cementar

Spanish

Etymology

From cemento +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θemenˈtaɾ/ [θe.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /semenˈtaɾ/ [se.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧men‧tar

Verb

cementar (first-person singular present cemento, first-person singular preterite cementé, past participle cementado)

1. (transitive) to cement
2. (transitive) Synonym of pegar
3. (transitive, engineering) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cementar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cementar
gerund			cementando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cementado		cementada
		plural		cementados		cementadas
		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	cemento	cementastú cementásvos	cementa	cementamos	cementáis	cementan
	imperfect	cementaba	cementabas	cementaba	cementábamos	cementabais	cementaban
	preterite	cementé	cementaste	cementó	cementamos	cementasteis	cementaron
	future	cementaré	cementarás	cementará	cementaremos	cementaréis	cementarán
	conditional	cementaría	cementarías	cementaría	cementaríamos	cementaríais	cementarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cemente	cementestú cementésvos2	cemente	cementemos	cementéis	cementen
	imperfect (ra)	cementara	cementaras	cementara	cementáramos	cementarais	cementaran
	imperfect (se)	cementase	cementases	cementase	cementásemos	cementaseis	cementasen
	future1	cementare	cementares	cementare	cementáremos	cementareis	cementaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cementatú cementávos	cemente	cementemos	cementad	cementen
	negative		no cementes	no cemente	no cementemos	no cementéis	no cementen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cementar

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 cementar
	dative	cementarme	cementarte	cementarle, cementarse	cementarnos	cementaros	cementarles, cementarse
	accusative	cementarme	cementarte	cementarlo, cementarla, cementarse	cementarnos	cementaros	cementarlos, cementarlas, cementarse
with gerund cementando
	dative	cementándome	cementándote	cementándole, cementándose	cementándonos	cementándoos	cementándoles, cementándose
	accusative	cementándome	cementándote	cementándolo, cementándola, cementándose	cementándonos	cementándoos	cementándolos, cementándolas, cementándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cementa
	dative	ceméntame	ceméntate	ceméntale	ceméntanos	not used	ceméntales
	accusative	ceméntame	ceméntate	ceméntalo, ceméntala	ceméntanos	not used	ceméntalos, ceméntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cementá
	dative	cementame	cementate	cementale	cementanos	not used	cementales
	accusative	cementame	cementate	cementalo, cementala	cementanos	not used	cementalos, cementalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cemente
	dative	ceménteme	not used	ceméntele, ceméntese	ceméntenos	not used	ceménteles
	accusative	ceménteme	not used	ceméntelo, ceméntela, ceméntese	ceméntenos	not used	ceméntelos, ceméntelas
with first-person plural imperative cementemos
	dative	not used	cementémoste	cementémosle	cementémonos	cementémoos	cementémosles
	accusative	not used	cementémoste	cementémoslo, cementémosla	cementémonos	cementémoos	cementémoslos, cementémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cementad
	dative	cementadme	not used	cementadle	cementadnos	cementaos	cementadles
	accusative	cementadme	not used	cementadlo, cementadla	cementadnos	cementaos	cementadlos, cementadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cementen
	dative	ceméntenme	not used	ceméntenle	ceméntennos	not used	ceméntenles, ceméntense
	accusative	ceméntenme	not used	ceméntenlo, ceméntenla	ceméntennos	not used	ceméntenlos, ceméntenlas, ceméntense

Further reading

• “cementar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014