fluorar

Catalan

Etymology

From fluor +‎ -ar.

Verb

fluorar (first-person singular present fluoro, first-person singular preterite fluorí, past participle fluorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to fluorinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fluorar (first conjugation)

infinitive			fluorar
gerund			fluorant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fluorat		fluorada
		plural		fluorats		fluorades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fluoro	fluores	fluora	fluorem	fluoreu	fluoren
	imperfect	fluorava	fluoraves	fluorava	fluoràvem	fluoràveu	fluoraven
	future	fluoraré	fluoraràs	fluorarà	fluorarem	fluorareu	fluoraran
	preterite	fluorí	fluorares	fluorà	fluoràrem	fluoràreu	fluoraren
	conditional	fluoraria	fluoraries	fluoraria	fluoraríem	fluoraríeu	fluorarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	fluori	fluoris	fluori	fluorem	fluoreu	fluorin
	imperfect	fluorés	fluoressis	fluorés	fluoréssim	fluoréssiu	fluoressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	fluora	fluori	fluorem	fluoreu	fluorin
	negative (no)	—	no fluoris	no fluori	no fluorem	no fluoreu	no fluorin

Derived terms

• fluoració

Further reading

• “fluorar”, 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
• “fluorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “fluorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flu.oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [flʊ.oˈɾa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /flwoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [flwoˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flu.oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [flʊ.oˈɾa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /flwoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [flwoˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /flu.oˈɾa(ɾ)/ [flʊ.oˈɾa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /flwoˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /flu.oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [flʊ.oˈɾa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /flwoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [flwoˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /flu.oˈɾa(ɻ)/ [flʊ.oˈɾa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /flwoˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flu.uˈɾaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /flwuˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flu.uˈɾaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /flwuˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /flu.uˈɾa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /flwuˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: flu‧o‧rar

Verb

fluorar (first-person singular present fluoro, first-person singular preterite fluorei, past participle fluorado)

1. to fluorinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fluorar (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	fluorar
Personal	fluorar	fluorares	fluorar	fluorarmos	fluorardes	fluorarem
Gerund
	fluorando
Past participle
Masculine	fluorado			fluorados
Feminine	fluorada			fluoradas
Indicative
Present	fluoro	fluoras	fluora	fluoramos	fluorais	fluoram
Imperfect	fluorava	fluoravas	fluorava	fluorávamos	fluoráveis	fluoravam
Preterite	fluorei	fluoraste	fluorou	fluoramos1, fluorámos2	fluorastes	fluoraram
Pluperfect	fluorara	fluoraras	fluorara	fluoráramos	fluoráreis	fluoraram
Future	fluorarei	fluorarás	fluorará	fluoraremos	fluorareis	fluorarão
Conditional	fluoraria	fluorarias	fluoraria	fluoraríamos	fluoraríeis	fluorariam
Subjunctive
Present	fluore	fluores	fluore	fluoremos	fluoreis	fluorem
Imperfect	fluorasse	fluorasses	fluorasse	fluorássemos	fluorásseis	fluorassem
Future	fluorar	fluorares	fluorar	fluorarmos	fluorardes	fluorarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fluora	fluore	fluoremos	fluorai	fluorem
Negative (não)		não fluores	não fluore	não fluoremos	não fluoreis	não fluorem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• fluoração

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From flúor +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flwoˈɾaɾ/ [flwoˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fluo‧rar

Verb

fluorar (first-person singular present fluoro, first-person singular preterite fluoré, past participle fluorado)

1. (transitive) to fluorinate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fluorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fluorar
gerund			fluorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fluorado		fluorada
		plural		fluorados		fluoradas
		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	fluoro	fluorastú fluorásvos	fluora	fluoramos	fluoráis	fluoran
	imperfect	fluoraba	fluorabas	fluoraba	fluorábamos	fluorabais	fluoraban
	preterite	fluoré	fluoraste	fluoró	fluoramos	fluorasteis	fluoraron
	future	fluoraré	fluorarás	fluorará	fluoraremos	fluoraréis	fluorarán
	conditional	fluoraría	fluorarías	fluoraría	fluoraríamos	fluoraríais	fluorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fluore	fluorestú fluorésvos2	fluore	fluoremos	fluoréis	fluoren
	imperfect (ra)	fluorara	fluoraras	fluorara	fluoráramos	fluorarais	fluoraran
	imperfect (se)	fluorase	fluorases	fluorase	fluorásemos	fluoraseis	fluorasen
	future1	fluorare	fluorares	fluorare	fluoráremos	fluorareis	fluoraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fluoratú fluorávos	fluore	fluoremos	fluorad	fluoren
	negative		no fluores	no fluore	no fluoremos	no fluoréis	no fluoren

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

Further reading

• “fluorar”, 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