inhumar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inhumāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [i.nuˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.nuˈmaɾ]

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• Homophone: inhumà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

inhumar (first-person singular present inhumo, first-person singular preterite inhumí, past participle inhumat)

1. (transitive) to bury, to inter

   Synonym: enterrar

   Antonyms: desenterrar, exhumar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of inhumar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inhumar
gerund			inhumant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inhumat		inhumada
		plural		inhumats		inhumades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inhumo	inhumes	inhuma	inhumem	inhumeu	inhumen
	imperfect	inhumava	inhumaves	inhumava	inhumàvem	inhumàveu	inhumaven
	future	inhumaré	inhumaràs	inhumarà	inhumarem	inhumareu	inhumaran
	preterite	inhumí	inhumares	inhumà	inhumàrem	inhumàreu	inhumaren
	conditional	inhumaria	inhumaries	inhumaria	inhumaríem	inhumaríeu	inhumarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inhumi	inhumis	inhumi	inhumem	inhumeu	inhumin
	imperfect	inhumés	inhumessis	inhumés	inhuméssim	inhuméssiu	inhumessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inhuma	inhumi	inhumem	inhumeu	inhumin
	negative (no)	—	no inhumis	no inhumi	no inhumem	no inhumeu	no inhumin

Derived terms

• inhumació

Related terms

• humus

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Latin humus

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 inhumarelbor.

Galician inhumar

Learned borrowing from Latin inhumare.

Verb

inhumar (first-person singular present inhumo, first-person singular preterite inhumei, past participle inhumado)

1. (transitive) to bury, to inter

   Synonym: enterrar

   Antonyms: desenterrar, exhumar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inhumar

	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	inhumar
Personal	inhumar	inhumares	inhumar	inhumarmos	inhumardes	inhumaren
Gerund
	inhumando
Past participle
Masculine	inhumado			inhumados
Feminine	inhumada			inhumadas
Indicative
Present	inhumo	inhumas	inhuma	inhumamos	inhumades	inhuman
Imperfect	inhumaba	inhumabas	inhumaba	inhumabamos	inhumabades	inhumaban
Preterite	inhumei	inhumaches	inhumou	inhumamos	inhumastes	inhumaron
Pluperfect	inhumara	inhumaras	inhumara	inhumaramos	inhumarades	inhumaran
Future	inhumarei	inhumarás	inhumará	inhumaremos	inhumaredes	inhumarán
Conditional	inhumaría	inhumarías	inhumaría	inhumariamos	inhumariades	inhumarían
Subjunctive
Present	inhume	inhumes	inhume	inhumemos	inhumedes	inhumen
Imperfect	inhumase	inhumases	inhumase	inhumásemos	inhumásedes	inhumasen
Future	inhumar	inhumares	inhumar	inhumarmos	inhumardes	inhumaren
Imperative
Affirmative		inhuma	inhume	inhumemos	inhumade	inhumen
Negative (non)		non inhumes	non inhume	non inhumemos	non inhumedes	non inhumen

Derived terms

• inhumación

Further reading

• “inhumar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Latin humus

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 inhumārelbor.

Spanish inhumar

Learned borrowing from Latin inhumāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inuˈmaɾ/ [i.nuˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧hu‧mar

Verb

inhumar (first-person singular present inhumo, first-person singular preterite inhumé, past participle inhumado)

1. (transitive) to bury, to inter

   Synonym: enterrar

   Antonyms: desenterrar, exhumar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inhumar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inhumar
gerund			inhumando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inhumado		inhumada
		plural		inhumados		inhumadas
		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	inhumo	inhumastú inhumásvos	inhuma	inhumamos	inhumáis	inhuman
	imperfect	inhumaba	inhumabas	inhumaba	inhumábamos	inhumabais	inhumaban
	preterite	inhumé	inhumaste	inhumó	inhumamos	inhumasteis	inhumaron
	future	inhumaré	inhumarás	inhumará	inhumaremos	inhumaréis	inhumarán
	conditional	inhumaría	inhumarías	inhumaría	inhumaríamos	inhumaríais	inhumarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inhume	inhumestú inhumésvos2	inhume	inhumemos	inhuméis	inhumen
	imperfect (ra)	inhumara	inhumaras	inhumara	inhumáramos	inhumarais	inhumaran
	imperfect (se)	inhumase	inhumases	inhumase	inhumásemos	inhumaseis	inhumasen
	future1	inhumare	inhumares	inhumare	inhumáremos	inhumareis	inhumaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inhumatú inhumávos	inhume	inhumemos	inhumad	inhumen
	negative		no inhumes	no inhume	no inhumemos	no inhuméis	no inhumen

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

    Selected combined forms of inhumar

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 inhumar	dative	inhumarme	inhumarte	inhumarle, inhumarse	inhumarnos	inhumaros	inhumarles, inhumarse
	accusative	inhumarme	inhumarte	inhumarlo, inhumarla, inhumarse	inhumarnos	inhumaros	inhumarlos, inhumarlas, inhumarse
with gerund inhumando	dative	inhumándome	inhumándote	inhumándole, inhumándose	inhumándonos	inhumándoos	inhumándoles, inhumándose
	accusative	inhumándome	inhumándote	inhumándolo, inhumándola, inhumándose	inhumándonos	inhumándoos	inhumándolos, inhumándolas, inhumándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative inhuma	dative	inhúmame	inhúmate	inhúmale	inhúmanos	not used	inhúmales
	accusative	inhúmame	inhúmate	inhúmalo, inhúmala	inhúmanos	not used	inhúmalos, inhúmalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative inhumá	dative	inhumame	inhumate	inhumale	inhumanos	not used	inhumales
	accusative	inhumame	inhumate	inhumalo, inhumala	inhumanos	not used	inhumalos, inhumalas
with formal second-person singular imperative inhume	dative	inhúmeme	not used	inhúmele, inhúmese	inhúmenos	not used	inhúmeles
	accusative	inhúmeme	not used	inhúmelo, inhúmela, inhúmese	inhúmenos	not used	inhúmelos, inhúmelas
with first-person plural imperative inhumemos	dative	not used	inhumémoste	inhumémosle	inhumémonos	inhumémoos	inhumémosles
	accusative	not used	inhumémoste	inhumémoslo, inhumémosla	inhumémonos	inhumémoos	inhumémoslos, inhumémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inhumad	dative	inhumadme	not used	inhumadle	inhumadnos	inhumaos	inhumadles
	accusative	inhumadme	not used	inhumadlo, inhumadla	inhumadnos	inhumaos	inhumadlos, inhumadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inhumen	dative	inhúmenme	not used	inhúmenle	inhúmennos	not used	inhúmenles, inhúmense
	accusative	inhúmenme	not used	inhúmenlo, inhúmenla	inhúmennos	not used	inhúmenlos, inhúmenlas, inhúmense

Derived terms

• inhumación

Further reading

• “inhumar”, 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