enmendar

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Portuguese

Verb

enmendar (first-person singular present enmendo, first-person singular preterite enmendei, past participle enmendado)

  1. Obsolete form of emendar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enmendar (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 enmendar
Personal enmendar enmendares enmendar enmendarmos enmendardes enmendarem
Gerund
enmendando
Past participle
Masculine enmendado enmendados
Feminine enmendada enmendadas
Indicative
Present enmendo enmendas enmenda enmendamos enmendais enmendam
Imperfect enmendava enmendavas enmendava enmendávamos enmendáveis enmendavam
Preterite enmendei enmendaste enmendou enmendamos1, enmendámos2 enmendastes enmendaram
Pluperfect enmendara enmendaras enmendara enmendáramos enmendáreis enmendaram
Future enmendarei enmendarás enmendará enmendaremos enmendareis enmendarão
Conditional enmendaria enmendarias enmendaria enmendaríamos enmendaríeis enmendariam
Subjunctive
Present enmende enmendes enmende enmendemos enmendeis enmendem
Imperfect enmendasse enmendasses enmendasse enmendássemos enmendásseis enmendassem
Future enmendar enmendares enmendar enmendarmos enmendardes enmendarem
Imperative
Affirmative enmenda enmende enmendemos enmendai enmendem
Negative (não) não enmendes não enmende não enmendemos não enmendeis não enmendem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin ēmendāre.[1] Reformulated after the common prefix en-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /emmenˈdaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧men‧dar

Verb

enmendar (first-person singular present enmiendo, first-person singular preterite enmendé, past participle enmendado)

  1. to correct
    Synonym: corregir
    • 2020 July 29, “Aguado enmienda a Ayuso y anuncia que la ‘cartilla covid-19’ será solo un registro”, in El País‎:
      El vicepresidente de la región, Ignacio Aguado, (Cs) ha enmendado así las palabras de la jefa del Ejecutivo autonómico: […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. to amend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enmendar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive enmendar
gerund enmendando
past participle masculine feminine
singular enmendado enmendada
plural enmendados enmendadas
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 enmiendo enmiendastú
enmendásvos 		enmienda enmendamos enmendáis enmiendan
imperfect enmendaba enmendabas enmendaba enmendábamos enmendabais enmendaban
preterite enmendé enmendaste enmendó enmendamos enmendasteis enmendaron
future enmendaré enmendarás enmendará enmendaremos enmendaréis enmendarán
conditional enmendaría enmendarías enmendaría enmendaríamos enmendaríais enmendarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present enmiende enmiendestú
enmendésvos2 		enmiende enmendemos enmendéis enmienden
imperfect
(ra) 		enmendara enmendaras enmendara enmendáramos enmendarais enmendaran
imperfect
(se) 		enmendase enmendases enmendase enmendásemos enmendaseis enmendasen
future1 enmendare enmendares enmendare enmendáremos enmendareis enmendaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative enmiendatú
enmendávos 		enmiende enmendemos enmendad enmienden
negative no enmiendes no enmiende no enmendemos no enmendéis no enmienden

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

    Selected combined forms of enmendar (e-ie alternation)

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 enmendar dative enmendarme enmendarte enmendarle, enmendarse enmendarnos enmendaros enmendarles, enmendarse
accusative enmendarme enmendarte enmendarlo, enmendarla, enmendarse enmendarnos enmendaros enmendarlos, enmendarlas, enmendarse
with gerund enmendando dative enmendándome enmendándote enmendándole, enmendándose enmendándonos enmendándoos enmendándoles, enmendándose
accusative enmendándome enmendándote enmendándolo, enmendándola, enmendándose enmendándonos enmendándoos enmendándolos, enmendándolas, enmendándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enmienda dative enmiéndame enmiéndate enmiéndale enmiéndanos not used enmiéndales
accusative enmiéndame enmiéndate enmiéndalo, enmiéndala enmiéndanos not used enmiéndalos, enmiéndalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enmendá dative enmendame enmendate enmendale enmendanos not used enmendales
accusative enmendame enmendate enmendalo, enmendala enmendanos not used enmendalos, enmendalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enmiende dative enmiéndeme not used enmiéndele, enmiéndese enmiéndenos not used enmiéndeles
accusative enmiéndeme not used enmiéndelo, enmiéndela, enmiéndese enmiéndenos not used enmiéndelos, enmiéndelas
with first-person plural imperative enmendemos dative not used enmendémoste enmendémosle enmendémonos enmendémoos enmendémosles
accusative not used enmendémoste enmendémoslo, enmendémosla enmendémonos enmendémoos enmendémoslos, enmendémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enmendad dative enmendadme not used enmendadle enmendadnos enmendaos enmendadles
accusative enmendadme not used enmendadlo, enmendadla enmendadnos enmendaos enmendadlos, enmendadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enmienden dative enmiéndenme not used enmiéndenle enmiéndennos not used enmiéndenles, enmiéndense
accusative enmiéndenme not used enmiéndenlo, enmiéndenla enmiéndennos not used enmiéndenlos, enmiéndenlas, enmiéndense

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “enmendar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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