aglutinar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agglūtināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɣlu.tiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ɣlu.tiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: a‧glu‧ti‧nar

Verb

aglutinar (first-person singular present aglutino, first-person singular preterite aglutiní, past participle aglutinat)

1. (transitive, linguistics, etc.) to agglutinate
2. (transitive) to join; bring together

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aglutinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			aglutinar
gerund			aglutinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aglutinat		aglutinada
		plural		aglutinats		aglutinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aglutino	aglutines	aglutina	aglutinem	aglutineu	aglutinen
	imperfect	aglutinava	aglutinaves	aglutinava	aglutinàvem	aglutinàveu	aglutinaven
	future	aglutinaré	aglutinaràs	aglutinarà	aglutinarem	aglutinareu	aglutinaran
	preterite	aglutiní	aglutinares	aglutinà	aglutinàrem	aglutinàreu	aglutinaren
	conditional	aglutinaria	aglutinaries	aglutinaria	aglutinaríem	aglutinaríeu	aglutinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aglutini	aglutinis	aglutini	aglutinem	aglutineu	aglutinin
	imperfect	aglutinés	aglutinessis	aglutinés	aglutinéssim	aglutinéssiu	aglutinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aglutina	aglutini	aglutinem	aglutineu	aglutinin
	negative (no)	—	no aglutinis	no aglutini	no aglutinem	no aglutineu	no aglutinin

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin agglūtināre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ɡlu.t͡ʃiˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ɡlu.t͡ʃiˈna(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡlu.tiˈnaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣlu.tiˈnaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡlu.tiˈnaɾ/ [ɐ.ɣlu.tiˈnaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɡlu.tiˈna.ɾi/ [ɐ.ɣlu.tiˈna.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧glu‧ti‧nar

Verb

aglutinar (first-person singular present aglutino, first-person singular preterite aglutinei, past participle aglutinado)

1. (transitive, of separate elements) to coalesce (join into a single mass)

   Synonym: coalescer

2. (transitive, of a whole or a unit) to coalesce (form from different elements)

   Synonym: coalescer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aglutinar (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	aglutinar
Personal	aglutinar	aglutinares	aglutinar	aglutinarmos	aglutinardes	aglutinarem
Gerund
	aglutinando
Past participle
Masculine	aglutinado			aglutinados
Feminine	aglutinada			aglutinadas
Indicative
Present	aglutino	aglutinas	aglutina	aglutinamos	aglutinais	aglutinam
Imperfect	aglutinava	aglutinavas	aglutinava	aglutinávamos	aglutináveis	aglutinavam
Preterite	aglutinei	aglutinaste	aglutinou	aglutinamos1, aglutinámos2	aglutinastes	aglutinaram
Pluperfect	aglutinara	aglutinaras	aglutinara	aglutináramos	aglutináreis	aglutinaram
Future	aglutinarei	aglutinarás	aglutinará	aglutinaremos	aglutinareis	aglutinarão
Conditional	aglutinaria	aglutinarias	aglutinaria	aglutinaríamos	aglutinaríeis	aglutinariam
Subjunctive
Present	aglutine	aglutines	aglutine	aglutinemos	aglutineis	aglutinem
Imperfect	aglutinasse	aglutinasses	aglutinasse	aglutinássemos	aglutinásseis	aglutinassem
Future	aglutinar	aglutinares	aglutinar	aglutinarmos	aglutinardes	aglutinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aglutina	aglutine	aglutinemos	aglutinai	aglutinem
Negative (não)		não aglutines	não aglutine	não aglutinemos	não aglutineis	não aglutinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• aglutinação
• aglutinina
• aglutinogênio
• aglutinoscópio
• aglutinante

Further reading

• “aglutinar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “aglutinar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “aglutinar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “aglutinar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “aglutinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “aglutinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agglūtināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡlutiˈnaɾ/ [a.ɣ̞lu.t̪iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧glu‧ti‧nar

Verb

aglutinar (first-person singular present aglutino, first-person singular preterite aglutiné, past participle aglutinado)

