geminar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ʒə.miˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒe.miˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ʒe.miˈna]

Verb

geminar (first-person singular present gemino, first-person singular preterite geminí, past participle geminat)

1. to geminate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of geminar (first conjugation)

infinitive			geminar
gerund			geminant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		geminat		geminada
		plural		geminats		geminades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gemino	gemines	gemina	geminem	gemineu	geminen
	imperfect	geminava	geminaves	geminava	geminàvem	geminàveu	geminaven
	future	geminaré	geminaràs	geminarà	geminarem	geminareu	geminaran
	preterite	geminí	geminares	geminà	geminàrem	geminàreu	geminaren
	conditional	geminaria	geminaries	geminaria	geminaríem	geminaríeu	geminarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	gemini	geminis	gemini	geminem	gemineu	geminin
	imperfect	geminés	geminessis	geminés	geminéssim	geminéssiu	geminessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	gemina	gemini	geminem	gemineu	geminin
	negative (no)	—	no geminis	no gemini	no geminem	no gemineu	no geminin

Related terms

• ela geminada
• geminació

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “geminar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “geminar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “geminar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gemināre (“repeat, double”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xemiˈnaɾ/ [xe.miˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ge‧mi‧nar

Verb

geminar (first-person singular present gemino, first-person singular preterite geminé, past participle geminado)

1. to geminate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of geminar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			geminar
gerund			geminando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		geminado		geminada
		plural		geminados		geminadas
		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	gemino	geminastú geminásvos	gemina	geminamos	gemináis	geminan
	imperfect	geminaba	geminabas	geminaba	geminábamos	geminabais	geminaban
	preterite	geminé	geminaste	geminó	geminamos	geminasteis	geminaron
	future	geminaré	geminarás	geminará	geminaremos	geminaréis	geminarán
	conditional	geminaría	geminarías	geminaría	geminaríamos	geminaríais	geminarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gemine	geminestú geminésvos2	gemine	geminemos	geminéis	geminen
	imperfect (ra)	geminara	geminaras	geminara	gemináramos	geminarais	geminaran
	imperfect (se)	geminase	geminases	geminase	geminásemos	geminaseis	geminasen
	future1	geminare	geminares	geminare	gemináremos	geminareis	geminaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		geminatú geminávos	gemine	geminemos	geminad	geminen
	negative		no gemines	no gemine	no geminemos	no geminéis	no geminen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

• geminación

Further reading

• “geminar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025