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unir
unir
Catalan
Verb
unir (first-person singular present uneixo, past participle unit)
Conjugation
| infinitive | unir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | unint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | unit | unida | |||||
| plural | units | unides | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu |  ell/ella vostè  | 
 nosaltres nós  | 
 vosaltres vós  | 
 ells/elles vostès  | 
|
| present | uneixo | uneixes | uneix | unim | uniu | uneixen | |
| imperfect | unia | unies | unia | uníem | uníeu | unien | |
| future | uniré | uniràs | unirà | unirem | unireu | uniran | |
| preterite | uní | unires | uní | unírem | uníreu | uniren | |
| conditional | uniria | uniries | uniria | uniríem | uniríeu | unirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu |  ell/ella vostè  | 
 nosaltres nós  | 
 vosaltres vós  | 
 ells/elles vostès  | 
|
| present | uneixi | uneixis | uneixi | unim | uniu | uneixin | |
| imperfect | unís | unissis | unís | uníssim | uníssiu | unissin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres |  vosaltres vós  | 
vostès | |
| — | uneix | uneixi | unim | uniu | uneixin | ||
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.niʁ/
 - Rhymes: -iʁ
 
Verb
unir
Antonyms
Related terms
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | unir | avoir uni | |||||
| gerund | en unissant | en ayant uni | |||||
| present participle |  unissant /y.ni.sɑ̃/  | 
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| past participle |  uni /y.ni/  | 
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
|  simple tenses  | 
present |  unis /y.ni/  | 
 unis /y.ni/  | 
 unit /y.ni/  | 
 unissons /y.ni.sɔ̃/  | 
 unissez /y.ni.se/  | 
 unissent /y.nis/  | 
| imperfect |  unissais /y.ni.sɛ/  | 
 unissais /y.ni.sɛ/  | 
 unissait /y.ni.sɛ/  | 
 unissions /y.ni.sjɔ̃/  | 
 unissiez /y.ni.sje/  | 
 unissaient /y.ni.sɛ/  | 
|
| past historic1 |  unis /y.ni/  | 
unis /y.ni/  | 
unit /y.ni/  | 
unîmes /y.nim/  | 
unîtes /y.nit/  | 
unirent /y.niʁ/  | 
|
| future |  unirai /y.ni.ʁe/  | 
 uniras /y.ni.ʁa/  | 
 unira /y.ni.ʁa/  | 
 unirons /y.ni.ʁɔ̃/  | 
 unirez /y.ni.ʁe/  | 
 uniront /y.ni.ʁɔ̃/  | 
|
| conditional |  unirais /y.ni.ʁɛ/  | 
 unirais /y.ni.ʁɛ/  | 
 unirait /y.ni.ʁɛ/  | 
 unirions /y.ni.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
 uniriez /y.ni.ʁje/  | 
 uniraient /y.ni.ʁɛ/  | 
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|  compound tenses  | 
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
|  simple tenses  | 
present |  unisse /y.nis/  | 
 unisses /y.nis/  | 
 unisse /y.nis/  | 
 unissions /y.ni.sjɔ̃/  | 
 unissiez /y.ni.sje/  | 
 unissent /y.nis/  | 
| imperfect1 | 
unisse /y.nis/  | 
unisses /y.nis/  | 
unît /y.ni/  | 
unissions /y.ni.sjɔ̃/  | 
unissiez /y.ni.sje/  | 
unissent /y.nis/  | 
|
|  compound tenses  | 
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — |  unis /y.ni/  | 
— |  unissons /y.ni.sɔ̃/  | 
 unissez /y.ni.se/  | 
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō.
Verb
unir
- to unite
 
Conjugation
- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
 
| infinitive | unir, unì | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | avei | gerund | unian | |||
| past participle | unì | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles | 
| present | une, unesce | unes, unesces | un, unesc | union | unieis | un, unesc | 
| imperfect | unive | unives | univa | univan | univais | univa | 
| future | uniré | uniras | unirà | uniron | unireis | unirà | 
| subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles | 
| present | une, unesce | unes, unesces | une, unesce | union | unieis | une, unesce | 
| imperfect | unisse | unisses | unissa | unissan | unissais | unissa | 
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | 
| — | un, unesc | — | union | unide | — | |
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō (“I unite”), from ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one; single”).
Pronunciation
- (Paulista) IPA(key): /u.ˈni(ɹ)/
 - (South Brazil) IPA(key): /u.ˈni(ɻ)/
 - (Portugal) IPA(key): /u.ˈniɾ/
 - Hyphenation: u‧nir
 
Verb
unir (first-person singular present indicative uno, past participle unido)
Conjugation
| Notes:[edit] | ||||||
| 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 | unir | |||||
| Personal | unir | unires | unir | unirmos | unirdes | unirem | 
| Gerund | ||||||
| unindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | unido | unidos | ||||
| Feminine | unida | unidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | uno | unes | une | unimos | unis | unem | 
| Imperfect | unia | unias | unia | uníamos | uníeis | uniam | 
| Preterite | uni | uniste | uniu | unimos | unistes | uniram | 
| Pluperfect | unira | uniras | unira | uníramos | uníreis | uniram | 
| Future | unirei | unirás | unirá | uniremos | unireis | unirão | 
| Conditional | ||||||
| uniria | unirias | uniria | uniríamos | uniríeis | uniriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | una | unas | una | unamos | unais | unam | 
| Imperfect | unisse | unisses | unisse | uníssemos | unísseis | unissem | 
| Future | unir | unires | unir | unirmos | unirdes | unirem | 
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | - | une | una | unamos | uni | unam | 
| Negative (não) | - | unas | una | unamos | unais | unam | 
Synonyms
- (to bind): colar, conectar, grudar, jungir, juntar, ligar, prender, vincular
 - (to unite): aliar, casar, conectar, juntar, vincular
 
