alienar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aliēnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.li.əˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.li.eˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

alienar (first-person singular present alieno, first-person singular preterite aliení, past participle alienat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to alienate
2. (transitive, law) to transfer, dispose of
3. (transitive) to estrange; to drive mad

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alienar (first conjugation)

infinitive			alienar
gerund			alienant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alienat		alienada
		plural		alienats		alienades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	alieno	alienes	aliena	alienem	alieneu	alienen
	imperfect	alienava	alienaves	alienava	alienàvem	alienàveu	alienaven
	future	alienaré	alienaràs	alienarà	alienarem	alienareu	alienaran
	preterite	aliení	alienares	alienà	alienàrem	alienàreu	alienaren
	conditional	alienaria	alienaries	alienaria	alienaríem	alienaríeu	alienarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	alieni	alienis	alieni	alienem	alieneu	alienin
	imperfect	alienés	alienessis	alienés	alienéssim	alienéssiu	alienessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aliena	alieni	alienem	alieneu	alienin
	negative (no)	—	no alienis	no alieni	no alienem	no alieneu	no alienin

Derived terms

• desalienar

Related terms

• • aliè
  • alienable
  • alienació
  • alienador
  • alienant
  • alienat

Further reading

• “alienar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alienar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “alienar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “alienar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Interlingua

Verb

alienar

1. to alienate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alienar

infinitive		alienar
participle		present	perfect
		alienante	alienate
active		simple	perfect
	present	aliena	ha alienate
	past	alienava	habeva alienate
	future	alienara	habera alienate
	conditional	alienarea	haberea alienate
	imperative	aliena
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es alienate	ha essite alienate
	past	esseva alienate	habeva essite alienate
	future	essera alienate	habera essite alienate
	conditional	esserea alienate	haberea essite alienate
	imperative	sia alienate

Related terms

• alienabile
• alienation
• alienator

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

alienar

1. to alienate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		alienar			aver alienat
gerund		alienant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alienat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alieni	alienas	aliena	alienam	alienatz	alienan
	imperfect	alienavi	alienavas	alienava	alienàvem	alienàvetz	alienavan
	preterite	alienèri	alienères	alienèt	alienèrem	alienèretz	alienèron
	future	alienarai	alienaràs	alienarà	alienarem	alienaretz	alienaràn
	conditional	alienariái	alienariás	alienariá	alienariam	alienariatz	alienarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alienèra	alienèras	alienèra	alieneram	alieneratz	alienèran
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	aliene	alienes	aliene	alienem	alienetz	alienen
	imperfect	alienèssi	alienèsses	alienèsse	alienèssem	alienèssetz	alienèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			aliena		alienem	alienatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		alienar			aver alienat
gerund		alienant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alienat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aliene	alienes	aliena	alienam	alienatz	alienon
	imperfect	alienave	alienaves	alienava	alienaviam	alienaviatz	alienavon
	preterite	alienere	alieneres	alienet	alienem	alienetz	alieneron
	future	alienarai	alienaràs	alienará	alienarem	alienaretz	alienarán
	conditional	alienariá	alienariás	alienariá	alienariam	alienariatz	alienarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alienèra	alienèras	alienèra	alieneram	alieneratz	alienèran
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	aliene	alienes	aliene	alienassiam	alienassiatz	alienon
	imperfect	alienesse	alienesses	alienesse	alienessiam	alienessiatz	alienesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			aliena		alienassiam	alienatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		alienar			aver alienat
gerund		alienant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alienat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	alieni	alienas	aliena	alienam	alienatz	alienan
	imperfect	alienavi	alienavas	alienava	alienàvam	alienàvatz	alienavan
	preterite	alienèi	alienès	alienè	alienèm	alienètz	alienèn
	future	alienarèi	alienaràs	alienarà	alienaram	alienaratz	alienaràn
	conditional	alienarí	alienarés	alienaré	alienarem	alienaretz	alienarén
	conditional 2nd form1	alienèra	alienèras	alienèra	alieneram	alieneratz	alienèran
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	alieni	alienes	aliene	alienem	alienetz	alienen
	imperfect	alienèssi	alienèsses	alienèsse	alienèssem	alienèssetz	alienèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			aliena		alienem	alienatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		alienar			aver alienat
gerund		alienant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alienat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aliene	alienas	aliena	alienam	alienatz	alienan
	imperfect	alienava	alienavas	alienava	alienàvam	alienàvatz	alienavan
	preterite	alienei	alieneras	alienet	alienèram	alienèratz	alieneran
	future	alienarai	alienaràs	alienará	alienarem	alienaretz	alienarán
	conditional	alienariá	alienariàs	alienariá	alienariam	alienariatz	alienarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alienèra	alienèras	alienèra	alieneram	alieneratz	alienèran
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	aliene	alienes	aliene	alienem	alienetz	alienen
	imperfect	alienèsse	alienèsses	alienèsse	alienèssem	alienèssetz	alienèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			aliena		alienem	alienatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		alienar			aver alienat
gerund		alienant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		alienat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aliene	alienes	aliena	alienam	alienatz	alienan
	imperfect	alienavi	alienavas	alienava	alienàvem	alienàvetz	alienavan
	preterite	alienère	alienères	alienèt	alieneriam	alieneriatz	alienèron
	future	alienarai	alienaràs	alienarà	alienarem	alienaretz	alienaràn
	conditional	alienariáu	alienariás	alienariá	alienariam	alienariatz	alienarián
	conditional 2nd form1	alienèra	alienèras	alienèra	alieneram	alieneratz	alienèran
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	aliene	alienes	aliene	alienem	alienetz	alienan
	imperfect	alienèsse	alienèsses	alienèsse	alienessiam	alienessiatz	alienèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			aliena		alienem	alienatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• alienacion

