amistar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amisˈtaɾ/ [a.misˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧mis‧tar
Verb
amistar (first-person singular present amisto, first-person singular preterite amisté, past participle amistado)
- (transitive) to cause (people) to be friends
- (transitive) to friend (add as a friend)
- Synonyms: hacer amigos, amigar
- (Mexico, transitive) to befriend
- (intransitive) to make friends (create friendships)
- Synonym: hacer amigos
Conjugation
Conjugation of amistar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | amistar | ||||||
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gerund | amistando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | amistado | amistada | |||||
plural | amistados | amistadas | |||||
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 | amisto | amistastú amistásvos | amista | amistamos | amistáis | amistan | |
imperfect | amistaba | amistabas | amistaba | amistábamos | amistabais | amistaban | |
preterite | amisté | amistaste | amistó | amistamos | amistasteis | amistaron | |
future | amistaré | amistarás | amistará | amistaremos | amistaréis | amistarán | |
conditional | amistaría | amistarías | amistaría | amistaríamos | amistaríais | amistarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | amiste | amistestú amistésvos2 | amiste | amistemos | amistéis | amisten | |
imperfect (ra) | amistara | amistaras | amistara | amistáramos | amistarais | amistaran | |
imperfect (se) | amistase | amistases | amistase | amistásemos | amistaseis | amistasen | |
future1 | amistare | amistares | amistare | amistáremos | amistareis | amistaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | amistatú amistávos | amiste | amistemos | amistad | amisten | ||
negative | no amistes | no amiste | no amistemos | no amistéis | no amisten |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of amistar
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 amistar | |||||||
dative | amistarme | amistarte | amistarle, amistarse | amistarnos | amistaros | amistarles, amistarse | |
accusative | amistarme | amistarte | amistarlo, amistarla, amistarse | amistarnos | amistaros | amistarlos, amistarlas, amistarse | |
with gerund amistando | |||||||
dative | amistándome | amistándote | amistándole, amistándose | amistándonos | amistándoos | amistándoles, amistándose | |
accusative | amistándome | amistándote | amistándolo, amistándola, amistándose | amistándonos | amistándoos | amistándolos, amistándolas, amistándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amista | |||||||
dative | amístame | amístate | amístale | amístanos | not used | amístales | |
accusative | amístame | amístate | amístalo, amístala | amístanos | not used | amístalos, amístalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amistá | |||||||
dative | amistame | amistate | amistale | amistanos | not used | amistales | |
accusative | amistame | amistate | amistalo, amistala | amistanos | not used | amistalos, amistalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative amiste | |||||||
dative | amísteme | not used | amístele, amístese | amístenos | not used | amísteles | |
accusative | amísteme | not used | amístelo, amístela, amístese | amístenos | not used | amístelos, amístelas | |
with first-person plural imperative amistemos | |||||||
dative | not used | amistémoste | amistémosle | amistémonos | amistémoos | amistémosles | |
accusative | not used | amistémoste | amistémoslo, amistémosla | amistémonos | amistémoos | amistémoslos, amistémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative amistad | |||||||
dative | amistadme | not used | amistadle | amistadnos | amistaos | amistadles | |
accusative | amistadme | not used | amistadlo, amistadla | amistadnos | amistaos | amistadlos, amistadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative amisten | |||||||
dative | amístenme | not used | amístenle | amístennos | not used | amístenles, amístense | |
accusative | amístenme | not used | amístenlo, amístenla | amístennos | not used | amístenlos, amístenlas, amístense |
Derived terms
- desamistarse
Related terms
- amistad
Further reading
- “amistar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014