transmitir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin transmitto, transmittere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃z.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃z.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.miˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.miˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.miˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.miˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.miˈti.ɾi/

• IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʃ.miˈti(χ)/
• IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃s.miˈtʃi(ɻ)/
• Hyphenation: trans‧mi‧tir

Verb

1. to transmit
2. to convey
3. to impart
4. to broadcast

Related terms

• transmissão
• meter

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• trasmitir

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin transmittere, present active infinitive of trānsmittō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansmiˈtiɾ/ [t̪ɾãnz.miˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

transmitir (first-person singular present transmito, first-person singular preterite transmití, past participle transmitido)

1. to transmit, to broadcast
2. to pass on, to communicate (e.g., information)
3. to pass on, to carry, to transmit, to transfer (e.g., a disease)
4. (law) to transfer (e.g., a property from one person to another)

   Synonym: transferir

5. to convey
6. (Internet) to stream

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transmitir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			transmitir
gerund			transmitiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		transmitido		transmitida
		plural		transmitidos		transmitidas
		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	transmito	transmitestú transmitísvos	transmite	transmitimos	transmitís	transmiten
	imperfect	transmitía	transmitías	transmitía	transmitíamos	transmitíais	transmitían
	preterite	transmití	transmitiste	transmitió	transmitimos	transmitisteis	transmitieron
	future	transmitiré	transmitirás	transmitirá	transmitiremos	transmitiréis	transmitirán
	conditional	transmitiría	transmitirías	transmitiría	transmitiríamos	transmitiríais	transmitirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	transmita	transmitastú transmitásvos2	transmita	transmitamos	transmitáis	transmitan
	imperfect (ra)	transmitiera	transmitieras	transmitiera	transmitiéramos	transmitierais	transmitieran
	imperfect (se)	transmitiese	transmitieses	transmitiese	transmitiésemos	transmitieseis	transmitiesen
	future1	transmitiere	transmitieres	transmitiere	transmitiéremos	transmitiereis	transmitieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		transmitetú transmitívos	transmita	transmitamos	transmitid	transmitan
	negative		no transmitas	no transmita	no transmitamos	no transmitáis	no transmitan

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

    Selected combined forms of transmitir

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 transmitir
	dative	transmitirme	transmitirte	transmitirle, transmitirse	transmitirnos	transmitiros	transmitirles, transmitirse
	accusative	transmitirme	transmitirte	transmitirlo, transmitirla, transmitirse	transmitirnos	transmitiros	transmitirlos, transmitirlas, transmitirse
with gerund transmitiendo
	dative	transmitiéndome	transmitiéndote	transmitiéndole, transmitiéndose	transmitiéndonos	transmitiéndoos	transmitiéndoles, transmitiéndose
	accusative	transmitiéndome	transmitiéndote	transmitiéndolo, transmitiéndola, transmitiéndose	transmitiéndonos	transmitiéndoos	transmitiéndolos, transmitiéndolas, transmitiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative transmite
	dative	transmíteme	transmítete	transmítele	transmítenos	not used	transmíteles
	accusative	transmíteme	transmítete	transmítelo, transmítela	transmítenos	not used	transmítelos, transmítelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative transmití
	dative	transmitime	transmitite	transmitile	transmitinos	not used	transmitiles
	accusative	transmitime	transmitite	transmitilo, transmitila	transmitinos	not used	transmitilos, transmitilas
with formal second-person singular imperative transmita
	dative	transmítame	not used	transmítale, transmítase	transmítanos	not used	transmítales
	accusative	transmítame	not used	transmítalo, transmítala, transmítase	transmítanos	not used	transmítalos, transmítalas
with first-person plural imperative transmitamos
	dative	not used	transmitámoste	transmitámosle	transmitámonos	transmitámoos	transmitámosles
	accusative	not used	transmitámoste	transmitámoslo, transmitámosla	transmitámonos	transmitámoos	transmitámoslos, transmitámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative transmitid
	dative	transmitidme	not used	transmitidle	transmitidnos	transmitíos	transmitidles
	accusative	transmitidme	not used	transmitidlo, transmitidla	transmitidnos	transmitíos	transmitidlos, transmitidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative transmitan
	dative	transmítanme	not used	transmítanle	transmítannos	not used	transmítanles, transmítanse
	accusative	transmítanme	not used	transmítanlo, transmítanla	transmítannos	not used	transmítanlos, transmítanlas, transmítanse

Derived terms

• retransmitir

Related terms

• meter
• transmisión

 

Further reading

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