impressionar

Catalan

Etymology

From impressió +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [im.pɾə.si.uˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [im.pɾə.si.oˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.pɾe.si.oˈnaɾ]

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Verb

impressionar (first-person singular present impressiono, first-person singular preterite impressioní, past participle impressionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (transitive) to impress

Conjugation

    Conjugation of impressionar (first conjugation)

infinitive			impressionar
gerund			impressionant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		impressionat		impressionada
		plural		impressionats		impressionades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	impressiono	impressiones	impressiona	impressionem	impressioneu	impressionen
	imperfect	impressionava	impressionaves	impressionava	impressionàvem	impressionàveu	impressionaven
	future	impressionaré	impressionaràs	impressionarà	impressionarem	impressionareu	impressionaran
	preterite	impressioní	impressionares	impressionà	impressionàrem	impressionàreu	impressionaren
	conditional	impressionaria	impressionaries	impressionaria	impressionaríem	impressionaríeu	impressionarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	impressioni	impressionis	impressioni	impressionem	impressioneu	impressionin
	imperfect	impressionés	impressionessis	impressionés	impressionéssim	impressionéssiu	impressionessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	impressiona	impressioni	impressionem	impressioneu	impressionin
	negative (no)	—	no impressionis	no impressioni	no impressionem	no impressioneu	no impressionin

Derived terms

• impressionable
• impressionant

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin impressiōnem +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾe.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.sjoˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾe.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.sjoˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾe.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾe.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.sjoˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾe.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [ĩ.pɾe.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pɾe.sjoˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾɨ.sjuˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾɨ.sjuˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.pɾɨ.sjuˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: im‧pres‧si‧o‧nar

Verb

impressionar (first-person singular present impressiono, first-person singular preterite impressionei, past participle impressionado)

1. to impress

Conjugation

    Conjugation of impressionar (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	impressionar
Personal	impressionar	impressionares	impressionar	impressionarmos	impressionardes	impressionarem
Gerund
	impressionando
Past participle
Masculine	impressionado			impressionados
Feminine	impressionada			impressionadas
Indicative
Present	impressiono	impressionas	impressiona	impressionamos	impressionais	impressionam
Imperfect	impressionava	impressionavas	impressionava	impressionávamos	impressionáveis	impressionavam
Preterite	impressionei	impressionaste	impressionou	impressionamos1, impressionámos2	impressionastes	impressionaram
Pluperfect	impressionara	impressionaras	impressionara	impressionáramos	impressionáreis	impressionaram
Future	impressionarei	impressionarás	impressionará	impressionaremos	impressionareis	impressionarão
Conditional	impressionaria	impressionarias	impressionaria	impressionaríamos	impressionaríeis	impressionariam
Subjunctive
Present	impressione	impressiones	impressione	impressionemos	impressioneis	impressionem
Imperfect	impressionasse	impressionasses	impressionasse	impressionássemos	impressionásseis	impressionassem
Future	impressionar	impressionares	impressionar	impressionarmos	impressionardes	impressionarem
Imperative
Affirmative		impressiona	impressione	impressionemos	impressionai	impressionem
Negative (não)		não impressiones	não impressione	não impressionemos	não impressioneis	não impressionem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• impressionável

Further reading

• “impressionar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025