inclinar

Borrowed from Latin inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iŋ.kliˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kliˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

inclinar (first-person singular present inclino, first-person singular preterite incliní, past participle inclinat)

1. (ambitransitive) to incline, to tilt, to slope
2. (transitive, figurative) to persuade [with a ‘to’]

   Synonym: persuadir

3. (reflexive) to stoop, bend, bow
4. (pronominal, figurative) to be inclined

• inclinació
• inclinat

• “inclinar”, 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
• “inclinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Learned borrowing from Latin inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”).

inclinar (first-person singular present inclino, first-person singular preterite inclinei, past participle inclinado)

1. to tilt

• inclinación

Learned borrowing from Latin inclīnāre (“to incline, to tilt”).

• Hyphenation: in‧cli‧nar

inclinar (first-person singular present inclino, first-person singular preterite inclinei, past participle inclinado)

1. to tilt, tip
2. to incline, slope

• inclinação

• “inclinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”).

• IPA^(key): /inkliˈnaɾ/ [ĩŋ.kliˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧cli‧nar

inclinar (first-person singular present inclino, first-person singular preterite incliné, past participle inclinado)

1. (transitive) to tilt
2. (reflexive) to bow, to lean (physically)

   Inclínese ante su Dios.

   Bow down before your God.

3. (reflexive) to be inclined

   me inclino a pensar tiene razón

   I'm inclined to think she is right

• “inclinar”, 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