formar

From Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

formar (first-person singular indicative present formo, past participle formáu)

1. to form (to give shape)
2. to form, make up
3. to make, form
4. to bring up, raise

Inherited from Latin fōrmāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [furˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [forˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formí, past participle format); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to shape
2. to teach, instruct, show
3. to form

• forma
• formació
• formatiu

• “formar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “formar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “formar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “formar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

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formar

1. (transitive) to form

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• forma

From Old Galician-Portuguese formar, from Latin fōrmāre.

• Hyphenation: for‧mar

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formei, past participle formado)

1. to form
2. (pronominal) to graduate, to receive a degree

For quotations using this term, see Citations:formar.

From formă +‎ -ar.

formar m (plural formari)

1. moulder

• furmar (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)
• furmer (Puter)
• fuormar (Vallader)

From Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō.

formar

1. (Sursilvan) to shape, form

• fuorma

Learned borrowing from Latin formāre.

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈmaɾ/ [foɾˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: for‧mar

formar (first-person singular present formo, first-person singular preterite formé, past participle formado)

1. (transitive) to form, to create
2. (transitive) to train, to educate
3. (transitive) to make up, to constitute
4. (intransitive) to line up (to get in a line)

• “formar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• morfar

formar

1. indefinite plural of form

formar

1. present indicative of forma

• farmor, morfar