frenar

Catalan

Etymology

From fre (“brake”). First attested in c. 1900. Cf. also Latin frēnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fɾəˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [fɾeˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

frenar (first-person singular present freno, first-person singular preterite frení, past participle frenat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to brake
2. (transitive) to curb, restrain

   Synonym: aturar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frenar (first conjugation)

infinitive			frenar
gerund			frenant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		frenat		frenada
		plural		frenats		frenades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	freno	frenes	frena	frenem	freneu	frenen
	imperfect	frenava	frenaves	frenava	frenàvem	frenàveu	frenaven
	future	frenaré	frenaràs	frenarà	frenarem	frenareu	frenaran
	preterite	frení	frenares	frenà	frenàrem	frenàreu	frenaren
	conditional	frenaria	frenaries	frenaria	frenaríem	frenaríeu	frenarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	freni	frenis	freni	frenem	freneu	frenin
	imperfect	frenés	frenessis	frenés	frenéssim	frenéssiu	frenessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	frena	freni	frenem	freneu	frenin
	negative (no)	—	no frenis	no freni	no frenem	no freneu	no frenin

Derived terms

• desfrenar

Related terms

• fre

Further reading

• “frenar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “frenar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “frenar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Latin frēnāre, but more likely derived later in Spanish from freno, and first attested 1591. Cf. also enfrenar and refrenar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈnaɾ/ [fɾeˈnaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fre‧nar

Verb

frenar (first-person singular present freno, first-person singular preterite frené, past participle frenado)

1. (transitive) to brake (a vehicle)
2. (transitive) to restrain

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			frenar
gerund			frenando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		frenado		frenada
		plural		frenados		frenadas
		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	freno	frenastú frenásvos	frena	frenamos	frenáis	frenan
	imperfect	frenaba	frenabas	frenaba	frenábamos	frenabais	frenaban
	preterite	frené	frenaste	frenó	frenamos	frenasteis	frenaron
	future	frenaré	frenarás	frenará	frenaremos	frenaréis	frenarán
	conditional	frenaría	frenarías	frenaría	frenaríamos	frenaríais	frenarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	frene	frenestú frenésvos2	frene	frenemos	frenéis	frenen
	imperfect (ra)	frenara	frenaras	frenara	frenáramos	frenarais	frenaran
	imperfect (se)	frenase	frenases	frenase	frenásemos	frenaseis	frenasen
	future1	frenare	frenares	frenare	frenáremos	frenareis	frenaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		frenatú frenávos	frene	frenemos	frenad	frenen
	negative		no frenes	no frene	no frenemos	no frenéis	no frenen

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

    Selected combined forms of frenar

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 frenar
	dative	frenarme	frenarte	frenarle, frenarse	frenarnos	frenaros	frenarles, frenarse
	accusative	frenarme	frenarte	frenarlo, frenarla, frenarse	frenarnos	frenaros	frenarlos, frenarlas, frenarse
with gerund frenando
	dative	frenándome	frenándote	frenándole, frenándose	frenándonos	frenándoos	frenándoles, frenándose
	accusative	frenándome	frenándote	frenándolo, frenándola, frenándose	frenándonos	frenándoos	frenándolos, frenándolas, frenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative frena
	dative	fréname	frénate	frénale	frénanos	not used	frénales
	accusative	fréname	frénate	frénalo, frénala	frénanos	not used	frénalos, frénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative frená
	dative	frename	frenate	frenale	frenanos	not used	frenales
	accusative	frename	frenate	frenalo, frenala	frenanos	not used	frenalos, frenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative frene
	dative	fréneme	not used	frénele, frénese	frénenos	not used	fréneles
	accusative	fréneme	not used	frénelo, frénela, frénese	frénenos	not used	frénelos, frénelas
with first-person plural imperative frenemos
	dative	not used	frenémoste	frenémosle	frenémonos	frenémoos	frenémosles
	accusative	not used	frenémoste	frenémoslo, frenémosla	frenémonos	frenémoos	frenémoslos, frenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative frenad
	dative	frenadme	not used	frenadle	frenadnos	frenaos	frenadles
	accusative	frenadme	not used	frenadlo, frenadla	frenadnos	frenaos	frenadlos, frenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative frenen
	dative	frénenme	not used	frénenle	frénennos	not used	frénenles, frénense
	accusative	frénenme	not used	frénenlo, frénenla	frénennos	not used	frénenlos, frénenlas, frénense

Derived terms

• frenada
• frenado
• frenaje
• frenazo

 

Related terms

• enfrenar
• freno
• refrenar

 

Further reading

• “frenar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28