definiera
Spanish
Verb
definiera
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of definir
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin definire. Compare German definieren.
Verb
definiera (present definierar, preterite definierade, supine definierat, imperative definiera)
- to define
- 1921, Hjalmar Söderberg, “Zola”, in Vers och varia[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 10 August 2025, page 111:
- [Jag] skall försöka att [...] definiera [...] själva kärnan [...] i hans storhet.
- I will attempt to define the very essence of his greatness.
- 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 25 December 2023, §1849:
- [Synden] har definierats som "ett ord, en handling eller en önskan som står i motsättning till den eviga lagen".
- Sin has been defined as "an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law."
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | definiera | definieras | ||
| supine | definierat | definierats | ||
| imperative | definiera | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | definieren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | definierar | definierade | definieras | definierades |
| ind. plural1 | definiera | definierade | definieras | definierades |
| subjunctive2 | definiere | definierade | definieres | definierades |
| present participle | definierande | |||
| past participle | definierad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
References
- definiera in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- definiera in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)