designar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of dissenyar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.ziŋˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.ziŋˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designí, past participle designat)

1. to designate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of designar (first conjugation)

infinitive			designar
gerund			designant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		designat		designada
		plural		designats		designades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	designo	designes	designa	designem	designeu	designen
	imperfect	designava	designaves	designava	designàvem	designàveu	designaven
	future	designaré	designaràs	designarà	designarem	designareu	designaran
	preterite	designí	designares	designà	designàrem	designàreu	designaren
	conditional	designaria	designaries	designaria	designaríem	designaríeu	designarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	designi	designis	designi	designem	designeu	designin
	imperfect	designés	designessis	designés	designéssim	designéssiu	designessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	designa	designi	designem	designeu	designin
	negative (no)	—	no designis	no designi	no designem	no designeu	no designin

Related terms

• designació

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēsignō, dēsignāre. Doublet of deseñar.

Verb

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designei, past participle designado)

1. to designate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of designar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	designar
Personal	designar	designares	designar	designarmos	designardes	designaren
Gerund
	designando
Past participle
Masculine	designado			designados
Feminine	designada			designadas
Indicative
Present	designo	designas	designa	designamos	designades	designan
Imperfect	designaba	designabas	designaba	designabamos	designabades	designaban
Preterite	designei	designaches	designou	designamos	designastes	designaron
Pluperfect	designara	designaras	designara	designaramos	designarades	designaran
Future	designarei	designarás	designará	designaremos	designaredes	designarán
Conditional	designaría	designarías	designaría	designariamos	designariades	designarían
Subjunctive
Present	designe	designes	designe	designemos	designedes	designen
Imperfect	designase	designases	designase	designásemos	designásedes	designasen
Future	designar	designares	designar	designarmos	designardes	designaren
Imperative
Affirmative		designa	designe	designemos	designade	designen
Negative (non)		non designes	non designe	non designemos	non designedes	non designen

    Reintegrated conjugation of designar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	designar
Personal	designar	designares	designar	designarmos	designardes	designarem
Gerund
	designando
Past participle
Masculine	designado			designados
Feminine	designada			designadas
Indicative
Present	designo	designas	designa	designamos	designades, designais	designam
Imperfect	designava	designavas	designava	designávamos	designávades, designáveis, designávais1	designavam
Preterite	designei	designaste, designache1	designou	designamos	designastes	designárom, designaram
Pluperfect	designara	designaras	designara	designáramos	designárades, designáreis, designárais1	designaram
Future	designarei	designarás	designará	designaremos	designaredes, designareis	designarám, designarão
Conditional	designaria	designarias	designaria	designaríamos	designaríades, designaríeis, designaríais1	designariam
Subjunctive
Present	designe	designes	designe	designemos	designedes, designeis	designem
Imperfect	designasse	designasses	designasse	designássemos	designássedes, designásseis	designassem
Future	designar	designares	designar	designarmos	designardes	designarem
Imperative
Affirmative		designa	designe	designemos	designade, designai	designem
Negative (nom)		nom designes	nom designe	nom designemos	nom designedes, nom designeis	nom designem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• designación

Further reading

• “designar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “designar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Interlingua

Verb

designar

1. to design

Conjugation

    Conjugation of designar

infinitive		designar
participle		present	perfect
		designante	designate
active		simple	perfect
	present	designa	ha designate
	past	designava	habeva designate
	future	designara	habera designate
	conditional	designarea	haberea designate
	imperative	designa	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es designate	ha essite designate
	past	esseva designate	habeva essite designate
	future	essera designate	habera essite designate
	conditional	esserea designate	haberea essite designate
	imperative	sia designate	—

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of desenhar and design.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.zi.ɡiˈna(h)], /de.ziɡˈna(ʁ)/ [de.ziɡˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.zi.ɡiˈna(h)], /de.ziɡˈna(ʁ)/ [de.ziɡˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ɾ)/, /de.ziɡˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.zi.ɡiˈna(χ)], /de.ziɡˈna(ʁ)/ [de.ziɡˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ɻ)/, /de.ziɡˈna(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.ziɡˈna(ʁ)/ [de.ziɡˈna(h)], /de.zi.ɡiˈna(ʁ)/ [de.zi.ɡiˈna(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ziˈɡnaɾ/ [dɨ.ziˈɣnaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ziˈɡnaɾ/ [dɨ.ziˈɣnaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.ziˈɡna.ɾi/ [dɨ.ziˈɣna.ɾi]

