tutelar

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English

Etymology

From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (“used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tutelar (comparative more tutelar, superlative most tutelar)

  1. Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.

Synonyms

Noun

tutelar (plural tutelars)

  1. One that is tutelary.

Synonyms

Related terms

Portuguese

Etymology

From tutela +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelei, past participle tutelado)

  1. to protect (be guardian to)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tutelar (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 tutelar
Personal tutelar tutelares tutelar tutelarmos tutelardes tutelarem
Gerund
tutelando
Past participle
Masculine tutelado tutelados
Feminine tutelada tuteladas
Indicative
Present tutelo tutelas tutela tutelamos tutelais tutelam
Imperfect tutelava tutelavas tutelava tutelávamos tuteláveis tutelavam
Preterite tutelei tutelaste tutelou tutelamos1, tutelámos2 tutelastes tutelaram
Pluperfect tutelara tutelaras tutelara tuteláramos tuteláreis tutelaram
Future tutelarei tutelarás tutelará tutelaremos tutelareis tutelarão
Conditional tutelaria tutelarias tutelaria tutelaríamos tutelaríeis tutelariam
Subjunctive
Present tutele tuteles tutele tutelemos tuteleis tutelem
Imperfect tutelasse tutelasses tutelasse tutelássemos tutelásseis tutelassem
Future tutelar tutelares tutelar tutelarmos tutelardes tutelarem
Imperative
Affirmative tutela tutele tutelemos tutelai tutelem
Negative (não) não tuteles não tutele não tutelemos não tuteleis não tutelem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tutélaire, from Latin tutelaris.

Adjective

tutelar m or n (feminine singular tutelară, masculine plural tutelari, feminine and neuter plural tutelare)

  1. tutelary

Declension

Declension of tutelar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite tutelar tutelară tutelari tutelare
definite tutelarul tutelara tutelarii tutelarele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite tutelar tutelare tutelari tutelare
definite tutelarului tutelarei tutelarilor tutelarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuteˈlaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tu‧te‧lar

Adjective

tutelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural tutelares)

  1. tutelar, tutelary

Derived terms

Verb

tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelé, past participle tutelado)

  1. to act as a guardian to, to supervise, to look after

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tutelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tutelar
gerund tutelando
past participle masculine feminine
singular tutelado tutelada
plural tutelados tuteladas
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 tutelo tutelastú
tutelásvos 		tutela tutelamos tuteláis tutelan
imperfect tutelaba tutelabas tutelaba tutelábamos tutelabais tutelaban
preterite tutelé tutelaste tuteló tutelamos tutelasteis tutelaron
future tutelaré tutelarás tutelará tutelaremos tutelaréis tutelarán
conditional tutelaría tutelarías tutelaría tutelaríamos tutelaríais tutelarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present tutele tutelestú
tutelésvos2 		tutele tutelemos tuteléis tutelen
imperfect
(ra) 		tutelara tutelaras tutelara tuteláramos tutelarais tutelaran
imperfect
(se) 		tutelase tutelases tutelase tutelásemos tutelaseis tutelasen
future1 tutelare tutelares tutelare tuteláremos tutelareis tutelaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative tutelatú
tutelávos 		tutele tutelemos tutelad tutelen
negative no tuteles no tutele no tutelemos no tuteléis no tutelen

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

    Selected combined forms of tutelar

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 tutelar
dative tutelarme tutelarte tutelarle, tutelarse tutelarnos tutelaros tutelarles, tutelarse
accusative tutelarme tutelarte tutelarlo, tutelarla, tutelarse tutelarnos tutelaros tutelarlos, tutelarlas, tutelarse
with gerund tutelando
dative tutelándome tutelándote tutelándole, tutelándose tutelándonos tutelándoos tutelándoles, tutelándose
accusative tutelándome tutelándote tutelándolo, tutelándola, tutelándose tutelándonos tutelándoos tutelándolos, tutelándolas, tutelándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tutela
dative tutélame tutélate tutélale tutélanos not used tutélales
accusative tutélame tutélate tutélalo, tutélala tutélanos not used tutélalos, tutélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tutelá
dative tutelame tutelate tutelale tutelanos not used tutelales
accusative tutelame tutelate tutelalo, tutelala tutelanos not used tutelalos, tutelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tutele
dative tutéleme not used tutélele, tutélese tutélenos not used tutéleles
accusative tutéleme not used tutélelo, tutélela, tutélese tutélenos not used tutélelos, tutélelas
with first-person plural imperative tutelemos
dative not used tutelémoste tutelémosle tutelémonos tutelémoos tutelémosles
accusative not used tutelémoste tutelémoslo, tutelémosla tutelémonos tutelémoos tutelémoslos, tutelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tutelad
dative tuteladme not used tuteladle tuteladnos tutelaos tuteladles
accusative tuteladme not used tuteladlo, tuteladla tuteladnos tutelaos tuteladlos, tuteladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tutelen
dative tutélenme not used tutélenle tutélennos not used tutélenles, tutélense
accusative tutélenme not used tutélenlo, tutélenla tutélennos not used tutélenlos, tutélenlas, tutélense

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