mediar
Portuguese
Verb
mediar (first-person singular present medeio, third-person singular present medeia, first-person singular preterite mediei, past participle mediado)
- to mediate
Conjugation
Conjugation of mediar (i becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
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 | mediar | |||||
Personal | mediar | mediares | mediar | mediarmos | mediardes | mediarem |
Gerund | ||||||
mediando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | mediado | mediados | ||||
Feminine | mediada | mediadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | medeio | medeias | medeia | mediamos | mediais | medeiam |
Imperfect | mediava | mediavas | mediava | mediávamos | mediáveis | mediavam |
Preterite | mediei | mediaste | mediou | mediamos1, mediámos2 | mediastes | mediaram |
Pluperfect | mediara | mediaras | mediara | mediáramos | mediáreis | mediaram |
Future | mediarei | mediarás | mediará | mediaremos | mediareis | mediarão |
Conditional | ||||||
mediaria | mediarias | mediaria | mediaríamos | mediaríeis | mediariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | medeie | medeies | medeie | mediemos | medieis | medeiem |
Imperfect | mediasse | mediasses | mediasse | mediássemos | mediásseis | mediassem |
Future | mediar | mediares | mediar | mediarmos | mediardes | mediarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | medeia | medeie | mediemos | mediai | medeiem | |
Negative (não) | não medeies | não medeie | não mediemos | não medieis | não medeiem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- médio
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin mediāre, present active infinitive of mediō, from Latin medius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meˈdjaɾ/ [meˈð̞jaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: me‧diar
Verb
mediar (first-person singular present medio, first-person singular preterite medié, past participle mediado)
- to mediate
- to center, to give a central, medium or average value
Conjugation
Conjugation of mediar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | mediar | ||||||
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gerund | mediando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | mediado | mediada | |||||
plural | mediados | mediadas | |||||
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 | medio | mediastú mediásvos | media | mediamos | mediáis | median | |
imperfect | mediaba | mediabas | mediaba | mediábamos | mediabais | mediaban | |
preterite | medié | mediaste | medió | mediamos | mediasteis | mediaron | |
future | mediaré | mediarás | mediará | mediaremos | mediaréis | mediarán | |
conditional | mediaría | mediarías | mediaría | mediaríamos | mediaríais | mediarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | medie | mediestú mediésvos2 | medie | mediemos | mediéis | medien | |
imperfect (ra) | mediara | mediaras | mediara | mediáramos | mediarais | mediaran | |
imperfect (se) | mediase | mediases | mediase | mediásemos | mediaseis | mediasen | |
future1 | mediare | mediares | mediare | mediáremos | mediareis | mediaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | mediatú mediávos | medie | mediemos | mediad | medien | ||
negative | no medies | no medie | no mediemos | no mediéis | no medien |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of mediar
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 mediar | |||||||
dative | mediarme | mediarte | mediarle, mediarse | mediarnos | mediaros | mediarles, mediarse | |
accusative | mediarme | mediarte | mediarlo, mediarla, mediarse | mediarnos | mediaros | mediarlos, mediarlas, mediarse | |
with gerund mediando | |||||||
dative | mediándome | mediándote | mediándole, mediándose | mediándonos | mediándoos | mediándoles, mediándose | |
accusative | mediándome | mediándote | mediándolo, mediándola, mediándose | mediándonos | mediándoos | mediándolos, mediándolas, mediándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative media | |||||||
dative | médiame | médiate | médiale | médianos | not used | médiales | |
accusative | médiame | médiate | médialo, médiala | médianos | not used | médialos, médialas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mediá | |||||||
dative | mediame | mediate | mediale | medianos | not used | mediales | |
accusative | mediame | mediate | medialo, mediala | medianos | not used | medialos, medialas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative medie | |||||||
dative | médieme | not used | médiele, médiese | médienos | not used | médieles | |
accusative | médieme | not used | médielo, médiela, médiese | médienos | not used | médielos, médielas | |
with first-person plural imperative mediemos | |||||||
dative | not used | mediémoste | mediémosle | mediémonos | mediémoos | mediémosles | |
accusative | not used | mediémoste | mediémoslo, mediémosla | mediémonos | mediémoos | mediémoslos, mediémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative mediad | |||||||
dative | mediadme | not used | mediadle | mediadnos | mediaos | mediadles | |
accusative | mediadme | not used | mediadlo, mediadla | mediadnos | mediaos | mediadlos, mediadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative medien | |||||||
dative | médienme | not used | médienle | médiennos | not used | médienles, médiense | |
accusative | médienme | not used | médienlo, médienla | médiennos | not used | médienlos, médienlas, médiense |
Related terms
- mediación
- mediador
- medio
Further reading
- “mediar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014