colorar

See also: cołorar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin colōrāre. Doublet of corar.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈɾa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈɾa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈɾa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.luˈɾaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.luˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

colorar (first-person singular present coloro, first-person singular preterite colorei, past participle colorado)

  1. to color/colour
    Synonym: colorir

Conjugation
    Conjugation of colorar (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 colorar
Personal colorar colorares colorar colorarmos colorardes colorarem
Gerund
colorando
Past participle
Masculine colorado colorados
Feminine colorada coloradas
Indicative
Present coloro coloras colora coloramos colorais coloram
Imperfect colorava coloravas colorava colorávamos coloráveis coloravam
Preterite colorei coloraste colorou coloramos1, colorámos2 colorastes coloraram
Pluperfect colorara coloraras colorara coloráramos coloráreis coloraram
Future colorarei colorarás colorará coloraremos colorareis colorarão
Conditional coloraria colorarias coloraria coloraríamos coloraríeis colorariam
Subjunctive
Present colore colores colore coloremos coloreis colorem
Imperfect colorasse colorasses colorasse colorássemos colorásseis colorassem
Future colorar colorares colorar colorarmos colorardes colorarem
Imperative
Affirmative colora colore coloremos colorai colorem
Negative (não) não colores não colore não coloremos não coloreis não colorem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Probably derived from the noun color,[1] or possibly from Latin colorāre, but in this form probably taken as a semi-learned term. Cf. the inherited corlar (“apply a varnish to something to make it appear golden”).[2] Compare also Portuguese corar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /koloˈɾaɾ/ [ko.loˈɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: co‧lo‧rar

Verb

colorar (first-person singular present coloro, first-person singular preterite coloré, past participle colorado)

  1. to dye, tint
  2. (dated) to color
    Synonym: colorear

Conjugation
    Conjugation of colorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive colorar
gerund colorando
past participle masculine feminine
singular colorado colorada
plural colorados coloradas
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 coloro colorastú
colorásvos		 colora coloramos coloráis coloran
imperfect coloraba colorabas coloraba colorábamos colorabais coloraban
preterite coloré coloraste coloró coloramos colorasteis coloraron
future coloraré colorarás colorará coloraremos coloraréis colorarán
conditional coloraría colorarías coloraría coloraríamos coloraríais colorarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present colore colorestú
colorésvos2		 colore coloremos coloréis coloren
imperfect
(ra)		 colorara coloraras colorara coloráramos colorarais coloraran
imperfect
(se)		 colorase colorases colorase colorásemos coloraseis colorasen
future1 colorare colorares colorare coloráremos colorareis coloraren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative coloratú
colorávos		 colore coloremos colorad coloren
negative no colores no colore no coloremos no coloréis no coloren

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

    Selected combined forms of colorar

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 colorar
dative colorarme colorarte colorarle, colorarse colorarnos coloraros colorarles, colorarse
accusative colorarme colorarte colorarlo, colorarla, colorarse colorarnos coloraros colorarlos, colorarlas, colorarse
with gerund colorando
dative colorándome colorándote colorándole, colorándose colorándonos colorándoos colorándoles, colorándose
accusative colorándome colorándote colorándolo, colorándola, colorándose colorándonos colorándoos colorándolos, colorándolas, colorándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative colora
dative colórame colórate colórale colóranos not used colórales
accusative colórame colórate colóralo, colórala colóranos not used colóralos, colóralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative colorá
dative colorame colorate colorale coloranos not used colorales
accusative colorame colorate coloralo, colorala coloranos not used coloralos, coloralas
with formal second-person singular imperative colore
dative colóreme not used colórele, colórese colórenos not used colóreles
accusative colóreme not used colórelo, colórela, colórese colórenos not used colórelos, colórelas
with first-person plural imperative coloremos
dative not used colorémoste colorémosle colorémonos colorémoos colorémosles
accusative not used colorémoste colorémoslo, colorémosla colorémonos colorémoos colorémoslos, colorémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative colorad
dative coloradme not used coloradle coloradnos coloraos coloradles
accusative coloradme not used coloradlo, coloradla coloradnos coloraos coloradlos, coloradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coloren
dative colórenme not used colórenle colórennos not used colórenles, colórense
accusative colórenme not used colórenlo, colórenla colórennos not used colórenlos, colórenlas, colórense

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. “corladura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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