declamar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēclāmāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.klaˈma(ʁ)/ [de.klaˈma(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.klɐˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.klɐˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.klɐˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧cla‧mar

Verb

declamar (first-person singular present declamo, first-person singular preterite declamei, past participle declamado)

1. to declaim

Conjugation

    Conjugation of declamar (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	declamar
Personal	declamar	declamares	declamar	declamarmos	declamardes	declamarem
Gerund
	declamando
Past participle
Masculine	declamado			declamados
Feminine	declamada			declamadas
Indicative
Present	declamo	declamas	declama	declamamos	declamais	declamam
Imperfect	declamava	declamavas	declamava	declamávamos	declamáveis	declamavam
Preterite	declamei	declamaste	declamou	declamamos1, declamámos2	declamastes	declamaram
Pluperfect	declamara	declamaras	declamara	declamáramos	declamáreis	declamaram
Future	declamarei	declamarás	declamará	declamaremos	declamareis	declamarão
Conditional	declamaria	declamarias	declamaria	declamaríamos	declamaríeis	declamariam
Subjunctive
Present	declame	declames	declame	declamemos	declameis	declamem
Imperfect	declamasse	declamasses	declamasse	declamássemos	declamásseis	declamassem
Future	declamar	declamares	declamar	declamarmos	declamardes	declamarem
Imperative
Affirmative		declama	declame	declamemos	declamai	declamem
Negative (não)		não declames	não declame	não declamemos	não declameis	não declamem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• declamação
• declamador
• declamatório

Further reading

• “declamar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “declamar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēclāmāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deklaˈmaɾ/ [d̪e.klaˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧cla‧mar

Verb

declamar (first-person singular present declamo, first-person singular preterite declamé, past participle declamado)

1. to declaim

Conjugation

    Conjugation of declamar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			declamar
gerund			declamando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		declamado		declamada
		plural		declamados		declamadas
		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	declamo	declamastú declamásvos	declama	declamamos	declamáis	declaman
	imperfect	declamaba	declamabas	declamaba	declamábamos	declamabais	declamaban
	preterite	declamé	declamaste	declamó	declamamos	declamasteis	declamaron
	future	declamaré	declamarás	declamará	declamaremos	declamaréis	declamarán
	conditional	declamaría	declamarías	declamaría	declamaríamos	declamaríais	declamarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	declame	declamestú declamésvos2	declame	declamemos	declaméis	declamen
	imperfect (ra)	declamara	declamaras	declamara	declamáramos	declamarais	declamaran
	imperfect (se)	declamase	declamases	declamase	declamásemos	declamaseis	declamasen
	future1	declamare	declamares	declamare	declamáremos	declamareis	declamaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		declamatú declamávos	declame	declamemos	declamad	declamen
	negative		no declames	no declame	no declamemos	no declaméis	no declamen

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

    Selected combined forms of declamar

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 declamar	dative	declamarme	declamarte	declamarle, declamarse	declamarnos	declamaros	declamarles, declamarse
	accusative	declamarme	declamarte	declamarlo, declamarla, declamarse	declamarnos	declamaros	declamarlos, declamarlas, declamarse
with gerund declamando	dative	declamándome	declamándote	declamándole, declamándose	declamándonos	declamándoos	declamándoles, declamándose
	accusative	declamándome	declamándote	declamándolo, declamándola, declamándose	declamándonos	declamándoos	declamándolos, declamándolas, declamándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative declama	dative	declámame	declámate	declámale	declámanos	not used	declámales
	accusative	declámame	declámate	declámalo, declámala	declámanos	not used	declámalos, declámalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative declamá	dative	declamame	declamate	declamale	declamanos	not used	declamales
	accusative	declamame	declamate	declamalo, declamala	declamanos	not used	declamalos, declamalas
with formal second-person singular imperative declame	dative	declámeme	not used	declámele, declámese	declámenos	not used	declámeles
	accusative	declámeme	not used	declámelo, declámela, declámese	declámenos	not used	declámelos, declámelas
with first-person plural imperative declamemos	dative	not used	declamémoste	declamémosle	declamémonos	declamémoos	declamémosles
	accusative	not used	declamémoste	declamémoslo, declamémosla	declamémonos	declamémoos	declamémoslos, declamémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative declamad	dative	declamadme	not used	declamadle	declamadnos	declamaos	declamadles
	accusative	declamadme	not used	declamadlo, declamadla	declamadnos	declamaos	declamadlos, declamadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative declamen	dative	declámenme	not used	declámenle	declámennos	not used	declámenles, declámense
	accusative	declámenme	not used	declámenlo, declámenla	declámennos	not used	declámenlos, declámenlas, declámense

Related terms

• declamación
• declamador
• declamatorio

Further reading

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