originar

From origen +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.ɾi.ʒiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾi.ʒiˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.ɾi.d͡ʒiˈnaɾ]

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originar (first-person singular present origino, first-person singular preterite originí, past participle originat)

1. to originate

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

From origem +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: o‧ri‧gi‧nar

originar (first-person singular present origino, first-person singular preterite originei, past participle originado)

1. to cause
2. to originate
3. to provoke

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

Borrowed from French originaire, from Latin originarius. By surface analysis, origine +‎ -ar.

originar m or n (feminine singular originară, masculine plural originari, feminine/neuter plural originare)

1. originating (from)

From origen +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /oɾixiˈnaɾ/ [o.ɾi.xiˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧ri‧gi‧nar

originar (first-person singular present origino, first-person singular preterite originé, past participle originado)

1. to originate
2. (transitive) to start
3. (transitive) to give rise to, to cause

• “originar”, 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