potar

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

Verb

potar

  1. can; be able to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potar
infinitive potar
gerund potando
past participle potoit
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative ju te jal/jala nu vu jali/jale
present puas potai potaja puasaime potaite potaja
imperfect potaja potaja potaja potajaime potajaite potaja
perfect jai potoit ji potoit ju potoit javaime potoit javaite potoit ju potoit
pluperfect avas potoit avas potoit avaja potoit avaime potoit avaite potoit avas potoit
future potra potrai potra potarme potarte potra
present potre potre potre potarme potarte potre
subjunctive ju te jal/jala nu vu jali/jale
present puasa potaja potaja puasaime potaite potaja
imperfect potas potasse potassa potassaime potassaite potas
imperative — te — nu vu —
affirmative potai puasaime potaite
negative naun potai naun puasaime naun potaite

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

potar (first-person singular active indicative aîpotar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîpotari, noun potara) (transitive)

  1. to want; to wish
  2. to desire (to want emotionally or sexually)
  3. to tend (to be likely to do something or have a certain habit)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potar (transitive, R-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
Causative potarukar
Causative-comitative eropotar
Reflexive îepotar
Deverbals
-ba'e oîpotaryba'e
emi- emimotara / mimotara
-pyr(a) i potarypyra
-sab(a) potasaba / potaraba
-sar(a) potasara / potarara
Singular Singular & Plural Plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative aîpotar ereîpotar oîpotar oroîpotar îaîpotar peîpotar
Permissive t'aîpotar t'ereîpotar t'oîpotar t'oroîpotar t'îaîpotar ta peîpotar
Imperative eîpotar peîpotar
Negative indicative n'aîpotari n'ereîpotari n'oîpotari n'oroîpotari n'îaîpotari na peîpotari
Negative permissive t'aîpotar umẽ t'ereîpotar umẽ t'oîpotar umẽ t'oroîpotar umẽ t'îaîpotar umẽ ta peîpotar umẽ
Negative imperative eîpotar umẽ peîpotar umẽ
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative potara
Negative potare'yma
Gerund
Affirmative xe potá nde potá i potá oré potá îandé potá pe potá
Negative xe potare'yma nde potare'yma i potare'yma oré potare'yma îandé potare'yma pe potare'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative xe potari i potari oré potari îandé potari
Negative xe potare'ymi i potare'ymi oré potare'ymi îandé potare'ymi

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: putari

References

Spanish

Etymology

From pote +‎ -ar.

Verb

potar (first-person singular present poto, first-person singular preterite poté, past participle potado)

  1. (colloquial, Spain) to puke, to throw up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive potar
gerund potando
past participle masculine feminine
singular potado potada
plural potados potadas
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 poto potastú
potásvos 		pota potamos potáis potan
imperfect potaba potabas potaba potábamos potabais potaban
preterite poté potaste potó potamos potasteis potaron
future potaré potarás potará potaremos potaréis potarán
conditional potaría potarías potaría potaríamos potaríais potarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present pote potestú
potésvos2 		pote potemos potéis poten
imperfect
(ra) 		potara potaras potara potáramos potarais potaran
imperfect
(se) 		potase potases potase potásemos potaseis potasen
future1 potare potares potare potáremos potareis potaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative potatú
potávos 		pote potemos potad poten
negative no potes no pote no potemos no potéis no poten

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

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