare	significáremos	significareis	significaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		significatú significávos	signifique	signifiquemos	significad	signifiquen
	negative		no signifiques	no signifique	no signifiquemos	no signifiquéis	no signifiquen

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

    Selected combined forms of significar (c-qu alternation)

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 significar
	dative	significarme	significarte	significarle, significarse	significarnos	significaros	significarles, significarse
	accusative	significarme	significarte	significarlo, significarla, significarse	significarnos	significaros	significarlos, significarlas, significarse
with gerund significando
	dative	significándome	significándote	significándole, significándose	significándonos	significándoos	significándoles, significándose
	accusative	significándome	significándote	significándolo, significándola, significándose	significándonos	significándoos	significándolos, significándolas, significándose
with informal second-person singular imperative significa
	dative	signifícame	signifícate	signifícale	signifícanos	not used	signifícales
	accusative	signifícame	signifícate	signifícalo, signifícala	signifícanos	not used	signifícalos, signifícalas
with formal second-person singular imperative signifique
	dative	signifíqueme	not used	signifíquele, signifíquese	signifíquenos	not used	signifíqueles
	accusative	signifíqueme	not used	signifíquelo, signifíquela, signifíquese	signifíquenos	not used	signifíquelos, signifíquelas
with first-person plural imperative signifiquemos
	dative	not used	signifiquémoste	signifiquémosle	signifiquémonos	signifiquémoos	signifiquémosles
	accusative	not used	signifiquémoste	signifiquémoslo, signifiquémosla	signifiquémonos	signifiquémoos	signifiquémoslos, signifiquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative significad
	dative	significadme	not used	significadle	significadnos	significaos	significadles
	accusative	significadme	not used	significadlo, significadla	significadnos	significaos	significadlos, significadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative signifiquen
	dative	signifíquenme	not used	signifíquenle	signifíquennos	not used	signifíquenles, signifíquense
	accusative	signifíquenme	not used	signifíquenlo, signifíquenla	signifíquennos	not used	signifíquenlos, signifíquenlas, signifíquense

Related terms

• significado
• significancia
• significante

 

Further reading

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