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Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementí, past participle complementat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)
Conjugation
Further reading
Galician
Verb
complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementei, past participle complementado)
- (transitive) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)
Conjugation
Conjugation of complementar
Further reading
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: com‧ple‧men‧tar
Adjective
complementar m or f (plural complementares)
- complementary
Verb
complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementei, past participle complementado)
- to complement
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French complémentaire. By surface analysis, complement + -ar.
Adjective
complementar m or n (feminine singular complementară, masculine plural complementari, feminine and neuter plural complementare)
- complementary
Declension
Declension of complementar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komplemenˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: com‧ple‧men‧tar
Verb
complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementé, past participle complementado)
- (transitive) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)
- to eke out
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of complementar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive complementar
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dative
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complementarme
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complementarte
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complementarle, complementarse
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complementarnos
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complementaros
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complementarles, complementarse
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accusative
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complementarme
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complementarte
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complementarlo, complementarla, complementarse
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complementarnos
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complementaros
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complementarlos, complementarlas, complementarse
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with gerund complementando
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dative
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complementándome
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complementándote
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complementándole, complementándose
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complementándonos
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complementándoos
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complementándoles, complementándose
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accusative
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complementándome
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complementándote
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complementándolo, complementándola, complementándose
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complementándonos
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complementándoos
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complementándolos, complementándolas, complementándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative complementa
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dative
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compleméntame
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compleméntate
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compleméntale
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compleméntanos
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not used
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compleméntales
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accusative
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compleméntame
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compleméntate
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compleméntalo, compleméntala
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compleméntanos
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not used
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compleméntalos, compleméntalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative complementá
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dative
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complementame
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complementate
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complementale
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complementanos
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not used
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complementales
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accusative
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complementame
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complementate
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complementalo, complementala
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complementanos
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not used
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complementalos, complementalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative complemente
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dative
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compleménteme
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not used
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compleméntele, compleméntese
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compleméntenos
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not used
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compleménteles
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accusative
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compleménteme
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not used
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compleméntelo, compleméntela, compleméntese
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compleméntenos
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not used
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compleméntelos, compleméntelas
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with first-person plural imperative complementemos
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dative
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not used
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complementémoste
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complementémosle
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complementémonos
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complementémoos
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complementémosles
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accusative
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not used
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complementémoste
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complementémoslo, complementémosla
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complementémonos
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complementémoos
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complementémoslos, complementémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative complementad
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dative
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complementadme
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not used
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complementadle
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complementadnos
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complementaos
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complementadles
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accusative
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complementadme
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not used
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complementadlo, complementadla
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complementadnos
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complementaos
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complementadlos, complementadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative complementen
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dative
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compleméntenme
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not used
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compleméntenle
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compleméntennos
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not used
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compleméntenles, compleméntense
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accusative
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compleméntenme
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not used
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compleméntenlo, compleméntenla
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compleméntennos
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not used
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compleméntenlos, compleméntenlas, compleméntense
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Further reading