potar
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.
Verb
potar
- can; be able to
Conjugation
Conjugation of potar
| infinitive | potar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | potando | ||||||
| past participle | potoit | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
| present | puas | potai | potaja | puasaime | potaite | potaja | |
| imperfect | potaja | potaja | potaja | potajaime | potajaite | potaja | |
| perfect | jai potoit | ji potoit | ju potoit | javaime potoit | javaite potoit | ju potoit | |
| pluperfect | avas potoit | avas potoit | avaja potoit | avaime potoit | avaite potoit | avas potoit | |
| future | potra | potrai | potra | potarme | potarte | potra | |
| present | potre | potre | potre | potarme | potarte | potre | |
| subjunctive | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
| present | puasa | potaja | potaja | puasaime | potaite | potaja | |
| imperfect | potas | potasse | potassa | potassaime | potassaite | potas | |
| imperative | — | te | — | nu | vu | — | |
| affirmative | potai | puasaime | potaite | ||||
| negative | naun potai | naun puasaime | naun potaite | ||||
Spanish
Etymology
A verb based on pote.
Verb
potar (first-person singular present poto, first-person singular preterite poté, past participle potado)
- (colloquial, Spain) to puke, to throw up
Conjugation
Conjugation of potar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | potar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | potando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | potado | potada | |||||
| plural | potados | potadas | |||||
| 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 | poto | potastú potásvos | pota | potamos | potáis | potan | |
| imperfect | potaba | potabas | potaba | potábamos | potabais | potaban | |
| preterite | poté | potaste | potó | potamos | potasteis | potaron | |
| future | potaré | potarás | potará | potaremos | potaréis | potarán | |
| conditional | potaría | potarías | potaría | potaríamos | potaríais | potarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pote | potestú potésvos2 | pote | potemos | potéis | poten | |
| imperfect (ra) | potara | potaras | potara | potáramos | potarais | potaran | |
| imperfect (se) | potase | potases | potase | potásemos | potaseis | potasen | |
| future1 | potare | potares | potare | potáremos | potareis | potaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | potatú potávos | pote | potemos | potad | poten | ||
| negative | no potes | no pote | no potemos | no potéis | no poten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Related terms
- echar la pota
Further reading
- “potar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014