confortar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confortar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cōnfortāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [koɱfoɾˈtaɾ]

Verb

confortar (first-person singular present conforto, first-person singular preterite confortei, past participle confortado)

  1. to comfort, ease; to strengthen; to give courage
    Synonym: reconfortar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of confortar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(ti)		 Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal confortar
Personal confortar confortares confortar confortarmos confortardes confortaren
Gerund
confortando
Past participle
Masculine confortado confortados
Feminine confortada confortadas
Indicative
Present conforto confortas conforta confortamos confortades confortan
Imperfect confortaba confortabas confortaba confortabamos confortabades confortaban
Preterite confortei confortaches confortou confortamos confortastes confortaron
Pluperfect confortara confortaras confortara confortaramos confortarades confortaran
Future confortarei confortarás confortará confortaremos confortaredes confortarán
Conditional confortaría confortarías confortaría confortariamos confortariades confortarían
Subjunctive
Present conforte confortes conforte confortemos confortedes conforten
Imperfect confortase confortases confortase confortásemos confortásedes confortasen
Future confortar confortares confortar confortarmos confortardes confortaren
Imperative
Affirmative conforta conforte confortemos confortade conforten
Negative (non) non confortes non conforte non confortemos non confortedes non conforten
    Reintegrated conjugation of confortar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(ti / tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal confortar
Personal confortar confortares confortar confortarmos confortardes confortarem
Gerund
confortando
Past participle
Masculine confortado confortados
Feminine confortada confortadas
Indicative
Present conforto confortas conforta confortamos confortades, confortais confortam
Imperfect confortava confortavas confortava confortávamos confortávades, confortáveis, confortávais1 confortavam
Preterite confortei confortaste, confortache1 confortou confortamos confortastes confortárom, confortaram
Pluperfect confortara confortaras confortara confortáramos confortárades, confortáreis, confortárais1 confortaram
Future confortarei confortarás confortará confortaremos confortaredes, confortareis confortarám, confortarão
Conditional confortaria confortarias confortaria confortaríamos confortaríades, confortaríeis, confortaríais1 confortariam
Subjunctive
Present conforte confortes conforte confortemos confortedes, conforteis confortem
Imperfect confortasse confortasses confortasse confortássemos confortássedes, confortásseis confortassem
Future confortar confortares confortar confortarmos confortardes confortarem
Imperative
Affirmative conforta conforte confortemos confortade, confortai confortem
Negative (nom) nom confortes nom conforte nom confortemos nom confortedes, nom conforteis nom confortem

1Less recommended.

Derived terms

References
  • “confortar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “confortar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “confortar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “confortar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
  • “confortar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnfortāre.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.foʁˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.fohˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.foɾˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.foʁˈta(ʁ)/ [kõ.foχˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.foɻˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fuɾˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fuɾˈta.ɾi/

Verb

confortar (first-person singular present conforto, first-person singular preterite confortei, past participle confortado)

  1. to comfort

Conjugation
    Conjugation of confortar (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 confortar
Personal confortar confortares confortar confortarmos confortardes confortarem
Gerund
confortando
Past participle
Masculine confortado confortados
Feminine confortada confortadas
Indicative
Present conforto confortas conforta confortamos confortais confortam
Imperfect confortava confortavas confortava confortávamos confortáveis confortavam
Preterite confortei confortaste confortou confortamos1, confortámos2 confortastes confortaram
Pluperfect confortara confortaras confortara confortáramos confortáreis confortaram
Future confortarei confortarás confortará confortaremos confortareis confortarão
Conditional confortaria confortarias confortaria confortaríamos confortaríeis confortariam
Subjunctive
Present conforte confortes conforte confortemos conforteis confortem
Imperfect confortasse confortasses confortasse confortássemos confortásseis confortassem
Future confortar confortares confortar confortarmos confortardes confortarem
Imperative
Affirmative conforta conforte confortemos confortai confortem
Negative (não) não confortes não conforte não confortemos não conforteis não confortem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōnfortāre. In Old Spanish, its rhizotonic conjugations showed the expected diphthongization (cf. confuerto), but this was later leveled to /o/ by analogy with arrhizotonic forms.[1] Despite the resemblance, not a doublet of conhortar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /konfoɾˈtaɾ/ [kõɱ.foɾˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧for‧tar

Verb

confortar (first-person singular present conforto, first-person singular preterite conforté, past participle confortado)

  1. (transitive) to comfort, console

Conjugation
    Conjugation of confortar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive confortar
gerund confortando
past participle masculine feminine
singular confortado confortada
plural confortados confortadas
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 conforto confortastú
confortásvos		 conforta confortamos confortáis confortan
imperfect confortaba confortabas confortaba confortábamos confortabais confortaban
preterite conforté confortaste confortó confortamos confortasteis confortaron
future confortaré confortarás confortará confortaremos confortaréis confortarán
conditional confortaría confortarías confortaría confortaríamos confortaríais confortarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present conforte confortestú
confortésvos2		 conforte confortemos confortéis conforten
imperfect
(ra)		 confortara confortaras confortara confortáramos confortarais confortaran
imperfect
(se)		 confortase confortases confortase confortásemos confortaseis confortasen
future1 confortare confortares confortare confortáremos confortareis confortaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative confortatú
confortávos		 conforte confortemos confortad conforten
negative no confortes no conforte no confortemos no confortéis no conforten

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

    Selected combined forms of confortar

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 confortar
dative confortarme confortarte confortarle, confortarse confortarnos confortaros confortarles, confortarse
accusative confortarme confortarte confortarlo, confortarla, confortarse confortarnos confortaros confortarlos, confortarlas, confortarse
with gerund confortando
dative confortándome confortándote confortándole, confortándose confortándonos confortándoos confortándoles, confortándose
accusative confortándome confortándote confortándolo, confortándola, confortándose confortándonos confortándoos confortándolos, confortándolas, confortándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative conforta
dative confórtame confórtate confórtale confórtanos not used confórtales
accusative confórtame confórtate confórtalo, confórtala confórtanos not used confórtalos, confórtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confortá
dative confortame confortate confortale confortanos not used confortales
accusative confortame confortate confortalo, confortala confortanos not used confortalos, confortalas
with formal second-person singular imperative conforte
dative confórteme not used confórtele, confórtese confórtenos not used confórteles
accusative confórteme not used confórtelo, confórtela, confórtese confórtenos not used confórtelos, confórtelas
with first-person plural imperative confortemos
dative not used confortémoste confortémosle confortémonos confortémoos confortémosles
accusative not used confortémoste confortémoslo, confortémosla confortémonos confortémoos confortémoslos, confortémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confortad
dative confortadme not used confortadle confortadnos confortaos confortadles
accusative confortadme not used confortadlo, confortadla confortadnos confortaos confortadlos, confortadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative conforten
dative confórtenme not used confórtenle confórtennos not used confórtenles, confórtense
accusative confórtenme not used confórtenlo, confórtenla confórtennos not used confórtenlos, confórtenlas, confórtense

Derived terms

References
  1. Penny, Ralph. 2002. A history of the Spanish language. Cambridge University Press. Page 183

Further reading
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