atestar
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [a.tesˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.tesˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.teʃˈta(ʁ)/ [a.teʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.tesˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tɨʃˈtaɾ/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin attestārī.
Verb
atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atestei, past participle atestado)
- to attest, testify, vouch
Conjugation
Conjugation of atestar (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 | atestar | |||||
| Personal | atestar | atestares | atestar | atestarmos | atestardes | atestarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| atestando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | atestado | atestados | ||||
| Feminine | atestada | atestadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | atesto | atestas | atesta | atestamos | atestais | atestam |
| Imperfect | atestava | atestavas | atestava | atestávamos | atestáveis | atestavam |
| Preterite | atestei | atestaste | atestou | atestamos1, atestámos2 | atestastes | atestaram |
| Pluperfect | atestara | atestaras | atestara | atestáramos | atestáreis | atestaram |
| Future | atestarei | atestarás | atestará | atestaremos | atestareis | atestarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| atestaria | atestarias | atestaria | atestaríamos | atestaríeis | atestariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | ateste | atestes | ateste | atestemos | atesteis | atestem |
| Imperfect | atestasse | atestasses | atestasse | atestássemos | atestásseis | atestassem |
| Future | atestar | atestares | atestar | atestarmos | atestardes | atestarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | atesta | ateste | atestemos | atestai | atestem | |
| Negative (não) | não atestes | não ateste | não atestemos | não atesteis | não atestem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- atestação
- testar
- contestar
- detestar
- protestar
Etymology 2
From testo (“lid”).
Verb
atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atestei, past participle atestado)
- to fill
Conjugation
Conjugation of atestar (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 | atestar | |||||
| Personal | atestar | atestares | atestar | atestarmos | atestardes | atestarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| atestando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | atestado | atestados | ||||
| Feminine | atestada | atestadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | atesto | atestas | atesta | atestamos | atestais | atestam |
| Imperfect | atestava | atestavas | atestava | atestávamos | atestáveis | atestavam |
| Preterite | atestei | atestaste | atestou | atestamos1, atestámos2 | atestastes | atestaram |
| Pluperfect | atestara | atestaras | atestara | atestáramos | atestáreis | atestaram |
| Future | atestarei | atestarás | atestará | atestaremos | atestareis | atestarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| atestaria | atestarias | atestaria | atestaríamos | atestaríeis | atestariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | ateste | atestes | ateste | atestemos | atesteis | atestem |
| Imperfect | atestasse | atestasses | atestasse | atestássemos | atestásseis | atestassem |
| Future | atestar | atestares | atestar | atestarmos | atestardes | atestarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | atesta | ateste | atestemos | atestai | atestem | |
| Negative (não) | não atestes | não ateste | não atestemos | não atesteis | não atestem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- testar
Further reading
- “atestar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /atesˈtaɾ/ [a.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧tes‧tar
Etymology 1
From a- + tiesto (“tight, stuffed”) + -ar.
Verb
atestar (first-person singular present atiesto or atesto, first-person singular preterite atesté, past participle atestado)
- to pack
Conjugation
Conjugation of atestar (e-ie alternation or non-alternating) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | atestar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | atestando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | atestado | atestada | |||||
| plural | atestados | atestadas | |||||
| 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 | atiesto, atesto | atiestas, atestastú atestásvos | atiesta, atesta | atestamos | atestáis | atiestan, atestan | |
| imperfect | atestaba | atestabas | atestaba | atestábamos | atestabais | atestaban | |
| preterite | atesté | atestaste | atestó | atestamos | atestasteis | atestaron | |
| future | atestaré | atestarás | atestará | atestaremos | atestaréis | atestarán | |
| conditional | atestaría | atestarías | atestaría | atestaríamos | atestaríais | atestarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | atieste, ateste | atiestes, atestestú atestésvos2 | atieste, ateste | atestemos | atestéis | atiesten, atesten | |
