nublar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin nūbilāre, from nūbilus, from nūbes (“cloud”). Doublet of nevoar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /nuˈbla(ʁ)/ [nuˈbla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈblaɾ/ [nuˈβlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈblaɾ/ [nuˈβlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈbla.ɾi/ [nuˈβla.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: nu‧blar

Verb

nublar (first-person singular present nublo, first-person singular preterite nublei, past participle nublado)

1. (intransitive) to become cloudy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nublar (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	nublar
Personal	nublar	nublares	nublar	nublarmos	nublardes	nublarem
Gerund
	nublando
Past participle
Masculine	nublado			nublados
Feminine	nublada			nubladas
Indicative
Present	nublo	nublas	nubla	nublamos	nublais	nublam
Imperfect	nublava	nublavas	nublava	nublávamos	nubláveis	nublavam
Preterite	nublei	nublaste	nublou	nublamos1, nublámos2	nublastes	nublaram
Pluperfect	nublara	nublaras	nublara	nubláramos	nubláreis	nublaram
Future	nublarei	nublarás	nublará	nublaremos	nublareis	nublarão
Conditional	nublaria	nublarias	nublaria	nublaríamos	nublaríeis	nublariam
Subjunctive
Present	nuble	nubles	nuble	nublemos	nubleis	nublem
Imperfect	nublasse	nublasses	nublasse	nublássemos	nublásseis	nublassem
Future	nublar	nublares	nublar	nublarmos	nublardes	nublarem
Imperative
Affirmative		nubla	nuble	nublemos	nublai	nublem
Negative (não)		não nubles	não nuble	não nublemos	não nubleis	não nublem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• nublado

Related terms

• nuvem

Spanish

Alternative forms

• anublar
• añublar (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin nūbilāre, from nūbilus, from nūbes (“cloud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuˈblaɾ/ [nuˈβ̞laɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: nu‧blar

Verb

nublar (first-person singular present nublo, first-person singular preterite nublé, past participle nublado)

1. (transitive) to cloud
2. (reflexive) to become cloudy

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nublar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			nublar
gerund			nublando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nublado		nublada
		plural		nublados		nubladas
		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	nublo	nublastú nublásvos	nubla	nublamos	nubláis	nublan
	imperfect	nublaba	nublabas	nublaba	nublábamos	nublabais	nublaban
	preterite	nublé	nublaste	nubló	nublamos	nublasteis	nublaron
	future	nublaré	nublarás	nublará	nublaremos	nublaréis	nublarán
	conditional	nublaría	nublarías	nublaría	nublaríamos	nublaríais	nublarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nuble	nublestú nublésvos2	nuble	nublemos	nubléis	nublen
	imperfect (ra)	nublara	nublaras	nublara	nubláramos	nublarais	nublaran
	imperfect (se)	nublase	nublases	nublase	nublásemos	nublaseis	nublasen
	future1	nublare	nublares	nublare	nubláremos	nublareis	nublaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nublatú nublávos	nuble	nublemos	nublad	nublen
	negative		no nubles	no nuble	no nublemos	no nubléis	no nublen

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

    Selected combined forms of nublar

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 nublar	dative	nublarme	nublarte	nublarle, nublarse	nublarnos	nublaros	nublarles, nublarse
	accusative	nublarme	nublarte	nublarlo, nublarla, nublarse	nublarnos	nublaros	nublarlos, nublarlas, nublarse
with gerund nublando	dative	nublándome	nublándote	nublándole, nublándose	nublándonos	nublándoos	nublándoles, nublándose
	accusative	nublándome	nublándote	nublándolo, nublándola, nublándose	nublándonos	nublándoos	nublándolos, nublándolas, nublándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative nubla	dative	núblame	núblate	núblale	núblanos	not used	núblales
	accusative	núblame	núblate	núblalo, núblala	núblanos	not used	núblalos, núblalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative nublá	dative	nublame	nublate	nublale	nublanos	not used	nublales
	accusative	nublame	nublate	nublalo, nublala	nublanos	not used	nublalos, nublalas
with formal second-person singular imperative nuble	dative	núbleme	not used	núblele, núblese	núblenos	not used	núbleles
	accusative	núbleme	not used	núblelo, núblela, núblese	núblenos	not used	núblelos, núblelas
with first-person plural imperative nublemos	dative	not used	nublémoste	nublémosle	nublémonos	nublémoos	nublémosles
	accusative	not used	nublémoste	nublémoslo, nublémosla	nublémonos	nublémoos	nublémoslos, nublémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative nublad	dative	nubladme	not used	nubladle	nubladnos	nublaos	nubladles
	accusative	nubladme	not used	nubladlo, nubladla	nubladnos	nublaos	nubladlos, nubladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative nublen	dative	núblenme	not used	núblenle	núblennos	not used	núblenles, núblense
	accusative	núblenme	not used	núblenlo, núblenla	núblennos	not used	núblenlos, núblenlas, núblense

Derived terms

• nublado
• nublarse la vista

Related terms

• nube
• nublo

Further reading

• “nublar”, 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