instalar

Galician

Etymology

From French installer, From Middle French [Term?], from Medieval Latin installō (“to install, put in place, establish”), from Latin in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stelǝ-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”).

Verb

instalar (first-person singular present instalo, first-person singular preterite instalei, past participle instalado)

1. (transitive) to install

   Antonym: desinstalar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of instalar

	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	instalar
Personal	instalar	instalares	instalar	instalarmos	instalardes	instalaren
Gerund
	instalando
Past participle
Masculine	instalado			instalados
Feminine	instalada			instaladas
Indicative
Present	instalo	instalas	instala	instalamos	instalades	instalan
Imperfect	instalaba	instalabas	instalaba	instalabamos	instalabades	instalaban
Preterite	instalei	instalaches	instalou	instalamos	instalastes	instalaron
Pluperfect	instalara	instalaras	instalara	instalaramos	instalarades	instalaran
Future	instalarei	instalarás	instalará	instalaremos	instalaredes	instalarán
Conditional	instalaría	instalarías	instalaría	instalariamos	instalariades	instalarían
Subjunctive
Present	instale	instales	instale	instalemos	instaledes	instalen
Imperfect	instalase	instalases	instalase	instalásemos	instalásedes	instalasen
Future	instalar	instalares	instalar	instalarmos	instalardes	instalaren
Imperative
Affirmative		instala	instale	instalemos	instalade	instalen
Negative (non)		non instales	non instale	non instalemos	non instaledes	non instalen

    Reintegrated conjugation of instalar (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	instalar
Personal	instalar	instalares	instalar	instalarmos	instalardes	instalarem
Gerund
	instalando
Past participle
Masculine	instalado			instalados
Feminine	instalada			instaladas
Indicative
Present	instalo	instalas	instala	instalamos	instalades, instalais	instalam
Imperfect	instalava	instalavas	instalava	instalávamos	instalávades, instaláveis, instalávais1	instalavam
Preterite	instalei	instalaste, instalache1	instalou	instalamos	instalastes	instalárom, instalaram
Pluperfect	instalara	instalaras	instalara	instaláramos	instalárades, instaláreis, instalárais1	instalaram
Future	instalarei	instalarás	instalará	instalaremos	instalaredes, instalareis	instalarám, instalarão
Conditional	instalaria	instalarias	instalaria	instalaríamos	instalaríades, instalaríeis, instalaríais1	instalariam
Subjunctive
Present	instale	instales	instale	instalemos	instaledes, instaleis	instalem
Imperfect	instalasse	instalasses	instalasse	instalássemos	instalássedes, instalásseis	instalassem
Future	instalar	instalares	instalar	instalarmos	instalardes	instalarem
Imperative
Affirmative		instala	instale	instalemos	instalade, instalai	instalem
Negative (nom)		nom instales	nom instale	nom instalemos	nom instaledes, nom instaleis	nom instalem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• desinstalar
• desinstalación
• instalación
• instalador
• reinstalar
• reinstalación

Further reading

• “instalar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “instalar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Etymology

From French installer, from Middle French [Term?], from Medieval Latin īnstallāre (“to install, put in place, establish”), from Latin in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stelǝ-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.taˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩs.taˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɐˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɐˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tɐˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ins‧ta‧lar

Verb

instalar (first-person singular present instalo, first-person singular preterite instalei, past participle instalado)

1. (transitive) to install, to set up for use

   Antonym: desinstalar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of instalar (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	instalar
Personal	instalar	instalares	instalar	instalarmos	instalardes	instalarem
Gerund
	instalando
Past participle
Masculine	instalado			instalados
Feminine	instalada			instaladas
Indicative
Present	instalo	instalas	instala	instalamos	instalais	instalam
Imperfect	instalava	instalavas	instalava	instalávamos	instaláveis	instalavam
Preterite	instalei	instalaste	instalou	instalamos1, instalámos2	instalastes	instalaram
Pluperfect	instalara	instalaras	instalara	instaláramos	instaláreis	instalaram
Future	instalarei	instalarás	instalará	instalaremos	instalareis	instalarão
Conditional	instalaria	instalarias	instalaria	instalaríamos	instalaríeis	instalariam
Subjunctive
Present	instale	instales	instale	instalemos	instaleis	instalem
Imperfect	instalasse	instalasses	instalasse	instalássemos	instalásseis	instalassem
Future	instalar	instalares	instalar	instalarmos	instalardes	instalarem
Imperative
Affirmative		instala	instale	instalemos	instalai	instalem
Negative (não)		não instales	não instale	não instalemos	não instaleis	não instalem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• desinstalar
• desinstalação
• instalação
• instalador
• reinstalar
• reinstalação

