transitar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [tɾən.ziˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾan.ziˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [tɾan.ziˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

transitar (first-person singular present transito, first-person singular preterite transití, past participle transitat)

1. (intransitive) to travel, transit

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of transitar (first conjugation)

infinitive			transitar
gerund			transitant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		transitat		transitada
		plural		transitats		transitades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	transito	transites	transita	transitem	transiteu	transiten
	imperfect	transitava	transitaves	transitava	transitàvem	transitàveu	transitaven
	future	transitaré	transitaràs	transitarà	transitarem	transitareu	transitaran
	preterite	transití	transitares	transità	transitàrem	transitàreu	transitaren
	conditional	transitaria	transitaries	transitaria	transitaríem	transitaríeu	transitarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	transiti	transitis	transiti	transitem	transiteu	transitin
	imperfect	transités	transitessis	transités	transitéssim	transitéssiu	transitessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	transita	transiti	transitem	transiteu	transitin
	negative (no)	—	no transitis	no transiti	no transitem	no transiteu	no transitin

Further reading

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English transit, French transiter, German Transit, Italian transitare, Russian транзи́т (tranzít) and Spanish transitar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansiˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: tran‧si‧tar

Verb

transitar (present tense transitas, past tense transitis, future tense transitos, imperative transitez, conditional transitus)

1. (intransitive) to be or pass in transit; to travel

   Komercaji transitas de una urbo ad altra.

   Goods travel from one city to another.

Conjugation

Conjugation of transitar

		present		past		future
infinitive		transitar		transitir		transitor
tense		transitas		transitis		transitos
conditional		transitus		—		—
imperative		transitez		—		—
adjective active participle		transitanta		transitinta		transitonta
adverbial active participle		transitante		transitinte		transitonte
nominal active participle	singular	transitanto		transitinto		transitonto
	plural	transitanti		transitinti		transitonti

Derived terms

• transito (“transit, transition”)
• transitala (“transient: relating to transit”)
• transitiva (“transitive”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t

Proto-Indo-European *-ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts

Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts

Proto-Italic *trāns

Proto-Italic *trāns-

Latin trāns-

Latin eō

Latin trānsēo

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin trānsituslbor.

Portuguese trânsito

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese transitar

From trânsito (“traffic; transit”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃.ziˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.ziˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.ziˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃.ziˈta.ɾi/

Verb

transitar (first-person singular present transito, first-person singular preterite transitei, past participle transitado) (intransitive)

1. to transit (to pass over, across or through something) [with em or por]

   Synonyms: atravessar, cruzar, trafegar

2. (astronomy) to transit (to pass in front of a larger celestial body) [with em or por]
3. to have many contacts within a group; to be well connected [with em]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transitar (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	transitar
Personal	transitar	transitares	transitar	transitarmos	transitardes	transitarem
Gerund
	transitando
Past participle
Masculine	transitado			transitados
Feminine	transitada			transitadas
Indicative
Present	transito	transitas	transita	transitamos	transitais	transitam
Imperfect	transitava	transitavas	transitava	transitávamos	transitáveis	transitavam
Preterite	transitei	transitaste	transitou	transitamos1, transitámos2	transitastes	transitaram
Pluperfect	transitara	transitaras	transitara	transitáramos	transitáreis	transitaram
Future	transitarei	transitarás	transitará	transitaremos	transitareis	transitarão
Conditional	transitaria	transitarias	transitaria	transitaríamos	transitaríeis	transitariam
Subjunctive
Present	transite	transites	transite	transitemos	transiteis	transitem
Imperfect	transitasse	transitasses	transitasse	transitássemos	transitásseis	transitassem
Future	transitar	transitares	transitar	transitarmos	transitardes	transitarem
Imperative
Affirmative		transita	transite	transitemos	transitai	transitem
Negative (não)		não transites	não transite	não transitemos	não transiteis	não transitem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• transeunte
• transitividade
• transitivo
• trânsito
• transitório

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansiˈtaɾ/ [t̪ɾãn.siˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tran‧si‧tar

Verb

transitar (first-person singular present transito, first-person singular preterite transité, past participle transitado)

1. to travel, to transit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			transitar
gerund			transitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		transitado		transitada
		plural		transitados		transitadas
		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	transito	transitastú transitásvos	transita	transitamos	transitáis	transitan
	imperfect	transitaba	transitabas	transitaba	transitábamos	transitabais	transitaban
	preterite	transité	transitaste	transitó	transitamos	transitasteis	transitaron
	future	transitaré	transitarás	transitará	transitaremos	transitaréis	transitarán
	conditional	transitaría	transitarías	transitaría	transitaríamos	transitaríais	transitarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	transite	transitestú transitésvos2	transite	transitemos	transitéis	transiten
	imperfect (ra)	transitara	transitaras	transitara	transitáramos	transitarais	transitaran
	imperfect (se)	transitase	transitases	transitase	transitásemos	transitaseis	transitasen
	future1	transitare	transitares	transitare	transitáremos	transitareis	transitaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		transitatú transitávos	transite	transitemos	transitad	transiten
	negative		no transites	no transite	no transitemos	no transitéis	no transiten

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

    Selected combined forms of transitar

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 transitar	dative	transitarme	transitarte	transitarle, transitarse	transitarnos	transitaros	transitarles, transitarse
	accusative	transitarme	transitarte	transitarlo, transitarla, transitarse	transitarnos	transitaros	transitarlos, transitarlas, transitarse
with gerund transitando	dative	transitándome	transitándote	transitándole, transitándose	transitándonos	transitándoos	transitándoles, transitándose
	accusative	transitándome	transitándote	transitándolo, transitándola, transitándose	transitándonos	transitándoos	transitándolos, transitándolas, transitándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative transita	dative	transítame	transítate	transítale	transítanos	not used	transítales
	accusative	transítame	transítate	transítalo, transítala	transítanos	not used	transítalos, transítalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative transitá	dative	transitame	transitate	transitale	transitanos	not used	transitales
	accusative	transitame	transitate	transitalo, transitala	transitanos	not used	transitalos, transitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative transite	dative	transíteme	not used	transítele, transítese	transítenos	not used	transíteles
	accusative	transíteme	not used	transítelo, transítela, transítese	transítenos	not used	transítelos, transítelas
with first-person plural imperative transitemos	dative	not used	transitémoste	transitémosle	transitémonos	transitémoos	transitémosles
	accusative	not used	transitémoste	transitémoslo, transitémosla	transitémonos	transitémoos	transitémoslos, transitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative transitad	dative	transitadme	not used	transitadle	transitadnos	transitaos	transitadles
	accusative	transitadme	not used	transitadlo, transitadla	transitadnos	transitaos	transitadlos, transitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative transiten	dative	transítenme	not used	transítenle	transítennos	not used	transítenles, transítense
	accusative	transítenme	not used	transítenlo, transítenla	transítennos	not used	transítenlos, transítenlas, transítense

Related terms

• tránsito

Further reading

• “transitar”, 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