adular

See also: Adular

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adulārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.ðuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðuˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.ðuˈla]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: a‧du‧lar
• Homophone: adulà (except Velencian)

Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulí, past participle adulat)

1. to flatter, adulate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of adular (first conjugation)

infinitive			adular
gerund			adulant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adulat		adulada
		plural		adulats		adulades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adulo	adules	adula	adulem	aduleu	adulen
	imperfect	adulava	adulaves	adulava	adulàvem	adulàveu	adulaven
	future	adularé	adularàs	adularà	adularem	adulareu	adularan
	preterite	adulí	adulares	adulà	adulàrem	adulàreu	adularen
	conditional	adularia	adularies	adularia	adularíem	adularíeu	adularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aduli	adulis	aduli	adulem	aduleu	adulin
	imperfect	adulés	adulessis	adulés	aduléssim	aduléssiu	adulessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	adula	aduli	adulem	aduleu	adulin
	negative (no)	—	no adulis	no aduli	no adulem	no aduleu	no adulin

Related terms

• adulador

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Verb

adular

1. to adulate, to flatter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adular

infinitive		adular
participle		present	perfect
		adulante	adulate
active		simple	perfect
	present	adula	ha adulate
	past	adulava	habeva adulate
	future	adulara	habera adulate
	conditional	adularea	haberea adulate
	imperative	adula	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es adulate	ha essite adulate
	past	esseva adulate	habeva essite adulate
	future	essera adulate	habera essite adulate
	conditional	esserea adulate	haberea essite adulate
	imperative	sia adulate	—

Related terms

• adulation
• adulator
• adulatori

Occitan

Verb

adular

1. to adulate, to flatter

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aduli	adulas	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulan
	imperfect	adulavi	adulavas	adulava	adulàvem	adulàvetz	adulavan
	preterite	adulèri	adulères	adulèt	adulèrem	adulèretz	adulèron
	future	adularai	adularàs	adularà	adularem	adularetz	adularàn
	conditional	adulariái	adulariás	adulariá	adulariam	adulariatz	adularián
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	adule	adules	adule	adulem	aduletz	adulen
	imperfect	adulèssi	adulèsses	adulèsse	adulèssem	adulèssetz	adulèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulem	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	adule	adules	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulon
	imperfect	adulave	adulaves	adulava	adulaviam	adulaviatz	adulavon
	preterite	adulere	aduleres	adulet	adulem	aduletz	aduleron
	future	adularai	adularàs	adulará	adularem	adularetz	adularán
	conditional	adulariá	adulariás	adulariá	adulariam	adulariatz	adularián
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	adule	adules	adule	adulassiam	adulassiatz	adulon
	imperfect	adulesse	adulesses	adulesse	adulessiam	adulessiatz	adulesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulassiam	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	aduli	adulas	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulan
	imperfect	adulavi	adulavas	adulava	adulàvam	adulàvatz	adulavan
	preterite	adulèi	adulès	adulè	adulèm	adulètz	adulèn
	future	adularèi	adularàs	adularà	adularam	adularatz	adularàn
	conditional	adularí	adularés	adularé	adularem	adularetz	adularén
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	aduli	adules	adule	adulem	aduletz	adulen
	imperfect	adulèssi	adulèsses	adulèsse	adulèssem	adulèssetz	adulèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulem	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	adule	adulas	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulan
	imperfect	adulava	adulavas	adulava	adulàvam	adulàvatz	adulavan
	preterite	adulei	aduleras	adulet	adulèram	adulèratz	aduleran
	future	adularai	adularàs	adulará	adularem	adularetz	adularán
	conditional	adulariá	adulariàs	adulariá	adulariam	adulariatz	adularián
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	adule	adules	adule	adulem	aduletz	adulen
	imperfect	adulèsse	adulèsses	adulèsse	adulèssem	adulèssetz	adulèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulem	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		adular			aver adulat
gerund		adulant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		adulat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	adule	adules	adula	adulam	adulatz	adulan
	imperfect	adulavi	adulavas	adulava	adulàvem	adulàvetz	adulavan
	preterite	adulère	adulères	adulèt	aduleriam	aduleriatz	adulèron
	future	adularai	adularàs	adularà	adularem	adularetz	adularàn
	conditional	adulariáu	adulariás	adulariá	adulariam	adulariatz	adularián
	conditional 2nd form1	adulèra	adulèras	adulèra	aduleram	aduleratz	adulèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	adule	adules	adule	adulem	aduletz	adulan
	imperfect	adulèsse	adulèsses	adulèsse	adulessiam	adulessiatz	adulèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			adula		adulem	adulatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• adulacion

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Adular. First attested in 1827.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdu.lar/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ular
• Syllabification: a‧du‧lar

Noun

adular m inan

1. (mineralogy) adularia

Declension

Declension of adular

	singular	plural
nominative	adular	adulary
genitive	adularu	adularów
dative	adularowi	adularom
accusative	adular	adulary
instrumental	adularem	adularami
locative	adularze	adularach
vocative	adularze	adulary

Further reading

• “adular”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adular”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 10

