lactar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: lac‧tar

Verb

lactar (first-person singular present lacto, first-person singular preterite lactei, past participle lactado)

  1. to breastfeed
    Synonym: amamentar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lactar (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 lactar
Personal lactar lactares lactar lactarmos lactardes lactarem
Gerund
lactando
Past participle
Masculine lactado lactados
Feminine lactada lactadas
Indicative
Present lacto lactas lacta lactamos lactais lactam
Imperfect lactava lactavas lactava lactávamos lactáveis lactavam
Preterite lactei lactaste lactou lactamos1, lactámos2 lactastes lactaram
Pluperfect lactara lactaras lactara lactáramos lactáreis lactaram
Future lactarei lactarás lactará lactaremos lactareis lactarão
Conditional lactaria lactarias lactaria lactaríamos lactaríeis lactariam
Subjunctive
Present lacte lactes lacte lactemos lacteis lactem
Imperfect lactasse lactasses lactasse lactássemos lactásseis lactassem
Future lactar lactares lactar lactarmos lactardes lactarem
Imperative
Affirmative lacta lacte lactemos lactai lactem
Negative (não) não lactes não lacte não lactemos não lacteis não lactem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lactāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laɡˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lac‧tar

Verb

lactar (first-person singular present lacto, first-person singular preterite lacté, past participle lactado)

  1. to breastfeed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lactar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive lactar
gerund lactando
past participle masculine feminine
singular lactado lactada
plural lactados lactadas
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 lacto lactastú
lactásvos 		lacta lactamos lactáis lactan
imperfect lactaba lactabas lactaba lactábamos lactabais lactaban
preterite lacté lactaste lactó lactamos lactasteis lactaron
future lactaré lactarás lactará lactaremos lactaréis lactarán
conditional lactaría lactarías lactaría lactaríamos lactaríais lactarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present lacte lactestú
lactésvos2 		lacte lactemos lactéis lacten
imperfect
(ra) 		lactara lactaras lactara lactáramos lactarais lactaran
imperfect
(se) 		lactase lactases lactase lactásemos lactaseis lactasen
future1 lactare lactares lactare lactáremos lactareis lactaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative lactatú
lactávos 		lacte lactemos lactad lacten
negative no lactes no lacte no lactemos no lactéis no lacten

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

    Selected combined forms of lactar

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 lactar
dative lactarme lactarte lactarle, lactarse lactarnos lactaros lactarles, lactarse
accusative lactarme lactarte lactarlo, lactarla, lactarse lactarnos lactaros lactarlos, lactarlas, lactarse
with gerund lactando
dative lactándome lactándote lactándole, lactándose lactándonos lactándoos lactándoles, lactándose
accusative lactándome lactándote lactándolo, lactándola, lactándose lactándonos lactándoos lactándolos, lactándolas, lactándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lacta
dative láctame láctate láctale láctanos not used láctales
accusative láctame láctate láctalo, láctala láctanos not used láctalos, láctalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lactá
dative lactame lactate lactale lactanos not used lactales
accusative lactame lactate lactalo, lactala lactanos not used lactalos, lactalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lacte
dative lácteme not used láctele, láctese láctenos not used lácteles
accusative lácteme not used láctelo, láctela, láctese láctenos not used láctelos, láctelas
with first-person plural imperative lactemos
dative not used lactémoste lactémosle lactémonos lactémoos lactémosles
accusative not used lactémoste lactémoslo, lactémosla lactémonos lactémoos lactémoslos, lactémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lactad
dative lactadme not used lactadle lactadnos lactaos lactadles
accusative lactadme not used lactadlo, lactadla lactadnos lactaos lactadlos, lactadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative lacten
dative láctenme not used láctenle láctennos not used láctenles, láctense
accusative láctenme not used láctenlo, láctenla láctennos not used láctenlos, láctenlas, láctense

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