mediar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /meˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /meˈd͡ʒja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /meˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /meˈd͡ʒja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: me‧di‧ar

Verb

mediar (first-person singular present medeio, third-person singular present medeia, first-person singular preterite mediei, past participle mediado)

  1. to mediate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mediar (i becomes ei when stressed) (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 mediar
Personal mediar mediares mediar mediarmos mediardes mediarem
Gerund
mediando
Past participle
Masculine mediado mediados
Feminine mediada mediadas
Indicative
Present medeio medeias medeia mediamos mediais medeiam
Imperfect mediava mediavas mediava mediávamos mediáveis mediavam
Preterite mediei mediaste mediou mediamos1, mediámos2 mediastes mediaram
Pluperfect mediara mediaras mediara mediáramos mediáreis mediaram
Future mediarei mediarás mediará mediaremos mediareis mediarão
Conditional mediaria mediarias mediaria mediaríamos mediaríeis mediariam
Subjunctive
Present medeie medeies medeie mediemos medieis medeiem
Imperfect mediasse mediasses mediasse mediássemos mediásseis mediassem
Future mediar mediares mediar mediarmos mediardes mediarem
Imperative
Affirmative medeia medeie mediemos mediai medeiem
Negative (não) não medeies não medeie não mediemos não medieis não medeiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Nonstandard conjugation:

    Conjugation of mediar (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 mediar
Personal mediar mediares mediar mediarmos mediardes mediarem
Gerund
mediando
Past participle
Masculine mediado mediados
Feminine mediada mediadas
Indicative
Present medio medias media mediamos mediais mediam
Imperfect mediava mediavas mediava mediávamos mediáveis mediavam
Preterite mediei mediaste mediou mediamos1, mediámos2 mediastes mediaram
Pluperfect mediara mediaras mediara mediáramos mediáreis mediaram
Future mediarei mediarás mediará mediaremos mediareis mediarão
Conditional mediaria mediarias mediaria mediaríamos mediaríeis mediariam
Subjunctive
Present medie medies medie mediemos medieis mediem
Imperfect mediasse mediasses mediasse mediássemos mediásseis mediassem
Future mediar mediares mediar mediarmos mediardes mediarem
Imperative
Affirmative media medie mediemos mediai mediem
Negative (não) não medies não medie não mediemos não medieis não mediem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin mediāre, from Latin medius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meˈdjaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: me‧diar

Verb

mediar (first-person singular present medio, first-person singular preterite medié, past participle mediado)

  1. to mediate
  2. to center, to give a central, medium or average value

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mediar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive mediar
gerund mediando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mediado mediada
plural mediados mediadas
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 medio mediastú
mediásvos 		media mediamos mediáis median
imperfect mediaba mediabas mediaba mediábamos mediabais mediaban
preterite medié mediaste medió mediamos mediasteis mediaron
future mediaré mediarás mediará mediaremos mediaréis mediarán
conditional mediaría mediarías mediaría mediaríamos mediaríais mediarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present medie mediestú
mediésvos2 		medie mediemos mediéis medien
imperfect
(ra) 		mediara mediaras mediara mediáramos mediarais mediaran
imperfect
(se) 		mediase mediases mediase mediásemos mediaseis mediasen
future1 mediare mediares mediare mediáremos mediareis mediaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative mediatú
mediávos 		medie mediemos mediad medien
negative no medies no medie no mediemos no mediéis no medien

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

    Selected combined forms of mediar

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 mediar dative mediarme mediarte mediarle, mediarse mediarnos mediaros mediarles, mediarse
accusative mediarme mediarte mediarlo, mediarla, mediarse mediarnos mediaros mediarlos, mediarlas, mediarse
with gerund mediando dative mediándome mediándote mediándole, mediándose mediándonos mediándoos mediándoles, mediándose
accusative mediándome mediándote mediándolo, mediándola, mediándose mediándonos mediándoos mediándolos, mediándolas, mediándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative media dative médiame médiate médiale médianos not used médiales
accusative médiame médiate médialo, médiala médianos not used médialos, médialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mediá dative mediame mediate mediale medianos not used mediales
accusative mediame mediate medialo, mediala medianos not used medialos, medialas
with formal second-person singular imperative medie dative médieme not used médiele, médiese médienos not used médieles
accusative médieme not used médielo, médiela, médiese médienos not used médielos, médielas
with first-person plural imperative mediemos dative not used mediémoste mediémosle mediémonos mediémoos mediémosles
accusative not used mediémoste mediémoslo, mediémosla mediémonos mediémoos mediémoslos, mediémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mediad dative mediadme not used mediadle mediadnos mediaos mediadles
accusative mediadme not used mediadlo, mediadla mediadnos mediaos mediadlos, mediadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative medien dative médienme not used médienle médiennos not used médienles, médiense
accusative médienme not used médienlo, médienla médiennos not used médienlos, médienlas, médiense

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