aumentar
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre, present active infinitive of augmentō (“increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”).
Verb
aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumentei, past participle aumentado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin augmentāre, from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”). Cognate of English augment.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /aw.mẽˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /aw.mẽˈta.ɾi/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /aw.mẽ.ˈta(χ)/
- Hyphenation: au‧men‧tar
Verb
aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumentei, past participle aumentado)
- to increase (become larger)
- to increase, augment (cause something to become larger)
- Synonyms: acrescentar, ampliar, amplificar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
- aumentação, aumentado, aumentador, aumentativar, aumentativo, aumentável, aumento
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“to increase”). Compare English augment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aumenˈtaɾ/ [au̯.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- (Latin America)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: au‧men‧tar
Verb
aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumenté, past participle aumentado)
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive aumentar | |||||||
dative | aumentarme | aumentarte | aumentarle, aumentarse | aumentarnos | aumentaros | aumentarles, aumentarse | |
accusative | aumentarme | aumentarte | aumentarlo, aumentarla, aumentarse | aumentarnos | aumentaros | aumentarlos, aumentarlas, aumentarse | |
with gerund aumentando | |||||||
dative | aumentándome | aumentándote | aumentándole, aumentándose | aumentándonos | aumentándoos | aumentándoles, aumentándose | |
accusative | aumentándome | aumentándote | aumentándolo, aumentándola, aumentándose | aumentándonos | aumentándoos | aumentándolos, aumentándolas, aumentándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aumenta | |||||||
dative | auméntame | auméntate | auméntale | auméntanos | not used | auméntales | |
accusative | auméntame | auméntate | auméntalo, auméntala | auméntanos | not used | auméntalos, auméntalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aumentá | |||||||
dative | aumentame | aumentate | aumentale | aumentanos | not used | aumentales | |
accusative | aumentame | aumentate | aumentalo, aumentala | aumentanos | not used | aumentalos, aumentalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative aumente | |||||||
dative | auménteme | not used | auméntele, auméntese | auméntenos | not used | auménteles | |
accusative | auménteme | not used | auméntelo, auméntela, auméntese | auméntenos | not used | auméntelos, auméntelas | |
with first-person plural imperative aumentemos | |||||||
dative | not used | aumentémoste | aumentémosle | aumentémonos | aumentémoos | aumentémosles | |
accusative | not used | aumentémoste | aumentémoslo, aumentémosla | aumentémonos | aumentémoos | aumentémoslos, aumentémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative aumentad | |||||||
dative | aumentadme | not used | aumentadle | aumentadnos | aumentaos | aumentadles | |
accusative | aumentadme | not used | aumentadlo, aumentadla | aumentadnos | aumentaos | aumentadlos, aumentadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative aumenten | |||||||
dative | auméntenme | not used | auméntenle | auméntennos | not used | auméntenles, auméntense | |
accusative | auméntenme | not used | auméntenlo, auméntenla | auméntennos | not used | auméntenlos, auméntenlas, auméntense |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aumentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014