Related terms

• instalação

Further reading

• “instalar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French installer, from Middle French [Term?], from Medieval Latin īnstallāre (“to install, put in place, establish”), from Latin in- + stallum (“stall”), from Frankish *stall (“stall, position, place”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz (“place, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stelǝ-, *stAlǝn-, *stAlǝm- (“stem, trunk”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instaˈlaɾ/ [ĩns.t̪aˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ins‧ta‧lar

Verb

instalar (first-person singular present instalo, first-person singular preterite instalé, past participle instalado)

1. (transitive) to install

   Antonym: desinstalar

2. (pronominal) to settle, to ensconce
3. (reflexive) to be installed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of instalar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			instalar
gerund			instalando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		instalado		instalada
		plural		instalados		instaladas
		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	instalo	instalastú instalásvos	instala	instalamos	instaláis	instalan
	imperfect	instalaba	instalabas	instalaba	instalábamos	instalabais	instalaban
	preterite	instalé	instalaste	instaló	instalamos	instalasteis	instalaron
	future	instalaré	instalarás	instalará	instalaremos	instalaréis	instalarán
	conditional	instalaría	instalarías	instalaría	instalaríamos	instalaríais	instalarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	instale	instalestú instalésvos2	instale	instalemos	instaléis	instalen
	imperfect (ra)	instalara	instalaras	instalara	instaláramos	instalarais	instalaran
	imperfect (se)	instalase	instalases	instalase	instalásemos	instalaseis	instalasen
	future1	instalare	instalares	instalare	instaláremos	instalareis	instalaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		instalatú instalávos	instale	instalemos	instalad	instalen
	negative		no instales	no instale	no instalemos	no instaléis	no instalen

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

    Selected combined forms of instalar

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 instalar
	dative	instalarme	instalarte	instalarle, instalarse	instalarnos	instalaros	instalarles, instalarse
	accusative	instalarme	instalarte	instalarlo, instalarla, instalarse	instalarnos	instalaros	instalarlos, instalarlas, instalarse
with gerund instalando
	dative	instalándome	instalándote	instalándole, instalándose	instalándonos	instalándoos	instalándoles, instalándose
	accusative	instalándome	instalándote	instalándolo, instalándola, instalándose	instalándonos	instalándoos	instalándolos, instalándolas, instalándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative instala
	dative	instálame	instálate	instálale	instálanos	not used	instálales
	accusative	instálame	instálate	instálalo, instálala	instálanos	not used	instálalos, instálalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative instalá
	dative	instalame	instalate	instalale	instalanos	not used	instalales
	accusative	instalame	instalate	instalalo, instalala	instalanos	not used	instalalos, instalalas
with formal second-person singular imperative instale
	dative	instáleme	not used	instálele, instálese	instálenos	not used	instáleles
	accusative	instáleme	not used	instálelo, instálela, instálese	instálenos	not used	instálelos, instálelas
with first-person plural imperative instalemos
	dative	not used	instalémoste	instalémosle	instalémonos	instalémoos	instalémosles
	accusative	not used	instalémoste	instalémoslo, instalémosla	instalémonos	instalémoos	instalémoslos, instalémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative instalad
	dative	instaladme	not used	instaladle	instaladnos	instalaos	instaladles
	accusative	instaladme	not used	instaladlo, instaladla	instaladnos	instalaos	instaladlos, instaladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative instalen
	dative	instálenme	not used	instálenle	instálennos	not used	instálenles, instálense
	accusative	instálenme	not used	instálenlo, instálenla	instálennos	not used	instálenlos, instálenlas, instálense

Derived terms

• desinstalación
• desinstalar
• instalación
• instalador
• reinstalación
• reinstalar

 

Related terms

• instalación

 

Further reading

• “instalar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28