sublimar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sublīmāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [su.βliˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [su.bliˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [su.bliˈmaɾ]

Verb

sublimar (first-person singular present sublimo, first-person singular preterite sublimí, past participle sublimat)

1. (transitive) to surpass
2. (transitive, chemistry, physics) to sublimate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sublimar (first conjugation)

infinitive			sublimar
gerund			sublimant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sublimat		sublimada
		plural		sublimats		sublimades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sublimo	sublimes	sublima	sublimem	sublimeu	sublimen
	imperfect	sublimava	sublimaves	sublimava	sublimàvem	sublimàveu	sublimaven
	future	sublimaré	sublimaràs	sublimarà	sublimarem	sublimareu	sublimaran
	preterite	sublimí	sublimares	sublimà	sublimàrem	sublimàreu	sublimaren
	conditional	sublimaria	sublimaries	sublimaria	sublimaríem	sublimaríeu	sublimarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	sublimi	sublimis	sublimi	sublimem	sublimeu	sublimin
	imperfect	sublimés	sublimessis	sublimés	subliméssim	subliméssiu	sublimessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	sublima	sublimi	sublimem	sublimeu	sublimin
	negative (no)	—	no sublimis	no sublimi	no sublimem	no sublimeu	no sublimin

Related terms

• sublim

Further reading

• “sublimar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English sublimate, sublime, French sublimer, German sublimieren, Italian sublimare, Russian сублими́ровать (sublimírovatʹ), Spanish sublimar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subliˈmar/

Verb

sublimar (present tense sublimas, past tense sublimis, future tense sublimos, imperative sublimez, conditional sublimus)

1. (transitive) to sublime
2. (intransitive) to sublimate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sublimar

		present		past		future
infinitive		sublimar		sublimir		sublimor
tense		sublimas		sublimis		sublimos
conditional		sublimus
imperative		sublimez
adjective active participle		sublimanta		subliminta		sublimonta
adverbial active participle		sublimante		subliminte		sublimonte
nominal active participle	singular	sublimanto		subliminto		sublimonto
	plural	sublimanti		subliminti		sublimonti
adjective passive participle		sublimata		sublimita		sublimota
adverbial passive participle		sublimate		sublimite		sublimote
nominal passive participle	singular	sublimato		sublimito		sublimoto
	plural	sublimati		sublimiti		sublimoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sublīmāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bliˈma(ʁ)/ [su.bliˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bliˈma(ʁ)/ [su.bliˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.bliˈma(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.bliˈma(ʁ)/ [su.bliˈma(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bliˈma(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bliˈmaɾ/ [su.βliˈmaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bliˈmaɾ/ [su.βliˈmaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bliˈma.ɾi/ [su.βliˈma.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: su‧bli‧mar

Verb

sublimar (first-person singular present sublimo, first-person singular preterite sublimei, past participle sublimado)

1. to sublime
2. to sublimate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sublimar (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	sublimar
Personal	sublimar	sublimares	sublimar	sublimarmos	sublimardes	sublimarem
Gerund
	sublimando
Past participle
Masculine	sublimado			sublimados
Feminine	sublimada			sublimadas
Indicative
Present	sublimo	sublimas	sublima	sublimamos	sublimais	sublimam
Imperfect	sublimava	sublimavas	sublimava	sublimávamos	sublimáveis	sublimavam
Preterite	sublimei	sublimaste	sublimou	sublimamos1, sublimámos2	sublimastes	sublimaram
Pluperfect	sublimara	sublimaras	sublimara	sublimáramos	sublimáreis	sublimaram
Future	sublimarei	sublimarás	sublimará	sublimaremos	sublimareis	sublimarão
Conditional	sublimaria	sublimarias	sublimaria	sublimaríamos	sublimaríeis	sublimariam
Subjunctive
Present	sublime	sublimes	sublime	sublimemos	sublimeis	sublimem
Imperfect	sublimasse	sublimasses	sublimasse	sublimássemos	sublimásseis	sublimassem
Future	sublimar	sublimares	sublimar	sublimarmos	sublimardes	sublimarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sublima	sublime	sublimemos	sublimai	sublimem
Negative (não)		não sublimes	não sublime	não sublimemos	não sublimeis	não sublimem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sublīmāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subliˈmaɾ/ [su.β̞liˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: su‧bli‧mar

