refinar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rə.fiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fiˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [re.fiˈna]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

refinar (first-person singular present refino, first-person singular preterite refiní, past participle refinat)

1. (transitive) to refine

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of refinar (first conjugation)

infinitive			refinar
gerund			refinant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refinat		refinada
		plural		refinats		refinades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refino	refines	refina	refinem	refineu	refinen
	imperfect	refinava	refinaves	refinava	refinàvem	refinàveu	refinaven
	future	refinaré	refinaràs	refinarà	refinarem	refinareu	refinaran
	preterite	refiní	refinares	refinà	refinàrem	refinàreu	refinaren
	conditional	refinaria	refinaries	refinaria	refinaríem	refinaríeu	refinarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refini	refinis	refini	refinem	refineu	refinin
	imperfect	refinés	refinessis	refinés	refinéssim	refinéssiu	refinessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	refina	refini	refinem	refineu	refinin
	negative (no)	—	no refinis	no refini	no refinem	no refineu	no refinin

Derived terms

• refinable
• refinació
• refinador
• refinament
• refinat
• refinatge
• refineria

Further reading

• “refinar”, 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
• “refinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “refinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “refinar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin re + finitus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fiˈna(ʁ)/ [he.fiˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fiˈna(ʁ)/ [he.fiˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fiˈna(ɾ)/ [he.fiˈna(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fiˈna(ʁ)/ [χe.fiˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fiˈna(ɻ)/ [he.fiˈna(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fiˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fiˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fiˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧fi‧nar

Verb

refinar (first-person singular present refino, first-person singular preterite refinei, past participle refinado)

1. to refine, purify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refinar (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	refinar
Personal	refinar	refinares	refinar	refinarmos	refinardes	refinarem
Gerund
	refinando
Past participle
Masculine	refinado			refinados
Feminine	refinada			refinadas
Indicative
Present	refino	refinas	refina	refinamos	refinais	refinam
Imperfect	refinava	refinavas	refinava	refinávamos	refináveis	refinavam
Preterite	refinei	refinaste	refinou	refinamos1, refinámos2	refinastes	refinaram
Pluperfect	refinara	refinaras	refinara	refináramos	refináreis	refinaram
Future	refinarei	refinarás	refinará	refinaremos	refinareis	refinarão
Conditional	refinaria	refinarias	refinaria	refinaríamos	refinaríeis	refinariam
Subjunctive
Present	refine	refines	refine	refinemos	refineis	refinem
Imperfect	refinasse	refinasses	refinasse	refinássemos	refinásseis	refinassem
Future	refinar	refinares	refinar	refinarmos	refinardes	refinarem
Imperative
Affirmative		refina	refine	refinemos	refinai	refinem
Negative (não)		não refines	não refine	não refinemos	não refineis	não refinem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• refinaria

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refiˈnaɾ/ [re.fiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧fi‧nar

Verb

refinar (first-person singular present refino, first-person singular preterite refiné, past participle refinado)

1. (transitive) to refine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			refinar
gerund			refinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refinado		refinada
		plural		refinados		refinadas
		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	refino	refinastú refinásvos	refina	refinamos	refináis	refinan
	imperfect	refinaba	refinabas	refinaba	refinábamos	refinabais	refinaban
	preterite	refiné	refinaste	refinó	refinamos	refinasteis	refinaron
	future	refinaré	refinarás	refinará	refinaremos	refinaréis	refinarán
	conditional	refinaría	refinarías	refinaría	refinaríamos	refinaríais	refinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	refine	refinestú refinésvos2	refine	refinemos	refinéis	refinen
	imperfect (ra)	refinara	refinaras	refinara	refináramos	refinarais	refinaran
	imperfect (se)	refinase	refinases	refinase	refinásemos	refinaseis	refinasen
	future1	refinare	refinares	refinare	refináremos	refinareis	refinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		refinatú refinávos	refine	refinemos	refinad	refinen
	negative		no refines	no refine	no refinemos	no refinéis	no refinen

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

    Selected combined forms of refinar

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 refinar	dative	refinarme	refinarte	refinarle, refinarse	refinarnos	refinaros	refinarles, refinarse
	accusative	refinarme	refinarte	refinarlo, refinarla, refinarse	refinarnos	refinaros	refinarlos, refinarlas, refinarse
with gerund refinando	dative	refinándome	refinándote	refinándole, refinándose	refinándonos	refinándoos	refinándoles, refinándose
	accusative	refinándome	refinándote	refinándolo, refinándola, refinándose	refinándonos	refinándoos	refinándolos, refinándolas, refinándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative refina	dative	refíname	refínate	refínale	refínanos	not used	refínales
	accusative	refíname	refínate	refínalo, refínala	refínanos	not used	refínalos, refínalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative refiná	dative	refiname	refinate	refinale	refinanos	not used	refinales
	accusative	refiname	refinate	refinalo, refinala	refinanos	not used	refinalos, refinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative refine	dative	refíneme	not used	refínele, refínese	refínenos	not used	refíneles
	accusative	refíneme	not used	refínelo, refínela, refínese	refínenos	not used	refínelos, refínelas
with first-person plural imperative refinemos	dative	not used	refinémoste	refinémosle	refinémonos	refinémoos	refinémosles
	accusative	not used	refinémoste	refinémoslo, refinémosla	refinémonos	refinémoos	refinémoslos, refinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative refinad	dative	refinadme	not used	refinadle	refinadnos	refinaos	refinadles
	accusative	refinadme	not used	refinadlo, refinadla	refinadnos	refinaos	refinadlos, refinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative refinen	dative	refínenme	not used	refínenle	refínennos	not used	refínenles, refínense
	accusative	refínenme	not used	refínenlo, refínenla	refínennos	not used	refínenlos, refínenlas, refínense

Derived terms

• refinación
• refinadera
• refinado
• refinador
• refinadura
• refinamiento

Further reading

• “refinar”, 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