lindar

Icelandic

Noun

lindar f

1. indefinite genitive singular of lind

Noun

lindar m

1. indefinite nominative plural of lindi

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lindar f

1. (non-standard since 1917) indefinite plural of lind

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin līmes

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin līmitāre

Portuguese lindar

Inherited from Latin līmitāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lĩˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lĩˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lĩˈda.ɾi/

Verb

lindar (first-person singular present lindo, first-person singular preterite lindei, past participle lindado)

1. (transitive) to demarcate
2. (intransitive) to border [with com]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lindar (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	lindar
Personal	lindar	lindares	lindar	lindarmos	lindardes	lindarem
Gerund
	lindando
Past participle
Masculine	lindado			lindados
Feminine	lindada			lindadas
Indicative
Present	lindo	lindas	linda	lindamos	lindais	lindam
Imperfect	lindava	lindavas	lindava	lindávamos	lindáveis	lindavam
Preterite	lindei	lindaste	lindou	lindamos1, lindámos2	lindastes	lindaram
Pluperfect	lindara	lindaras	lindara	lindáramos	lindáreis	lindaram
Future	lindarei	lindarás	lindará	lindaremos	lindareis	lindarão
Conditional	lindaria	lindarias	lindaria	lindaríamos	lindaríeis	lindariam
Subjunctive
Present	linde	lindes	linde	lindemos	lindeis	lindem
Imperfect	lindasse	lindasses	lindasse	lindássemos	lindásseis	lindassem
Future	lindar	lindares	lindar	lindarmos	lindardes	lindarem
Imperative
Affirmative		linda	linde	lindemos	lindai	lindem
Negative (não)		não lindes	não linde	não lindemos	não lindeis	não lindem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “lindar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lindar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /linˈdaɾ/ [lĩn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: lin‧dar

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin līmes

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin līmitāre

Spanish lindar

Inherited from Latin līmitāre. Doublet of limitar.

Verb

lindar (first-person singular present lindo, first-person singular preterite lindé, past participle lindado)

1. (intransitive) to abut

   Synonyms: colindar, limitar

2. (intransitive) to border

   Synonym: limitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lindar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lindar
gerund			lindando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lindado		lindada
		plural		lindados		lindadas
		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	lindo	lindastú lindásvos	linda	lindamos	lindáis	lindan
	imperfect	lindaba	lindabas	lindaba	lindábamos	lindabais	lindaban
	preterite	lindé	lindaste	lindó	lindamos	lindasteis	lindaron
	future	lindaré	lindarás	lindará	lindaremos	lindaréis	lindarán
	conditional	lindaría	lindarías	lindaría	lindaríamos	lindaríais	lindarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	linde	lindestú lindésvos2	linde	lindemos	lindéis	linden
	imperfect (ra)	lindara	lindaras	lindara	lindáramos	lindarais	lindaran
	imperfect (se)	lindase	lindases	lindase	lindásemos	lindaseis	lindasen
	future1	lindare	lindares	lindare	lindáremos	lindareis	lindaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lindatú lindávos	linde	lindemos	lindad	linden
	negative		no lindes	no linde	no lindemos	no lindéis	no linden

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

Etymology 2

From linde.

Noun

lindar m (plural lindares)

1. doorstep; threshold; stoop

   Synonym: umbral

Further reading

• “lindar”, 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

Swedish

Noun

lindar

1. indefinite plural of lind

Verb

lindar

1. present indicative of linda