censurar

Catalan

Etymology

From censura +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sən.suˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sen.suˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: cen‧su‧rar
• Homophone: censurà (except Valencian)

Verb

censurar (first-person singular present censuro, first-person singular preterite censurí, past participle censurat)

1. (transitive) to censure
2. (transitive) to censor

Conjugation

    Conjugation of censurar (first conjugation)

infinitive			censurar
gerund			censurant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		censurat		censurada
		plural		censurats		censurades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	censuro	censures	censura	censurem	censureu	censuren
	imperfect	censurava	censuraves	censurava	censuràvem	censuràveu	censuraven
	future	censuraré	censuraràs	censurarà	censurarem	censurareu	censuraran
	preterite	censurí	censurares	censurà	censuràrem	censuràreu	censuraren
	conditional	censuraria	censuraries	censuraria	censuraríem	censuraríeu	censurarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	censuri	censuris	censuri	censurem	censureu	censurin
	imperfect	censurés	censuressis	censurés	censuréssim	censuréssiu	censuressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	censura	censuri	censurem	censureu	censurin
	negative (no)	—	no censuris	no censuri	no censurem	no censureu	no censurin

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θensuˈɾaɾ/ [θen.s̺uˈɾaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θensuˈɾaɾ/ [θen.s̺uˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sensuˈɾaɾ/ [sen.suˈɾaɾ]

 

• IPA^(key): /θɛnsuˈɾaɾ/ [θɛn.s̺uˈɾaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θɛnsuˈɾaɾ/ [θɛn.s̺uˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /sɛnsuˈɾaɾ/ [sɛn.suˈɾaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: cen‧su‧rar

Verb

censurar (first-person singular present censuro, first-person singular preterite censurei, past participle censurado)

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of censurar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	censurar
Personal	censurar	censurares	censurar	censurarmos	censurardes	censuraren
Gerund
	censurando
Past participle
Masculine	censurado			censurados
Feminine	censurada			censuradas
Indicative
Present	censuro	censuras	censura	censuramos	censurades	censuran
Imperfect	censuraba	censurabas	censuraba	censurabamos	censurabades	censuraban
Preterite	censurei	censuraches	censurou	censuramos	censurastes	censuraron
Pluperfect	censurara	censuraras	censurara	censuraramos	censurarades	censuraran
Future	censurarei	censurarás	censurará	censuraremos	censuraredes	censurarán
Conditional	censuraría	censurarías	censuraría	censurariamos	censurariades	censurarían
Subjunctive
Present	censure	censures	censure	censuremos	censuredes	censuren
Imperfect	censurase	censurases	censurase	censurásemos	censurásedes	censurasen
Future	censurar	censurares	censurar	censurarmos	censurardes	censuraren
Imperative
Affirmative		censura	censure	censuremos	censurade	censuren
Negative (non)		non censures	non censure	non censuremos	non censuredes	non censuren

    Reintegrated conjugation of censurar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	censurar
Personal	censurar	censurares	censurar	censurarmos	censurardes	censurarem
Gerund
	censurando
Past participle
Masculine	censurado			censurados
Feminine	censurada			censuradas
Indicative
Present	censuro	censuras	censura	censuramos	censurades, censurais	censuram
Imperfect	censurava	censuravas	censurava	censurávamos	censurávades, censuráveis, censurávais1	censuravam
Preterite	censurei	censuraste, censurache1	censurou	censuramos	censurastes	censurárom, censuraram
Pluperfect	censurara	censuraras	censurara	censuráramos	censurárades, censuráreis, censurárais1	censuraram
Future	censurarei	censurarás	censurará	censuraremos	censuraredes, censurareis	censurarám, censurarão
Conditional	censuraria	censurarias	censuraria	censuraríamos	censuraríades, censuraríeis, censuraríais1	censurariam
Subjunctive
Present	censure	censures	censure	censuremos	censuredes, censureis	censurem
Imperfect	censurasse	censurasses	censurasse	censurássemos	censurássedes, censurásseis	censurassem
Future	censurar	censurares	censurar	censurarmos	censurardes	censurarem
Imperative
Affirmative		censura	censure	censuremos	censurade, censurai	censurem
Negative (nom)		nom censures	nom censure	nom censuremos	nom censuredes, nom censureis	nom censurem

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “censurar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “censurar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto cenzuri, English censor, French censurer, German zensieren, Italian censurare, Russian цензури́ровать (cenzurírovatʹ), Spanish censurar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sensuˈrar/

Verb

censurar (present tense censuras, past tense censuris, future tense censuros, imperative censurez, conditional censurus)

1. (transitive) to censure
2. (transitive) to censor

Conjugation

Conjugation of censurar

		present		past		future
infinitive		censurar		censurir		censuror
tense		censuras		censuris		censuros
conditional		censurus		—		—
imperative		censurez		—		—
adjective active participle		censuranta		censurinta		censuronta
adverbial active participle		censurante		censurinte		censuronte
nominal active participle	singular	censuranto		censurinto		censuronto
	plural	censuranti		censurinti		censuronti
adjective passive participle		censurata		censurita		censurota
adverbial passive participle		censurate		censurite		censurote
nominal passive participle	singular	censurato		censurito		censuroto
	plural	censurati		censuriti		censuroti

