desamparar
Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + amparar, from Vulgar Latin *anteparāre (“to protect, to prepare”), from Latin ante + parō (“to stop, lodge”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(h)], /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.paˈɾa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐ̃.pɐˈɾaɾ/
Verb
desamparar (first-person singular present desamparo, first-person singular preterite desamparei, past participle desamparado)
- (transitive) to forsake; to abandon; to leave behind (to stop or refrain from supporting)
- Synonyms: abandonar, largar
- Synonyms: amparar, apoiar
- (architecture, transitive) to remove a physical support
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | desamparar | |||||
Personal | desamparar | desamparares | desamparar | desampararmos | desamparardes | desampararem |
Gerund | ||||||
desamparando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | desamparado | desamparados | ||||
Feminine | desamparada | desamparadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | desamparo | desamparas | desampara | desamparamos | desamparais | desamparam |
Imperfect | desamparava | desamparavas | desamparava | desamparávamos | desamparáveis | desamparavam |
Preterite | desamparei | desamparaste | desamparou | desamparamos1, desamparámos2 | desamparastes | desampararam |
Pluperfect | desamparara | desampararas | desamparara | desamparáramos | desamparáreis | desampararam |
Future | desampararei | desampararás | desamparará | desampararemos | desamparareis | desampararão |
Conditional | ||||||
desampararia | desampararias | desampararia | desampararíamos | desampararíeis | desamparariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | desampare | desampares | desampare | desamparemos | desampareis | desamparem |
Imperfect | desamparasse | desamparasses | desamparasse | desamparássemos | desamparásseis | desamparassem |
Future | desamparar | desamparares | desamparar | desampararmos | desamparardes | desampararem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | desampara | desampare | desamparemos | desamparai | desamparem | |
Negative (não) | não desampares | não desampare | não desamparemos | não desampareis | não desamparem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- desamparado
- amparo
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + amparar (“to safeguard”), from Vulgar Latin *anteparō, *anteparāre (“to prevent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desampaˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.sãm.paˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧sam‧pa‧rar
Verb
desamparar (first-person singular present desamparo, first-person singular preterite desamparé, past participle desamparado)
- (transitive) to forsake
Conjugation
infinitive | desamparar | ||||||
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gerund | desamparando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | desamparado | desamparada | |||||
plural | desamparados | desamparadas | |||||
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 | desamparo | desamparastú desamparásvos | desampara | desamparamos | desamparáis | desamparan | |
imperfect | desamparaba | desamparabas | desamparaba | desamparábamos | desamparabais | desamparaban | |
preterite | desamparé | desamparaste | desamparó | desamparamos | desamparasteis | desampararon | |
future | desampararé | desampararás | desamparará | desampararemos | desampararéis | desampararán | |
conditional | desampararía | desampararías | desampararía | desampararíamos | desampararíais | desampararían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | desampare | desamparestú desamparésvos2 | desampare | desamparemos | desamparéis | desamparen | |
imperfect (ra) | desamparara | desampararas | desamparara | desamparáramos | desampararais | desampararan | |
imperfect (se) | desamparase | desamparases | desamparase | desamparásemos | desamparaseis | desamparasen | |
future1 | desamparare | desamparares | desamparare | desamparáremos | desamparareis | desampararen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | desamparatú desamparávos | desampare | desamparemos | desamparad | desamparen | ||
negative | no desampares | no desampare | no desamparemos | no desamparéis | no desamparen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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 desamparar | |||||||
dative | desampararme | desampararte | desampararle, desampararse | desampararnos | desampararos | desampararles, desampararse | |
accusative | desampararme | desampararte | desampararlo, desampararla, desampararse | desampararnos | desampararos | desampararlos, desampararlas, desampararse | |
with gerund desamparando | |||||||
dative | desamparándome | desamparándote | desamparándole, desamparándose | desamparándonos | desamparándoos | desamparándoles, desamparándose | |
accusative | desamparándome | desamparándote | desamparándolo, desamparándola, desamparándose | desamparándonos | desamparándoos | desamparándolos, desamparándolas, desamparándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desampara | |||||||
dative | desampárame | desampárate | desampárale | desampáranos | not used | desampárales | |
accusative | desampárame | desampárate | desampáralo, desampárala | desampáranos | not used | desampáralos, desampáralas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desampará | |||||||
dative | desamparame | desamparate | desamparale | desamparanos | not used | desamparales | |
accusative | desamparame | desamparate | desamparalo, desamparala | desamparanos | not used | desamparalos, desamparalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative desampare | |||||||
dative | desampáreme | not used | desampárele, desampárese | desampárenos | not used | desampáreles | |
accusative | desampáreme | not used | desampárelo, desampárela, desampárese | desampárenos | not used | desampárelos, desampárelas | |
with first-person plural imperative desamparemos | |||||||
dative | not used | desamparémoste | desamparémosle | desamparémonos | desamparémoos | desamparémosles | |
accusative | not used | desamparémoste | desamparémoslo, desamparémosla | desamparémonos | desamparémoos | desamparémoslos, desamparémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative desamparad | |||||||
dative | desamparadme | not used | desamparadle | desamparadnos | desamparaos | desamparadles | |
accusative | desamparadme | not used | desamparadlo, desamparadla | desamparadnos | desamparaos | desamparadlos, desamparadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative desamparen | |||||||
dative | desampárenme | not used | desampárenle | desampárennos | not used | desampárenles, desampárense | |
accusative | desampárenme | not used | desampárenlo, desampárenla | desampárennos | not used | desampárenlos, desampárenlas, desampárense |
Further reading
- “desamparar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014