divinar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English divine, French deviner, Italian indovinare, Spanish adivinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diviˈnar/

Verb

divinar (present divinas, past divinis, future divinos, conditional divinus, imperative divinez)

1. (transitive) to guess, divine

Conjugation

Conjugation of divinar

		present		past		future
infinitive		divinar		divinir		divinor
tense		divinas		divinis		divinos
conditional		divinus		—		—
imperative		divinez		—		—
adjective active participle		divinanta		divininta		divinonta
adverbial active participle		divinante		divininte		divinonte
nominal active participle	singular	divinanto		divininto		divinonto
	plural	divinanti		divininti		divinonti
adjective passive participle		divinata		divinita		divinota
adverbial passive participle		divinate		divinite		divinote
nominal passive participle	singular	divinato		divinito		divinoto
	plural	divinati		diviniti		divinoti

Derived terms

• divinajo (“puzzle, poser, riddle”)
• divinendo (“puzzle, poser, riddle”)

See also

• konjektar
• predicar

Interlingua

Verb

divinar

1. to guess, divine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divinar

infinitive		divinar
participle		present	perfect
		divinante	divinate
active		simple	perfect
	present	divina	ha divinate
	past	divinava	habeva divinate
	future	divinara	habera divinate
	conditional	divinarea	haberea divinate
	imperative	divina	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es divinate	ha essite divinate
	past	esseva divinate	habeva essite divinate
	future	essera divinate	habera essite divinate
	conditional	esserea divinate	haberea essite divinate
	imperative	sia divinate	—

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dīvīnāre (“to foresee, foretell, guess”) (compare French deviner, Italian divinare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dibiˈnaɾ/ [d̪i.β̞iˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: di‧vi‧nar

Verb

divinar (first-person singular present divino, first-person singular preterite diviné, past participle divinado)

1. (transitive, rare) to divine, foretell

   Synonym: adivinar

2. (transitive, rare) to guess

Conjugation

    Conjugation of divinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			divinar
gerund			divinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		divinado		divinada
		plural		divinados		divinadas
		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	divino	divinastú divinásvos	divina	divinamos	divináis	divinan
	imperfect	divinaba	divinabas	divinaba	divinábamos	divinabais	divinaban
	preterite	diviné	divinaste	divinó	divinamos	divinasteis	divinaron
	future	divinaré	divinarás	divinará	divinaremos	divinaréis	divinarán
	conditional	divinaría	divinarías	divinaría	divinaríamos	divinaríais	divinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	divine	divinestú divinésvos2	divine	divinemos	divinéis	divinen
	imperfect (ra)	divinara	divinaras	divinara	divináramos	divinarais	divinaran
	imperfect (se)	divinase	divinases	divinase	divinásemos	divinaseis	divinasen
	future1	divinare	divinares	divinare	divináremos	divinareis	divinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		divinatú divinávos	divine	divinemos	divinad	divinen
	negative		no divines	no divine	no divinemos	no divinéis	no divinen

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

Related terms

• adivinar
• divinador

Further reading

• “divinar”, 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