aflorar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ flor (“flower”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.fluˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.floˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.floˈɾaɾ]

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Verb

aflorar (first-person singular present afloro, first-person singular preterite aflorí, past participle aflorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to emerge, to appear
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Però l'espectacle va fer que aflorés la part més sàdica d'en Batís.

     But the spectacle caused Batís's most sadistic part to emerge.

   • 2017 January 4, Agustí Sala, “¿Quants multimilionaris hi ha a Catalunya?”, in El Periódico‎:

     Un dels motius d'aquest augment de declarants de gamma alta va ser l'amnistia fiscal del 2012, que ha fet aflorar actius ocults; i també la posterior obligació de declarar béns i actius a l'exterior.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aflorar (first conjugation)

infinitive			aflorar
gerund			aflorant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aflorat		aflorada
		plural		aflorats		aflorades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	afloro	aflores	aflora	aflorem	afloreu	afloren
	imperfect	aflorava	afloraves	aflorava	afloràvem	afloràveu	afloraven
	future	afloraré	afloraràs	aflorarà	aflorarem	aflorareu	afloraran
	preterite	aflorí	aflorares	aflorà	afloràrem	afloràreu	afloraren
	conditional	afloraria	afloraries	afloraria	afloraríem	afloraríeu	aflorarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aflori	afloris	aflori	aflorem	afloreu	aflorin
	imperfect	aflorés	afloressis	aflorés	afloréssim	afloréssiu	afloressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aflora	aflori	aflorem	afloreu	aflorin
	negative (no)	—	no afloris	no aflori	no aflorem	no afloreu	no aflorin

Further reading

• “aflorar”, 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
• “aflorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “aflorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aflorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ flor +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fluˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fluˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.fluˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧flo‧rar

Verb

aflorar (first-person singular present afloro, first-person singular preterite aflorei, past participle aflorado)

1. (intransitive) to emerge
2. (intransitive) to outcrop

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aflorar (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	aflorar
Personal	aflorar	aflorares	aflorar	aflorarmos	aflorardes	aflorarem
Gerund
	aflorando
Past participle
Masculine	aflorado			aflorados
Feminine	aflorada			afloradas
Indicative
Present	afloro	afloras	aflora	afloramos	aflorais	afloram
Imperfect	aflorava	afloravas	aflorava	aflorávamos	afloráveis	afloravam
Preterite	aflorei	afloraste	aflorou	afloramos1, aflorámos2	aflorastes	afloraram
Pluperfect	aflorara	afloraras	aflorara	afloráramos	afloráreis	afloraram
Future	aflorarei	aflorarás	aflorará	afloraremos	aflorareis	aflorarão
Conditional	afloraria	aflorarias	afloraria	afloraríamos	afloraríeis	aflorariam
Subjunctive
Present	aflore	aflores	aflore	afloremos	afloreis	aflorem
Imperfect	aflorasse	aflorasses	aflorasse	aflorássemos	aflorásseis	aflorassem
Future	aflorar	aflorares	aflorar	aflorarmos	aflorardes	aflorarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aflora	aflore	afloremos	aflorai	aflorem
Negative (não)		não aflores	não aflore	não afloremos	não afloreis	não aflorem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “aflorar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “aflorar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “aflorar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “aflorar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “aflorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ flor (“flower”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /afloˈɾaɾ/ [a.floˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧flo‧rar

Verb

aflorar (first-person singular present afloro, first-person singular preterite afloré, past participle aflorado)

1. (intransitive) to emerge, appear, surface
2. to sift

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aflorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aflorar
gerund			aflorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aflorado		aflorada
		plural		aflorados		afloradas
		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	afloro	aflorastú aflorásvos	aflora	afloramos	afloráis	afloran
	imperfect	afloraba	aflorabas	afloraba	aflorábamos	aflorabais	afloraban
	preterite	afloré	afloraste	afloró	afloramos	aflorasteis	afloraron
	future	afloraré	aflorarás	aflorará	afloraremos	afloraréis	aflorarán
	conditional	afloraría	aflorarías	afloraría	afloraríamos	afloraríais	aflorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aflore	aflorestú aflorésvos2	aflore	afloremos	afloréis	afloren
	imperfect (ra)	aflorara	afloraras	aflorara	afloráramos	aflorarais	afloraran
	imperfect (se)	aflorase	aflorases	aflorase	aflorásemos	afloraseis	aflorasen
	future1	aflorare	aflorares	aflorare	afloráremos	aflorareis	afloraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		afloratú aflorávos	aflore	afloremos	aflorad	afloren
	negative		no aflores	no aflore	no afloremos	no afloréis	no afloren

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

    Selected combined forms of aflorar

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 aflorar	dative	aflorarme	aflorarte	aflorarle, aflorarse	aflorarnos	afloraros	aflorarles, aflorarse
	accusative	aflorarme	aflorarte	aflorarlo, aflorarla, aflorarse	aflorarnos	afloraros	aflorarlos, aflorarlas, aflorarse
with gerund aflorando	dative	aflorándome	aflorándote	aflorándole, aflorándose	aflorándonos	aflorándoos	aflorándoles, aflorándose
	accusative	aflorándome	aflorándote	aflorándolo, aflorándola, aflorándose	aflorándonos	aflorándoos	aflorándolos, aflorándolas, aflorándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative aflora	dative	aflórame	aflórate	aflórale	aflóranos	not used	aflórales
	accusative	aflórame	aflórate	aflóralo, aflórala	aflóranos	not used	aflóralos, aflóralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative aflorá	dative	aflorame	aflorate	aflorale	afloranos	not used	aflorales
	accusative	aflorame	aflorate	afloralo, aflorala	afloranos	not used	afloralos, afloralas
with formal second-person singular imperative aflore	dative	aflóreme	not used	aflórele, aflórese	aflórenos	not used	aflóreles
	accusative	aflóreme	not used	aflórelo, aflórela, aflórese	aflórenos	not used	aflórelos, aflórelas
with first-person plural imperative afloremos	dative	not used	aflorémoste	aflorémosle	aflorémonos	aflorémoos	aflorémosles
	accusative	not used	aflorémoste	aflorémoslo, aflorémosla	aflorémonos	aflorémoos	aflorémoslos, aflorémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aflorad	dative	afloradme	not used	afloradle	afloradnos	afloraos	afloradles
	accusative	afloradme	not used	afloradlo, afloradla	afloradnos	afloraos	afloradlos, afloradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative afloren	dative	aflórenme	not used	aflórenle	aflórennos	not used	aflórenles, aflórense
	accusative	aflórenme	not used	aflórenlo, aflórenla	aflórennos	not used	aflórenlos, aflórenlas, aflórense

Derived terms

• afloramiento

Further reading

• “aflorar”, 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