figurar

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”). First attested in the 19th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fi.ɣuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fi.ɣuˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurí, past participle figurat)

1. (transitive) to depict, to represent, to show

   Synonym: representar

2. (reflexive) to imagine, to suppose

   Synonyms: afigurar-se, imaginar

3. (intransitive) to appear, to be a part of

   Synonyms: aparèixer, formar part

   figurar a la llista ― to appear on the list

4. (intransitive) to be important
   • 2020 April 21, Màrius Carol, “El somni de la immortalitat”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     La immortalitat és un assumpte que figura a la nova agenda humana.

     Immortality is a matter that is important in the new human agenda.

• “figurar”, 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
• “figurar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “figurar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

figurar m

1. indefinite plural of figur

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”).

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figurei, past participle figurado)

1. (transitive) to look like; to resemble (be similar in appearance to)

   Synonyms: assemelhar-se a, parecer

2. (transitive) to symbolize; to represent (be symbolic of)

   Synonyms: representar, simbolizar

3. (transitive, art) to depict
4. (intransitive) to figure, to feature, to be featured (be a part of) (often prominently) [with em ‘in’ or entre ‘among’]
5. (transitive) to fake; to feign; to simulate (make a false display of)

   Synonyms: encenar, fingir, simular

6. (intransitive, theater, film) to star, to act (work as an actor) [with em ‘in’]

   Synonyms: atuar, encenar, estrelar

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (“to form”).

• IPA^(key): /fiɡuˈɾaɾ/ [fi.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fi‧gu‧rar

figurar (first-person singular present figuro, first-person singular preterite figuré, past participle figurado)

1. to appear

   Synonym: aparecer

• “figurar”, 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