soportar

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supportāre. First attested in the fifteenth century. Cognate with English support although divergent in meaning.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sopoɾˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: so‧por‧tar

Verb

soportar (first-person singular present soporto, first-person singular preterite soporté, past participle soportado)

  1. to bear, to endure, to withstand, put up with, tolerate, to stomach, to weather, to handle
    Synonyms: aguantar, tolerar
  2. to support a weight or load

Usage notes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of soportar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive soportar
gerund soportando
past participle masculine feminine
singular soportado soportada
plural soportados soportadas
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 soporto soportastú
soportásvos 		soporta soportamos soportáis soportan
imperfect soportaba soportabas soportaba soportábamos soportabais soportaban
preterite soporté soportaste soportó soportamos soportasteis soportaron
future soportaré soportarás soportará soportaremos soportaréis soportarán
conditional soportaría soportarías soportaría soportaríamos soportaríais soportarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present soporte soportestú
soportésvos2 		soporte soportemos soportéis soporten
imperfect
(ra) 		soportara soportaras soportara soportáramos soportarais soportaran
imperfect
(se) 		soportase soportases soportase soportásemos soportaseis soportasen
future1 soportare soportares soportare soportáremos soportareis soportaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative soportatú
soportávos 		soporte soportemos soportad soporten
negative no soportes no soporte no soportemos no soportéis no soporten

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

    Selected combined forms of soportar

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 soportar
dative soportarme soportarte soportarle, soportarse soportarnos soportaros soportarles, soportarse
accusative soportarme soportarte soportarlo, soportarla, soportarse soportarnos soportaros soportarlos, soportarlas, soportarse
with gerund soportando
dative soportándome soportándote soportándole, soportándose soportándonos soportándoos soportándoles, soportándose
accusative soportándome soportándote soportándolo, soportándola, soportándose soportándonos soportándoos soportándolos, soportándolas, soportándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative soporta
dative sopórtame sopórtate sopórtale sopórtanos not used sopórtales
accusative sopórtame sopórtate sopórtalo, sopórtala sopórtanos not used sopórtalos, sopórtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative soportá
dative soportame soportate soportale soportanos not used soportales
accusative soportame soportate soportalo, soportala soportanos not used soportalos, soportalas
with formal second-person singular imperative soporte
dative sopórteme not used sopórtele, sopórtese sopórtenos not used sopórteles
accusative sopórteme not used sopórtelo, sopórtela, sopórtese sopórtenos not used sopórtelos, sopórtelas
with first-person plural imperative soportemos
dative not used soportémoste soportémosle soportémonos soportémoos soportémosles
accusative not used soportémoste soportémoslo, soportémosla soportémonos soportémoos soportémoslos, soportémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative soportad
dative soportadme not used soportadle soportadnos soportaos soportadles
accusative soportadme not used soportadlo, soportadla soportadnos soportaos soportadlos, soportadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative soporten
dative sopórtenme not used sopórtenle sopórtennos not used sopórtenles, sopórtense
accusative sopórtenme not used sopórtenlo, sopórtenla sopórtennos not used sopórtenlos, sopórtenlas, sopórtense

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “soportar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 616

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