asimilar
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin assimilāre, present active infinitive of assimilō. Doublet of asemejar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /asimiˈlaɾ/ [a.si.miˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧si‧mi‧lar
Verb
asimilar (first-person singular present asimilo, first-person singular preterite asimilé, past participle asimilado)
- to assimilate, to absorb, to take in, to digest, to grasp
- to sink in, to wrap one's head around
Conjugation
Conjugation of asimilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | asimilar | ||||||
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gerund | asimilando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | asimilado | asimilada | |||||
plural | asimilados | asimiladas | |||||
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 | asimilo | asimilastú asimilásvos | asimila | asimilamos | asimiláis | asimilan | |
imperfect | asimilaba | asimilabas | asimilaba | asimilábamos | asimilabais | asimilaban | |
preterite | asimilé | asimilaste | asimiló | asimilamos | asimilasteis | asimilaron | |
future | asimilaré | asimilarás | asimilará | asimilaremos | asimilaréis | asimilarán | |
conditional | asimilaría | asimilarías | asimilaría | asimilaríamos | asimilaríais | asimilarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | asimile | asimilestú asimilésvos2 | asimile | asimilemos | asimiléis | asimilen | |
imperfect (ra) | asimilara | asimilaras | asimilara | asimiláramos | asimilarais | asimilaran | |
imperfect (se) | asimilase | asimilases | asimilase | asimilásemos | asimilaseis | asimilasen | |
future1 | asimilare | asimilares | asimilare | asimiláremos | asimilareis | asimilaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | asimilatú asimilávos | asimile | asimilemos | asimilad | asimilen | ||
negative | no asimiles | no asimile | no asimilemos | no asimiléis | no asimilen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of asimilar
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 asimilar | |||||||
dative | asimilarme | asimilarte | asimilarle, asimilarse | asimilarnos | asimilaros | asimilarles, asimilarse | |
accusative | asimilarme | asimilarte | asimilarlo, asimilarla, asimilarse | asimilarnos | asimilaros | asimilarlos, asimilarlas, asimilarse | |
with gerund asimilando | |||||||
dative | asimilándome | asimilándote | asimilándole, asimilándose | asimilándonos | asimilándoos | asimilándoles, asimilándose | |
accusative | asimilándome | asimilándote | asimilándolo, asimilándola, asimilándose | asimilándonos | asimilándoos | asimilándolos, asimilándolas, asimilándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative asimila | |||||||
dative | asimílame | asimílate | asimílale | asimílanos | not used | asimílales | |
accusative | asimílame | asimílate | asimílalo, asimílala | asimílanos | not used | asimílalos, asimílalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative asimilá | |||||||
dative | asimilame | asimilate | asimilale | asimilanos | not used | asimilales | |
accusative | asimilame | asimilate | asimilalo, asimilala | asimilanos | not used | asimilalos, asimilalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative asimile | |||||||
dative | asimíleme | not used | asimílele, asimílese | asimílenos | not used | asimíleles | |
accusative | asimíleme | not used | asimílelo, asimílela, asimílese | asimílenos | not used | asimílelos, asimílelas | |
with first-person plural imperative asimilemos | |||||||
dative | not used | asimilémoste | asimilémosle | asimilémonos | asimilémoos | asimilémosles | |
accusative | not used | asimilémoste | asimilémoslo, asimilémosla | asimilémonos | asimilémoos | asimilémoslos, asimilémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative asimilad | |||||||
dative | asimiladme | not used | asimiladle | asimiladnos | asimilaos | asimiladles | |
accusative | asimiladme | not used | asimiladlo, asimiladla | asimiladnos | asimilaos | asimiladlos, asimiladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative asimilen | |||||||
dative | asimílenme | not used | asimílenle | asimílennos | not used | asimílenles, asimílense | |
accusative | asimílenme | not used | asimílenlo, asimílenla | asimílennos | not used | asimílenlos, asimílenlas, asimílense |
Derived terms
- asimilable
Related terms
- asimilación
Further reading
- “asimilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014