desposar

desposar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.puˈzaɾ/

Verb

desposar (first-person singular present desposo, first-person singular preterite desposei, past participle desposado)

1. (transitive) to espouse (become married to)
2. inflection of desposar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desposar (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	desposar
Personal	desposar	desposares	desposar	desposarmos	desposardes	desposarem
Gerund
	desposando
Past participle
Masculine	desposado			desposados
Feminine	desposada			desposadas
Indicative
Present	desposo	desposas	desposa	desposamos	desposais	desposam
Imperfect	desposava	desposavas	desposava	desposávamos	desposáveis	desposavam
Preterite	desposei	desposaste	desposou	desposamos1, desposámos2	desposastes	desposaram
Pluperfect	desposara	desposaras	desposara	desposáramos	desposáreis	desposaram
Future	desposarei	desposarás	desposará	desposaremos	desposareis	desposarão
Conditional
	desposaria	desposarias	desposaria	desposaríamos	desposaríeis	desposariam
Subjunctive
Present	despose	desposes	despose	desposemos	desposeis	desposem
Imperfect	desposasse	desposasses	desposasse	desposássemos	desposásseis	desposassem
Future	desposar	desposares	desposar	desposarmos	desposardes	desposarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desposa	despose	desposemos	desposai	desposem
Negative (não)		não desposes	não despose	não desposemos	não desposeis	não desposem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Related terms

• esposar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin despōnsāre, present active infinitive of despōnsō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /despoˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.poˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧po‧sar

Verb

desposar (first-person singular present desposo, first-person singular preterite desposé, past participle desposado)

1. (transitive) to marry

   Synonym: casar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be married
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get engaged

   Synonym: prometerse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desposar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desposar
gerund			desposando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desposado		desposada
		plural		desposados		desposadas
		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	desposo	desposastú desposásvos	desposa	desposamos	desposáis	desposan
	imperfect	desposaba	desposabas	desposaba	desposábamos	desposabais	desposaban
	preterite	desposé	desposaste	desposó	desposamos	desposasteis	desposaron
	future	desposaré	desposarás	desposará	desposaremos	desposaréis	desposarán
	conditional	desposaría	desposarías	desposaría	desposaríamos	desposaríais	desposarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	despose	desposestú desposésvos2	despose	desposemos	desposéis	desposen
	imperfect (ra)	desposara	desposaras	desposara	desposáramos	desposarais	desposaran
	imperfect (se)	desposase	desposases	desposase	desposásemos	desposaseis	desposasen
	future1	desposare	desposares	desposare	desposáremos	desposareis	desposaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desposatú desposávos	despose	desposemos	desposad	desposen
	negative		no desposes	no despose	no desposemos	no desposéis	no desposen

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

    Selected combined forms of desposar

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 desposar
	dative	desposarme	desposarte	desposarle, desposarse	desposarnos	desposaros	desposarles, desposarse
	accusative	desposarme	desposarte	desposarlo, desposarla, desposarse	desposarnos	desposaros	desposarlos, desposarlas, desposarse
with gerund desposando
	dative	desposándome	desposándote	desposándole, desposándose	desposándonos	desposándoos	desposándoles, desposándose
	accusative	desposándome	desposándote	desposándolo, desposándola, desposándose	desposándonos	desposándoos	desposándolos, desposándolas, desposándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desposa
	dative	despósame	despósate	despósale	despósanos	not used	despósales
	accusative	despósame	despósate	despósalo, despósala	despósanos	not used	despósalos, despósalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desposá
	dative	desposame	desposate	desposale	desposanos	not used	desposales
	accusative	desposame	desposate	desposalo, desposala	desposanos	not used	desposalos, desposalas
with formal second-person singular imperative despose
	dative	despóseme	not used	despósele, despósese	despósenos	not used	despóseles
	accusative	despóseme	not used	despóselo, despósela, despósese	despósenos	not used	despóselos, despóselas
with first-person plural imperative desposemos
	dative	not used	desposémoste	desposémosle	desposémonos	desposémoos	desposémosles
	accusative	not used	desposémoste	desposémoslo, desposémosla	desposémonos	desposémoos	desposémoslos, desposémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desposad
	dative	desposadme	not used	desposadle	desposadnos	desposaos	desposadles
	accusative	desposadme	not used	desposadlo, desposadla	desposadnos	desposaos	desposadlos, desposadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desposen
	dative	despósenme	not used	despósenle	despósennos	not used	despósenles, despósense
	accusative	despósenme	not used	despósenlo, despósenla	despósennos	not used	despósenlos, despósenlas, despósense

Further reading

• “desposar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014