complementar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementí, past participle complementat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “complementar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Verb
complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementei, past participle complementado)
- (transitive) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)
Conjugation
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Further reading
- “complementar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ple.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.ple.mẽˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.ple.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.ple.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.ple.mẽˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ple.mẽˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.plɨ.mẽˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.plɨ.mẽˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: com‧ple‧men‧tar
Verb
complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementei, past participle complementado)
- to complement
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French complémentaire. By surface analysis, complement + -ar.
Adjective
complementar m or n (feminine singular complementară, masculine plural complementari, feminine and neuter plural complementare)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | complementar | complementară | complementari | complementare | ||
definite | complementarul | complementara | complementarii | complementarele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | complementar | complementare | complementari | complementare | ||
definite | complementarului | complementarei | complementarilor | complementarelor |
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komplemenˈtaɾ/ [kõm.ple.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: com‧ple‧men‧tar
Verb
complementar (first-person singular present complemento, first-person singular preterite complementé, past participle complementado)
- (transitive) to complement (to provide what the partner lacks)
- to eke out
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 complementar | |||||||
dative | complementarme | complementarte | complementarle, complementarse | complementarnos | complementaros | complementarles, complementarse | |
accusative | complementarme | complementarte | complementarlo, complementarla, complementarse | complementarnos | complementaros | complementarlos, complementarlas, complementarse | |
with gerund complementando | |||||||
dative | complementándome | complementándote | complementándole, complementándose | complementándonos | complementándoos | complementándoles, complementándose | |
accusative | complementándome | complementándote | complementándolo, complementándola, complementándose | complementándonos | complementándoos | complementándolos, complementándolas, complementándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative complementa | |||||||
dative | compleméntame | compleméntate | compleméntale | compleméntanos | not used | compleméntales | |
accusative | compleméntame | compleméntate | compleméntalo, compleméntala | compleméntanos | not used | compleméntalos, compleméntalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative complementá | |||||||
dative | complementame | complementate | complementale | complementanos | not used | complementales | |
accusative | complementame | complementate | complementalo, complementala | complementanos | not used | complementalos, complementalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative complemente | |||||||
dative | compleménteme | not used | compleméntele, compleméntese | compleméntenos | not used | compleménteles | |
accusative | compleménteme | not used | compleméntelo, compleméntela, compleméntese | compleméntenos | not used | compleméntelos, compleméntelas | |
with first-person plural imperative complementemos | |||||||
dative | not used | complementémoste | complementémosle | complementémonos | complementémoos | complementémosles | |
accusative | not used | complementémoste | complementémoslo, complementémosla | complementémonos | complementémoos | complementémoslos, complementémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative complementad | |||||||
dative | complementadme | not used | complementadle | complementadnos | complementaos | complementadles | |
accusative | complementadme | not used | complementadlo, complementadla | complementadnos | complementaos | complementadlos, complementadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative complementen | |||||||
dative | compleméntenme | not used | compleméntenle | compleméntennos | not used | compleméntenles, compleméntense | |
accusative | compleméntenme | not used | compleméntenlo, compleméntenla | compleméntennos | not used | compleméntenlos, compleméntenlas, compleméntense |
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Further reading
- “complementar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014