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.duˈla(ʁ)/ [a.duˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.duˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.duˈlaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.duˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧du‧lar

Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulei, past participle adulado)

1. (transitive) to flatter; to adulate (compliment someone excessively)

   Synonyms: puxar saco, bajular, elogiar

2. (transitive, Northeast Brazil) to esteem, to have good regards for someone

   Synonyms: estimar, considerar, adorar

3. (transitive, Minas Gerais) to pet, to caress

   Synonyms: acariciar, acarinhar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adular (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	adular
Personal	adular	adulares	adular	adularmos	adulardes	adularem
Gerund
	adulando
Past participle
Masculine	adulado			adulados
Feminine	adulada			aduladas
Indicative
Present	adulo	adulas	adula	adulamos	adulais	adulam
Imperfect	adulava	adulavas	adulava	adulávamos	aduláveis	adulavam
Preterite	adulei	adulaste	adulou	adulamos1, adulámos2	adulastes	adularam
Pluperfect	adulara	adularas	adulara	aduláramos	aduláreis	adularam
Future	adularei	adularás	adulará	adularemos	adulareis	adularão
Conditional	adularia	adularias	adularia	adularíamos	adularíeis	adulariam
Subjunctive
Present	adule	adules	adule	adulemos	aduleis	adulem
Imperfect	adulasse	adulasses	adulasse	adulássemos	adulásseis	adulassem
Future	adular	adulares	adular	adularmos	adulardes	adularem
Imperative
Affirmative		adula	adule	adulemos	adulai	adulem
Negative (não)		não adules	não adule	não adulemos	não aduleis	não adulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• adulação
• adulador
• adulativo
• adulatório

Further reading

• “adular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “adular”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “adular” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “adular”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “adular”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “adular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French adulaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.duˈlar/

Noun

adular n (plural adulare)

1. (mineralogy) adularia

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	adular	adularul	adulare	adularele
genitive-dative	adular	adularului	adulare	adularelor
vocative	adularule		adularelor

Further reading

• “adular”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adūlārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aduˈlaɾ/ [a.ð̞uˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧du‧lar

Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulé, past participle adulado)

1. (transitive) to flatter

   Synonyms: alabar, halagar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			adular
gerund			adulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adulado		adulada
		plural		adulados		aduladas
		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	adulo	adulastú adulásvos	adula	adulamos	aduláis	adulan
	imperfect	adulaba	adulabas	adulaba	adulábamos	adulabais	adulaban
	preterite	adulé	adulaste	aduló	adulamos	adulasteis	adularon
	future	adularé	adularás	adulará	adularemos	adularéis	adularán
	conditional	adularía	adularías	adularía	adularíamos	adularíais	adularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adule	adulestú adulésvos2	adule	adulemos	aduléis	adulen
	imperfect (ra)	adulara	adularas	adulara	aduláramos	adularais	adularan
	imperfect (se)	adulase	adulases	adulase	adulásemos	adulaseis	adulasen
	future1	adulare	adulares	adulare	aduláremos	adulareis	adularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adulatú adulávos	adule	adulemos	adulad	adulen
	negative		no adules	no adule	no adulemos	no aduléis	no adulen

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

    Selected combined forms of adular

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 adular	dative	adularme	adularte	adularle, adularse	adularnos	adularos	adularles, adularse
	accusative	adularme	adularte	adularlo, adularla, adularse	adularnos	adularos	adularlos, adularlas, adularse
with gerund adulando	dative	adulándome	adulándote	adulándole, adulándose	adulándonos	adulándoos	adulándoles, adulándose
	accusative	adulándome	adulándote	adulándolo, adulándola, adulándose	adulándonos	adulándoos	adulándolos, adulándolas, adulándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative adula	dative	adúlame	adúlate	adúlale	adúlanos	not used	adúlales
	accusative	adúlame	adúlate	adúlalo, adúlala	adúlanos	not used	adúlalos, adúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative adulá	dative	adulame	adulate	adulale	adulanos	not used	adulales
	accusative	adulame	adulate	adulalo, adulala	adulanos	not used	adulalos, adulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative adule	dative	adúleme	not used	adúlele, adúlese	adúlenos	not used	adúleles
	accusative	adúleme	not used	adúlelo, adúlela, adúlese	adúlenos	not used	adúlelos, adúlelas
with first-person plural imperative adulemos	dative	not used	adulémoste	adulémosle	adulémonos	adulémoos	adulémosles
	accusative	not used	adulémoste	adulémoslo, adulémosla	adulémonos	adulémoos	adulémoslos, adulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative adulad	dative	aduladme	not used	aduladle	aduladnos	adulaos	aduladles
	accusative	aduladme	not used	aduladlo, aduladla	aduladnos	adulaos	aduladlos, aduladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adulen	dative	adúlenme	not used	adúlenle	adúlennos	not used	adúlenles, adúlense
	accusative	adúlenme	not used	adúlenlo, adúlenla	adúlennos	not used	adúlenlos, adúlenlas, adúlense

Derived terms

• adulón

Related terms

• adulación
• adulador
• adulancia
• adulante

Further reading

• “adular”, 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