florar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /floˈɾa(ʁ)/ [floˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /floˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /floˈɾa(ʁ)/ [floˈɾa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /floˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈɾa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: flo‧rar
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- fulorar (pronunciation spelling)
Verb
florar (first-person singular present floro, first-person singular preterite florei, past participle florado)
- synonym of florir
Conjugation
Conjugation of florar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Guinea-Bissau Creole flora.
Verb
florar (first-person singular present floro, first-person singular preterite florei, past participle florado)
- (Guinea-Bissau) to work
Conjugation
Conjugation of florar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “florar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “florar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “florar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
From floare + -ar. Compare Italian fioraio, Portuguese floreiro, Spanish florero.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floˈrar/
Noun
florar m (plural florari)
- one who grows or sells flowers; flower vendor; florist
- Synonym: (rare) florist
- (popular/folk usage) May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
- Synonym: (standard/most common) mai
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | florar | florarul | florari | florarii | |
| genitive-dative | florar | florarului | florari | florarilor | |
| vocative | florarule | florarilor | |||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /floˈɾaɾ/ [floˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: flo‧rar
Verb
florar (first-person singular present floro, first-person singular preterite floré, past participle florado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of florar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | florar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | florando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | florado | florada | |||||
| plural | florados | floradas | |||||
| 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 | floro | florastú florásvos |
flora | floramos | floráis | floran | |
| imperfect | floraba | florabas | floraba | florábamos | florabais | floraban | |
| preterite | floré | floraste | floró | floramos | florasteis | floraron | |
| future | floraré | florarás | florará | floraremos | floraréis | florarán | |
| conditional | floraría | florarías | floraría | floraríamos | floraríais | florarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | flore | florestú florésvos2 |
flore | floremos | floréis | floren | |
| imperfect (ra) |
florara | floraras | florara | floráramos | florarais | floraran | |
| imperfect (se) |
florase | florases | florase | florásemos | floraseis | florasen | |
| future1 | florare | florares | florare | floráremos | florareis | floraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | floratú florávos |
flore | floremos | florad | floren | ||
| negative | no flores | no flore | no floremos | no floréis | no floren | ||
Further reading
- “florar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025