improvisar
Catalan
Etymology
From improvís + -ar, from Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [im.pɾu.βiˈza]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [im.pɾo.viˈza]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [im.pɾo.viˈzaɾ]
Verb
improvisar (first-person singular present improviso, first-person singular preterite improvisí, past participle improvisat)
- to improvise
Conjugation
Conjugation of improvisar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “improvisar”, 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
- “improvisar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “improvisar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “improvisar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From improviso + -ar, from Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”).
Verb
improvisar (first-person singular present improviso, first-person singular preterite improvisei, past participle improvisado)
- to improvise
Conjugation
Conjugation of improvisar
Reintegrated conjugation of improvisar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “improvisar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- “improvisar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾo.viˈza(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾu.viˈzaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾu.biˈzaɾ/ [ĩ.pɾu.βiˈzaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾu.viˈza.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: im‧pro‧vi‧sar
Verb
improvisar (first-person singular present improviso, first-person singular preterite improvisei, past participle improvisado)
- to improvise (to make something up or invent it as one goes on)
Conjugation
Conjugation of improvisar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- improvisação
Further reading
- “improvisar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From improviso + -ar, from Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impɾobiˈsaɾ/ [ĩm.pɾo.β̞iˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: im‧pro‧vi‧sar
Verb
improvisar (first-person singular present improviso, first-person singular preterite improvisé, past participle improvisado)
- to improvise (make something up as one goes on)
Conjugation
Conjugation of improvisar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of improvisar
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 improvisar | dative | improvisarme | improvisarte | improvisarle, improvisarse | improvisarnos | improvisaros | improvisarles, improvisarse |
| accusative | improvisarme | improvisarte | improvisarlo, improvisarla, improvisarse | improvisarnos | improvisaros | improvisarlos, improvisarlas, improvisarse | |
| with gerund improvisando | dative | improvisándome | improvisándote | improvisándole, improvisándose | improvisándonos | improvisándoos | improvisándoles, improvisándose |
| accusative | improvisándome | improvisándote | improvisándolo, improvisándola, improvisándose | improvisándonos | improvisándoos | improvisándolos, improvisándolas, improvisándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative improvisa | dative | improvísame | improvísate | improvísale | improvísanos | not used | improvísales |
| accusative | improvísame | improvísate | improvísalo, improvísala | improvísanos | not used | improvísalos, improvísalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative improvisá | dative | improvisame | improvisate | improvisale | improvisanos | not used | improvisales |
| accusative | improvisame | improvisate | improvisalo, improvisala | improvisanos | not used | improvisalos, improvisalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative improvise | dative | improvíseme | not used | improvísele, improvísese | improvísenos | not used | improvíseles |
| accusative | improvíseme | not used | improvíselo, improvísela, improvísese | improvísenos | not used | improvíselos, improvíselas | |
| with first-person plural imperative improvisemos | dative | not used | improvisémoste | improvisémosle | improvisémonos | improvisémoos | improvisémosles |
| accusative | not used | improvisémoste | improvisémoslo, improvisémosla | improvisémonos | improvisémoos | improvisémoslos, improvisémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative improvisad | dative | improvisadme | not used | improvisadle | improvisadnos | improvisaos | improvisadles |
| accusative | improvisadme | not used | improvisadlo, improvisadla | improvisadnos | improvisaos | improvisadlos, improvisadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative improvisen | dative | improvísenme | not used | improvísenle | improvísennos | not used | improvísenles, improvísense |
| accusative | improvísenme | not used | improvísenlo, improvísenla | improvísennos | not used | improvísenlos, improvísenlas, improvísense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “improvisar”, 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