borrar

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

borrar

  1. (transitive) to erase

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From borra +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈʁa(ʁ)/ [boˈha(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /boˈʁa(ɾ)/ [boˈha(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /boˈʁa(ʁ)/ [boˈχa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /boˈʁa(ɻ)/ [boˈha(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈʁaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /buˈʁa.ɾi/

  • Homophone: burrar (Portugal)
  • Hyphenation: bor‧rar

Verb

borrar (first-person singular present borro, first-person singular preterite borrei, past participle borrado)

  1. to smudge (to smear ink, especially if accidentally)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of borrar (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 borrar
Personal borrar borrares borrar borrarmos borrardes borrarem
Gerund
borrando
Past participle
Masculine borrado borrados
Feminine borrada borradas
Indicative
Present borro borras borra borramos borrais borram
Imperfect borrava borravas borrava borrávamos borráveis borravam
Preterite borrei borraste borrou borramos1, borrámos2 borrastes borraram
Pluperfect borrara borraras borrara borráramos borráreis borraram
Future borrarei borrarás borrará borraremos borrareis borrarão
Conditional borraria borrarias borraria borraríamos borraríeis borrariam
Subjunctive
Present borre borres borre borremos borreis borrem
Imperfect borrasse borrasses borrasse borrássemos borrásseis borrassem
Future borrar borrares borrar borrarmos borrardes borrarem
Imperative
Affirmative borra borre borremos borrai borrem
Negative (não) não borres não borre não borremos não borreis não borrem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From borra (“rough wool”), formerly used for erasing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /boˈraɾ/ [boˈraɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: bo‧rrar

Verb

borrar (first-person singular present borro, first-person singular preterite borré, past participle borrado)

  1. to erase or delete

Conjugation
    Conjugation of borrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive borrar
gerund borrando
past participle masculine feminine
singular borrado borrada
plural borrados borradas
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 borro borrastú
borrásvos		 borra borramos borráis borran
imperfect borraba borrabas borraba borrábamos borrabais borraban
preterite borré borraste borró borramos borrasteis borraron
future borraré borrarás borrará borraremos borraréis borrarán
conditional borraría borrarías borraría borraríamos borraríais borrarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present borre borrestú
borrésvos2		 borre borremos borréis borren
imperfect
(ra)		 borrara borraras borrara borráramos borrarais borraran
imperfect
(se)		 borrase borrases borrase borrásemos borraseis borrasen
future1 borrare borrares borrare borráremos borrareis borraren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative borratú
borrávos		 borre borremos borrad borren
negative no borres no borre no borremos no borréis no borren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of borrar

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 borrar
dative borrarme borrarte borrarle, borrarse borrarnos borraros borrarles, borrarse
accusative borrarme borrarte borrarlo, borrarla, borrarse borrarnos borraros borrarlos, borrarlas, borrarse
with gerund borrando
dative borrándome borrándote borrándole, borrándose borrándonos borrándoos borrándoles, borrándose
accusative borrándome borrándote borrándolo, borrándola, borrándose borrándonos borrándoos borrándolos, borrándolas, borrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative borra
dative bórrame bórrate bórrale bórranos not used bórrales
accusative bórrame bórrate bórralo, bórrala bórranos not used bórralos, bórralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative borrá
dative borrame borrate borrale borranos not used borrales
accusative borrame borrate borralo, borrala borranos not used borralos, borralas
with formal second-person singular imperative borre
dative bórreme not used bórrele, bórrese bórrenos not used bórreles
accusative bórreme not used bórrelo, bórrela, bórrese bórrenos not used bórrelos, bórrelas
with first-person plural imperative borremos
dative not used borrémoste borrémosle borrémonos borrémoos borrémosles
accusative not used borrémoste borrémoslo, borrémosla borrémonos borrémoos borrémoslos, borrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative borrad
dative borradme not used borradle borradnos borraos borradles
accusative borradme not used borradlo, borradla borradnos borraos borradlos, borradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative borren
dative bórrenme not used bórrenle bórrennos not used bórrenles, bórrense
accusative bórrenme not used bórrenlo, bórrenla bórrennos not used bórrenlos, bórrenlas, bórrense

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Tagalog: bura

See also

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

borrar

  1. present indicative of borra
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