serenar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin serēnāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.ɾeˈna(ʁ)/ [se.ɾeˈna(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: se‧re‧nar

Verb

serenar (first-person singular present sereno, first-person singular preterite serenei, past participle serenado)

1. to soothe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of serenar (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	serenar
Personal	serenar	serenares	serenar	serenarmos	serenardes	serenarem
Gerund
	serenando
Past participle
Masculine	serenado			serenados
Feminine	serenada			serenadas
Indicative
Present	sereno	serenas	serena	serenamos	serenais	serenam
Imperfect	serenava	serenavas	serenava	serenávamos	serenáveis	serenavam
Preterite	serenei	serenaste	serenou	serenamos1, serenámos2	serenastes	serenaram
Pluperfect	serenara	serenaras	serenara	serenáramos	serenáreis	serenaram
Future	serenarei	serenarás	serenará	serenaremos	serenareis	serenarão
Conditional	serenaria	serenarias	serenaria	serenaríamos	serenaríeis	serenariam
Subjunctive
Present	serene	serenes	serene	serenemos	sereneis	serenem
Imperfect	serenasse	serenasses	serenasse	serenássemos	serenásseis	serenassem
Future	serenar	serenares	serenar	serenarmos	serenardes	serenarem
Imperative
Affirmative		serena	serene	serenemos	serenai	serenem
Negative (não)		não serenes	não serene	não serenemos	não sereneis	não serenem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin serēnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɾeˈnaɾ/ [se.ɾeˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧re‧nar

Verb

serenar (first-person singular present sereno, first-person singular preterite serené, past participle serenado)

1. to soothe
2. (reflexive, of the weather) to clear up
3. (uncommon) to put (something) out in the cool, humid nighttime air
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 308:

     La sandía «serenada», es decir, expuesta abierta al sereno durante toda la noche, es remedio seguro para la ictericia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of serenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			serenar
gerund			serenando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		serenado		serenada
		plural		serenados		serenadas
		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	sereno	serenastú serenásvos	serena	serenamos	serenáis	serenan
	imperfect	serenaba	serenabas	serenaba	serenábamos	serenabais	serenaban
	preterite	serené	serenaste	serenó	serenamos	serenasteis	serenaron
	future	serenaré	serenarás	serenará	serenaremos	serenaréis	serenarán
	conditional	serenaría	serenarías	serenaría	serenaríamos	serenaríais	serenarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	serene	serenestú serenésvos2	serene	serenemos	serenéis	serenen
	imperfect (ra)	serenara	serenaras	serenara	serenáramos	serenarais	serenaran
	imperfect (se)	serenase	serenases	serenase	serenásemos	serenaseis	serenasen
	future1	serenare	serenares	serenare	serenáremos	serenareis	serenaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		serenatú serenávos	serene	serenemos	serenad	serenen
	negative		no serenes	no serene	no serenemos	no serenéis	no serenen

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

    Selected combined forms of serenar

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 serenar	dative	serenarme	serenarte	serenarle, serenarse	serenarnos	serenaros	serenarles, serenarse
	accusative	serenarme	serenarte	serenarlo, serenarla, serenarse	serenarnos	serenaros	serenarlos, serenarlas, serenarse
with gerund serenando	dative	serenándome	serenándote	serenándole, serenándose	serenándonos	serenándoos	serenándoles, serenándose
	accusative	serenándome	serenándote	serenándolo, serenándola, serenándose	serenándonos	serenándoos	serenándolos, serenándolas, serenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative serena	dative	seréname	serénate	serénale	serénanos	not used	serénales
	accusative	seréname	serénate	serénalo, serénala	serénanos	not used	serénalos, serénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative serená	dative	serename	serenate	serenale	serenanos	not used	serenales
	accusative	serename	serenate	serenalo, serenala	serenanos	not used	serenalos, serenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative serene	dative	seréneme	not used	serénele, serénese	serénenos	not used	seréneles
	accusative	seréneme	not used	serénelo, serénela, serénese	serénenos	not used	serénelos, serénelas
with first-person plural imperative serenemos	dative	not used	serenémoste	serenémosle	serenémonos	serenémoos	serenémosles
	accusative	not used	serenémoste	serenémoslo, serenémosla	serenémonos	serenémoos	serenémoslos, serenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative serenad	dative	serenadme	not used	serenadle	serenadnos	serenaos	serenadles
	accusative	serenadme	not used	serenadlo, serenadla	serenadnos	serenaos	serenadlos, serenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative serenen	dative	serénenme	not used	serénenle	serénennos	not used	serénenles, serénense
	accusative	serénenme	not used	serénenlo, serénenla	serénennos	not used	serénenlos, serénenlas, serénense

Related terms

• aserenar
• sereno

 

Further reading

• “serenar”, 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