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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /demenˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧men‧tar
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin dēmentāre.
Verb
dementar (first-person singular present demento, first-person singular preterite dementé, past participle dementado)
- (transitive, rare) to drive crazy; to dement
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Etymology 2
From de- + mente + -ar.
Verb
dementar (first-person singular present demento, first-person singular preterite dementé, past participle dementado)
- (transitive, obsolete) to mention
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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