Borrowed from Latin generāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒə.nəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒe.neˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

generar (first-person singular present genero, first-person singular preterite generí, past participle generat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to generate, create

• “generar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “generar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “generar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “generar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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generar

1. to generate

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• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 348.

Borrowed from Latin generāre.

• IPA^(key): /xeneˈɾaɾ/ [xe.neˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ge‧ne‧rar

generar (first-person singular present genero, first-person singular preterite generé, past participle generado)

1. to generate, to create, to produce, to cause

   Synonym: crear

   Una política de Estado para generar riqueza

   A state policy to generate wealth

2. (figurative) to engender, to breed

   El sufrimiento genera frecuentemente una especie de resiliencia.

   Suffering often engenders a kind of resilience.

• “generar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

• negrera, renegar

generar

1. present indicative of genera