donar

See also: Donar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin donāre. Replaced older dar. Compare Occitan donar, French donner, Sicilian dunari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [doˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [doˈnaɾ]

• Audio:

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Verb

donar (first-person singular present dono, first-person singular preterite doní, past participle donat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to give

Conjugation

    Conjugation of donar (first conjugation)

infinitive			donar
gerund			donant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		donat		donada
		plural		donats		donades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	dono	dones	dona	donem	doneu	donen
	imperfect	donava	donaves	donava	donàvem	donàveu	donaven
	future	donaré	donaràs	donarà	donarem	donareu	donaran
	preterite	doní	donares	donà	donàrem	donàreu	donaren
	conditional	donaria	donaries	donaria	donaríem	donaríeu	donarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	doni	donis	doni	donem	doneu	donin
	imperfect	donés	donessis	donés	donéssim	donéssiu	donessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	dona	doni	donem	doneu	donin
	negative (no)	—	no donis	no doni	no donem	no doneu	no donin

Derived terms

• donable
• donada
• donant
• donar a conèixer
• donar a menjar
• donar la volta
• donar per descomptat
• donar volta
• donar voltes
• donar-se
• donar-se per vençut
• donat

Related terms

• adonar-se
• do
• donació
• donador
• donatari
• donatisme
• donatiu

Further reading

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

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dōnāre.

Verb

donar (ORB, broad)

1. to give

   Synonym: balyér (much more common)

References

• donar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 417: “donné” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “donare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 136

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto doni, from French donner, Italian donare, Spanish donar, from Latin dōnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈnar/

Verb

donar (present tense donas, past tense donis, future tense donos, imperative donez, conditional donus)

1. (transitive) to give

Conjugation

Conjugation of donar

		present		past		future
infinitive		donar		donir		donor
tense		donas		donis		donos
conditional		donus		—		—
imperative		donez		—		—
adjective active participle		donanta		doninta		dononta
adverbial active participle		donante		doninte		dononte
nominal active participle	singular	donanto		doninto		dononto
	plural	donanti		doninti		dononti
adjective passive participle		donata		donita		donota
adverbial passive participle		donate		donite		donote
nominal passive participle	singular	donato		donito		donoto
	plural	donati		doniti		donoti

Derived terms

• dono (“giving”)
• donajo (“gift”)
• donema (“generous”)
• donajo (“datum”)
• donaji (“data”)

See also

• donacar

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan donar, from Latin donāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

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Verb

donar

1. to give

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		donar			aver donat
gerund		donant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		donat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	dòni, doni	dònas, donas	dòna, dona	donam	donatz	dònan, donan
	imperfect	donavi	donavás	donava	donàvem	donàvetz	donavan
	preterite	donèri	donères	donèt	donèrem	donèretz	donèron
	future	donarai	donaràs	donarà	donarem	donaretz	donaràn
	conditional	donariái	donariás	donariá	donariam	donariatz	donarián
	conditional 2nd form1
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	dòne, done	dònes, dones	dòne, done	donem	donetz	dònen, donen
	imperfect	donèsse	donèsses	donèsse	donèssem	donèssetz	donèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			dòna, dona		donem	donatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old High German

Alternative forms

• thonar

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *þunr, whence also Old Saxon thunar, Old Frisian thuner, Old English þunor.

Noun

donar m

1. thunder

Declension

Declension of donar (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	donar	donara
accusative	donar	donara
genitive	donares	donaro
dative	donare	donarum
instrumental	donaru	—

Related terms

• Donar (“god of thunder”)

Descendants

• Middle High German: toner, doner
  • Central Franconian:

    Hunsrik: Dunner

    Luxembourgish: Donner

  • German: Donner
  • Rhine Franconian: Dunner

    Frankfurterisch: IPA [d̥onæ̆], (possible pre-1825 pronunciation) [d̥unæ̆]

  • Vilamovian: dunyn (likely a plural form of *duner)
  • Yiddish: דונער (duner)

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin donāre.

Verb

donar

1. to give

Descendants

• Occitan: donar

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “donāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 136

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dōnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈnaɾ/ [d̪oˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Bolivia):

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• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: do‧nar

Verb

donar (first-person singular present dono, first-person singular preterite doné, past participle donado)

1. to donate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of donar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			donar
gerund			donando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		donado		donada
		plural		donados		donadas
		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	dono	donastú donásvos	dona	donamos	donáis	donan
	imperfect	donaba	donabas	donaba	donábamos	donabais	donaban
	preterite	doné	donaste	donó	donamos	donasteis	donaron
	future	donaré	donarás	donará	donaremos	donaréis	donarán
	conditional	donaría	donarías	donaría	donaríamos	donaríais	donarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	done	donestú donésvos2	done	donemos	donéis	donen
	imperfect (ra)	donara	donaras	donara	donáramos	donarais	donaran
	imperfect (se)	donase	donases	donase	donásemos	donaseis	donasen
	future1	donare	donares	donare	donáremos	donareis	donaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		donatú donávos	done	donemos	donad	donen
	negative		no dones	no done	no donemos	no donéis	no donen

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

    Selected combined forms of donar

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 donar	dative	donarme	donarte	donarle, donarse	donarnos	donaros	donarles, donarse
	accusative	donarme	donarte	donarlo, donarla, donarse	donarnos	donaros	donarlos, donarlas, donarse
with gerund donando	dative	donándome	donándote	donándole, donándose	donándonos	donándoos	donándoles, donándose
	accusative	donándome	donándote	donándolo, donándola, donándose	donándonos	donándoos	donándolos, donándolas, donándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dona	dative	dóname	dónate	dónale	dónanos	not used	dónales
	accusative	dóname	dónate	dónalo, dónala	dónanos	not used	dónalos, dónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative doná	dative	doname	donate	donale	donanos	not used	donales
	accusative	doname	donate	donalo, donala	donanos	not used	donalos, donalas
with formal second-person singular imperative done	dative	dóneme	not used	dónele, dónese	dónenos	not used	dóneles
	accusative	dóneme	not used	dónelo, dónela, dónese	dónenos	not used	dónelos, dónelas
with first-person plural imperative donemos	dative	not used	donémoste	donémosle	donémonos	donémoos	donémosles
	accusative	not used	donémoste	donémoslo, donémosla	donémonos	donémoos	donémoslos, donémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative donad	dative	donadme	not used	donadle	donadnos	donaos	donadles
	accusative	donadme	not used	donadlo, donadla	donadnos	donaos	donadlos, donadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative donen	dative	dónenme	not used	dónenle	dónennos	not used	dónenles, dónense
	accusative	dónenme	not used	dónenlo, dónenla	dónennos	not used	dónenlos, dónenlas, dónense

Related terms

• donación
• donador
• donante

Descendants

• Papiamentu: duna

Further reading

• “donar”, 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

Swedish

Verb

donar

1. present indicative of dona

Anagrams

• andor, ordna, radon, rodna