manifestar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manifēstāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [mə.ni.fəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ma.ni.fesˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ma.ni.fesˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

manifestar (first-person singular present manifesto, first-person singular preterite manifestí, past participle manifestat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to show, to demonstrate
2. (reflexive) to protest

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of manifestar (first conjugation)

infinitive			manifestar
gerund			manifestant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manifestat		manifestada
		plural		manifestats		manifestades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	manifesto	manifestes	manifesta	manifestem	manifesteu	manifesten
	imperfect	manifestava	manifestaves	manifestava	manifestàvem	manifestàveu	manifestaven
	future	manifestaré	manifestaràs	manifestarà	manifestarem	manifestareu	manifestaran
	preterite	manifestí	manifestares	manifestà	manifestàrem	manifestàreu	manifestaren
	conditional	manifestaria	manifestaries	manifestaria	manifestaríem	manifestaríeu	manifestarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	manifesti	manifestis	manifesti	manifestem	manifesteu	manifestin
	imperfect	manifestés	manifestessis	manifestés	manifestéssim	manifestéssiu	manifestessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	manifesta	manifesti	manifestem	manifesteu	manifestin
	negative (no)	—	no manifestis	no manifesti	no manifestem	no manifesteu	no manifestin

Derived terms

• manifestable
• manifestador
• manifestant

Related terms

• manifestació
• manifestant

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin manifēstāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

manifestar

1. to protest

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• manifestacion
• manifestant

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin manifestus

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 manifēstārelbor.

Portuguese manifestar

Learned borrowing from Latin manifēstāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.fesˈta(ʁ)/ [ma.ni.fesˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.fesˈta(ʁ)/ [ma.ni.fesˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.fesˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.feʃˈta(ʁ)/ [ma.ni.feʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ma.ni.fesˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ni.fɨʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ni.fɨʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ni.fɨʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ni‧fes‧tar

Verb

manifestar (first-person singular present manifesto, first-person singular preterite manifestei, past participle manifestado) (often reflexive)

1. to manifest, display, show
2. to express
3. to protest, to demonstrate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manifestar (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	manifestar
Personal	manifestar	manifestares	manifestar	manifestarmos	manifestardes	manifestarem
Gerund
	manifestando
Past participle
Masculine	manifestado			manifestados
Feminine	manifestada			manifestadas
Indicative
Present	manifesto	manifestas	manifesta	manifestamos	manifestais	manifestam
Imperfect	manifestava	manifestavas	manifestava	manifestávamos	manifestáveis	manifestavam
Preterite	manifestei	manifestaste	manifestou	manifestamos1, manifestámos2	manifestastes	manifestaram
Pluperfect	manifestara	manifestaras	manifestara	manifestáramos	manifestáreis	manifestaram
Future	manifestarei	manifestarás	manifestará	manifestaremos	manifestareis	manifestarão
Conditional	manifestaria	manifestarias	manifestaria	manifestaríamos	manifestaríeis	manifestariam
Subjunctive
Present	manifeste	manifestes	manifeste	manifestemos	manifesteis	manifestem
Imperfect	manifestasse	manifestasses	manifestasse	manifestássemos	manifestásseis	manifestassem
Future	manifestar	manifestares	manifestar	manifestarmos	manifestardes	manifestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		manifesta	manifeste	manifestemos	manifestai	manifestem
Negative (não)		não manifestes	não manifeste	não manifestemos	não manifesteis	não manifestem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• manifestação
• manifestante

Further reading

• “manifestar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “manifestar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin manifēstāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /manifesˈtaɾ/ [ma.ni.fesˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ma‧ni‧fes‧tar

Verb

manifestar (first-person singular present manifiesto, first-person singular preterite manifesté, past participle manifestado)

1. to manifest, reveal, display, show
2. to declare, express
3. (reflexive) to protest (publicly demonstrate) [with contra ‘against’]

   Synonym: protestar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of manifestar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			manifestar
gerund			manifestando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		manifestado		manifestada
		plural		manifestados		manifestadas
		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	manifiesto	manifiestastú manifestásvos	manifiesta	manifestamos	manifestáis	manifiestan
	imperfect	manifestaba	manifestabas	manifestaba	manifestábamos	manifestabais	manifestaban
	preterite	manifesté	manifestaste	manifestó	manifestamos	manifestasteis	manifestaron
	future	manifestaré	manifestarás	manifestará	manifestaremos	manifestaréis	manifestarán
	conditional	manifestaría	manifestarías	manifestaría	manifestaríamos	manifestaríais	manifestarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	manifieste	manifiestestú manifestésvos2	manifieste	manifestemos	manifestéis	manifiesten
	imperfect (ra)	manifestara	manifestaras	manifestara	manifestáramos	manifestarais	manifestaran
	imperfect (se)	manifestase	manifestases	manifestase	manifestásemos	manifestaseis	manifestasen
	future1	manifestare	manifestares	manifestare	manifestáremos	manifestareis	manifestaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		manifiestatú manifestávos	manifieste	manifestemos	manifestad	manifiesten
	negative		no manifiestes	no manifieste	no manifestemos	no manifestéis	no manifiesten

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

    Selected combined forms of manifestar (e-ie alternation)

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 manifestar	dative	manifestarme	manifestarte	manifestarle, manifestarse	manifestarnos	manifestaros	manifestarles, manifestarse
	accusative	manifestarme	manifestarte	manifestarlo, manifestarla, manifestarse	manifestarnos	manifestaros	manifestarlos, manifestarlas, manifestarse
with gerund manifestando	dative	manifestándome	manifestándote	manifestándole, manifestándose	manifestándonos	manifestándoos	manifestándoles, manifestándose
	accusative	manifestándome	manifestándote	manifestándolo, manifestándola, manifestándose	manifestándonos	manifestándoos	manifestándolos, manifestándolas, manifestándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative manifiesta	dative	manifiéstame	manifiéstate	manifiéstale	manifiéstanos	not used	manifiéstales
	accusative	manifiéstame	manifiéstate	manifiéstalo, manifiéstala	manifiéstanos	not used	manifiéstalos, manifiéstalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative manifestá	dative	manifestame	manifestate	manifestale	manifestanos	not used	manifestales
	accusative	manifestame	manifestate	manifestalo, manifestala	manifestanos	not used	manifestalos, manifestalas
with formal second-person singular imperative manifieste	dative	manifiésteme	not used	manifiéstele, manifiéstese	manifiéstenos	not used	manifiésteles
	accusative	manifiésteme	not used	manifiéstelo, manifiéstela, manifiéstese	manifiéstenos	not used	manifiéstelos, manifiéstelas
with first-person plural imperative manifestemos	dative	not used	manifestémoste	manifestémosle	manifestémonos	manifestémoos	manifestémosles
	accusative	not used	manifestémoste	manifestémoslo, manifestémosla	manifestémonos	manifestémoos	manifestémoslos, manifestémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative manifestad	dative	manifestadme	not used	manifestadle	manifestadnos	manifestaos	manifestadles
	accusative	manifestadme	not used	manifestadlo, manifestadla	manifestadnos	manifestaos	manifestadlos, manifestadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative manifiesten	dative	manifiéstenme	not used	manifiéstenle	manifiéstennos	not used	manifiéstenles, manifiéstense
	accusative	manifiéstenme	not used	manifiéstenlo, manifiéstenla	manifiéstennos	not used	manifiéstenlos, manifiéstenlas, manifiéstense

Related terms

• manifestación
• manifestante

Further reading

• “manifestar”, 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