augmentar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

augmentar (first-person singular present augmento, first-person singular preterite augmentí, past participle augmentat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive, intransitive) to increase, augment

Conjugation

Related terms

• augment
• augmentable
• augmentació
• augmentat
• augmentatiu

Further reading

• “augmentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “augmentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “augmentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “augmentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English augment, French augmenter, German Augment, Italian aumentare, Spanish aumentar, ultimately from Late Latin augmentāre, present active infinitive of augmentō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯ɡmenˈtar/
• IPA^(key): /au̯ɡ.menˈtar/, /au̯ɡ.mɛnˈtaɾ/

Verb

augmentar (present tense augmentas, past tense augmentis, future tense augmentos, imperative augmentez, conditional augmentus)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to augment: to increase, enlarge, to make larger or more numerous
2. to raise (rents, prices, wages, etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of augmentar

		present		past		future
infinitive		augmentar		augmentir		augmentor
tense		augmentas		augmentis		augmentos
conditional		augmentus
imperative		augmentez
adjective active participle		augmentanta		augmentinta		augmentonta
adverbial active participle		augmentante		augmentinte		augmentonte
nominal active participle	singular	augmentanto		augmentinto		augmentonto
	plural	augmentanti		augmentinti		augmentonti
adjective passive participle		augmentata		augmentita		augmentota
adverbial passive participle		augmentate		augmentite		augmentote
nominal passive participle	singular	augmentato		augmentito		augmentoto
	plural	augmentati		augmentiti		augmentoti

Antonyms

• diminutar (“to diminish, lessen”)
• reduktar (“to reduce, to commute”)

Derived terms

See also

• plucherigar (“to make dearer (in price)”)

Interlingua

Verb

augmentar

1. to increase, augment

Conjugation

Portuguese

Verb

augmentar (first-person singular present augmento, first-person singular preterite augmentei, past participle augmentado)

1. Obsolete form of aumentar.

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auɡmenˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: aug‧men‧tar

Verb

augmentar (first-person singular present augmento, first-person singular preterite augmenté, past participle augmentado)

1. Obsolete form of aumentar.

Conjugation

Further reading

• “augmentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014