memorar

Ido

Etymology

From memoro (“memory”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memoˈrar/

Verb

memorar (present tense memoras, past tense memoris, future tense memoros, imperative memorez, conditional memorus)

1. to remember

Conjugation

Conjugation of memorar

		present		past		future
infinitive		memorar		memorir		memoror
tense		memoras		memoris		memoros
conditional		memorus		—		—
imperative		memorez		—		—
adjective active participle		memoranta		memorinta		memoronta
adverbial active participle		memorante		memorinte		memoronte
nominal active participle	singular	memoranto		memorinto		memoronto
	plural	memoranti		memorinti		memoronti
adjective passive participle		memorata		memorita		memorota
adverbial passive participle		memorate		memorite		memorote
nominal passive participle	singular	memorato		memorito		memoroto
	plural	memorati		memoriti		memoroti

Interlingua

Verb

memorar

1. to remember

Conjugation

    Conjugation of memorar

infinitive		memorar
participle		present	perfect
		memorante	memorate
active		simple	perfect
	present	memora	ha memorate
	past	memorava	habeva memorate
	future	memorara	habera memorate
	conditional	memorarea	haberea memorate
	imperative	memora
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es memorate	ha essite memorate
	past	esseva memorate	habeva essite memorate
	future	essera memorate	habera essite memorate
	conditional	esserea memorate	haberea essite memorate
	imperative	sia memorate

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin memorāre. Doublet of lembrar, which was inherited.

Verb

memorar (first-person singular present memoro, first-person singular preterite memorei, past participle memorado)

1. to remember, to recall

   Synonyms: memoriar, recordar

2. to commemorate, celebrate

   Synonyms: comemorar, celebrar, festejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of memorar (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	memorar
Personal	memorar	memorares	memorar	memorarmos	memorardes	memorarem
Gerund
	memorando
Past participle
Masculine	memorado			memorados
Feminine	memorada			memoradas
Indicative
Present	memoro	memoras	memora	memoramos	memorais	memoram
Imperfect	memorava	memoravas	memorava	memorávamos	memoráveis	memoravam
Preterite	memorei	memoraste	memorou	memoramos1, memorámos2	memorastes	memoraram
Pluperfect	memorara	memoraras	memorara	memoráramos	memoráreis	memoraram
Future	memorarei	memorarás	memorará	memoraremos	memorareis	memorarão
Conditional	memoraria	memorarias	memoraria	memoraríamos	memoraríeis	memorariam
Subjunctive
Present	memore	memores	memore	memoremos	memoreis	memorem
Imperfect	memorasse	memorasses	memorasse	memorássemos	memorásseis	memorassem
Future	memorar	memorares	memorar	memorarmos	memorardes	memorarem
Imperative
Affirmative		memora	memore	memoremos	memorai	memorem
Negative (não)		não memores	não memore	não memoremos	não memoreis	não memorem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• memorável
• memória

Further reading

• “memorar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “memorar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “memorar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “memorar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “memorar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “memorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /memoˈɾaɾ/ [me.moˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧mo‧rar

Verb

memorar (first-person singular present memoro, first-person singular preterite memoré, past participle memorado)

1. Alternative form of rememorar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of memorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			memorar
gerund			memorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		memorado		memorada
		plural		memorados		memoradas
		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	memoro	memorastú memorásvos	memora	memoramos	memoráis	memoran
	imperfect	memoraba	memorabas	memoraba	memorábamos	memorabais	memoraban
	preterite	memoré	memoraste	memoró	memoramos	memorasteis	memoraron
	future	memoraré	memorarás	memorará	memoraremos	memoraréis	memorarán
	conditional	memoraría	memorarías	memoraría	memoraríamos	memoraríais	memorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	memore	memorestú memorésvos2	memore	memoremos	memoréis	memoren
	imperfect (ra)	memorara	memoraras	memorara	memoráramos	memorarais	memoraran
	imperfect (se)	memorase	memorases	memorase	memorásemos	memoraseis	memorasen
	future1	memorare	memorares	memorare	memoráremos	memorareis	memoraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		memoratú memorávos	memore	memoremos	memorad	memoren
	negative		no memores	no memore	no memoremos	no memoréis	no memoren

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

    Selected combined forms of memorar

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 memorar	dative	memorarme	memorarte	memorarle, memorarse	memorarnos	memoraros	memorarles, memorarse
	accusative	memorarme	memorarte	memorarlo, memorarla, memorarse	memorarnos	memoraros	memorarlos, memorarlas, memorarse
with gerund memorando	dative	memorándome	memorándote	memorándole, memorándose	memorándonos	memorándoos	memorándoles, memorándose
	accusative	memorándome	memorándote	memorándolo, memorándola, memorándose	memorándonos	memorándoos	memorándolos, memorándolas, memorándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative memora	dative	memórame	memórate	memórale	memóranos	not used	memórales
	accusative	memórame	memórate	memóralo, memórala	memóranos	not used	memóralos, memóralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative memorá	dative	memorame	memorate	memorale	memoranos	not used	memorales
	accusative	memorame	memorate	memoralo, memorala	memoranos	not used	memoralos, memoralas
with formal second-person singular imperative memore	dative	memóreme	not used	memórele, memórese	memórenos	not used	memóreles
	accusative	memóreme	not used	memórelo, memórela, memórese	memórenos	not used	memórelos, memórelas
with first-person plural imperative memoremos	dative	not used	memorémoste	memorémosle	memorémonos	memorémoos	memorémosles
	accusative	not used	memorémoste	memorémoslo, memorémosla	memorémonos	memorémoos	memorémoslos, memorémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative memorad	dative	memoradme	not used	memoradle	memoradnos	memoraos	memoradles
	accusative	memoradme	not used	memoradlo, memoradla	memoradnos	memoraos	memoradlos, memoradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative memoren	dative	memórenme	not used	memórenle	memórennos	not used	memórenles, memórense
	accusative	memórenme	not used	memórenlo, memórenla	memórennos	not used	memórenlos, memórenlas, memórense

Further reading

• “memorar”, 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