humanar

Portuguese

Etymology

From humano + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.maˈna(ʁ)/ [u.maˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u.maˈna(ʁ)/ [u.maˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /u.maˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /u.maˈna(ʁ)/ [u.maˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /u.maˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.mɐˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.mɐˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /u.mɐˈna.ɾi/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ũ.mɐ̃ˈna(ɦ)/
• Hyphenation: hu‧man‧ar

Verb

humanar (first-person singular present humano, first-person singular preterite humanei, past participle humanado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to become human, humanize
2. (transitive, reflexive) to become compassionate, benevolent

Conjugation

    Conjugation of humanar (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	humanar
Personal	humanar	humanares	humanar	humanarmos	humanardes	humanarem
Gerund
	humanando
Past participle
Masculine	humanado			humanados
Feminine	humanada			humanadas
Indicative
Present	humano	humanas	humana	humanamos	humanais	humanam
Imperfect	humanava	humanavas	humanava	humanávamos	humanáveis	humanavam
Preterite	humanei	humanaste	humanou	humanamos1, humanámos2	humanastes	humanaram
Pluperfect	humanara	humanaras	humanara	humanáramos	humanáreis	humanaram
Future	humanarei	humanarás	humanará	humanaremos	humanareis	humanarão
Conditional	humanaria	humanarias	humanaria	humanaríamos	humanaríeis	humanariam
Subjunctive
Present	humane	humanes	humane	humanemos	humaneis	humanem
Imperfect	humanasse	humanasses	humanasse	humanássemos	humanásseis	humanassem
Future	humanar	humanares	humanar	humanarmos	humanardes	humanarem
Imperative
Affirmative		humana	humane	humanemos	humanai	humanem
Negative (não)		não humanes	não humane	não humanemos	não humaneis	não humanem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Synonyms

• amansar
• humanizar
• transumanar

Antonyms

• coisificar
• desapiedar
• desumanizar
• empedernir

Derived terms

• transumanar

Further reading

• “humanar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From humano + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umaˈnaɾ/ [u.maˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: hu‧ma‧nar

Verb

humanar (first-person singular present humano, first-person singular preterite humané, past participle humanado)

1. (transitive) to humanize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of humanar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			humanar
gerund			humanando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		humanado		humanada
		plural		humanados		humanadas
		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	humano	humanastú humanásvos	humana	humanamos	humanáis	humanan
	imperfect	humanaba	humanabas	humanaba	humanábamos	humanabais	humanaban
	preterite	humané	humanaste	humanó	humanamos	humanasteis	humanaron
	future	humanaré	humanarás	humanará	humanaremos	humanaréis	humanarán
	conditional	humanaría	humanarías	humanaría	humanaríamos	humanaríais	humanarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	humane	humanestú humanésvos2	humane	humanemos	humanéis	humanen
	imperfect (ra)	humanara	humanaras	humanara	humanáramos	humanarais	humanaran
	imperfect (se)	humanase	humanases	humanase	humanásemos	humanaseis	humanasen
	future1	humanare	humanares	humanare	humanáremos	humanareis	humanaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		humanatú humanávos	humane	humanemos	humanad	humanen
	negative		no humanes	no humane	no humanemos	no humanéis	no humanen

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

    Selected combined forms of humanar

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 humanar	dative	humanarme	humanarte	humanarle, humanarse	humanarnos	humanaros	humanarles, humanarse
	accusative	humanarme	humanarte	humanarlo, humanarla, humanarse	humanarnos	humanaros	humanarlos, humanarlas, humanarse
with gerund humanando	dative	humanándome	humanándote	humanándole, humanándose	humanándonos	humanándoos	humanándoles, humanándose
	accusative	humanándome	humanándote	humanándolo, humanándola, humanándose	humanándonos	humanándoos	humanándolos, humanándolas, humanándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative humana	dative	humáname	humánate	humánale	humánanos	not used	humánales
	accusative	humáname	humánate	humánalo, humánala	humánanos	not used	humánalos, humánalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative humaná	dative	humaname	humanate	humanale	humananos	not used	humanales
	accusative	humaname	humanate	humanalo, humanala	humananos	not used	humanalos, humanalas
with formal second-person singular imperative humane	dative	humáneme	not used	humánele, humánese	humánenos	not used	humáneles
	accusative	humáneme	not used	humánelo, humánela, humánese	humánenos	not used	humánelos, humánelas
with first-person plural imperative humanemos	dative	not used	humanémoste	humanémosle	humanémonos	humanémoos	humanémosles
	accusative	not used	humanémoste	humanémoslo, humanémosla	humanémonos	humanémoos	humanémoslos, humanémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative humanad	dative	humanadme	not used	humanadle	humanadnos	humanaos	humanadles
	accusative	humanadme	not used	humanadlo, humanadla	humanadnos	humanaos	humanadlos, humanadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative humanen	dative	humánenme	not used	humánenle	humánennos	not used	humánenles, humánense
	accusative	humánenme	not used	humánenlo, humánenla	humánennos	not used	humánenlos, humánenlas, humánense

Further reading

• “humanar”, 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