confinar
- tolock down
Fromconfí +-ar.
confinar (first-person singular presentconfino,first-person singular preteriteconfiní,past participleconfinat)
- (intransitive) toborder
- Synonym:fronterejar
- (transitive) toconfine(to restrict; to keep within bounds)
- (transitive) tolock down(to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)
- “confinar”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “confinar”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2026
- “confinar” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “confinar” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Fromconfín +-ar.
confinar (first-person singular presentconfino,first-person singular preteriteconfinei,past participleconfinado)
- (transitive) toconfine, toimprison(to restrict; to keep within bounds)
- (transitive) tolock down(to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)
| Singular | Plural |
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (ti /tu) | Third-person (ele /ela /você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles /elas /vocês) |
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| Infinitive |
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| Impersonal | confinar |
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| Personal | confinar | confinares | confinar | confinarmos | confinardes | confinarem |
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| Gerund |
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| confinando |
| Past participle |
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| Masculine | confinado | confinados |
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| Feminine | confinada | confinadas |
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| Indicative |
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| Present | confino | confinas | confina | confinamos | confinades,confinais | confinam |
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| Imperfect | confinava | confinavas | confinava | confinávamos | confinávades,confináveis,confinávais1 | confinavam |
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| Preterite | confinei | confinaste,confinache1 | confinou | confinamos | confinastes | confinárom,confinaram |
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| Pluperfect | confinara | confinaras | confinara | confináramos | confinárades,confináreis,confinárais1 | confinaram |
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| Future | confinarei | confinarás | confinará | confinaremos | confinaredes,confinareis | confinarám,confinarão |
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| Conditional | confinaria | confinarias | confinaria | confinaríamos | confinaríades,confinaríeis,confinaríais1 | confinariam |
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| Subjunctive |
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| Present | confine | confines | confine | confinemos | confinedes,confineis | confinem |
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| Imperfect | confinasse | confinasses | confinasse | confinássemos | confinássedes,confinásseis | confinassem |
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| Future | confinar | confinares | confinar | confinarmos | confinardes | confinarem |
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| Imperative |
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| Affirmative | | confina | confine | confinemos | confinade,confinai | confinem |
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| Negative (nom) | nomconfines | nomconfine | nomconfinemos | nomconfinedes,nomconfineis | nomconfinem |
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confinar
- toconfine
This verb needs aninflection-table template.
- Joan de Cantalausa (2006),Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians[1], 2nd edition,→ISBN, page276
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[2], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber,2008-2025, page174
Fromconfim +-ar.
confinar (first-person singular presentconfino,first-person singular preteriteconfinei,past participleconfinado)
- (transitive, intransitive) toborder
- (transitive) toconfine(to restrict; to keep within bounds)
- (transitive) tolock down(to secure; make people stay locked indoors for their safety)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Fromconfín +-ar.
- IPA(key): /konfiˈnaɾ/[kõɱ.fiˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes:-aɾ
- Syllabification:con‧fi‧nar
confinar (first-person singular presentconfino,first-person singular preteriteconfiné,past participleconfinado)
- (transitive) toconfine, tolimit, torestrict, to keep within bounds
- (transitive) tolock down, tosecure(make people stay locked indoors for their safety)
1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetuteo-form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofconfinar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural |
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| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
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| with infinitiveconfinar | dative | confinarme | confinarte | confinarle,confinarse | confinarnos | confinaros | confinarles,confinarse |
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| accusative | confinarme | confinarte | confinarlo,confinarla,confinarse | confinarnos | confinaros | confinarlos,confinarlas,confinarse |
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| with gerundconfinando | dative | confinándome | confinándote | confinándole,confinándose | confinándonos | confinándoos | confinándoles,confinándose |
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| accusative | confinándome | confinándote | confinándolo,confinándola,confinándose | confinándonos | confinándoos | confinándolos,confinándolas,confinándose |
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| with informal second-person singulartuteo imperativeconfina | dative | confíname | confínate | confínale | confínanos | not used | confínales |
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| accusative | confíname | confínate | confínalo,confínala | confínanos | not used | confínalos,confínalas |
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| with informal second-person singularvoseo imperativeconfiná | dative | confiname | confinate | confinale | confinanos | not used | confinales |
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| accusative | confiname | confinate | confinalo,confinala | confinanos | not used | confinalos,confinalas |
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| with formal second-person singular imperativeconfine | dative | confíneme | not used | confínele,confínese | confínenos | not used | confíneles |
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| accusative | confíneme | not used | confínelo,confínela,confínese | confínenos | not used | confínelos,confínelas |
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| with first-person plural imperativeconfinemos | dative | not used | confinémoste | confinémosle | confinémonos | confinémoos | confinémosles |
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| accusative | not used | confinémoste | confinémoslo,confinémosla | confinémonos | confinémoos | confinémoslos,confinémoslas |
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| with informal second-person plural imperativeconfinad | dative | confinadme | not used | confinadle | confinadnos | confinaos | confinadles |
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| accusative | confinadme | not used | confinadlo,confinadla | confinadnos | confinaos | confinadlos,confinadlas |
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| with formal second-person plural imperativeconfinen | dative | confínenme | not used | confínenle | confínennos | not used | confínenles,confínense |
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| accusative | confínenme | not used | confínenlo,confínenla | confínennos | not used | confínenlos,confínenlas,confínense |
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