rimar

Catalan

Etymology

From rima +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [riˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [riˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

rimar (first-person singular present rimo, first-person singular preterite rimí, past participle rimat)

1. to rhyme

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of rimar (first conjugation)

infinitive			rimar
gerund			rimant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rimat		rimada
		plural		rimats		rimades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rimo	rimes	rima	rimem	rimeu	rimen
	imperfect	rimava	rimaves	rimava	rimàvem	rimàveu	rimaven
	future	rimaré	rimaràs	rimarà	rimarem	rimareu	rimaran
	preterite	rimí	rimares	rimà	rimàrem	rimàreu	rimaren
	conditional	rimaria	rimaries	rimaria	rimaríem	rimaríeu	rimarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	rimi	rimis	rimi	rimem	rimeu	rimin
	imperfect	rimés	rimessis	rimés	riméssim	riméssiu	rimessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	rima	rimi	rimem	rimeu	rimin
	negative (no)	—	no rimis	no rimi	no rimem	no rimeu	no rimin

Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From rime +‎ -ar.

Noun

rimar m (definite singular rimaren, indefinite plural rimarar, definite plural rimarane)

1. a rhymer

   Synonym: rimsmed

References

• “rimar” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• mirar

Portuguese

Etymology

From rima + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈma.ɾi/

Verb

rimar (first-person singular present rimo, first-person singular preterite rimei, past participle rimado)

1. to rhyme

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rimar (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	rimar
Personal	rimar	rimares	rimar	rimarmos	rimardes	rimarem
Gerund
	rimando
Past participle
Masculine	rimado			rimados
Feminine	rimada			rimadas
Indicative
Present	rimo	rimas	rima	rimamos	rimais	rimam
Imperfect	rimava	rimavas	rimava	rimávamos	rimáveis	rimavam
Preterite	rimei	rimaste	rimou	rimamos1, rimámos2	rimastes	rimaram
Pluperfect	rimara	rimaras	rimara	rimáramos	rimáreis	rimaram
Future	rimarei	rimarás	rimará	rimaremos	rimareis	rimarão
Conditional	rimaria	rimarias	rimaria	rimaríamos	rimaríeis	rimariam
Subjunctive
Present	rime	rimes	rime	rimemos	rimeis	rimem
Imperfect	rimasse	rimasses	rimasse	rimássemos	rimásseis	rimassem
Future	rimar	rimares	rimar	rimarmos	rimardes	rimarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rima	rime	rimemos	rimai	rimem
Negative (não)		não rimes	não rime	não rimemos	não rimeis	não rimem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “rimar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rimar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “rimar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From rima + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riˈmaɾ/ [riˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ri‧mar

Verb

rimar (first-person singular present rimo, first-person singular preterite rimé, past participle rimado)

1. to rhyme

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rimar
gerund			rimando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rimado		rimada
		plural		rimados		rimadas
		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	rimo	rimastú rimásvos	rima	rimamos	rimáis	riman
	imperfect	rimaba	rimabas	rimaba	rimábamos	rimabais	rimaban
	preterite	rimé	rimaste	rimó	rimamos	rimasteis	rimaron
	future	rimaré	rimarás	rimará	rimaremos	rimaréis	rimarán
	conditional	rimaría	rimarías	rimaría	rimaríamos	rimaríais	rimarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rime	rimestú rimésvos2	rime	rimemos	riméis	rimen
	imperfect (ra)	rimara	rimaras	rimara	rimáramos	rimarais	rimaran
	imperfect (se)	rimase	rimases	rimase	rimásemos	rimaseis	rimasen
	future1	rimare	rimares	rimare	rimáremos	rimareis	rimaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rimatú rimávos	rime	rimemos	rimad	rimen
	negative		no rimes	no rime	no rimemos	no riméis	no rimen

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

    Selected combined forms of rimar

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 rimar	dative	rimarme	rimarte	rimarle, rimarse	rimarnos	rimaros	rimarles, rimarse
	accusative	rimarme	rimarte	rimarlo, rimarla, rimarse	rimarnos	rimaros	rimarlos, rimarlas, rimarse
with gerund rimando	dative	rimándome	rimándote	rimándole, rimándose	rimándonos	rimándoos	rimándoles, rimándose
	accusative	rimándome	rimándote	rimándolo, rimándola, rimándose	rimándonos	rimándoos	rimándolos, rimándolas, rimándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative rima	dative	rímame	rímate	rímale	rímanos	not used	rímales
	accusative	rímame	rímate	rímalo, rímala	rímanos	not used	rímalos, rímalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative rimá	dative	rimame	rimate	rimale	rimanos	not used	rimales
	accusative	rimame	rimate	rimalo, rimala	rimanos	not used	rimalos, rimalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rime	dative	rímeme	not used	rímele, rímese	rímenos	not used	rímeles
	accusative	rímeme	not used	rímelo, rímela, rímese	rímenos	not used	rímelos, rímelas
with first-person plural imperative rimemos	dative	not used	rimémoste	rimémosle	rimémonos	rimémoos	rimémosles
	accusative	not used	rimémoste	rimémoslo, rimémosla	rimémonos	rimémoos	rimémoslos, rimémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rimad	dative	rimadme	not used	rimadle	rimadnos	rimaos	rimadles
	accusative	rimadme	not used	rimadlo, rimadla	rimadnos	rimaos	rimadlos, rimadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rimen	dative	rímenme	not used	rímenle	rímennos	not used	rímenles, rímense
	accusative	rímenme	not used	rímenlo, rímenla	rímennos	not used	rímenlos, rímenlas, rímense

Related terms

• rima

Further reading

• “rimar”, 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