doar

See also: Doar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese dõar, from Latin donāre (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈaɾ/

Verb

doar (first-person singular present doo, first-person singular preterite doei, past participle doado)

1. to present
2. to give
3. to donate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of doar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	doar
Personal	doar	doares	doar	doarmos	doardes	doaren
Gerund
	doando
Past participle
Masculine	doado			doados
Feminine	doada			doadas
Indicative
Present	doo	doas	doa	doamos	doades	doan
Imperfect	doaba	doabas	doaba	doabamos	doabades	doaban
Preterite	doei	doaches	doou	doamos	doastes	doaron
Pluperfect	doara	doaras	doara	doaramos	doarades	doaran
Future	doarei	doarás	doará	doaremos	doaredes	doarán
Conditional	doaría	doarías	doaría	doariamos	doariades	doarían
Subjunctive
Present	doe	does	doe	doemos	doedes	doen
Imperfect	doase	doases	doase	doásemos	doásedes	doasen
Future	doar	doares	doar	doarmos	doardes	doaren
Imperative
Affirmative		doa	doe	doemos	doade	doen
Negative (non)		non does	non doe	non doemos	non doedes	non doen

    Reintegrated conjugation of doar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	doar
Personal	doar	doares	doar	doarmos	doardes	doarem
Gerund
	doando
Past participle
Masculine	doado			doados
Feminine	doada			doadas
Indicative
Present	doo	doas	doa	doamos	doades, doais	doam
Imperfect	doava	doavas	doava	doávamos	doávades, doáveis, doávais1	doavam
Preterite	doei	doaste, doache1	doou	doamos	doastes	doárom, doaram
Pluperfect	doara	doaras	doara	doáramos	doárades, doáreis, doárais1	doaram
Future	doarei	doarás	doará	doaremos	doaredes, doareis	doarám, doarão
Conditional	doaria	doarias	doaria	doaríamos	doaríades, doaríeis, doaríais1	doariam
Subjunctive
Present	doe	does	doe	doemos	doedes, doeis	doem
Imperfect	doasse	doasses	doasse	doássemos	doássedes, doásseis	doassem
Future	doar	doares	doar	doarmos	doardes	doarem
Imperative
Affirmative		doa	doe	doemos	doade, doai	doem
Negative (nom)		nom does	nom doe	nom doemos	nom doedes, nom doeis	nom doem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “doar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “doar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “doar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Middle English

Noun

doar

1. alternative form of doer

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• do n

Noun

doar m or n

1. indefinite masculine plural of do

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese doar, dõar, from Latin donāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈa(ʁ)/ [dʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwa(ʁ)/ [ˈdwa(h)], /doˈa(ʁ)/ [doˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /duˈa(ʁ)/ [dʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwa(ʁ)/ [ˈdwa(h)], /doˈa(ʁ)/ [doˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /duˈa(ɾ)/ [dʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwa(ɾ)/, /doˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /duˈa(ʁ)/ [dʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈdwa(ʁ)/ [ˈdwa(χ)], /doˈa(ʁ)/ [doˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdwaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdwaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdwa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: do‧ar

Verb

doar (first-person singular present doo, first-person singular preterite doei, past participle doado)

1. (transitive) to present
2. (transitive) to give
3. (transitive) to donate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of doar (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	doar
Personal	doar	doares	doar	doarmos	doardes	doarem
Gerund
	doando
Past participle
Masculine	doado			doados
Feminine	doada			doadas
Indicative
Present	doo, dôo1,2	doas	doa	doamos	doais	doam
Imperfect	doava	doavas	doava	doávamos	doáveis	doavam
Preterite	doei	doaste	doou	doamos1, doámos3	doastes	doaram
Pluperfect	doara	doaras	doara	doáramos	doáreis	doaram
Future	doarei	doarás	doará	doaremos	doareis	doarão
Conditional	doaria	doarias	doaria	doaríamos	doaríeis	doariam
Subjunctive
Present	doe	does	doe	doemos	doeis	doem
Imperfect	doasse	doasses	doasse	doássemos	doásseis	doassem
Future	doar	doares	doar	doarmos	doardes	doarem
Imperative
Affirmative		doa	doe	doemos	doai	doem
Negative (não)		não does	não doe	não doemos	não doeis	não doem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²Superseded.
³European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “doar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “doar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “doar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “doar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “doar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “doar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Alternative forms

• doară

Etymology

Probably from a reduction of the variant form doară, itself probably from Latin dē hōrā. Alternative etymologies include a Vulgar Latin construction *de volat, alteration of dē velit, or that it perhaps resulted from confusion with oare, with an interrogative function, or simply that it derives from a variant of dar (“but”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do̯ar/
• Rhymes: -ar

Adverb

doar

1. just, only, merely

   Synonyms: decât, numai

   Este doar un copil.

   He is only a child.

   Doar vreau niște lapte.

   I just want some milk.

2. only (exclusively)

   Synonyms: decât, numai

   Doar tu poți opri incendiile de pădure.

   Only you can stop forest fires.

4. (informal, in explanations) obviously, as is plain to see, after all

   că doar ― because obviously, for the obvious reason that…

   Cum să nu fie cald? Doar e vară.

   Why wouldn’t it be hot? It’s summer after all.

   Gustă, că doar nu mori!

   Taste it, it won’t kill you!

   (literally, “Taste it, because you will not die after all!”)

   Meseria asta e bine plătită, doar altfel nimeni n-ar mai vrea s-o facă.

   This profession is well paid, nobody would want to do it otherwise after all.

6. (informal, in rhetorical questions and exclamations) surely

   Cum de ești acasă? Doar n-ai terminat așa de devreme cu școala!

   How come you’re home? Surely you didn’t finish school this early!

   Doar nu e așa de rău, nu?

   Surely it can’t be that bad, right?

7. (chiefly in clauses introduced by de (“if; if only”)) Expresses the hopeful nature of an action or statement.

   Synonym: doar-doar

   Acasă o să mănânc, doar de am ajunge mai repede.

   At home I’m going to eat, if only we got there sooner.

   Face autostopul în ploaie, doar l-ar lua cineva.

   He is hitchhiking in the rain, in hope someone may give him a lift.

Usage notes

Senses 1, 2 and 5 take sentence stress; senses 3 and 4 are unstressed.

Derived terms

• doar-doar
• fără doar și poate

Further reading

• “doar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Marius Sala, Gheorghe Mihăilă, editors (2009), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎, volume 1, part 6, Bucharest: Romanian Academy, →ISBN, pages 1264–1266

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dure, dore, from Proto-West Germanic *dur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doə̯r/

Noun

doar c (plural doarren, diminutive doarke)

1. door

Further reading

• “doar (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011