Antonyms
- (to bind): desconectar, desprender, desvincular, separar
 - (to unite): desvincular, separar
 
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō.
Verb
unir (first-person singular present uno, first-person singular preterite uní, past participle unido)
Related terms
Conjugation
| infinitive | unir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | uniendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | unido | unida | |||||
| plural | unidos | unidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo |  tú vos  | 
 él/ella usted  | 
 nosotros nosotras  | 
 vosotros vosotras  | 
 ellos/ellas ustedes  | 
|
| present | uno |  unestú unísvos  | 
une | unimos | unís | unen | |
| imperfect | unía | unías | unía | uníamos | uníais | unían | |
| preterite | uní | uniste | unió | unimos | unisteis | unieron | |
| future | uniré | unirás | unirá | uniremos | uniréis | unirán | |
| conditional | uniría | unirías | uniría | uniríamos | uniríais | unirían | |
| subjunctive | yo |  tú vos  | 
 él/ella usted  | 
 nosotros nosotras  | 
 vosotros vosotras  | 
 ellos/ellas ustedes  | 
|
| present | una |  unastú unásvos1  | 
una | unamos | unáis | unan | |
|  imperfect (ra)  | 
uniera | unieras | uniera | uniéramos | unierais | unieran | |
|  imperfect (se)  | 
uniese | unieses | uniese | uniésemos | unieseis | uniesen | |
| future | uniere | unieres | uniere | uniéremos | uniereis | unieren | |
| imperative | — |  tú vos  | 
usted |  nosotros nosotras  | 
 vosotros vosotras  | 
ustedes | |
| affirmative |  unetú unívos  | 
una | unamos | unid | unan | ||
| negative | no unas | no una | no unamos | no unáis | no unan | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive unir | |||||||
| dative | unirme | unirte, unirle | unirle, unirse | unirnos | uniros, unirles | unirles, unirse | |
| accusative | unirme | unirte, unirlo, unirla | unirlo, unirla, unirse | unirnos | uniros, unirlos, unirlas | unirlos, unirlas, unirse | |
| with gerund uniendo | |||||||
| dative | uniéndome | uniéndote, uniéndole | uniéndole, uniéndose | uniéndonos | uniéndoos, uniéndoles | uniéndoles, uniéndose | |
| accusative | uniéndome | uniéndote, uniéndolo, uniéndola | uniéndolo, uniéndola, uniéndose | uniéndonos | uniéndoos, uniéndolos, uniéndolas | uniéndolos, uniéndolas, uniéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative une | |||||||
| dative | uneme | unete, unele | unele | unenos | uneos, uneles | uneles | |
| accusative | uneme | unete, unelo, unela | unelo, unela | unenos | uneos, unelos, unelas | unelos, unelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative una | |||||||
| dative | úname | únate, únale | únale, únase | únanos | únales | únales, únase | |
| accusative | úname | únate, únalo, únala | únalo, únala, únase | únanos | únalos, únalas | únalos, únalas, únase | |
| with first-person plural imperative unamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | unámosle | unámosle | unámonos | unámosles | unámosles | |
| accusative | not used | unámoslo, unámosla | unámoslo, unámosla | unámonos | unámoslos, unámoslas | unámoslos, unámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative unid | |||||||
| dative | unidme | unidle | unidle | unidnos | uníos, unidles | unidles | |
| accusative | unidme | unidlo, unidla | unidlo, unidla | unidnos | uníos, unidlos, unidlas | unidlos, unidlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative unan | |||||||
| dative | únanme | únante, únanle | únanle, únanse | únanos | únanles | únanles, únanse | |
| accusative | únanme | únante, únanlo, únanla | únanlo, únanla, únanse | únanos | únanlos, únanlas | únanlos, únanlas, únanse | |
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin ūnīre, present active infinitive of ūniō. Compare Italian unire
Verb
unir
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
 
| infinitive | unir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | unéndo | |||
| past participle | unito, unìo | |||||
| person | singular | plural | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |
| indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore | 
| present | uniso | (te) unisi | (el/ła) unise | unimo | unì | (i/łe) unise | 
| imperfect | unìa | (te) univi | (el/ła) unìa | unìvimo | univi | (i/łe) unìa | 
| future | unirò | (te) unirè | (el/ła) unirà | unirémo | unirè | (i/łe) unirà | 
| conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore | 
| present | unirìa | (te) unirisi | (el/ła) unirìa | unirìsimo | unirisi | (i/łe) unirìa | 
| subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore | 
| present | unisa | (te) unisi | (el/ła) unisa | unimo | unì | (i/łe) unisa | 
| imperfect | unise | (te) unisi | (el/ła) unise | unisimo | unisi | (i/łe) unise | 
| imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore | 
| — | (te) unisi | (el/ła) unisa | unimo | unì | (i/łe) unisa | |
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞nɪr/
 - (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈiːnɪr/
 
Verb
unir
- (literary) impersonal present / future of uno