imaginar

See also: imaginär

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imāginārī, from imāginem (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.mə.ʒiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.ma.d͡ʒiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginí, past participle imaginat)

1. to imagine
2. to conceive
3. to think

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imaginar (first conjugation)

infinitive			imaginar
gerund			imaginant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		imaginat		imaginada
		plural		imaginats		imaginades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	imagino	imagines	imagina	imaginem	imagineu	imaginen
	imperfect	imaginava	imaginaves	imaginava	imaginàvem	imaginàveu	imaginaven
	future	imaginaré	imaginaràs	imaginarà	imaginarem	imaginareu	imaginaran
	preterite	imaginí	imaginares	imaginà	imaginàrem	imaginàreu	imaginaren
	conditional	imaginaria	imaginaries	imaginaria	imaginaríem	imaginaríeu	imaginarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	imagini	imaginis	imagini	imaginem	imagineu	imaginin
	imperfect	imaginés	imaginessis	imaginés	imaginéssim	imaginéssiu	imaginessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	imagina	imagini	imaginem	imagineu	imaginin
	negative (no)	—	no imaginis	no imagini	no imaginem	no imagineu	no imaginin

Related terms

• imaginable
• imaginació
• imaginari
• imaginària
• imaginatiu

Further reading

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English imagine, French imaginer, Italian immaginare, Spanish imaginar, ultimately from Latin imāginor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imaɡiˈnar/

Verb

imaginar (present tense imaginas, past tense imaginis, future tense imaginos, imperative imaginez, conditional imaginus)

1. (transitive) to imagine

   Synonym: fantaziar

Conjugation

Conjugation of imaginar

		present		past		future
infinitive		imaginar		imaginir		imaginor
tense		imaginas		imaginis		imaginos
conditional		imaginus		—		—
imperative		imaginez		—		—
adjective active participle		imaginanta		imagininta		imaginonta
adverbial active participle		imaginante		imagininte		imaginonte
nominal active participle	singular	imaginanto		imagininto		imaginonto
	plural	imaginanti		imagininti		imaginonti
adjective passive participle		imaginata		imaginita		imaginota
adverbial passive participle		imaginate		imaginite		imaginote
nominal passive participle	singular	imaginato		imaginito		imaginoto
	plural	imaginati		imaginiti		imaginoti

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

imaginar

1. to imagine

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagini	imaginas	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginavi	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginàvem	imaginàvetz	imaginavan
	preterite	imaginèri	imaginères	imaginèt	imaginèrem	imaginèretz	imaginèron
	future	imaginarai	imaginaràs	imaginarà	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginaràn
	conditional	imaginariái	imaginariás	imaginariá	imaginariam	imaginariatz	imaginarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
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	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginem	imaginetz	imaginen
	imperfect	imaginèssi	imaginèsses	imaginèsse	imaginèssem	imaginèssetz	imaginèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginem	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagine	imagines	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginon
	imperfect	imaginave	imaginaves	imaginava	imaginaviam	imaginaviatz	imaginavon
	preterite	imaginere	imagineres	imaginet	imaginem	imaginetz	imagineron
	future	imaginarai	imaginaràs	imaginará	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginarán
	conditional	imaginariá	imaginariás	imaginariá	imaginariam	imaginariatz	imaginarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
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	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginassiam	imaginassiatz	imaginon
	imperfect	imaginesse	imaginesses	imaginesse	imaginessiam	imaginessiatz	imaginesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginassiam	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagini	imaginas	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginavi	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginàvam	imaginàvatz	imaginavan
	preterite	imaginèi	imaginès	imaginè	imaginèm	imaginètz	imaginèn
	future	imaginarèi	imaginaràs	imaginarà	imaginaram	imaginaratz	imaginaràn
	conditional	imaginarí	imaginarés	imaginaré	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginarén
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
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	imagini	imagines	imagine	imaginem	imaginetz	imaginen
	imperfect	imaginèssi	imaginèsses	imaginèsse	imaginèssem	imaginèssetz	imaginèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginem	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagine	imaginas	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginava	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginàvam	imaginàvatz	imaginavan
	preterite	imaginei	imagineras	imaginet	imaginèram	imaginèratz	imagineran
	future	imaginarai	imaginaràs	imaginará	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginarán
	conditional	imaginariá	imaginariàs	imaginariá	imaginariam	imaginariatz	imaginarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
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	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginem	imaginetz	imaginen
	imperfect	imaginèsse	imaginèsses	imaginèsse	imaginèssem	imaginèssetz	imaginèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginem	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		imaginar			aver imaginat
gerund		imaginant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		imaginat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	imagine	imagines	imagina	imaginam	imaginatz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginavi	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginàvem	imaginàvetz	imaginavan
	preterite	imaginère	imaginères	imaginèt	imagineriam	imagineriatz	imaginèron
	future	imaginarai	imaginaràs	imaginarà	imaginarem	imaginaretz	imaginaràn
	conditional	imaginariáu	imaginariás	imaginariá	imaginariam	imaginariatz	imaginarián
	conditional 2nd form1	imaginèra	imaginèras	imaginèra	imagineram	imagineratz	imaginèran
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	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginem	imaginetz	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginèsse	imaginèsses	imaginèsse	imaginessiam	imaginessiatz	imaginèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			imagina		imaginem	imaginatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• imaginacion
• imaginatiu
• imatge

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imāginārī, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ma.ʒiˈna(ʁ)/ [i.ma.ʒiˈna(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mɐ.ʒiˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mɐ.ʒiˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mɐ.ʒiˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: i‧ma‧gi‧nar

Verb

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginei, past participle imaginado)

