generar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒə.nəˈɾa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒe.neˈɾaɾ]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
generar (first-person singular present genero, first-person singular preterite generí, past participle generat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
Conjugation
Conjugation of generar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | generar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | generant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | generat | generada | |||||
| plural | generats | generades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | genero | generes | genera | generem | genereu | generen | |
| imperfect | generava | generaves | generava | generàvem | generàveu | generaven | |
| future | generaré | generaràs | generarà | generarem | generareu | generaran | |
| preterite | generí | generares | generà | generàrem | generàreu | generaren | |
| conditional | generaria | generaries | generaria | generaríem | generaríeu | generarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
| present | generi | generis | generi | generem | genereu | generin | |
| imperfect | generés | generessis | generés | generéssim | generéssiu | generessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
| affirmative | — | genera | generi | generem | genereu | generin | |
| negative (no) | — | no generis | no generi | no generem | no genereu | no generin | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “generar”, 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
- “generar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “generar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “generar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Occitan
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
generar
- to generate
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 348
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xeneˈɾaɾ/ [xe.neˈɾaɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ge‧ne‧rar
Verb
generar (first-person singular present genero, first-person singular preterite generé, past participle generado)
- to generate, to create, to produce, to cause
- Synonym: crear
- Una política de Estado para generar riqueza
- A state policy to generate wealth
- (figurative) to engender, to breed
- El sufrimiento genera frecuentemente una especie de resiliencia.
- Suffering often engenders a kind of resilience.
Conjugation
Conjugation of generar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of generar
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 generar | dative | generarme | generarte | generarle, generarse | generarnos | generaros | generarles, generarse |
| accusative | generarme | generarte | generarlo, generarla, generarse | generarnos | generaros | generarlos, generarlas, generarse | |
| with gerund generando | dative | generándome | generándote | generándole, generándose | generándonos | generándoos | generándoles, generándose |
| accusative | generándome | generándote | generándolo, generándola, generándose | generándonos | generándoos | generándolos, generándolas, generándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative genera | dative | genérame | genérate | genérale | genéranos | not used | genérales |
| accusative | genérame | genérate | genéralo, genérala | genéranos | not used | genéralos, genéralas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative generá | dative | generame | generate | generale | generanos | not used | generales |
| accusative | generame | generate | generalo, generala | generanos | not used | generalos, generalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative genere | dative | genéreme | not used | genérele, genérese | genérenos | not used | genéreles |
| accusative | genéreme | not used | genérelo, genérela, genérese | genérenos | not used | genérelos, genérelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative generemos | dative | not used | generémoste | generémosle | generémonos | generémoos | generémosles |
| accusative | not used | generémoste | generémoslo, generémosla | generémonos | generémoos | generémoslos, generémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative generad | dative | generadme | not used | generadle | generadnos | generaos | generadles |
| accusative | generadme | not used | generadlo, generadla | generadnos | generaos | generadlos, generadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative generen | dative | genérenme | not used | genérenle | genérennos | not used | genérenles, genérense |
| accusative | genérenme | not used | genérenlo, genérenla | genérennos | not used | genérenlos, genérenlas, genérense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “generar”, 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
Anagrams
Swedish
Verb
generar
- present indicative of genera