colmatar

Portuguese

Etymology

From French colmater.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: col‧ma‧tar

Verb

colmatar (first-person singular present colmato, first-person singular preterite colmatei, past participle colmatado)

  1. (transitive) to fill
  2. (transitive) to bridge
  3. (transitive, figuratively) to rectify; to correct

Conjugation
    Conjugation of colmatar (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 colmatar
Personal colmatar colmatares colmatar colmatarmos colmatardes colmatarem
Gerund
colmatando
Past participle
Masculine colmatado colmatados
Feminine colmatada colmatadas
Indicative
Present colmato colmatas colmata colmatamos colmatais colmatam
Imperfect colmatava colmatavas colmatava colmatávamos colmatáveis colmatavam
Preterite colmatei colmataste colmatou colmatamos1, colmatámos2 colmatastes colmataram
Pluperfect colmatara colmataras colmatara colmatáramos colmatáreis colmataram
Future colmatarei colmatarás colmatará colmataremos colmatareis colmatarão
Conditional
colmataria colmatarias colmataria colmataríamos colmataríeis colmatariam
Subjunctive
Present colmate colmates colmate colmatemos colmateis colmatem
Imperfect colmatasse colmatasses colmatasse colmatássemos colmatásseis colmatassem
Future colmatar colmatares colmatar colmatarmos colmatardes colmatarem
Imperative
Affirmative colmata colmate colmatemos colmatai colmatem
Negative (não) não colmates não colmate não colmatemos não colmateis não colmatem

1Brazil.
2Portugal.

Derived terms
  • colmatar uma lacuna

Spanish

Verb

colmatar (first-person singular present colmato, first-person singular preterite colmaté, past participle colmatado)

  1. to fill in (land, with mud from the river or sea)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of colmatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive colmatar
gerund colmatando
past participle masculine feminine
singular colmatado colmatada
plural colmatados colmatadas
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 colmato colmatastú
colmatásvos		 colmata colmatamos colmatáis colmatan
imperfect colmataba colmatabas colmataba colmatábamos colmatabais colmataban
preterite colmaté colmataste colmató colmatamos colmatasteis colmataron
future colmataré colmatarás colmatará colmataremos colmataréis colmatarán
conditional colmataría colmatarías colmataría colmataríamos colmataríais colmatarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present colmate colmatestú
colmatésvos2		 colmate colmatemos colmatéis colmaten
imperfect
(ra)		 colmatara colmataras colmatara colmatáramos colmatarais colmataran
imperfect
(se)		 colmatase colmatases colmatase colmatásemos colmataseis colmatasen
future1 colmatare colmatares colmatare colmatáremos colmatareis colmataren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative colmatatú
colmatávos		 colmate colmatemos colmatad colmaten
negative no colmates no colmate no colmatemos no colmatéis no colmaten

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

    Selected combined forms of colmatar

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 colmatar
dative colmatarme colmatarte colmatarle, colmatarse colmatarnos colmataros colmatarles, colmatarse
accusative colmatarme colmatarte colmatarlo, colmatarla, colmatarse colmatarnos colmataros colmatarlos, colmatarlas, colmatarse
with gerund colmatando
dative colmatándome colmatándote colmatándole, colmatándose colmatándonos colmatándoos colmatándoles, colmatándose
accusative colmatándome colmatándote colmatándolo, colmatándola, colmatándose colmatándonos colmatándoos colmatándolos, colmatándolas, colmatándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative colmata
dative colmátame colmátate colmátale colmátanos not used colmátales
accusative colmátame colmátate colmátalo, colmátala colmátanos not used colmátalos, colmátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative colmatá
dative colmatame colmatate colmatale colmatanos not used colmatales
accusative colmatame colmatate colmatalo, colmatala colmatanos not used colmatalos, colmatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative colmate
dative colmáteme not used colmátele, colmátese colmátenos not used colmáteles
accusative colmáteme not used colmátelo, colmátela, colmátese colmátenos not used colmátelos, colmátelas
with first-person plural imperative colmatemos
dative not used colmatémoste colmatémosle colmatémonos colmatémoos colmatémosles
accusative not used colmatémoste colmatémoslo, colmatémosla colmatémonos colmatémoos colmatémoslos, colmatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative colmatad
dative colmatadme not used colmatadle colmatadnos colmataos colmatadles
accusative colmatadme not used colmatadlo, colmatadla colmatadnos colmataos colmatadlos, colmatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative colmaten
dative colmátenme not used colmátenle colmátennos not used colmátenles, colmátense
accusative colmátenme not used colmátenlo, colmátenla colmátennos not used colmátenlos, colmátenlas, colmátense

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