tutelar
English
Etymology
From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (“used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtjuːtələ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtuːtəlɚ/
- Hyphenation: tu‧tel‧ar
Adjective
tutelar (comparative more tutelar, superlative most tutelar)
- Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
Synonyms
- protective
- tutelaric (rare), tutelary (adjective)
Noun
tutelar (plural tutelars)
- One that is tutelary.
Synonyms
- guardian
- protector
- tutelary (noun)
Related terms
- tutelage
- tutelarity
- tutor
Portuguese
Etymology
From tutela + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tu.teˈla(ʁ)/ [tu.teˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tu.teˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tu.teˈla(ʁ)/ [tu.teˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tu.teˈla(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tu.tɨˈlaɾ/
Verb
tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelei, past participle tutelado)
- to protect (be guardian to)
Conjugation
Conjugation of tutelar (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 | tutelar | |||||
| Personal | tutelar | tutelares | tutelar | tutelarmos | tutelardes | tutelarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| tutelando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | tutelado | tutelados | ||||
| Feminine | tutelada | tuteladas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | tutelo | tutelas | tutela | tutelamos | tutelais | tutelam |
| Imperfect | tutelava | tutelavas | tutelava | tutelávamos | tuteláveis | tutelavam |
| Preterite | tutelei | tutelaste | tutelou | tutelamos1, tutelámos2 | tutelastes | tutelaram |
| Pluperfect | tutelara | tutelaras | tutelara | tuteláramos | tuteláreis | tutelaram |
| Future | tutelarei | tutelarás | tutelará | tutelaremos | tutelareis | tutelarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| tutelaria | tutelarias | tutelaria | tutelaríamos | tutelaríeis | tutelariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | tutele | tuteles | tutele | tutelemos | tuteleis | tutelem |
| Imperfect | tutelasse | tutelasses | tutelasse | tutelássemos | tutelásseis | tutelassem |
| Future | tutelar | tutelares | tutelar | tutelarmos | tutelardes | tutelarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | tutela | tutele | tutelemos | tutelai | tutelem | |
| Negative (não) | não tuteles | não tutele | não tutelemos | não tuteleis | não tutelem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Romanian
Etymology
From French tutélaire, from Latin tutelaris.
Adjective
tutelar m or n (feminine singular tutelară, masculine plural tutelari, feminine and neuter plural tutelare)
- tutelary
Declension
Declension of tutelar
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | tutelar | tutelară | tutelari | tutelare | ||
| definite | tutelarul | tutelara | tutelarii | tutelarele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | tutelar | tutelare | tutelari | tutelare | ||
| definite | tutelarului | tutelarei | tutelarilor | tutelarelor | |||
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tuteˈlaɾ/ [t̪u.t̪eˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: tu‧te‧lar
Adjective
tutelar (plural tutelares)
- tutelar, tutelary
Derived terms
- ángel tutelar
Verb
tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelé, past participle tutelado)
- to act as a guardian to, to supervise, to look after
Conjugation
Conjugation of tutelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | tutelar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tutelando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tutelado | tutelada | |||||
| plural | tutelados | tuteladas | |||||
| 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 | tutelo | tutelastú tutelásvos | tutela | tutelamos | tuteláis | tutelan | |
| imperfect | tutelaba | tutelabas | tutelaba | tutelábamos | tutelabais | tutelaban | |
| preterite | tutelé | tutelaste | tuteló | tutelamos | tutelasteis | tutelaron | |
| future | tutelaré | tutelarás | tutelará | tutelaremos | tutelaréis | tutelarán | |
| conditional | tutelaría | tutelarías | tutelaría | tutelaríamos | tutelaríais | tutelarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | tutele | tutelestú tutelésvos2 | tutele | tutelemos | tuteléis | tutelen | |
| imperfect (ra) | tutelara | tutelaras | tutelara | tuteláramos | tutelarais | tutelaran | |
| imperfect (se) | tutelase | tutelases | tutelase | tutelásemos | tutelaseis | tutelasen | |
| future1 | tutelare | tutelares | tutelare | tuteláremos | tutelareis | tutelaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | tutelatú tutelávos | tutele | tutelemos | tutelad | tutelen | ||
| negative | no tuteles | no tutele | no tutelemos | no tuteléis | no tutelen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tutelar
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 tutelar | |||||||
| dative | tutelarme | tutelarte | tutelarle, tutelarse | tutelarnos | tutelaros | tutelarles, tutelarse | |
| accusative | tutelarme | tutelarte | tutelarlo, tutelarla, tutelarse | tutelarnos | tutelaros | tutelarlos, tutelarlas, tutelarse | |
| with gerund tutelando | |||||||
| dative | tutelándome | tutelándote | tutelándole, tutelándose | tutelándonos | tutelándoos | tutelándoles, tutelándose | |
| accusative | tutelándome | tutelándote | tutelándolo, tutelándola, tutelándose | tutelándonos | tutelándoos | tutelándolos, tutelándolas, tutelándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative tutela | |||||||
| dative | tutélame | tutélate | tutélale | tutélanos | not used | tutélales | |
| accusative | tutélame | tutélate | tutélalo, tutélala | tutélanos | not used | tutélalos, tutélalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative tutelá | |||||||
| dative | tutelame | tutelate | tutelale | tutelanos | not used | tutelales | |
| accusative | tutelame | tutelate | tutelalo, tutelala | tutelanos | not used | tutelalos, tutelalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative tutele | |||||||
| dative | tutéleme | not used | tutélele, tutélese | tutélenos | not used | tutéleles | |
| accusative | tutéleme | not used | tutélelo, tutélela, tutélese | tutélenos | not used | tutélelos, tutélelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tutelemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | tutelémoste | tutelémosle | tutelémonos | tutelémoos | tutelémosles | |
| accusative | not used | tutelémoste | tutelémoslo, tutelémosla | tutelémonos | tutelémoos | tutelémoslos, tutelémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tutelad | |||||||
| dative | tuteladme | not used | tuteladle | tuteladnos | tutelaos | tuteladles | |
| accusative | tuteladme | not used | tuteladlo, tuteladla | tuteladnos | tutelaos | tuteladlos, tuteladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tutelen | |||||||
| dative | tutélenme | not used | tutélenle | tutélennos | not used | tutélenles, tutélense | |
| accusative | tutélenme | not used | tutélenlo, tutélenla | tutélennos | not used | tutélenlos, tutélenlas, tutélense | |
Further reading
- “tutelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014