perorar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perōrāre (“to speak at length”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pə.ɾuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pə.ɾoˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.ɾoˈɾaɾ]

Verb

perorar (first-person singular present peroro, first-person singular preterite perorí, past participle perorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive) to make a speech, perorate
2. (intransitive, colloquial) to talk as if making a speech, rant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perorar (first conjugation)

infinitive			perorar
gerund			perorant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perorat		perorada
		plural		perorats		perorades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	peroro	perores	perora	perorem	peroreu	peroren
	imperfect	perorava	peroraves	perorava	peroràvem	peroràveu	peroraven
	future	peroraré	peroraràs	perorarà	perorarem	perorareu	peroraran
	preterite	perorí	perorares	perorà	peroràrem	peroràreu	peroraren
	conditional	peroraria	peroraries	peroraria	peroraríem	peroraríeu	perorarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	perori	peroris	perori	perorem	peroreu	perorin
	imperfect	perorés	peroressis	perorés	peroréssim	peroréssiu	peroressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	perora	perori	perorem	peroreu	perorin
	negative (no)	—	no peroris	no perori	no perorem	no peroreu	no perorin

Related terms

• orar
• peroració

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin perōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾoˈɾaɾ/ [pe.ɾoˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pe‧ro‧rar

Verb

perorar (first-person singular present peroro, first-person singular preterite peroré, past participle perorado)

1. (intransitive) to make a speech
2. (intransitive, colloquial) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			perorar
gerund			perorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perorado		perorada
		plural		perorados		peroradas
		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	peroro	perorastú perorásvos	perora	peroramos	peroráis	peroran
	imperfect	peroraba	perorabas	peroraba	perorábamos	perorabais	peroraban
	preterite	peroré	peroraste	peroró	peroramos	perorasteis	peroraron
	future	peroraré	perorarás	perorará	peroraremos	peroraréis	perorarán
	conditional	peroraría	perorarías	peroraría	peroraríamos	peroraríais	perorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perore	perorestú perorésvos2	perore	peroremos	peroréis	peroren
	imperfect (ra)	perorara	peroraras	perorara	peroráramos	perorarais	peroraran
	imperfect (se)	perorase	perorases	perorase	perorásemos	peroraseis	perorasen
	future1	perorare	perorares	perorare	peroráremos	perorareis	peroraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		peroratú perorávos	perore	peroremos	perorad	peroren
	negative		no perores	no perore	no peroremos	no peroréis	no peroren

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

Further reading

• “perorar”, 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