limar

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese limar (“to file”).

Noun

limar

1. file (for iron)

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Faroese

Noun

limar

1. indefinite genitive singular of limur

Galician

Etymology

From Latin līmāre.

Verb

limar (first-person singular present limo, first-person singular preterite limei, past participle limado)

1. to file (with a file or rasp)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of limar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	limar
Personal	limar	limares	limar	limarmos	limardes	limaren
Gerund
	limando
Past participle
Masculine	limado			limados
Feminine	limada			limadas
Indicative
Present	limo	limas	lima	limamos	limades	liman
Imperfect	limaba	limabas	limaba	limabamos	limabades	limaban
Preterite	limei	limaches	limou	limamos	limastes	limaron
Pluperfect	limara	limaras	limara	limaramos	limarades	limaran
Future	limarei	limarás	limará	limaremos	limaredes	limarán
Conditional	limaría	limarías	limaría	limariamos	limariades	limarían
Subjunctive
Present	lime	limes	lime	limemos	limedes	limen
Imperfect	limase	limases	limase	limásemos	limásedes	limasen
Future	limar	limares	limar	limarmos	limardes	limaren
Imperative
Affirmative		lima	lime	limemos	limade	limen
Negative (non)		non limes	non lime	non limemos	non limedes	non limen

    Reintegrated conjugation of limar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	limar
Personal	limar	limares	limar	limarmos	limardes	limarem
Gerund
	limando
Past participle
Masculine	limado			limados
Feminine	limada			limadas
Indicative
Present	limo	limas	lima	limamos	limades, limais	limam
Imperfect	limava	limavas	limava	limávamos	limávades, limáveis, limávais1	limavam
Preterite	limei	limaste, limache1	limou	limamos	limastes	limárom, limaram
Pluperfect	limara	limaras	limara	limáramos	limárades, limáreis, limárais1	limaram
Future	limarei	limarás	limará	limaremos	limaredes, limareis	limarám, limarão
Conditional	limaria	limarias	limaria	limaríamos	limaríades, limaríeis, limaríais1	limariam
Subjunctive
Present	lime	limes	lime	limemos	limedes, limeis	limem
Imperfect	limasse	limasses	limasse	limássemos	limássedes, limásseis	limassem
Future	limar	limares	limar	limarmos	limardes	limarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lima	lime	limemos	limade, limai	limem
Negative (nom)		nom limes	nom lime	nom limemos	nom limedes, nom limeis	nom limem

¹Less recommended.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²liː.mɑr/

Etymology 1

Noun

limar m

1. definite plural of lime

Etymology 2

Verb

limar

1. (non-standard since 2012) present tense of lime

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /liˈma.ɾi/

Verb

limar (first-person singular present limo, first-person singular preterite limei, past participle limado)

1. (transitive) to file (to smooth with a file)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of limar (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	limar
Personal	limar	limares	limar	limarmos	limardes	limarem
Gerund
	limando
Past participle
Masculine	limado			limados
Feminine	limada			limadas
Indicative
Present	limo	limas	lima	limamos	limais	limam
Imperfect	limava	limavas	limava	limávamos	limáveis	limavam
Preterite	limei	limaste	limou	limamos1, limámos2	limastes	limaram
Pluperfect	limara	limaras	limara	limáramos	limáreis	limaram
Future	limarei	limarás	limará	limaremos	limareis	limarão
Conditional	limaria	limarias	limaria	limaríamos	limaríeis	limariam
Subjunctive
Present	lime	limes	lime	limemos	limeis	limem
Imperfect	limasse	limasses	limasse	limássemos	limásseis	limassem
Future	limar	limares	limar	limarmos	limardes	limarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lima	lime	limemos	limai	limem
Negative (não)		não limes	não lime	não limemos	não limeis	não limem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• lima

Descendants

• → Ambonese Malay: limar

Further reading

• “limar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “limar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From lim.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lîmaːr/
• Hyphenation: li‧mar

Noun

lȉmār m anim (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ма̄р)

1. tinsmith, tinman, tinner

Declension

Declension of limar

	singular	plural
nominative	limar	limari
genitive	limara	limara
dative	limaru	limarima
accusative	limara	limare
vocative	limaru	limari
locative	limaru	limarima
instrumental	limarom	limarima

Further reading

• “limar”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin līmāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liˈmaɾ/ [liˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: li‧mar

Verb

limar (first-person singular present limo, first-person singular preterite limé, past participle limado)

1. to file (with a file or rasp)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of limar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			limar
gerund			limando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		limado		limada
		plural		limados		limadas
		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	limo	limastú limásvos	lima	limamos	limáis	liman
	imperfect	limaba	limabas	limaba	limábamos	limabais	limaban
	preterite	limé	limaste	limó	limamos	limasteis	limaron
	future	limaré	limarás	limará	limaremos	limaréis	limarán
	conditional	limaría	limarías	limaría	limaríamos	limaríais	limarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lime	limestú limésvos2	lime	limemos	liméis	limen
	imperfect (ra)	limara	limaras	limara	limáramos	limarais	limaran
	imperfect (se)	limase	limases	limase	limásemos	limaseis	limasen
	future1	limare	limares	limare	limáremos	limareis	limaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		limatú limávos	lime	limemos	limad	limen
	negative		no limes	no lime	no limemos	no liméis	no limen

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

    Selected combined forms of limar

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 limar	dative	limarme	limarte	limarle, limarse	limarnos	limaros	limarles, limarse
	accusative	limarme	limarte	limarlo, limarla, limarse	limarnos	limaros	limarlos, limarlas, limarse
with gerund limando	dative	limándome	limándote	limándole, limándose	limándonos	limándoos	limándoles, limándose
	accusative	limándome	limándote	limándolo, limándola, limándose	limándonos	limándoos	limándolos, limándolas, limándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative lima	dative	límame	límate	límale	límanos	not used	límales
	accusative	límame	límate	límalo, límala	límanos	not used	límalos, límalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative limá	dative	limame	limate	limale	limanos	not used	limales
	accusative	limame	limate	limalo, limala	limanos	not used	limalos, limalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lime	dative	límeme	not used	límele, límese	límenos	not used	límeles
	accusative	límeme	not used	límelo, límela, límese	límenos	not used	límelos, límelas
with first-person plural imperative limemos	dative	not used	limémoste	limémosle	limémonos	limémoos	limémosles
	accusative	not used	limémoste	limémoslo, limémosla	limémonos	limémoos	limémoslos, limémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative limad	dative	limadme	not used	limadle	limadnos	limaos	limadles
	accusative	limadme	not used	limadlo, limadla	limadnos	limaos	limadlos, limadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative limen	dative	límenme	not used	límenle	límennos	not used	límenles, límense
	accusative	límenme	not used	límenlo, límenla	límennos	not used	límenlos, límenlas, límense

Related terms

• lima f

See also

• afilar
• lijar
• pulir

Further reading

• “limar”, 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