calumniar

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Portuguese

Verb

calumniar (first-person singular present calumnio, first-person singular preterite calumniei, past participle calumniado)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of caluniar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calumniar (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 calumniar
Personal calumniar calumniares calumniar calumniarmos calumniardes calumniarem
Gerund
calumniando
Past participle
Masculine calumniado calumniados
Feminine calumniada calumniadas
Indicative
Present calumnio calumnias calumnia calumniamos calumniais calumniam
Imperfect calumniava calumniavas calumniava calumniávamos calumniáveis calumniavam
Preterite calumniei calumniaste calumniou calumniamos1, calumniámos2 calumniastes calumniaram
Pluperfect calumniara calumniaras calumniara calumniáramos calumniáreis calumniaram
Future calumniarei calumniarás calumniará calumniaremos calumniareis calumniarão
Conditional calumniaria calumniarias calumniaria calumniaríamos calumniaríeis calumniariam
Subjunctive
Present calumnie calumnies calumnie calumniemos calumnieis calumniem
Imperfect calumniasse calumniasses calumniasse calumniássemos calumniásseis calumniassem
Future calumniar calumniares calumniar calumniarmos calumniardes calumniarem
Imperative
Affirmative calumnia calumnie calumniemos calumniai calumniem
Negative (não) não calumnies não calumnie não calumniemos não calumnieis não calumniem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calumniārī (“to accuse falsely”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kalumˈnjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧lum‧niar

Verb

calumniar (first-person singular present calumnio, first-person singular preterite calumnié, past participle calumniado)

  1. to slander, to cast aspersions

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calumniar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive calumniar
gerund calumniando
past participle masculine feminine
singular calumniado calumniada
plural calumniados calumniadas
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 calumnio calumniastú
calumniásvos 		calumnia calumniamos calumniáis calumnian
imperfect calumniaba calumniabas calumniaba calumniábamos calumniabais calumniaban
preterite calumnié calumniaste calumnió calumniamos calumniasteis calumniaron
future calumniaré calumniarás calumniará calumniaremos calumniaréis calumniarán
conditional calumniaría calumniarías calumniaría calumniaríamos calumniaríais calumniarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present calumnie calumniestú
calumniésvos2 		calumnie calumniemos calumniéis calumnien
imperfect
(ra) 		calumniara calumniaras calumniara calumniáramos calumniarais calumniaran
imperfect
(se) 		calumniase calumniases calumniase calumniásemos calumniaseis calumniasen
future1 calumniare calumniares calumniare calumniáremos calumniareis calumniaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative calumniatú
calumniávos 		calumnie calumniemos calumniad calumnien
negative no calumnies no calumnie no calumniemos no calumniéis no calumnien

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

    Selected combined forms of calumniar

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 calumniar dative calumniarme calumniarte calumniarle, calumniarse calumniarnos calumniaros calumniarles, calumniarse
accusative calumniarme calumniarte calumniarlo, calumniarla, calumniarse calumniarnos calumniaros calumniarlos, calumniarlas, calumniarse
with gerund calumniando dative calumniándome calumniándote calumniándole, calumniándose calumniándonos calumniándoos calumniándoles, calumniándose
accusative calumniándome calumniándote calumniándolo, calumniándola, calumniándose calumniándonos calumniándoos calumniándolos, calumniándolas, calumniándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative calumnia dative calúmniame calúmniate calúmniale calúmnianos not used calúmniales
accusative calúmniame calúmniate calúmnialo, calúmniala calúmnianos not used calúmnialos, calúmnialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calumniá dative calumniame calumniate calumniale calumnianos not used calumniales
accusative calumniame calumniate calumnialo, calumniala calumnianos not used calumnialos, calumnialas
with formal second-person singular imperative calumnie dative calúmnieme not used calúmniele, calúmniese calúmnienos not used calúmnieles
accusative calúmnieme not used calúmnielo, calúmniela, calúmniese calúmnienos not used calúmnielos, calúmnielas
with first-person plural imperative calumniemos dative not used calumniémoste calumniémosle calumniémonos calumniémoos calumniémosles
accusative not used calumniémoste calumniémoslo, calumniémosla calumniémonos calumniémoos calumniémoslos, calumniémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calumniad dative calumniadme not used calumniadle calumniadnos calumniaos calumniadles
accusative calumniadme not used calumniadlo, calumniadla calumniadnos calumniaos calumniadlos, calumniadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calumnien dative calúmnienme not used calúmnienle calúmniennos not used calúmnienles, calúmniense
accusative calúmnienme not used calúmnienlo, calúmnienla calúmniennos not used calúmnienlos, calúmnienlas, calúmniense

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