Verb

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designei, past participle designado)

1. to designate
2. to appoint, nominate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of designar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	designar
Personal	designar	designares	designar	designarmos	designardes	designarem
Gerund
	designando
Past participle
Masculine	designado			designados
Feminine	designada			designadas
Indicative
Present	designo	designas	designa	designamos	designais	designam
Imperfect	designava	designavas	designava	designávamos	designáveis	designavam
Preterite	designei	designaste	designou	designamos1, designámos2	designastes	designaram
Pluperfect	designara	designaras	designara	designáramos	designáreis	designaram
Future	designarei	designarás	designará	designaremos	designareis	designarão
Conditional	designaria	designarias	designaria	designaríamos	designaríeis	designariam
Subjunctive
Present	designe	designes	designe	designemos	designeis	designem
Imperfect	designasse	designasses	designasse	designássemos	designásseis	designassem
Future	designar	designares	designar	designarmos	designardes	designarem
Imperative
Affirmative		designa	designe	designemos	designai	designem
Negative (não)		não designes	não designe	não designemos	não designeis	não designem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsignāre. Doublet of diseñar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desiɡˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.siɣ̞ˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sig‧nar

Verb

designar (first-person singular present designo, first-person singular preterite designé, past participle designado)

1. to designate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of designar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			designar
gerund			designando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		designado		designada
		plural		designados		designadas
		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	designo	designastú designásvos	designa	designamos	designáis	designan
	imperfect	designaba	designabas	designaba	designábamos	designabais	designaban
	preterite	designé	designaste	designó	designamos	designasteis	designaron
	future	designaré	designarás	designará	designaremos	designaréis	designarán
	conditional	designaría	designarías	designaría	designaríamos	designaríais	designarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	designe	designestú designésvos2	designe	designemos	designéis	designen
	imperfect (ra)	designara	designaras	designara	designáramos	designarais	designaran
	imperfect (se)	designase	designases	designase	designásemos	designaseis	designasen
	future1	designare	designares	designare	designáremos	designareis	designaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		designatú designávos	designe	designemos	designad	designen
	negative		no designes	no designe	no designemos	no designéis	no designen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of designar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive designar	dative	designarme	designarte	designarle, designarse	designarnos	designaros	designarles, designarse
	accusative	designarme	designarte	designarlo, designarla, designarse	designarnos	designaros	designarlos, designarlas, designarse
with gerund designando	dative	designándome	designándote	designándole, designándose	designándonos	designándoos	designándoles, designándose
	accusative	designándome	designándote	designándolo, designándola, designándose	designándonos	designándoos	designándolos, designándolas, designándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative designa	dative	desígname	desígnate	desígnale	desígnanos	not used	desígnales
	accusative	desígname	desígnate	desígnalo, desígnala	desígnanos	not used	desígnalos, desígnalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative designá	dative	designame	designate	designale	designanos	not used	designales
	accusative	designame	designate	designalo, designala	designanos	not used	designalos, designalas
with formal second-person singular imperative designe	dative	desígneme	not used	desígnele, desígnese	desígnenos	not used	desígneles
	accusative	desígneme	not used	desígnelo, desígnela, desígnese	desígnenos	not used	desígnelos, desígnelas
with first-person plural imperative designemos	dative	not used	designémoste	designémosle	designémonos	designémoos	designémosles
	accusative	not used	designémoste	designémoslo, designémosla	designémonos	designémoos	designémoslos, designémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative designad	dative	designadme	not used	designadle	designadnos	designaos	designadles
	accusative	designadme	not used	designadlo, designadla	designadnos	designaos	designadlos, designadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative designen	dative	desígnenme	not used	desígnenle	desígnennos	not used	desígnenles, desígnense
	accusative	desígnenme	not used	desígnenlo, desígnenla	desígnennos	not used	desígnenlos, desígnenlas, desígnense

Related terms

• designación

Further reading

• “designar”, 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

Swedish

Verb

designar

1. present of designa