legitimar
Catalan
Etymology
From legítim + -ar, or borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimo, legitimare, from Latin lēgitimus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /lə.ʒi.tiˈma/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /le.d͡ʒi.tiˈmaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
legitimar (first-person singular present legitimo, past participle legitimat)
- (transitive) to legitimize
- 2020 May 28, “Nens que juguen sols: les conseqüències de la falta de socialització”, in El Periódico:
- Legitimem les emocions dels nostres fills. Si estan tristos perquè no poden veure els seus amics, que els entenguem, que validem aquesta emoció.
- Let's legitimize our children's emotions. If they're sad because they can't see their friends, let's understand them, let's validate that emotion.
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Conjugation
Conjugation of legitimar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | legitimar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | legitimant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | legitimat | legitimada | |||||
| plural | legitimats | legitimades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | legitimo | legitimes | legitima | legitimem | legitimeu | legitimen | |
| imperfect | legitimava | legitimaves | legitimava | legitimàvem | legitimàveu | legitimaven | |
| future | legitimaré | legitimaràs | legitimarà | legitimarem | legitimareu | legitimaran | |
| preterite | legitimí | legitimares | legitimà | legitimàrem | legitimàreu | legitimaren | |
| conditional | legitimaria | legitimaries | legitimaria | legitimaríem | legitimaríeu | legitimarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | legitimi | legitimis | legitimi | legitimem | legitimeu | legitimin | |
| imperfect | legitimés | legitimessis | legitimés | legitiméssim | legitiméssiu | legitimessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | legitima | legitimi | legitimem | legitimeu | legitimin | ||
Further reading
- “legitimar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “legitimar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “legitimar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “legitimar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From legítimo + -ar, or borrowed from Medieval Latin lēgitimāre, from Latin lēgitimus.
Verb
legitimar (first-person singular present legitimo, first-person singular preterite legitimei, past participle legitimado)
- (transitive) to legitimize (make legitimate)
Conjugation
Conjugation of legitimar (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 | legitimar | |||||
| Personal | legitimar | legitimares | legitimar | legitimarmos | legitimardes | legitimarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| legitimando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | legitimado | legitimados | ||||
| Feminine | legitimada | legitimadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | legitimo | legitimas | legitima | legitimamos | legitimais | legitimam |
| Imperfect | legitimava | legitimavas | legitimava | legitimávamos | legitimáveis | legitimavam |
| Preterite | legitimei | legitimaste | legitimou | legitimamos1, legitimámos2 | legitimastes | legitimaram |
| Pluperfect | legitimara | legitimaras | legitimara | legitimáramos | legitimáreis | legitimaram |
| Future | legitimarei | legitimarás | legitimará | legitimaremos | legitimareis | legitimarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| legitimaria | legitimarias | legitimaria | legitimaríamos | legitimaríeis | legitimariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | legitime | legitimes | legitime | legitimemos | legitimeis | legitimem |
| Imperfect | legitimasse | legitimasses | legitimasse | legitimássemos | legitimásseis | legitimassem |
| Future | legitimar | legitimares | legitimar | legitimarmos | legitimardes | legitimarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | legitima | legitime | legitimemos | legitimai | legitimem | |
| Negative (não) | não legitimes | não legitime | não legitimemos | não legitimeis | não legitimem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- legitimação
Spanish
Alternative forms
- legitimizar
Etymology
From legítimo + -ar, or borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimo, legitimare, from Latin lēgitimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lexitiˈmaɾ/ [le.xi.t̪iˈmaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: le‧gi‧ti‧mar
Verb
legitimar (first-person singular present legitimo, first-person singular preterite legitimé, past participle legitimado)
- (transitive) to legitimize
Conjugation
Conjugation of legitimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | legitimar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | legitimando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | legitimado | legitimada | |||||
| plural | legitimados | legitimadas | |||||
| 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 | legitimo | legitimastú legitimásvos | legitima | legitimamos | legitimáis | legitiman | |
| imperfect | legitimaba | legitimabas | legitimaba | legitimábamos | legitimabais | legitimaban | |
| preterite | legitimé | legitimaste | legitimó | legitimamos | legitimasteis | legitimaron | |
| future | legitimaré | legitimarás | legitimará | legitimaremos | legitimaréis | legitimarán | |
| conditional | legitimaría | legitimarías | legitimaría | legitimaríamos | legitimaríais | legitimarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | legitime | legitimestú legitimésvos2 | legitime | legitimemos | legitiméis | legitimen | |
| imperfect (ra) | legitimara | legitimaras | legitimara | legitimáramos | legitimarais | legitimaran | |
| imperfect (se) | legitimase | legitimases | legitimase | legitimásemos | legitimaseis | legitimasen | |
| future1 | legitimare | legitimares | legitimare | legitimáremos | legitimareis | legitimaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | legitimatú legitimávos | legitime | legitimemos | legitimad | legitimen | ||
| negative | no legitimes | no legitime | no legitimemos | no legitiméis | no legitimen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of legitimar
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 legitimar | |||||||
| dative | legitimarme | legitimarte | legitimarle, legitimarse | legitimarnos | legitimaros | legitimarles, legitimarse | |
| accusative | legitimarme | legitimarte | legitimarlo, legitimarla, legitimarse | legitimarnos | legitimaros | legitimarlos, legitimarlas, legitimarse | |
| with gerund legitimando | |||||||
| dative | legitimándome | legitimándote | legitimándole, legitimándose | legitimándonos | legitimándoos | legitimándoles, legitimándose | |
| accusative | legitimándome | legitimándote | legitimándolo, legitimándola, legitimándose | legitimándonos | legitimándoos | legitimándolos, legitimándolas, legitimándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative legitima | |||||||
| dative | legitímame | legitímate | legitímale | legitímanos | not used | legitímales | |
| accusative | legitímame | legitímate | legitímalo, legitímala | legitímanos | not used | legitímalos, legitímalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative legitimá | |||||||
| dative | legitimame | legitimate | legitimale | legitimanos | not used | legitimales | |
| accusative | legitimame | legitimate | legitimalo, legitimala | legitimanos | not used | legitimalos, legitimalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative legitime | |||||||
| dative | legitímeme | not used | legitímele, legitímese | legitímenos | not used | legitímeles | |
| accusative | legitímeme | not used | legitímelo, legitímela, legitímese | legitímenos | not used | legitímelos, legitímelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative legitimemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | legitimémoste | legitimémosle | legitimémonos | legitimémoos | legitimémosles | |
| accusative | not used | legitimémoste | legitimémoslo, legitimémosla | legitimémonos | legitimémoos | legitimémoslos, legitimémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative legitimad | |||||||
| dative | legitimadme | not used | legitimadle | legitimadnos | legitimaos | legitimadles | |
| accusative | legitimadme | not used | legitimadlo, legitimadla | legitimadnos | legitimaos | legitimadlos, legitimadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative legitimen | |||||||
| dative | legitímenme | not used | legitímenle | legitímennos | not used | legitímenles, legitímense | |
| accusative | legitímenme | not used | legitímenlo, legitímenla | legitímennos | not used | legitímenlos, legitímenlas, legitímense | |
Related terms
- legitimación
Further reading
- “legitimar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014