elaborar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēlabōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.lə.βuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.lə.boˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.la.boˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [e.la.βoˈɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborí, past participle elaborat); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: fabricar, produir

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonym: idear

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of elaborar (first conjugation)

infinitive	elaborar
gerund	elaborant
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	elaborat	elaborada
plural	elaborats	elaborades
person	singular	plural
first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
present	elaboro	elabores	elabora	elaborem	elaboreu	elaboren
imperfect	elaborava	elaboraves	elaborava	elaboràvem	elaboràveu	elaboraven
future	elaboraré	elaboraràs	elaborarà	elaborarem	elaborareu	elaboraran
preterite	elaborí	elaborares	elaborà	elaboràrem	elaboràreu	elaboraren
conditional	elaboraria	elaboraries	elaboraria	elaboraríem	elaboraríeu	elaborarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
present	elabori	elaboris	elabori	elaborem	elaboreu	elaborin
imperfect	elaborés	elaboressis	elaborés	elaboréssim	elaboréssiu	elaboressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
affirmative	—	elabora	elabori	elaborem	elaboreu	elaborin
negative (no)	—	no elaboris	no elabori	no elaborem	no elaboreu	no elaborin

Derived terms

• elaborable

Related terms

• elaboració

Further reading

• “elaborar”, 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
• “elaborar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “elaborar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “elaborar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ēlabōrō.

Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborei, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: fabricar, producir

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonym: idear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elaborar

	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	elaborar
Personal	elaborar	elaborares	elaborar	elaborarmos	elaborardes	elaboraren
Gerund
	elaborando
Past participle
Masculine	elaborado	elaborados
Feminine	elaborada	elaboradas
Indicative
Present	elaboro	elaboras	elabora	elaboramos	elaborades	elaboran
Imperfect	elaboraba	elaborabas	elaboraba	elaborabamos	elaborabades	elaboraban
Preterite	elaborei	elaboraches	elaborou	elaboramos	elaborastes	elaboraron
Pluperfect	elaborara	elaboraras	elaborara	elaboraramos	elaborarades	elaboraran
Future	elaborarei	elaborarás	elaborará	elaboraremos	elaboraredes	elaborarán
Conditional	elaboraría	elaborarías	elaboraría	elaborariamos	elaborariades	elaborarían
Subjunctive
Present	elabore	elabores	elabore	elaboremos	elaboredes	elaboren
Imperfect	elaborase	elaborases	elaborase	elaborásemos	elaborásedes	elaborasen
Future	elaborar	elaborares	elaborar	elaborarmos	elaborardes	elaboraren
Imperative
Affirmative		elabora	elabore	elaboremos	elaborade	elaboren
Negative (non)	non elabores	non elabore	non elaboremos	non elaboredes	non elaboren

    Reintegrated conjugation of elaborar (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	elaborar
Personal	elaborar	elaborares	elaborar	elaborarmos	elaborardes	elaborarem
Gerund
	elaborando
Past participle
Masculine	elaborado	elaborados
Feminine	elaborada	elaboradas
Indicative
Present	elaboro	elaboras	elabora	elaboramos	elaborades, elaborais	elaboram
Imperfect	elaborava	elaboravas	elaborava	elaborávamos	elaborávades, elaboráveis, elaborávais1	elaboravam
Preterite	elaborei	elaboraste, elaborache1	elaborou	elaboramos	elaborastes	elaborárom, elaboraram
Pluperfect	elaborara	elaboraras	elaborara	elaboráramos	elaborárades, elaboráreis, elaborárais1	elaboraram
Future	elaborarei	elaborarás	elaborará	elaboraremos	elaboraredes, elaborareis	elaborarám, elaborarão
Conditional	elaboraria	elaborarias	elaboraria	elaboraríamos	elaboraríades, elaboraríeis, elaboraríais1	elaborariam
Subjunctive
Present	elabore	elabores	elabore	elaboremos	elaboredes, elaboreis	elaborem
Imperfect	elaborasse	elaborasses	elaborasse	elaborássemos	elaborássedes, elaborásseis	elaborassem
Future	elaborar	elaborares	elaborar	elaborarmos	elaborardes	elaborarem
Imperative
Affirmative		elabora	elabore	elaboremos	elaborade, elaborai	elaborem
Negative (nom)	nom elabores	nom elabore	nom elaboremos	nom elaboredes, nom elaboreis	nom elaborem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• elaborado
• elaborador
• reelaborar

