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funcionar
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Asturian
Verb
funcionar (first-person singular indicative present funciono, past participle funcionáu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of funcionar
Derived terms
- funcionamientu
Further reading
- “funcionar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “funcionar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcioní, past participle funcionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
Conjugation
Derived terms
Further reading
- “funcionar”, 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
- “funcionar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “funcionar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “funcionar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Ido
Etymology
Derived from funciono + -ar and borrowed from English function, French fonctionner, German funktionieren, Italian funzionare, Russian функциони́ровать (funkcionírovatʹ), Spanish funcionar.
Pronunciation
Verb
funcionar (present funcionas, past funcionis, future funcionos, conditional funcionus, imperative funcionez)
- (intransitive) to function (all senses): to function, act (as)
- (intransitive) to perform the duties
- (intransitive) to fill an office
- (intransitive) to work properly (of machinery, etc.)
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
- funccionar (pre-standardization spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from French fonctionner (“to function; to work”), from fonction + -er, from Latin fūnctiōnem (“function”). Equivalent to função + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [fũ.sjoˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [fũ.sjoˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [fũ.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna(ɻ)/
Verb
funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcionei, past participle funcionado)
- to work; to function
- Synonym: (informal, clipping) funfar
- 1934, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XI, in S. Bernardo, 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Ariel, Editora Ltda., page 68:
- […] Padilha jurou por todos os santos que a escola funccionava normalmente e que fazia cortar coração deixar tantas crianças sem o pão do saber.
- […] Padilha swore by all saints that the school functioned normally and that it broke hearts to leave so many children without the bread of knowledge.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “funcionar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “funcionar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /funθjoˈnaɾ/ [fũn̟.θjoˈnaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /funsjoˈnaɾ/ [fũn.sjoˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fun‧cio‧nar
Verb
funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcioné, past participle funcionado)
- (intransitive) to work, to function
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “funcionar”, 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
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