funcionar

funcionar (first-person singular indicative present funciono, past participle funcionáu)

1. to work, function

   Synonym: furrular

• “funcionar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “funcionar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fun.si.uˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fun.si.oˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fun.si.oˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcioní, past participle funcionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. to work, function

• funcionament

• “funcionar”, 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
• “funcionar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “funcionar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “funcionar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Derived from funciono +‎ -ar and borrowed from English function, French fonctionner, German funktionieren, Italian funzionare, Russian функциони́ровать (funkcionírovatʹ), Spanish funcionar.

• IPA^(key): /funt͡si̯oˈnar/

funcionar (present funcionas, past funcionis, future funcionos, conditional funcionus, imperative funcionez)

1. (intransitive) to function (all senses): to function, act (as)
2. (intransitive) to perform the duties
3. (intransitive) to fill an office
4. (intransitive) to work properly (of machinery, etc.)

• funccionar (pre-standardization spelling)

Borrowed from French fonctionner (“to function; to work”), from fonction +‎ -er, from Latin fūnctiōnem (“function”). By surface analysis, função +‎ -ar.

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: fun‧ci‧o‧nar

funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcionei, past participle funcionado)

1. to work; to function

   Alternative form: (informal, clipping) funfar

   • 1934, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XI, in S. Bernardo‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Ariel, Editora Ltda., page 68:

     […] Padilha jurou por todos os santos que a escola funccionava normalmente e que fazia cortar coração deixar tantas crianças sem o pão do saber.

     […] Padilha swore by all saints that the school functioned normally and that it broke hearts to leave so many children without the bread of knowledge.

• “funcionar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “funcionar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• funcar

From función +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /funθjoˈnaɾ/ [fũn̟.θjoˈnaɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /funsjoˈnaɾ/ [fũn.sjoˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fun‧cio‧nar

funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcioné, past participle funcionado)

1. (intransitive) to work, to function

• “funcionar”, 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