ameritar

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Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ mérito +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ameɾiˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧me‧ri‧tar

Verb

ameritar (first-person singular present amerito, first-person singular preterite amerité, past participle ameritado)

  1. (Latin America) to merit, to deserve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ameritar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ameritar
gerund ameritando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ameritado ameritada
plural ameritados ameritadas
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 amerito ameritastú
ameritásvos 		amerita ameritamos ameritáis ameritan
imperfect ameritaba ameritabas ameritaba ameritábamos ameritabais ameritaban
preterite amerité ameritaste ameritó ameritamos ameritasteis ameritaron
future ameritaré ameritarás ameritará ameritaremos ameritaréis ameritarán
conditional ameritaría ameritarías ameritaría ameritaríamos ameritaríais ameritarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present amerite ameritestú
ameritésvos2 		amerite ameritemos ameritéis ameriten
imperfect
(ra) 		ameritara ameritaras ameritara ameritáramos ameritarais ameritaran
imperfect
(se) 		ameritase ameritases ameritase ameritásemos ameritaseis ameritasen
future1 ameritare ameritares ameritare ameritáremos ameritareis ameritaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ameritatú
ameritávos 		amerite ameritemos ameritad ameriten
negative no amerites no amerite no ameritemos no ameritéis no ameriten

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

    Selected combined forms of ameritar

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 ameritar
dative ameritarme ameritarte ameritarle, ameritarse ameritarnos ameritaros ameritarles, ameritarse
accusative ameritarme ameritarte ameritarlo, ameritarla, ameritarse ameritarnos ameritaros ameritarlos, ameritarlas, ameritarse
with gerund ameritando
dative ameritándome ameritándote ameritándole, ameritándose ameritándonos ameritándoos ameritándoles, ameritándose
accusative ameritándome ameritándote ameritándolo, ameritándola, ameritándose ameritándonos ameritándoos ameritándolos, ameritándolas, ameritándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amerita
dative amerítame amerítate amerítale amerítanos not used amerítales
accusative amerítame amerítate amerítalo, amerítala amerítanos not used amerítalos, amerítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ameritá
dative ameritame ameritate ameritale ameritanos not used ameritales
accusative ameritame ameritate ameritalo, ameritala ameritanos not used ameritalos, ameritalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amerite
dative ameríteme not used amerítele, amerítese amerítenos not used ameríteles
accusative ameríteme not used amerítelo, amerítela, amerítese amerítenos not used amerítelos, amerítelas
with first-person plural imperative ameritemos
dative not used ameritémoste ameritémosle ameritémonos ameritémoos ameritémosles
accusative not used ameritémoste ameritémoslo, ameritémosla ameritémonos ameritémoos ameritémoslos, ameritémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ameritad
dative ameritadme not used ameritadle ameritadnos ameritaos ameritadles
accusative ameritadme not used ameritadlo, ameritadla ameritadnos ameritaos ameritadlos, ameritadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ameriten
dative amerítenme not used amerítenle amerítennos not used amerítenles, amerítense
accusative amerítenme not used amerítenlo, amerítenla amerítennos not used amerítenlos, amerítenlas, amerítense

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