Related terms

• elaboración

Further reading

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English elaborate, French élaborer, Italian elaborare, Spanish elaborar, from Late Latin ēlabōrāre. Compare Esperanto ellabori.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.la.bo.ˈrar/, /ɛ.la.bɔ.ˈɾaɾ/

Verb

elaborar (present tense elaboras, past tense elaboris, future tense elaboros, imperative elaborez, conditional elaborus)

1. (transitive) to elaborate, work out (in detail), produce (by careful labour)

Conjugation

Conjugation of elaborar

	present	past	future
infinitive	elaborar	elaborir	elaboror
tense	elaboras	elaboris	elaboros
conditional	elaborus	—	—
imperative	elaborez	—	—
adjective active participle	elaboranta	elaborinta	elaboronta
adverbial active participle	elaborante	elaborinte	elaboronte
nominal active participle	singular	elaboranto	elaborinto	elaboronto
plural	elaboranti	elaborinti	elaboronti
adjective passive participle	elaborata	elaborita	elaborota
adverbial passive participle	elaborate	elaborite	elaborote
nominal passive participle	singular	elaborato	elaborito	elaboroto
plural	elaborati	elaboriti	elaboroti

Derived terms

• elaboro (“elaboration”)

Interlingua

Verb

elaborar

1. to elaborate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elaborar

infinitive	elaborar
participle	present	perfect
elaborante	elaborate
active		simple	perfect
present	elabora	ha elaborate
past	elaborava	habeva elaborate
future	elaborara	habera elaborate
conditional	elaborarea	haberea elaborate
imperative	elabora	—
passive		simple	perfect
present	es elaborate	ha essite elaborate
past	esseva elaborate	habeva essite elaborate
future	essera elaborate	habera essite elaborate
conditional	esserea elaborate	haberea essite elaborate
imperative	sia elaborate	—

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Old Latin labōs

Latin labor

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin labōrō

Latin ēlabōrārelbor.

Portuguese elaborar

Learned borrowing from Latin ēlabōrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.la.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.la.boˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.la.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.la.boˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.la.boˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.la.boˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.la.boˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.la.boˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɐ.buˈɾaɾ/ [i.lɐ.βuˈɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɐ.buˈɾaɾ/ [i.lɐ.βuˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.lɐ.buˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧la‧bo‧rar

Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaborei, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to devise, conceive, formulate

   Precisamos de elaborar um plano. ― We need to devise a plan.

2. (transitive) to make more complex, develop further, better, improve
3. (transitive) to modify a food for it to be incorporated by an organism

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elaborar (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	elaborar
Personal	elaborar	elaborares	elaborar	elaborarmos	elaborardes	elaborarem
Gerund
	elaborando
Past participle
Masculine	elaborado	elaborados
Feminine	elaborada	elaboradas
Indicative
Present	elaboro	elaboras	elabora	elaboramos	elaborais	elaboram
Imperfect	elaborava	elaboravas	elaborava	elaborávamos	elaboráveis	elaboravam
Preterite	elaborei	elaboraste	elaborou	elaboramos1, elaborámos2	elaborastes	elaboraram
Pluperfect	elaborara	elaboraras	elaborara	elaboráramos	elaboráreis	elaboraram
Future	elaborarei	elaborarás	elaborará	elaboraremos	elaborareis	elaborarão
Conditional	elaboraria	elaborarias	elaboraria	elaboraríamos	elaboraríeis	elaborariam
Subjunctive
Present	elabore	elabores	elabore	elaboremos	elaboreis	elaborem
Imperfect	elaborasse	elaborasses	elaborasse	elaborássemos	elaborásseis	elaborassem
Future	elaborar	elaborares	elaborar	elaborarmos	elaborardes	elaborarem
Imperative
Affirmative		elabora	elabore	elaboremos	elaborai	elaborem
Negative (não)	não elabores	não elabore	não elaboremos	não elaboreis	não elaborem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• elaborado
• elaborador
• elaborável
• reelaborar

Related terms

• elaboração

Further reading

• “elaborar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “elaborar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “elaborar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “elaborar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēlabōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elaboˈɾaɾ/ [e.la.β̞oˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧la‧bo‧rar

Verb

elaborar (first-person singular present elaboro, first-person singular preterite elaboré, past participle elaborado)

1. (transitive) to make, to create; to produce, to manufacture, to develop (to yield, make or manufacture; to generate)

   Synonyms: producir, fabricar

   Esta fábrica elabora hormigón.

