orar

See also: órar and ørar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• horar

Etymology

Probably an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈɾaɾ]

Verb

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orí, past participle orat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (intransitive, religion) to pray

   Synonym: pregar

2. (intransitive) to orate, to perorate

   Synonym: perorar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of orar (first conjugation)

infinitive			orar
gerund			orant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		orat		orada
		plural		orats		orades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	oro	ores	ora	orem	oreu	oren
	imperfect	orava	oraves	orava	oràvem	oràveu	oraven
	future	oraré	oraràs	orarà	orarem	orareu	oraran
	preterite	orí	orares	orà	oràrem	oràreu	oraren
	conditional	oraria	oraries	oraria	oraríem	oraríeu	orarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	ori	oris	ori	orem	oreu	orin
	imperfect	orés	oressis	orés	oréssim	oréssiu	oressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ora	ori	orem	oreu	orin
	negative (no)	—	no oris	no ori	no orem	no oreu	no orin

Related terms

• oració

Further reading

• “orar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “orar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “orar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “orar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

Verb

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orei, past participle orado)

1. to pray

   Synonyms: pregar, rezar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of orar

	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	orar
Personal	orar	orares	orar	orarmos	orardes	oraren
Gerund
	orando
Past participle
Masculine	orado			orados
Feminine	orada			oradas
Indicative
Present	oro	oras	ora	oramos	orades	oran
Imperfect	oraba	orabas	oraba	orabamos	orabades	oraban
Preterite	orei	oraches	orou	oramos	orastes	oraron
Pluperfect	orara	oraras	orara	oraramos	orarades	oraran
Future	orarei	orarás	orará	oraremos	oraredes	orarán
Conditional	oraría	orarías	oraría	orariamos	orariades	orarían
Subjunctive
Present	ore	ores	ore	oremos	oredes	oren
Imperfect	orase	orases	orase	orásemos	orásedes	orasen
Future	orar	orares	orar	orarmos	orardes	oraren
Imperative
Affirmative		ora	ore	oremos	orade	oren
Negative (non)		non ores	non ore	non oremos	non oredes	non oren

    Reintegrated conjugation of orar (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	orar
Personal	orar	orares	orar	orarmos	orardes	orarem
Gerund
	orando
Past participle
Masculine	orado			orados
Feminine	orada			oradas
Indicative
Present	oro	oras	ora	oramos	orades, orais	oram
Imperfect	orava	oravas	orava	orávamos	orávades, oráveis, orávais1	oravam
Preterite	orei	oraste, orache1	orou	oramos	orastes	orárom, oraram
Pluperfect	orara	oraras	orara	oráramos	orárades, oráreis, orárais1	oraram
Future	orarei	orarás	orará	oraremos	oraredes, orareis	orarám, orarão
Conditional	oraria	orarias	oraria	oraríamos	oraríades, oraríeis, oraríais1	orariam
Subjunctive
Present	ore	ores	ore	oremos	oredes, oreis	orem
Imperfect	orasse	orasses	orasse	orássemos	orássedes, orásseis	orassem
Future	orar	orares	orar	orarmos	orardes	orarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ora	ore	oremos	orade, orai	orem
Negative (nom)		nom ores	nom ore	nom oremos	nom oredes, nom oreis	nom orem

¹Less recommended.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, an early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [oˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [oˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /oˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [oˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /oˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: o‧rar

Verb

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite orei, past participle orado)

1. to pray (petition a higher being)

   Synonym: rezar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of orar (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	orar
Personal	orar	orares	orar	orarmos	orardes	orarem
Gerund
	orando
Past participle
Masculine	orado			orados
Feminine	orada			oradas
Indicative
Present	oro	oras	ora	oramos	orais	oram
Imperfect	orava	oravas	orava	orávamos	oráveis	oravam
Preterite	orei	oraste	orou	oramos1, orámos2	orastes	oraram
Pluperfect	orara	oraras	orara	oráramos	oráreis	oraram
Future	orarei	orarás	orará	oraremos	orareis	orarão
Conditional	oraria	orarias	oraria	oraríamos	oraríeis	orariam
Subjunctive
Present	ore	ores	ore	oremos	oreis	orem
Imperfect	orasse	orasses	orasse	orássemos	orásseis	orassem
Future	orar	orares	orar	orarmos	orardes	orarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ora	ore	oremos	orai	orem
Negative (não)		não ores	não ore	não oremos	não oreis	não orem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• oração

Further reading

• “orar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “orar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “orar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “orar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “orar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “orar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French horaire, from Latin horarius.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

orar m or n (feminine singular orară, masculine plural orari, feminine and neuter plural orare)

1. hourly

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	orar		orară		orari	orare
	definite	orarul		orara		orarii	orarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	orar		orare		orari	orare
	definite	orarului		orarei		orarilor	orarelor

Spanish

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin ōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈɾaɾ/ [oˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧rar

Verb

orar (first-person singular present oro, first-person singular preterite oré, past participle orado)

1. (intransitive) to pray

   Synonym: rezar

2. (intransitive) to orate, or speak in favor of or against something in public

   Synonym: pronunciar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of orar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			orar
gerund			orando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		orado		orada
		plural		orados		oradas
		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	oro	orastú orásvos	ora	oramos	oráis	oran
	imperfect	oraba	orabas	oraba	orábamos	orabais	oraban
	preterite	oré	oraste	oró	oramos	orasteis	oraron
	future	oraré	orarás	orará	oraremos	oraréis	orarán
	conditional	oraría	orarías	oraría	oraríamos	oraríais	orarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ore	orestú orésvos2	ore	oremos	oréis	oren
	imperfect (ra)	orara	oraras	orara	oráramos	orarais	oraran
	imperfect (se)	orase	orases	orase	orásemos	oraseis	orasen
	future1	orare	orares	orare	oráremos	orareis	oraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		oratú orávos	ore	oremos	orad	oren
	negative		no ores	no ore	no oremos	no oréis	no oren

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

    Selected combined forms of orar

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 orar	dative	orarme	orarte	orarle, orarse	orarnos	oraros	orarles, orarse
	accusative	orarme	orarte	orarlo, orarla, orarse	orarnos	oraros	orarlos, orarlas, orarse
with gerund orando	dative	orándome	orándote	orándole, orándose	orándonos	orándoos	orándoles, orándose
	accusative	orándome	orándote	orándolo, orándola, orándose	orándonos	orándoos	orándolos, orándolas, orándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ora	dative	órame	órate	órale	óranos	not used	órales
	accusative	órame	órate	óralo, órala	óranos	not used	óralos, óralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative orá	dative	orame	orate	orale	oranos	not used	orales
	accusative	orame	orate	oralo, orala	oranos	not used	oralos, oralas
with formal second-person singular imperative ore	dative	óreme	not used	órele, órese	órenos	not used	óreles
	accusative	óreme	not used	órelo, órela, órese	órenos	not used	órelos, órelas
with first-person plural imperative oremos	dative	not used	orémoste	orémosle	orémonos	orémoos	orémosles
	accusative	not used	orémoste	orémoslo, orémosla	orémonos	orémoos	orémoslos, orémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative orad	dative	oradme	not used	oradle	oradnos	oraos	oradles
	accusative	oradme	not used	oradlo, oradla	oradnos	oraos	oradlos, oradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative oren	dative	órenme	not used	órenle	órennos	not used	órenles, órense
	accusative	órenme	not used	órenlo, órenla	órennos	not used	órenlos, órenlas, órense

Related terms

• oración f
• oratorio m

Further reading

• “orar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• raro