apostatar

Catalan

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin apostatāre, present active infinitive of apostatō (“I forsake my religion, apostatize”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστατέω (apostatéō, “stand aloof from; fall away (from the divine)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.pus.təˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.pos.təˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.pos.taˈtaɾ]
• Homophone: apostatà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

apostatar (first-person singular present apostato, first-person singular preterite apostatí, past participle apostatat)

1. to apostatize

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin apostatāre, present active infinitive of apostatō (“I forsake my religion, apostatize”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστατέω (apostatéō, “stand aloof from; fall away (from the divine)”).

Verb

1. to commit apostasy
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Spanish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin apostatāre, present active infinitive of apostatō (“to forsake one's religion, to apostatize”), from Ancient Greek ἀποστατέω (apostatéō, “stand aloof from; fall away (from the divine)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apostaˈtaɾ/ [a.pos.t̪aˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

apostatar (first-person singular present apostato, first-person singular preterite apostaté, past participle apostatado)

1. to apostatize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of apostatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			apostatar
gerund			apostatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apostatado		apostatada
		plural		apostatados		apostatadas
		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	apostato	apostatastú apostatásvos	apostata	apostatamos	apostatáis	apostatan
	imperfect	apostataba	apostatabas	apostataba	apostatábamos	apostatabais	apostataban
	preterite	apostaté	apostataste	apostató	apostatamos	apostatasteis	apostataron
	future	apostataré	apostatarás	apostatará	apostataremos	apostataréis	apostatarán
	conditional	apostataría	apostatarías	apostataría	apostataríamos	apostataríais	apostatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apostate	apostatestú apostatésvos2	apostate	apostatemos	apostatéis	apostaten
	imperfect (ra)	apostatara	apostataras	apostatara	apostatáramos	apostatarais	apostataran
	imperfect (se)	apostatase	apostatases	apostatase	apostatásemos	apostataseis	apostatasen
	future1	apostatare	apostatares	apostatare	apostatáremos	apostatareis	apostataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apostatatú apostatávos	apostate	apostatemos	apostatad	apostaten
	negative		no apostates	no apostate	no apostatemos	no apostatéis	no apostaten

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

    Selected combined forms of apostatar

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 apostatar
	dative	apostatarme	apostatarte	apostatarle, apostatarse	apostatarnos	apostataros	apostatarles, apostatarse
	accusative	apostatarme	apostatarte	apostatarlo, apostatarla, apostatarse	apostatarnos	apostataros	apostatarlos, apostatarlas, apostatarse
with gerund apostatando
	dative	apostatándome	apostatándote	apostatándole, apostatándose	apostatándonos	apostatándoos	apostatándoles, apostatándose
	accusative	apostatándome	apostatándote	apostatándolo, apostatándola, apostatándose	apostatándonos	apostatándoos	apostatándolos, apostatándolas, apostatándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative apostata
	dative	apostátame	apostátate	apostátale	apostátanos	not used	apostátales
	accusative	apostátame	apostátate	apostátalo, apostátala	apostátanos	not used	apostátalos, apostátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative apostatá
	dative	apostatame	apostatate	apostatale	apostatanos	not used	apostatales
	accusative	apostatame	apostatate	apostatalo, apostatala	apostatanos	not used	apostatalos, apostatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative apostate
	dative	apostáteme	not used	apostátele, apostátese	apostátenos	not used	apostáteles
	accusative	apostáteme	not used	apostátelo, apostátela, apostátese	apostátenos	not used	apostátelos, apostátelas
with first-person plural imperative apostatemos
	dative	not used	apostatémoste	apostatémosle	apostatémonos	apostatémoos	apostatémosles
	accusative	not used	apostatémoste	apostatémoslo, apostatémosla	apostatémonos	apostatémoos	apostatémoslos, apostatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative apostatad
	dative	apostatadme	not used	apostatadle	apostatadnos	apostataos	apostatadles
	accusative	apostatadme	not used	apostatadlo, apostatadla	apostatadnos	apostataos	apostatadlos, apostatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative apostaten
	dative	apostátenme	not used	apostátenle	apostátennos	not used	apostátenles, apostátense
	accusative	apostátenme	not used	apostátenlo, apostátenla	apostátennos	not used	apostátenlos, apostátenlas, apostátense

Related terms

• apostasía
• apóstata

Further reading

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