alentar
Portuguese
Etymology
From alento (“courage; breath”).
Verb
alentar (first-person singular present indicative alento, past participle alentado)
- to encourage
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb alentar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alenˈtaɾ/, [alẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin *alenitō, *alenitāre, contracted and following metathesis from *anhelitō, from Latin anhelitus < anhelō (“I exhale”).
Verb
alentar (first-person singular present aliento, first-person singular preterite alenté, past participle alentado)
- to encourage, animate, inspirit
- Antonym: desalentar
Conjugation
- Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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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 alentar | |||||||
| dative | alentarme | alentarte | alentarle, alentarse | alentarnos | alentaros | alentarles, alentarse | |
| accusative | alentarme | alentarte | alentarlo, alentarla, alentarse | alentarnos | alentaros | alentarlos, alentarlas, alentarse | |
| with gerund alentando | |||||||
| dative | alentándome | alentándote | alentándole, alentándose | alentándonos | alentándoos | alentándoles, alentándose | |
| accusative | alentándome | alentándote | alentándolo, alentándola, alentándose | alentándonos | alentándoos | alentándolos, alentándolas, alentándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative alienta | |||||||
| dative | aliéntame | aliéntate | aliéntale | aliéntanos | not used | aliéntales | |
| accusative | aliéntame | aliéntate | aliéntalo, aliéntala | aliéntanos | not used | aliéntalos, aliéntalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aliente | |||||||
| dative | aliénteme | not used | aliéntele, aliéntese | aliéntenos | not used | aliénteles | |
| accusative | aliénteme | not used | aliéntelo, aliéntela, aliéntese | aliéntenos | not used | aliéntelos, aliéntelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative alentemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | alentémoste | alentémosle | alentémonos | alentémoos | alentémosles | |
| accusative | not used | alentémoste | alentémoslo, alentémosla | alentémonos | alentémoos | alentémoslos, alentémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative alentad | |||||||
| dative | alentadme | not used | alentadle | alentadnos | alentaos | alentadles | |
| accusative | alentadme | not used | alentadlo, alentadla | alentadnos | alentaos | alentadlos, alentadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative alienten | |||||||
| dative | aliéntenme | not used | aliéntenle | aliéntennos | not used | aliéntenles, aliéntense | |
| accusative | aliéntenme | not used | aliéntenlo, aliéntenla | aliéntennos | not used | aliéntenlos, aliéntenlas, aliéntense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Verb
alentar (first-person singular present aliento, first-person singular preterite alenté, past participle alentado)
Conjugation
- Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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Further reading
- “alentar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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