   This factory produces concrete.

   pan elaborado con harina integral ― bread made with whole grain flour

2. (transitive) to devise, to come up with (to use one's intellect to plan or design)

   Synonyms: idear, proyectar

   Hemos elaborado un plan de negocio para recuperar las pérdidas del año pasado.

   We've come up with a business plan to recoup last year's losses.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of elaborar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive	elaborar
gerund	elaborando
past participle		masculine	feminine
singular	elaborado	elaborada
plural	elaborados	elaboradas
	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	elaboro	elaborastú elaborásvos	elabora	elaboramos	elaboráis	elaboran
imperfect	elaboraba	elaborabas	elaboraba	elaborábamos	elaborabais	elaboraban
preterite	elaboré	elaboraste	elaboró	elaboramos	elaborasteis	elaboraron
future	elaboraré	elaborarás	elaborará	elaboraremos	elaboraréis	elaborarán
conditional	elaboraría	elaborarías	elaboraría	elaboraríamos	elaboraríais	elaborarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
present	elabore	elaborestú elaborésvos2	elabore	elaboremos	elaboréis	elaboren
imperfect (ra)	elaborara	elaboraras	elaborara	elaboráramos	elaborarais	elaboraran
imperfect (se)	elaborase	elaborases	elaborase	elaborásemos	elaboraseis	elaborasen
future1	elaborare	elaborares	elaborare	elaboráremos	elaborareis	elaboraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
affirmative		elaboratú elaborávos	elabore	elaboremos	elaborad	elaboren
negative		no elabores	no elabore	no elaboremos	no elaboréis	no elaboren

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

    Selected combined forms of elaborar

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 elaborar	dative	elaborarme	elaborarte	elaborarle, elaborarse	elaborarnos	elaboraros	elaborarles, elaborarse
accusative	elaborarme	elaborarte	elaborarlo, elaborarla, elaborarse	elaborarnos	elaboraros	elaborarlos, elaborarlas, elaborarse
with gerund elaborando	dative	elaborándome	elaborándote	elaborándole, elaborándose	elaborándonos	elaborándoos	elaborándoles, elaborándose
accusative	elaborándome	elaborándote	elaborándolo, elaborándola, elaborándose	elaborándonos	elaborándoos	elaborándolos, elaborándolas, elaborándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative elabora	dative	elabórame	elabórate	elabórale	elabóranos	not used	elabórales
accusative	elabórame	elabórate	elabóralo, elabórala	elabóranos	not used	elabóralos, elabóralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative elaborá	dative	elaborame	elaborate	elaborale	elaboranos	not used	elaborales
accusative	elaborame	elaborate	elaboralo, elaborala	elaboranos	not used	elaboralos, elaboralas
with formal second-person singular imperative elabore	dative	elabóreme	not used	elabórele, elabórese	elabórenos	not used	elabóreles
accusative	elabóreme	not used	elabórelo, elabórela, elabórese	elabórenos	not used	elabórelos, elabórelas
with first-person plural imperative elaboremos	dative	not used	elaborémoste	elaborémosle	elaborémonos	elaborémoos	elaborémosles
accusative	not used	elaborémoste	elaborémoslo, elaborémosla	elaborémonos	elaborémoos	elaborémoslos, elaborémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative elaborad	dative	elaboradme	not used	elaboradle	elaboradnos	elaboraos	elaboradles
accusative	elaboradme	not used	elaboradlo, elaboradla	elaboradnos	elaboraos	elaboradlos, elaboradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative elaboren	dative	elabórenme	not used	elabórenle	elabórennos	not used	elabórenles, elabórense
accusative	elabórenme	not used	elabórenlo, elabórenla	elabórennos	not used	elabórenlos, elabórenlas, elabórense

Derived terms

• elaborable
• elaborado
• elaborador
• reelaborar

Related terms

• elaboración

Further reading

• “elaborar”, 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