Verb

sublimar (first-person singular present sublimo, first-person singular preterite sublimé, past participle sublimado)

1. (transitive) to sublimate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sublimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sublimar
gerund			sublimando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sublimado		sublimada
		plural		sublimados		sublimadas
		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	sublimo	sublimastú sublimásvos	sublima	sublimamos	sublimáis	subliman
	imperfect	sublimaba	sublimabas	sublimaba	sublimábamos	sublimabais	sublimaban
	preterite	sublimé	sublimaste	sublimó	sublimamos	sublimasteis	sublimaron
	future	sublimaré	sublimarás	sublimará	sublimaremos	sublimaréis	sublimarán
	conditional	sublimaría	sublimarías	sublimaría	sublimaríamos	sublimaríais	sublimarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sublime	sublimestú sublimésvos2	sublime	sublimemos	subliméis	sublimen
	imperfect (ra)	sublimara	sublimaras	sublimara	sublimáramos	sublimarais	sublimaran
	imperfect (se)	sublimase	sublimases	sublimase	sublimásemos	sublimaseis	sublimasen
	future1	sublimare	sublimares	sublimare	sublimáremos	sublimareis	sublimaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sublimatú sublimávos	sublime	sublimemos	sublimad	sublimen
	negative		no sublimes	no sublime	no sublimemos	no subliméis	no sublimen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sublimar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sublimar
	dative	sublimarme	sublimarte	sublimarle, sublimarse	sublimarnos	sublimaros	sublimarles, sublimarse
	accusative	sublimarme	sublimarte	sublimarlo, sublimarla, sublimarse	sublimarnos	sublimaros	sublimarlos, sublimarlas, sublimarse
with gerund sublimando
	dative	sublimándome	sublimándote	sublimándole, sublimándose	sublimándonos	sublimándoos	sublimándoles, sublimándose
	accusative	sublimándome	sublimándote	sublimándolo, sublimándola, sublimándose	sublimándonos	sublimándoos	sublimándolos, sublimándolas, sublimándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sublima
	dative	sublímame	sublímate	sublímale	sublímanos	not used	sublímales
	accusative	sublímame	sublímate	sublímalo, sublímala	sublímanos	not used	sublímalos, sublímalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sublimá
	dative	sublimame	sublimate	sublimale	sublimanos	not used	sublimales
	accusative	sublimame	sublimate	sublimalo, sublimala	sublimanos	not used	sublimalos, sublimalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sublime
	dative	sublímeme	not used	sublímele, sublímese	sublímenos	not used	sublímeles
	accusative	sublímeme	not used	sublímelo, sublímela, sublímese	sublímenos	not used	sublímelos, sublímelas
with first-person plural imperative sublimemos
	dative	not used	sublimémoste	sublimémosle	sublimémonos	sublimémoos	sublimémosles
	accusative	not used	sublimémoste	sublimémoslo, sublimémosla	sublimémonos	sublimémoos	sublimémoslos, sublimémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sublimad
	dative	sublimadme	not used	sublimadle	sublimadnos	sublimaos	sublimadles
	accusative	sublimadme	not used	sublimadlo, sublimadla	sublimadnos	sublimaos	sublimadlos, sublimadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sublimen
	dative	sublímenme	not used	sublímenle	sublímennos	not used	sublímenles, sublímense
	accusative	sublímenme	not used	sublímenlo, sublímenla	sublímennos	not used	sublímenlos, sublímenlas, sublímense

Further reading

• “sublimar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014