instaurar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstaurāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ins.təwˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ins.tawˈɾaɾ]

Verb

instaurar (first-person singular present instauro, first-person singular preterite instaurí, past participle instaurat)

1. to establish

Conjugation

infinitive			instaurar
gerund			instaurant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		instaurat		instaurada
		plural		instaurats		instaurades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	instauro	instaures	instaura	instaurem	instaureu	instauren
	imperfect	instaurava	instauraves	instaurava	instauràvem	instauràveu	instauraven
	future	instauraré	instauraràs	instaurarà	instaurarem	instaurareu	instauraran
	preterite	instaurí	instaurares	instaurà	instauràrem	instauràreu	instauraren
	conditional	instauraria	instauraries	instauraria	instauraríem	instauraríeu	instaurarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	instauri	instauris	instauri	instaurem	instaureu	instaurin
	imperfect	instaurés	instauressis	instaurés	instauréssim	instauréssiu	instauressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	instaura	instauri	instaurem	instaureu	instaurin
	negative (no)	—	no instauris	no instauri	no instaurem	no instaureu	no instaurin

    Conjugation of instaurar (first conjugation)

Related terms

• instauració

Further reading

• “instaurar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “instaurar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “instaurar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “instaurar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnstaurāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tawˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩs.taʊ̯ˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tawˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩs.taʊ̯ˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tawˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ĩs.taʊ̯ˈɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tawˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩʃ.taʊ̯ˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.tawˈɾa(ɻ)/ [ĩs.taʊ̯ˈɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tawˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tawˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tawˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ins‧tau‧rar

Verb

instaurar (first-person singular present instauro, first-person singular preterite instaurei, past participle instaurado)

1. to establish

   Synonyms: estabelecer, implantar

Conjugation

	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	instaurar
Personal	instaurar	instaurares	instaurar	instaurarmos	instaurardes	instaurarem
Gerund
	instaurando
Past participle
Masculine	instaurado			instaurados
Feminine	instaurada			instauradas
Indicative
Present	instauro	instauras	instaura	instauramos	instaurais	instauram
Imperfect	instaurava	instauravas	instaurava	instaurávamos	instauráveis	instauravam
Preterite	instaurei	instauraste	instaurou	instauramos1, instaurámos2	instaurastes	instauraram
Pluperfect	instaurara	instauraras	instaurara	instauráramos	instauráreis	instauraram
Future	instaurarei	instaurarás	instaurará	instauraremos	instaurareis	instaurarão
Conditional	instauraria	instaurarias	instauraria	instauraríamos	instauraríeis	instaurariam
Subjunctive
Present	instaure	instaures	instaure	instauremos	instaureis	instaurem
Imperfect	instaurasse	instaurasses	instaurasse	instaurássemos	instaurásseis	instaurassem
Future	instaurar	instaurares	instaurar	instaurarmos	instaurardes	instaurarem
Imperative
Affirmative		instaura	instaure	instauremos	instaurai	instaurem
Negative (não)		não instaures	não instaure	não instauremos	não instaureis	não instaurem

    Conjugation of instaurar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• instauração

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstaurāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instauˈɾaɾ/ [ĩns.t̪au̯ˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ins‧tau‧rar

Verb

instaurar (first-person singular present instauro, first-person singular preterite instauré, past participle instaurado)

1. to establish

   Synonyms: establecer, instituir, fundar

Conjugation

infinitive			instaurar
gerund			instaurando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		instaurado		instaurada
		plural		instaurados		instauradas
		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	instauro	instaurastú instaurásvos	instaura	instauramos	instauráis	instauran
	imperfect	instauraba	instaurabas	instauraba	instaurábamos	instaurabais	instauraban
	preterite	instauré	instauraste	instauró	instauramos	instaurasteis	instauraron
	future	instauraré	instaurarás	instaurará	instauraremos	instauraréis	instaurarán
	conditional	instauraría	instaurarías	instauraría	instauraríamos	instauraríais	instaurarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	instaure	instaurestú instaurésvos2	instaure	instauremos	instauréis	instauren
	imperfect (ra)	instaurara	instauraras	instaurara	instauráramos	instaurarais	instauraran
	imperfect (se)	instaurase	instaurases	instaurase	instaurásemos	instauraseis	instaurasen
	future1	instaurare	instaurares	instaurare	instauráremos	instaurareis	instauraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		instauratú instaurávos	instaure	instauremos	instaurad	instauren
	negative		no instaures	no instaure	no instauremos	no instauréis	no instauren

    Conjugation of instaurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive instaurar	dative	instaurarme	instaurarte	instaurarle, instaurarse	instaurarnos	instauraros	instaurarles, instaurarse
	accusative	instaurarme	instaurarte	instaurarlo, instaurarla, instaurarse	instaurarnos	instauraros	instaurarlos, instaurarlas, instaurarse
with gerund instaurando	dative	instaurándome	instaurándote	instaurándole, instaurándose	instaurándonos	instaurándoos	instaurándoles, instaurándose
	accusative	instaurándome	instaurándote	instaurándolo, instaurándola, instaurándose	instaurándonos	instaurándoos	instaurándolos, instaurándolas, instaurándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative instaura	dative	instáurame	instáurate	instáurale	instáuranos	not used	instáurales
	accusative	instáurame	instáurate	instáuralo, instáurala	instáuranos	not used	instáuralos, instáuralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative instaurá	dative	instaurame	instaurate	instaurale	instauranos	not used	instaurales
	accusative	instaurame	instaurate	instauralo, instaurala	instauranos	not used	instauralos, instauralas
with formal second-person singular imperative instaure	dative	instáureme	not used	instáurele, instáurese	instáurenos	not used	instáureles
	accusative	instáureme	not used	instáurelo, instáurela, instáurese	instáurenos	not used	instáurelos, instáurelas
with first-person plural imperative instauremos	dative	not used	instaurémoste	instaurémosle	instaurémonos	instaurémoos	instaurémosles
	accusative	not used	instaurémoste	instaurémoslo, instaurémosla	instaurémonos	instaurémoos	instaurémoslos, instaurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative instaurad	dative	instauradme	not used	instauradle	instauradnos	instauraos	instauradles
	accusative	instauradme	not used	instauradlo, instauradla	instauradnos	instauraos	instauradlos, instauradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative instauren	dative	instáurenme	not used	instáurenle	instáurennos	not used	instáurenles, instáurense
	accusative	instáurenme	not used	instáurenlo, instáurenla	instáurennos	not used	instáurenlos, instáurenlas, instáurense

    Selected combined forms of instaurar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Related terms

• instauración
• instaurador

 

Further reading

• “instaurar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10