intimar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intimāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [in.tiˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.tiˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

intimar (first-person singular present intimo, first-person singular preterite intimí, past participle intimat)

1. (transitive) to announce, declare
2. (transitive) to order, require

   Synonyms: ordenar, requerir

3. (intransitive) to become friendly [with amb ‘with’]

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of intimar (first conjugation)

infinitive			intimar
gerund			intimant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intimat		intimada
		plural		intimats		intimades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intimo	intimes	intima	intimem	intimeu	intimen
	imperfect	intimava	intimaves	intimava	intimàvem	intimàveu	intimaven
	future	intimaré	intimaràs	intimarà	intimarem	intimareu	intimaran
	preterite	intimí	intimares	intimà	intimàrem	intimàreu	intimaren
	conditional	intimaria	intimaries	intimaria	intimaríem	intimaríeu	intimarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	intimi	intimis	intimi	intimem	intimeu	intimin
	imperfect	intimés	intimessis	intimés	intiméssim	intiméssiu	intimessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	intima	intimi	intimem	intimeu	intimin
	negative (no)	—	no intimis	no intimi	no intimem	no intimeu	no intimin

Related terms

• íntim
• intimació

Further reading

• “intimar”, 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intimāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [ĩ.t͡ʃiˈma(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tiˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tiˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.tiˈma.ɾi/

Verb

intimar (first-person singular present intimo, first-person singular preterite intimei, past participle intimado)

1. (law) to summon (to order someone to appear in court)

   Synonym: convocar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intimar (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	intimar
Personal	intimar	intimares	intimar	intimarmos	intimardes	intimarem
Gerund
	intimando
Past participle
Masculine	intimado			intimados
Feminine	intimada			intimadas
Indicative
Present	intimo	intimas	intima	intimamos	intimais	intimam
Imperfect	intimava	intimavas	intimava	intimávamos	intimáveis	intimavam
Preterite	intimei	intimaste	intimou	intimamos1, intimámos2	intimastes	intimaram
Pluperfect	intimara	intimaras	intimara	intimáramos	intimáreis	intimaram
Future	intimarei	intimarás	intimará	intimaremos	intimareis	intimarão
Conditional	intimaria	intimarias	intimaria	intimaríamos	intimaríeis	intimariam
Subjunctive
Present	intime	intimes	intime	intimemos	intimeis	intimem
Imperfect	intimasse	intimasses	intimasse	intimássemos	intimásseis	intimassem
Future	intimar	intimares	intimar	intimarmos	intimardes	intimarem
Imperative
Affirmative		intima	intime	intimemos	intimai	intimem
Negative (não)		não intimes	não intime	não intimemos	não intimeis	não intimem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin intimāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intiˈmaɾ/ [ĩn̪.t̪iˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧ti‧mar

Verb

intimar (first-person singular present intimo, first-person singular preterite intimé, past participle intimado)

1. (transitive) to insist, order, command
2. (intransitive) to get close, to grow close

Conjugation

    Conjugation of intimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			intimar
gerund			intimando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		intimado		intimada
		plural		intimados		intimadas
		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	intimo	intimastú intimásvos	intima	intimamos	intimáis	intiman
	imperfect	intimaba	intimabas	intimaba	intimábamos	intimabais	intimaban
	preterite	intimé	intimaste	intimó	intimamos	intimasteis	intimaron
	future	intimaré	intimarás	intimará	intimaremos	intimaréis	intimarán
	conditional	intimaría	intimarías	intimaría	intimaríamos	intimaríais	intimarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	intime	intimestú intimésvos2	intime	intimemos	intiméis	intimen
	imperfect (ra)	intimara	intimaras	intimara	intimáramos	intimarais	intimaran
	imperfect (se)	intimase	intimases	intimase	intimásemos	intimaseis	intimasen
	future1	intimare	intimares	intimare	intimáremos	intimareis	intimaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		intimatú intimávos	intime	intimemos	intimad	intimen
	negative		no intimes	no intime	no intimemos	no intiméis	no intimen

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

    Selected combined forms of intimar

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 intimar	dative	intimarme	intimarte	intimarle, intimarse	intimarnos	intimaros	intimarles, intimarse
	accusative	intimarme	intimarte	intimarlo, intimarla, intimarse	intimarnos	intimaros	intimarlos, intimarlas, intimarse
with gerund intimando	dative	intimándome	intimándote	intimándole, intimándose	intimándonos	intimándoos	intimándoles, intimándose
	accusative	intimándome	intimándote	intimándolo, intimándola, intimándose	intimándonos	intimándoos	intimándolos, intimándolas, intimándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative intima	dative	intímame	intímate	intímale	intímanos	not used	intímales
	accusative	intímame	intímate	intímalo, intímala	intímanos	not used	intímalos, intímalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative intimá	dative	intimame	intimate	intimale	intimanos	not used	intimales
	accusative	intimame	intimate	intimalo, intimala	intimanos	not used	intimalos, intimalas
with formal second-person singular imperative intime	dative	intímeme	not used	intímele, intímese	intímenos	not used	intímeles
	accusative	intímeme	not used	intímelo, intímela, intímese	intímenos	not used	intímelos, intímelas
with first-person plural imperative intimemos	dative	not used	intimémoste	intimémosle	intimémonos	intimémoos	intimémosles
	accusative	not used	intimémoste	intimémoslo, intimémosla	intimémonos	intimémoos	intimémoslos, intimémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative intimad	dative	intimadme	not used	intimadle	intimadnos	intimaos	intimadles
	accusative	intimadme	not used	intimadlo, intimadla	intimadnos	intimaos	intimadlos, intimadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative intimen	dative	intímenme	not used	intímenle	intímennos	not used	intímenles, intímense
	accusative	intímenme	not used	intímenlo, intímenla	intímennos	not used	intímenlos, intímenlas, intímense

Derived terms

• intimatorio

Related terms

• intimación
• íntimo

Further reading

• “intimar”, 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