impar

See also: ímpar

Galician

Etymology 1

From impo (“hiccup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [imˈpaɾ]

Verb

impar (first-person singular present impo, first-person singular preterite impei, past participle impado)

1. to hiccup

   Synonym: saloucar

2. to sob

   Synonym: saloucar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of impar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	impar
Personal	impar	impares	impar	imparmos	impardes	imparen
Gerund
	impando
Past participle
Masculine	impado			impados
Feminine	impada			impadas
Indicative
Present	impo	impas	impa	impamos	impades	impan
Imperfect	impaba	impabas	impaba	impabamos	impabades	impaban
Preterite	impei	impaches	impou	impamos	impastes	imparon
Pluperfect	impara	imparas	impara	imparamos	imparades	imparan
Future	imparei	imparás	impará	imparemos	imparedes	imparán
Conditional	imparía	imparías	imparía	impariamos	impariades	imparían
Subjunctive
Present	impe	impes	impe	impemos	impedes	impen
Imperfect	impase	impases	impase	impásemos	impásedes	impasen
Future	impar	impares	impar	imparmos	impardes	imparen
Imperative
Affirmative		impa	impe	impemos	impade	impen
Negative (non)		non impes	non impe	non impemos	non impedes	non impen

    Reintegrated conjugation of impar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	impar
Personal	impar	impares	impar	imparmos	impardes	imparem
Gerund
	impando
Past participle
Masculine	impado			impados
Feminine	impada			impadas
Indicative
Present	impo	impas	impa	impamos	impades, impais	impam
Imperfect	impava	impavas	impava	impávamos	impávades, impáveis, impávais1	impavam
Preterite	impei	impaste, impache1	impou	impamos	impastes	impárom, imparam
Pluperfect	impara	imparas	impara	impáramos	impárades, impáreis, impárais1	imparam
Future	imparei	imparás	impará	imparemos	imparedes, impareis	imparám, imparão
Conditional	imparia	imparias	imparia	imparíamos	imparíades, imparíeis, imparíais1	impariam
Subjunctive
Present	impe	impes	impe	impemos	impedes, impeis	impem
Imperfect	impasse	impasses	impasse	impássemos	impássedes, impásseis	impassem
Future	impar	impares	impar	imparmos	impardes	imparem
Imperative
Affirmative		impa	impe	impemos	impade, impai	impem
Negative (nom)		nom impes	nom impe	nom impemos	nom impedes, nom impeis	nom impem

¹Less recommended.

Etymology 2

From Latin impar (“odd”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [imˈpaɾ]

Adjective

impar m or f (plural impares)

1. odd

Noun

impar m (plural impares)

1. odd number

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “impar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “impar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “impar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “impar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *n̥--

Latin in-

Latin pār

Latin impār

From in- + pār.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.paːr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.par]

Adjective

impār (genitive imparis, adverb impariter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. unequal

   Synonyms: dispār, inīquus, inaequālis

   Antonyms: aequus, aequālis, pār, compār

2. uneven

   Antonym: plānus

3. odd (numerically)

   Numerī imparēs nōn duōbus pariter dīvidī possunt.

   Odd numbers cannot be evenly divided by two

   • Virgil, Eclogues 8.75:

     numero deus impare gaudet

     The god is pleased by the odd number

4. inferior

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	impār			imparēs	imparia
genitive	imparis			imparium
dative	imparī			imparibus
accusative	imparem	impār		imparīs imparēs	imparia
ablative	imparī impare			imparibus
vocative	impār			imparēs	imparia

Descendants

• → Catalan: impar
• → French: impair
• → Italian: impari
• → Portuguese: ímpar
• → Romanian: impar
• → Spanish: impar

References

• “impar”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impar”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “impar”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be a match for the enemy: parem (opp. imparem) esse hosti
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Compare Galician impar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩˈpa.ɾi/

Verb

impar (first-person singular present impo, first-person singular preterite impei, past participle impado)

1. to moan

   Synonym: gemer

2. to sob

   Synonym: soluçar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of impar (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	impar
Personal	impar	impares	impar	imparmos	impardes	imparem
Gerund
	impando
Past participle
Masculine	impado			impados
Feminine	impada			impadas
Indicative
Present	impo	impas	impa	impamos	impais	impam
Imperfect	impava	impavas	impava	impávamos	impáveis	impavam
Preterite	impei	impaste	impou	impamos1, impámos2	impastes	imparam
Pluperfect	impara	imparas	impara	impáramos	impáreis	imparam
Future	imparei	imparás	impará	imparemos	impareis	imparão
Conditional	imparia	imparias	imparia	imparíamos	imparíeis	impariam
Subjunctive
Present	impe	impes	impe	impemos	impeis	impem
Imperfect	impasse	impasses	impasse	impássemos	impásseis	impassem
Future	impar	impares	impar	imparmos	impardes	imparem
Imperative
Affirmative		impa	impe	impemos	impai	impem
Negative (não)		não impes	não impe	não impemos	não impeis	não impem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impar; cf. French impair. Equivalent to in- +‎ par (even).

Adjective

impar m or n (feminine singular impară, masculine plural impari, feminine/neuter plural impare)

1. (of an integer) odd; not divisible by two

   Antonym: par

Declension

Declension of impar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	impar		impară	impari	impare
	definite	imparul		impara	imparii	imparele
genitive- dative	indefinite	impar		impare	impari	impare
	definite	imparului		imparei	imparilor	imparelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impār.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /imˈpaɾ/ [ĩmˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: im‧par

Adjective

impar m or f (masculine and feminine plural impares)

1. odd

Derived terms

• número impar

Noun

impar m (plural impares)

1. odd number

Further reading

• “impar”, 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

Verb

impar

1. present indicative of impa

Anagrams

• prima