assistir
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin assistere, present active infinitive of assistō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ə.sisˈti/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.sisˈtiɾ/
Verb
assistir (first-person singular present assisteixo, past participle assistit)
- to attend
Conjugation
Conjugation of assistir (third conjugation with -eix- infix)
| infinitive | assistir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | assistint | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | assistit | assistida | |||||
| plural | assistits | assistides | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | assisteixo | assisteixes | assisteix | assistim | assistiu | assisteixen | |
| imperfect | assistia | assisties | assistia | assistíem | assistíeu | assistien | |
| future | assistiré | assistiràs | assistirà | assistirem | assistireu | assistiran | |
| preterite | assistí | assistires | assistí | assistírem | assistíreu | assistiren | |
| conditional | assistiria | assistiries | assistiria | assistiríem | assistiríeu | assistirien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | assisteixi | assisteixis | assisteixi | assistim | assistiu | assisteixin | |
| imperfect | assistís | assistissis | assistís | assistíssim | assistíssiu | assistissin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | assisteix | assisteixi | assistim | assistiu | assisteixin | ||
Related terms
- assistència
- assistent
Further reading
- “assistir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “assistir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “assistir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “assistir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin assistere, present active infinitive of assistō.
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Verb
assistir
- to attend
Conjugation
Conjugation of assistir in 
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)
Lengadocian (Central Occitan)| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | assistir | ?er assistit | |||||
| past participle | assistit | — | |||||
| gerund | assistissent | ?ent assistit | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
| present | assistissi | assistisses | assistís | assistissèm | assistissètz | assistisson | |
| imperfect | assistissiái | assistissiás | assistissiá | assistissiam | assistissiatz | assistissián | |
| preterite | assistiguèri | assistiguères | assistiguèt | assistiguèrem | assistiguèretz | assistiguèron | |
| future | assistirai | assistiràs | assistirà | assistirem | assistiretz | assistiràn | |
| conditional | assistiriái | assistiriás | assistiriá | assistiriam | assistiriatz | assistirián | |
| conditional 2nd form1 | assistiguèra | assistiguèras | assistiguèra | assistigueram | assistigueratz | assistiguèran | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
| present | assistisca | assistiscas | assistisca | assistiscam | assistiscatz | assistiscan | |
| imperfect | assistiguèsse | assistiguèsses | assistiguèsse | assistiguèssem | assistiguèssetz | assistiguèsson | |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
| assistís | assistiscam | assistissetz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin assistere, with change of conjugation.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sisˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.sisˈt͡ʃi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.sisˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.siʃˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.siʃˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.sisˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.siʃˈtiɾ/
- (Nordestino) IPA(key): /a.siʃ.ˈti(χ)/
- Hyphenation: as‧sis‧tir
Verb
assistir (first-person singular present assisto, first-person singular preterite assisti, past participle assistido)
- (transitive) to assist (to help, especially in a secondary role)
- Enfermeiras devem assistir o médico. ― Nurses must assist the doctor.
- Synonym: ajudar
- (transitive with a or with no preposition (proscribed)) to watch; to witness; to attend (to observe a broadcast, performance or event)
- Assistimos o filme até o final. ― We watched the film until the end.
- Nem gosto mais de assistir TV. ― I don’t even like to watch TV anymore.
- Os alunos assistiram às aulas de português. ― The students attended the Portuguese classes.
- Synonym: ver
- or also to assist (to help, especially in a secondary role)
- Os padres assistiram ao (or o) enfermo. ― The priests assisted the sick.
- (intransitive) with preposition en; to live; to reside
- Assistimos aqui em Guarulhos há tempo. ― We live here in Guarulhos for a long time.
- (intransitive) with clause subject; It's up to.
- Assiste-lhes cumprir as tarefas. ― It's up to you to complete the tasks.
Conjugation
Conjugation of assistir (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 | assistir | |||||
| Personal | assistir | assistires | assistir | assistirmos | assistirdes | assistirem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| assistindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | assistido | assistidos | ||||
| Feminine | assistida | assistidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | assisto | assistes | assiste | assistimos | assistis | assistem |
| Imperfect | assistia | assistias | assistia | assistíamos | assistíeis | assistiam |
| Preterite | assisti | assististe | assistiu | assistimos | assististes | assistiram |
| Pluperfect | assistira | assistiras | assistira | assistíramos | assistíreis | assistiram |
| Future | assistirei | assistirás | assistirá | assistiremos | assistireis | assistirão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| assistiria | assistirias | assistiria | assistiríamos | assistiríeis | assistiriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | assista | assistas | assista | assistamos | assistais | assistam |
| Imperfect | assistisse | assistisses | assistisse | assistíssemos | assistísseis | assistissem |
| Future | assistir | assistires | assistir | assistirmos | assistirdes | assistirem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | assiste | assista | assistamos | assisti | assistam | |
| Negative (não) | não assistas | não assista | não assistamos | não assistais | não assistam | |
Derived terms
- reassistir
Related terms
- assistência
- assistente
Further reading
- “assistir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.