mensurar

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Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mēnsūrāre.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mensuˈɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: men‧su‧rar

Verb

mensurar (first-person singular present mensuro, first-person singular preterite mensuré, past participle mensurado)

  1. to measure
    Synonym: medir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mensurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive mensurar
gerund mensurando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mensurado mensurada
plural mensurados mensuradas
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 mensuro mensurastú
mensurásvos 		mensura mensuramos mensuráis mensuran
imperfect mensuraba mensurabas mensuraba mensurábamos mensurabais mensuraban
preterite mensuré mensuraste mensuró mensuramos mensurasteis mensuraron
future mensuraré mensurarás mensurará mensuraremos mensuraréis mensurarán
conditional mensuraría mensurarías mensuraría mensuraríamos mensuraríais mensurarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present mensure mensurestú
mensurésvos2 		mensure mensuremos mensuréis mensuren
imperfect
(ra) 		mensurara mensuraras mensurara mensuráramos mensurarais mensuraran
imperfect
(se) 		mensurase mensurases mensurase mensurásemos mensuraseis mensurasen
future1 mensurare mensurares mensurare mensuráremos mensurareis mensuraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative mensuratú
mensurávos 		mensure mensuremos mensurad mensuren
negative no mensures no mensure no mensuremos no mensuréis no mensuren

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

    Selected combined forms of mensurar

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 mensurar
dative mensurarme mensurarte mensurarle, mensurarse mensurarnos mensuraros mensurarles, mensurarse
accusative mensurarme mensurarte mensurarlo, mensurarla, mensurarse mensurarnos mensuraros mensurarlos, mensurarlas, mensurarse
with gerund mensurando
dative mensurándome mensurándote mensurándole, mensurándose mensurándonos mensurándoos mensurándoles, mensurándose
accusative mensurándome mensurándote mensurándolo, mensurándola, mensurándose mensurándonos mensurándoos mensurándolos, mensurándolas, mensurándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mensura
dative mensúrame mensúrate mensúrale mensúranos not used mensúrales
accusative mensúrame mensúrate mensúralo, mensúrala mensúranos not used mensúralos, mensúralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mensurá
dative mensurame mensurate mensurale mensuranos not used mensurales
accusative mensurame mensurate mensuralo, mensurala mensuranos not used mensuralos, mensuralas
with formal second-person singular imperative mensure
dative mensúreme not used mensúrele, mensúrese mensúrenos not used mensúreles
accusative mensúreme not used mensúrelo, mensúrela, mensúrese mensúrenos not used mensúrelos, mensúrelas
with first-person plural imperative mensuremos
dative not used mensurémoste mensurémosle mensurémonos mensurémoos mensurémosles
accusative not used mensurémoste mensurémoslo, mensurémosla mensurémonos mensurémoos mensurémoslos, mensurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mensurad
dative mensuradme not used mensuradle mensuradnos mensuraos mensuradles
accusative mensuradme not used mensuradlo, mensuradla mensuradnos mensuraos mensuradlos, mensuradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mensuren
dative mensúrenme not used mensúrenle mensúrennos not used mensúrenles, mensúrense
accusative mensúrenme not used mensúrenlo, mensúrenla mensúrennos not used mensúrenlos, mensúrenlas, mensúrense

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “mensurar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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