1. (transitive) to agglutinate
2. (transitive) to join; bring together

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aglutinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aglutinar
gerund			aglutinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aglutinado		aglutinada
		plural		aglutinados		aglutinadas
		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	aglutino	aglutinastú aglutinásvos	aglutina	aglutinamos	aglutináis	aglutinan
	imperfect	aglutinaba	aglutinabas	aglutinaba	aglutinábamos	aglutinabais	aglutinaban
	preterite	aglutiné	aglutinaste	aglutinó	aglutinamos	aglutinasteis	aglutinaron
	future	aglutinaré	aglutinarás	aglutinará	aglutinaremos	aglutinaréis	aglutinarán
	conditional	aglutinaría	aglutinarías	aglutinaría	aglutinaríamos	aglutinaríais	aglutinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aglutine	aglutinestú aglutinésvos2	aglutine	aglutinemos	aglutinéis	aglutinen
	imperfect (ra)	aglutinara	aglutinaras	aglutinara	aglutináramos	aglutinarais	aglutinaran
	imperfect (se)	aglutinase	aglutinases	aglutinase	aglutinásemos	aglutinaseis	aglutinasen
	future1	aglutinare	aglutinares	aglutinare	aglutináremos	aglutinareis	aglutinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aglutinatú aglutinávos	aglutine	aglutinemos	aglutinad	aglutinen
	negative		no aglutines	no aglutine	no aglutinemos	no aglutinéis	no aglutinen

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

    Selected combined forms of aglutinar

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 aglutinar	dative	aglutinarme	aglutinarte	aglutinarle, aglutinarse	aglutinarnos	aglutinaros	aglutinarles, aglutinarse
	accusative	aglutinarme	aglutinarte	aglutinarlo, aglutinarla, aglutinarse	aglutinarnos	aglutinaros	aglutinarlos, aglutinarlas, aglutinarse
with gerund aglutinando	dative	aglutinándome	aglutinándote	aglutinándole, aglutinándose	aglutinándonos	aglutinándoos	aglutinándoles, aglutinándose
	accusative	aglutinándome	aglutinándote	aglutinándolo, aglutinándola, aglutinándose	aglutinándonos	aglutinándoos	aglutinándolos, aglutinándolas, aglutinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aglutina	dative	aglutíname	aglutínate	aglutínale	aglutínanos	not used	aglutínales
	accusative	aglutíname	aglutínate	aglutínalo, aglutínala	aglutínanos	not used	aglutínalos, aglutínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aglutiná	dative	aglutiname	aglutinate	aglutinale	aglutinanos	not used	aglutinales
	accusative	aglutiname	aglutinate	aglutinalo, aglutinala	aglutinanos	not used	aglutinalos, aglutinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aglutine	dative	aglutíneme	not used	aglutínele, aglutínese	aglutínenos	not used	aglutíneles
	accusative	aglutíneme	not used	aglutínelo, aglutínela, aglutínese	aglutínenos	not used	aglutínelos, aglutínelas
with first-person plural imperative aglutinemos	dative	not used	aglutinémoste	aglutinémosle	aglutinémonos	aglutinémoos	aglutinémosles
	accusative	not used	aglutinémoste	aglutinémoslo, aglutinémosla	aglutinémonos	aglutinémoos	aglutinémoslos, aglutinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aglutinad	dative	aglutinadme	not used	aglutinadle	aglutinadnos	aglutinaos	aglutinadles
	accusative	aglutinadme	not used	aglutinadlo, aglutinadla	aglutinadnos	aglutinaos	aglutinadlos, aglutinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aglutinen	dative	aglutínenme	not used	aglutínenle	aglutínennos	not used	aglutínenles, aglutínense
	accusative	aglutínenme	not used	aglutínenlo, aglutínenla	aglutínennos	not used	aglutínenlos, aglutínenlas, aglutínense

Derived terms

• aglutinador
• aglutinamiento
• aglutinante

 

Related terms

• aglutinación

 

Further reading

• “aglutinar”, 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