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin aliēnāre. Doublet of alhear, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈna(ʁ)/ [a.lɪ.eˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ljeˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈna(ʁ)/ [a.lɪ.eˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ljeˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈna(ɾ)/ [a.lɪ.eˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈna(ʁ)/ [a.lɪ.eˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ljeˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.eˈna(ɻ)/ [a.lɪ.eˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.ljeˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ljɛˈnaɾ/, /ɐ.ljɐˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ljɛˈnaɾ/, /ɐ.ljɐˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ljɛˈna.ɾi/, /ɐ.ljɐˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧e‧nar

Verb

alienar (first-person singular present alieno, first-person singular preterite alienei, past participle alienado)

1. (transitive) to alienate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alienar (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	alienar
Personal	alienar	alienares	alienar	alienarmos	alienardes	alienarem
Gerund
	alienando
Past participle
Masculine	alienado			alienados
Feminine	alienada			alienadas
Indicative
Present	alieno	alienas	aliena	alienamos	alienais	alienam
Imperfect	alienava	alienavas	alienava	alienávamos	alienáveis	alienavam
Preterite	alienei	alienaste	alienou	alienamos1, alienámos2	alienastes	alienaram
Pluperfect	alienara	alienaras	alienara	alienáramos	alienáreis	alienaram
Future	alienarei	alienarás	alienará	alienaremos	alienareis	alienarão
Conditional	alienaria	alienarias	alienaria	alienaríamos	alienaríeis	alienariam
Subjunctive
Present	aliene	alienes	aliene	alienemos	alieneis	alienem
Imperfect	alienasse	alienasses	alienasse	alienássemos	alienásseis	alienassem
Future	alienar	alienares	alienar	alienarmos	alienardes	alienarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aliena	aliene	alienemos	alienai	alienem
Negative (não)		não alienes	não aliene	não alienemos	não alieneis	não alienem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• alienação
• alienígena
• alheio

Further reading

• “alienar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “alienar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “alienar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “alienar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “alienar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “alienar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aliēnāre. Near-doublet of enajenar (ignoring the prefix en-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aljeˈnaɾ/ [a.ljeˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧lie‧nar

Verb

alienar (first-person singular present alieno, first-person singular preterite aliené, past participle alienado)

1. (transitive) to alienate

   Synonym: enajenar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alienar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			alienar
gerund			alienando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		alienado		alienada
		plural		alienados		alienadas
		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	alieno	alienastú alienásvos	aliena	alienamos	alienáis	alienan
	imperfect	alienaba	alienabas	alienaba	alienábamos	alienabais	alienaban
	preterite	aliené	alienaste	alienó	alienamos	alienasteis	alienaron
	future	alienaré	alienarás	alienará	alienaremos	alienaréis	alienarán
	conditional	alienaría	alienarías	alienaría	alienaríamos	alienaríais	alienarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aliene	alienestú alienésvos2	aliene	alienemos	alienéis	alienen
	imperfect (ra)	alienara	alienaras	alienara	alienáramos	alienarais	alienaran
	imperfect (se)	alienase	alienases	alienase	alienásemos	alienaseis	alienasen
	future1	alienare	alienares	alienare	alienáremos	alienareis	alienaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		alienatú alienávos	aliene	alienemos	alienad	alienen
	negative		no alienes	no aliene	no alienemos	no alienéis	no alienen

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

    Selected combined forms of alienar

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 alienar	dative	alienarme	alienarte	alienarle, alienarse	alienarnos	alienaros	alienarles, alienarse
	accusative	alienarme	alienarte	alienarlo, alienarla, alienarse	alienarnos	alienaros	alienarlos, alienarlas, alienarse
with gerund alienando	dative	alienándome	alienándote	alienándole, alienándose	alienándonos	alienándoos	alienándoles, alienándose
	accusative	alienándome	alienándote	alienándolo, alienándola, alienándose	alienándonos	alienándoos	alienándolos, alienándolas, alienándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aliena	dative	aliéname	aliénate	aliénale	aliénanos	not used	aliénales
	accusative	aliéname	aliénate	aliénalo, aliénala	aliénanos	not used	aliénalos, aliénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aliená	dative	aliename	alienate	alienale	alienanos	not used	alienales
	accusative	aliename	alienate	alienalo, alienala	alienanos	not used	alienalos, alienalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aliene	dative	aliéneme	not used	aliénele, aliénese	aliénenos	not used	aliéneles
	accusative	aliéneme	not used	aliénelo, aliénela, aliénese	aliénenos	not used	aliénelos, aliénelas
with first-person plural imperative alienemos	dative	not used	alienémoste	alienémosle	alienémonos	alienémoos	alienémosles
	accusative	not used	alienémoste	alienémoslo, alienémosla	alienémonos	alienémoos	alienémoslos, alienémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative alienad	dative	alienadme	not used	alienadle	alienadnos	alienaos	alienadles
	accusative	alienadme	not used	alienadlo, alienadla	alienadnos	alienaos	alienadlos, alienadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alienen	dative	aliénenme	not used	aliénenle	aliénennos	not used	aliénenles, aliénense
	accusative	aliénenme	not used	aliénenlo, aliénenla	aliénennos	not used	aliénenlos, aliénenlas, aliénense

Derived terms

• alienado
• alienante

Related terms

• alienación

Further reading

• “alienar”, 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