1. to imagine (all senses)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imaginar (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	imaginar
Personal	imaginar	imaginares	imaginar	imaginarmos	imaginardes	imaginarem
Gerund
	imaginando
Past participle
Masculine	imaginado			imaginados
Feminine	imaginada			imaginadas
Indicative
Present	imagino	imaginas	imagina	imaginamos	imaginais	imaginam
Imperfect	imaginava	imaginavas	imaginava	imaginávamos	imagináveis	imaginavam
Preterite	imaginei	imaginaste	imaginou	imaginamos1, imaginámos2	imaginastes	imaginaram
Pluperfect	imaginara	imaginaras	imaginara	imagináramos	imagináreis	imaginaram
Future	imaginarei	imaginarás	imaginará	imaginaremos	imaginareis	imaginarão
Conditional	imaginaria	imaginarias	imaginaria	imaginaríamos	imaginaríeis	imaginariam
Subjunctive
Present	imagine	imagines	imagine	imaginemos	imagineis	imaginem
Imperfect	imaginasse	imaginasses	imaginasse	imaginássemos	imaginásseis	imaginassem
Future	imaginar	imaginares	imaginar	imaginarmos	imaginardes	imaginarem
Imperative
Affirmative		imagina	imagine	imaginemos	imaginai	imaginem
Negative (não)		não imagines	não imagine	não imaginemos	não imagineis	não imaginem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French imaginaire, from Latin imaginarius. By surface analysis, imagina +‎ -ar.

Adjective

imaginar m or n (feminine singular imaginară, masculine plural imaginari, feminine and neuter plural imaginare)

1. imaginary

Declension

Declension of imaginar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	imaginar		imaginară		imaginari	imaginare
	definite	imaginarul		imaginara		imaginarii	imaginarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	imaginar		imaginare		imaginari	imaginare
	definite	imaginarului		imaginarei		imaginarilor	imaginarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin imāginārī, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imaxiˈnaɾ/ [i.ma.xiˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: i‧ma‧gi‧nar

Verb

imaginar (first-person singular present imagino, first-person singular preterite imaginé, past participle imaginado)

1. to imagine

   Imagínate. ― Go figure.

   Bien, imagínate eso. ― Well, imagine that.

2. (reflexive) to imagine, to suppose

   Synonym: suponer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of imaginar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			imaginar
gerund			imaginando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		imaginado		imaginada
		plural		imaginados		imaginadas
		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	imagino	imaginastú imaginásvos	imagina	imaginamos	imagináis	imaginan
	imperfect	imaginaba	imaginabas	imaginaba	imaginábamos	imaginabais	imaginaban
	preterite	imaginé	imaginaste	imaginó	imaginamos	imaginasteis	imaginaron
	future	imaginaré	imaginarás	imaginará	imaginaremos	imaginaréis	imaginarán
	conditional	imaginaría	imaginarías	imaginaría	imaginaríamos	imaginaríais	imaginarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	imagine	imaginestú imaginésvos2	imagine	imaginemos	imaginéis	imaginen
	imperfect (ra)	imaginara	imaginaras	imaginara	imagináramos	imaginarais	imaginaran
	imperfect (se)	imaginase	imaginases	imaginase	imaginásemos	imaginaseis	imaginasen
	future1	imaginare	imaginares	imaginare	imagináremos	imaginareis	imaginaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		imaginatú imaginávos	imagine	imaginemos	imaginad	imaginen
	negative		no imagines	no imagine	no imaginemos	no imaginéis	no imaginen

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

    Selected combined forms of imaginar

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 imaginar	dative	imaginarme	imaginarte	imaginarle, imaginarse	imaginarnos	imaginaros	imaginarles, imaginarse
	accusative	imaginarme	imaginarte	imaginarlo, imaginarla, imaginarse	imaginarnos	imaginaros	imaginarlos, imaginarlas, imaginarse
with gerund imaginando	dative	imaginándome	imaginándote	imaginándole, imaginándose	imaginándonos	imaginándoos	imaginándoles, imaginándose
	accusative	imaginándome	imaginándote	imaginándolo, imaginándola, imaginándose	imaginándonos	imaginándoos	imaginándolos, imaginándolas, imaginándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative imagina	dative	imagíname	imagínate	imagínale	imagínanos	not used	imagínales
	accusative	imagíname	imagínate	imagínalo, imagínala	imagínanos	not used	imagínalos, imagínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative imaginá	dative	imaginame	imaginate	imaginale	imaginanos	not used	imaginales
	accusative	imaginame	imaginate	imaginalo, imaginala	imaginanos	not used	imaginalos, imaginalas
with formal second-person singular imperative imagine	dative	imagíneme	not used	imagínele, imagínese	imagínenos	not used	imagíneles
	accusative	imagíneme	not used	imagínelo, imagínela, imagínese	imagínenos	not used	imagínelos, imagínelas
with first-person plural imperative imaginemos	dative	not used	imaginémoste	imaginémosle	imaginémonos	imaginémoos	imaginémosles
	accusative	not used	imaginémoste	imaginémoslo, imaginémosla	imaginémonos	imaginémoos	imaginémoslos, imaginémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative imaginad	dative	imaginadme	not used	imaginadle	imaginadnos	imaginaos	imaginadles
	accusative	imaginadme	not used	imaginadlo, imaginadla	imaginadnos	imaginaos	imaginadlos, imaginadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative imaginen	dative	imagínenme	not used	imagínenle	imagínennos	not used	imagínenles, imagínense
	accusative	imagínenme	not used	imagínenlo, imagínenla	imagínennos	not used	imagínenlos, imagínenlas, imagínense

Related terms

• imagen
• imaginación
• imaginario
• imaginativo

Further reading

• “imaginar”, 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