serenar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin serēnāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ɾeˈna(ʁ)/ [se.ɾeˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /se.ɾeˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /se.ɾeˈna(ʁ)/ [se.ɾeˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ɾeˈna(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈnaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ɾɨˈna.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: se‧re‧nar

Verb

serenar (first-person singular present sereno, first-person singular preterite serenei, past participle serenado)

  1. to soothe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of serenar (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 serenar
Personal serenar serenares serenar serenarmos serenardes serenarem
Gerund
serenando
Past participle
Masculine serenado serenados
Feminine serenada serenadas
Indicative
Present sereno serenas serena serenamos serenais serenam
Imperfect serenava serenavas serenava serenávamos serenáveis serenavam
Preterite serenei serenaste serenou serenamos1, serenámos2 serenastes serenaram
Pluperfect serenara serenaras serenara serenáramos serenáreis serenaram
Future serenarei serenarás serenará serenaremos serenareis serenarão
Conditional serenaria serenarias serenaria serenaríamos serenaríeis serenariam
Subjunctive
Present serene serenes serene serenemos sereneis serenem
Imperfect serenasse serenasses serenasse serenássemos serenásseis serenassem
Future serenar serenares serenar serenarmos serenardes serenarem
Imperative
Affirmative serena serene serenemos serenai serenem
Negative (não) não serenes não serene não serenemos não sereneis não serenem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin serēnāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seɾeˈnaɾ/ [se.ɾeˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: se‧re‧nar

Verb

serenar (first-person singular present sereno, first-person singular preterite serené, past participle serenado)

  1. to soothe
  2. (reflexive, of the weather) to clear up
  3. (uncommon) to put (something) out in the cool, humid nighttime air
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 308:
      La sandía «serenada», es decir, expuesta abierta al sereno durante toda la noche, es remedio seguro para la ictericia.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of serenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive serenar
gerund serenando
past participle masculine feminine
singular serenado serenada
plural serenados serenadas
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 sereno serenastú
serenásvos 		serena serenamos serenáis serenan
imperfect serenaba serenabas serenaba serenábamos serenabais serenaban
preterite serené serenaste serenó serenamos serenasteis serenaron
future serenaré serenarás serenará serenaremos serenaréis serenarán
conditional serenaría serenarías serenaría serenaríamos serenaríais serenarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present serene serenestú
serenésvos2 		serene serenemos serenéis serenen
imperfect
(ra) 		serenara serenaras serenara serenáramos serenarais serenaran
imperfect
(se) 		serenase serenases serenase serenásemos serenaseis serenasen
future1 serenare serenares serenare serenáremos serenareis serenaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative serenatú
serenávos 		serene serenemos serenad serenen
negative no serenes no serene no serenemos no serenéis no serenen

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

    Selected combined forms of serenar

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 serenar dative serenarme serenarte serenarle, serenarse serenarnos serenaros serenarles, serenarse
accusative serenarme serenarte serenarlo, serenarla, serenarse serenarnos serenaros serenarlos, serenarlas, serenarse
with gerund serenando dative serenándome serenándote serenándole, serenándose serenándonos serenándoos serenándoles, serenándose
accusative serenándome serenándote serenándolo, serenándola, serenándose serenándonos serenándoos serenándolos, serenándolas, serenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative serena dative seréname serénate serénale serénanos not used serénales
accusative seréname serénate serénalo, serénala serénanos not used serénalos, serénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative serená dative serename serenate serenale serenanos not used serenales
accusative serename serenate serenalo, serenala serenanos not used serenalos, serenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative serene dative seréneme not used serénele, serénese serénenos not used seréneles
accusative seréneme not used serénelo, serénela, serénese serénenos not used serénelos, serénelas
with first-person plural imperative serenemos dative not used serenémoste serenémosle serenémonos serenémoos serenémosles
accusative not used serenémoste serenémoslo, serenémosla serenémonos serenémoos serenémoslos, serenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative serenad dative serenadme not used serenadle serenadnos serenaos serenadles
accusative serenadme not used serenadlo, serenadla serenadnos serenaos serenadlos, serenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative serenen dative serénenme not used serénenle serénennos not used serénenles, serénense
accusative serénenme not used serénenlo, serénenla serénennos not used serénenlos, serénenlas, serénense

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