| imperfect (ra) | atestara | atestaras | atestara | atestáramos | atestarais | atestaran | |
| imperfect (se) | atestase | atestases | atestase | atestásemos | atestaseis | atestasen | |
| future1 | atestare | atestares | atestare | atestáremos | atestareis | atestaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | atiesta, atestatú atestávos | atieste, ateste | atestemos | atestad | atiesten, atesten | ||
| negative | no atiestes, no atestes | no atieste, no ateste | no atestemos | no atestéis | no atiesten, no atesten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of atestar (e-ie alternation or non-alternating)
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 atestar | |||||||
| dative | atestarme | atestarte | atestarle, atestarse | atestarnos | atestaros | atestarles, atestarse | |
| accusative | atestarme | atestarte | atestarlo, atestarla, atestarse | atestarnos | atestaros | atestarlos, atestarlas, atestarse | |
| with gerund atestando | |||||||
| dative | atestándome | atestándote | atestándole, atestándose | atestándonos | atestándoos | atestándoles, atestándose | |
| accusative | atestándome | atestándote | atestándolo, atestándola, atestándose | atestándonos | atestándoos | atestándolos, atestándolas, atestándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative atiesta, atesta | |||||||
| dative | atiéstame, atéstame | atiéstate, atéstate | atiéstale, atéstale | atiéstanos, atéstanos | not used | atiéstales, atéstales | |
| accusative | atiéstame, atéstame | atiéstate, atéstate | atiéstalo, atéstalo, atiéstala, atéstala | atiéstanos, atéstanos | not used | atiéstalos, atéstalos, atiéstalas, atéstalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative atestá | |||||||
| dative | atestame | atestate | atestale | atestanos | not used | atestales | |
| accusative | atestame | atestate | atestalo, atestala | atestanos | not used | atestalos, atestalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative atieste, ateste | |||||||
| dative | atiésteme, atésteme | not used | atiéstele, atéstele, atiéstese, atéstese | atiéstenos, atéstenos | not used | atiésteles, atésteles | |
| accusative | atiésteme, atésteme | not used | atiéstelo, atéstelo, atiéstela, atéstela, atiéstese, atéstese | atiéstenos, atéstenos | not used | atiéstelos, atéstelos, atiéstelas, atéstelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative atestemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | atestémoste | atestémosle | atestémonos | atestémoos | atestémosles | |
| accusative | not used | atestémoste | atestémoslo, atestémosla | atestémonos | atestémoos | atestémoslos, atestémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative atestad | |||||||
| dative | atestadme | not used | atestadle | atestadnos | atestaos | atestadles | |
| accusative | atestadme | not used | atestadlo, atestadla | atestadnos | atestaos | atestadlos, atestadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative atiesten, atesten | |||||||
| dative | atiéstenme, atéstenme | not used | atiéstenle, atéstenle | atiéstennos, atéstennos | not used | atiéstenles, atéstenles, atiéstense, atéstense | |
| accusative | atiéstenme, atéstenme | not used | atiéstenlo, atéstenlo, atiéstenla, atéstenla | atiéstennos, atéstennos | not used | atiéstenlos, atéstenlos, atiéstenlas, atéstenlas, atiéstense, atéstense | |
Etymology 2
From Latin attestārī, present active infinitive of attestor.
Verb
atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atesté, past participle atestado)
- (law) to attest
- Synonym: testificar
Conjugation
Conjugation of atestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | atestar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | atestando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | atestado | atestada | |||||
| plural | atestados | atestadas | |||||
| 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 | atesto | atestastú atestásvos | atesta | atestamos | atestáis | atestan | |
| imperfect | atestaba | atestabas | atestaba | atestábamos | atestabais | atestaban | |
| preterite | atesté | atestaste | atestó | atestamos | atestasteis | atestaron | |
| future | atestaré | atestarás | atestará | atestaremos | atestaréis | atestarán | |
| conditional | atestaría | atestarías | atestaría | atestaríamos | atestaríais | atestarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ateste | atestestú atestésvos2 | ateste | atestemos | atestéis | atesten | |
| imperfect (ra) | atestara | atestaras | atestara | atestáramos | atestarais | atestaran | |
| imperfect (se) | atestase | atestases | atestase | atestásemos | atestaseis | atestasen | |
| future1 | atestare | atestares | atestare | atestáremos | atestareis | atestaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | atestatú atestávos | ateste | atestemos | atestad | atesten | ||
| negative | no atestes | no ateste | no atestemos | no atestéis | no atesten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- atestado
Related terms
- atestación
- testar
Further reading
- “atestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014