permitir

Learned borrowing from Latin permittere.

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permitín, past participle permitido)
permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permitim or permiti, past participle permitido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to permit, to allow

• “permitir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “permitir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Learned borrowing from Latin permittere.

• Audio (Northeast Brazil):

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• Rhymes: -i, -iʁ, -iɾ
• Hyphenation: per‧mi‧tir

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permiti, past participle permitido)

1. (transitive) to permit, to allow, to let

   Synonym: deixar

   • 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

     A filha era a flor do cortiço. Chamavam-lhe Pombinha. Bonita, posto que enfermiça e nervosa ao último ponto; loura, muito pálida, com uns modos de menina de boa família. A mãe não lhe permitia lavar, nem engomar, mesmo porque o médico a proibira expressamente.

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2. (transitive) to permit (to give occasion to)
3. (transitive) to tolerate
4. (reflexive) to permit (to take the liberty)
5. (reflexive) to dare

• “permitir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “permitir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Latin permittere.

• IPA^(key): /peɾmiˈtiɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: per‧mi‧tir

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permití, past participle permitido)

1. to allow, permit

   Synonym: autorizar

   No les permitieron ir.

   They were not allowed to go.

2. (pronominal) to afford, to allow

   No puedo permitirme comprarlo.

   I can't allow myself to buy it.

3. (pronominal) to indulge in

• Used without a preposition, as is demonstrated in the example above

• “permitir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10