Related terms

• censuro

Portuguese

Etymology

From censura +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽ.suˈɾa(ʁ)/ [sẽ.suˈɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.suˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.suˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽ.suˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: cen‧su‧rar

Verb

censurar (first-person singular present censuro, first-person singular preterite censurei, past participle censurado)

1. (transitive) to censure
2. (transitive) to censor

Conjugation

    Conjugation of censurar (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	censurar
Personal	censurar	censurares	censurar	censurarmos	censurardes	censurarem
Gerund
	censurando
Past participle
Masculine	censurado			censurados
Feminine	censurada			censuradas
Indicative
Present	censuro	censuras	censura	censuramos	censurais	censuram
Imperfect	censurava	censuravas	censurava	censurávamos	censuráveis	censuravam
Preterite	censurei	censuraste	censurou	censuramos1, censurámos2	censurastes	censuraram
Pluperfect	censurara	censuraras	censurara	censuráramos	censuráreis	censuraram
Future	censurarei	censurarás	censurará	censuraremos	censurareis	censurarão
Conditional	censuraria	censurarias	censuraria	censuraríamos	censuraríeis	censurariam
Subjunctive
Present	censure	censures	censure	censuremos	censureis	censurem
Imperfect	censurasse	censurasses	censurasse	censurássemos	censurásseis	censurassem
Future	censurar	censurares	censurar	censurarmos	censurardes	censurarem
Imperative
Affirmative		censura	censure	censuremos	censurai	censurem
Negative (não)		não censures	não censure	não censuremos	não censureis	não censurem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From censura +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θensuˈɾaɾ/ [θẽn.suˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sensuˈɾaɾ/ [sẽn.suˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cen‧su‧rar

Verb

censurar (first-person singular present censuro, first-person singular preterite censuré, past participle censurado)

1. (transitive) to censure
2. (transitive) to censor

Conjugation

    Conjugation of censurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			censurar
gerund			censurando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		censurado		censurada
		plural		censurados		censuradas
		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	censuro	censurastú censurásvos	censura	censuramos	censuráis	censuran
	imperfect	censuraba	censurabas	censuraba	censurábamos	censurabais	censuraban
	preterite	censuré	censuraste	censuró	censuramos	censurasteis	censuraron
	future	censuraré	censurarás	censurará	censuraremos	censuraréis	censurarán
	conditional	censuraría	censurarías	censuraría	censuraríamos	censuraríais	censurarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	censure	censurestú censurésvos2	censure	censuremos	censuréis	censuren
	imperfect (ra)	censurara	censuraras	censurara	censuráramos	censurarais	censuraran
	imperfect (se)	censurase	censurases	censurase	censurásemos	censuraseis	censurasen
	future1	censurare	censurares	censurare	censuráremos	censurareis	censuraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		censuratú censurávos	censure	censuremos	censurad	censuren
	negative		no censures	no censure	no censuremos	no censuréis	no censuren

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

    Selected combined forms of censurar

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 censurar	dative	censurarme	censurarte	censurarle, censurarse	censurarnos	censuraros	censurarles, censurarse
	accusative	censurarme	censurarte	censurarlo, censurarla, censurarse	censurarnos	censuraros	censurarlos, censurarlas, censurarse
with gerund censurando	dative	censurándome	censurándote	censurándole, censurándose	censurándonos	censurándoos	censurándoles, censurándose
	accusative	censurándome	censurándote	censurándolo, censurándola, censurándose	censurándonos	censurándoos	censurándolos, censurándolas, censurándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative censura	dative	censúrame	censúrate	censúrale	censúranos	not used	censúrales
	accusative	censúrame	censúrate	censúralo, censúrala	censúranos	not used	censúralos, censúralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative censurá	dative	censurame	censurate	censurale	censuranos	not used	censurales
	accusative	censurame	censurate	censuralo, censurala	censuranos	not used	censuralos, censuralas
with formal second-person singular imperative censure	dative	censúreme	not used	censúrele, censúrese	censúrenos	not used	censúreles
	accusative	censúreme	not used	censúrelo, censúrela, censúrese	censúrenos	not used	censúrelos, censúrelas
with first-person plural imperative censuremos	dative	not used	censurémoste	censurémosle	censurémonos	censurémoos	censurémosles
	accusative	not used	censurémoste	censurémoslo, censurémosla	censurémonos	censurémoos	censurémoslos, censurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative censurad	dative	censuradme	not used	censuradle	censuradnos	censuraos	censuradles
	accusative	censuradme	not used	censuradlo, censuradla	censuradnos	censuraos	censuradlos, censuradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative censuren	dative	censúrenme	not used	censúrenle	censúrennos	not used	censúrenles, censúrense
	accusative	censúrenme	not used	censúrenlo, censúrenla	censúrennos	not used	censúrenlos, censúrenlas, censúrense

Derived terms

• censurable

Related terms

• censura

Further reading

• “censurar”, 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