aumentar

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre, present active infinitive of augmentō (“increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”).

Verb

1. to augment, increase
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of aumentar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of aumentar

Related terms

• aumento

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin augmentāre, augmentō, from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”). Cognate of English augment.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽˈta(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.mẽˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /aw.mẽˈta.ɾi/

• IPA^(key): /aw.mẽ.ˈta(ɻ)/, -(ɾ)
• IPA^(key): /aw.mẽ.ˈta(χ)/
• Hyphenation: au‧men‧tar

Verb

1. to increase (become larger)

   Synonyms: progredir, crescer

2. to increase, augment (cause something to become larger)

   Synonyms: acrescentar, ampliar, amplificar

Antonyms

• diminuir, encurtar, subtrair, abreviar, atenuar

Related terms

• aumentação, aumentado, aumentador, aumentativar, aumentativo, aumentável, aumento

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre, present active infinitive of augmentō (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“to increase”). Compare English augment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aumenˈtaɾ/ [au̯.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Latin America):

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Verb

aumentar (first-person singular present aumento, first-person singular preterite aumenté, past participle aumentado)

1. (intransitive) to increase, grow
2. (transitive) to increase, augment
3. (transitive) to enhance
4. (reflexive) to accumulate, to increase
5. (reflexive) to augment

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aumentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aumentar
gerund			aumentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aumentado		aumentada
		plural		aumentados		aumentadas
		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	aumento	aumentastú aumentásvos	aumenta	aumentamos	aumentáis	aumentan
	imperfect	aumentaba	aumentabas	aumentaba	aumentábamos	aumentabais	aumentaban
	preterite	aumenté	aumentaste	aumentó	aumentamos	aumentasteis	aumentaron
	future	aumentaré	aumentarás	aumentará	aumentaremos	aumentaréis	aumentarán
	conditional	aumentaría	aumentarías	aumentaría	aumentaríamos	aumentaríais	aumentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aumente	aumentestú aumentésvos2	aumente	aumentemos	aumentéis	aumenten
	imperfect (ra)	aumentara	aumentaras	aumentara	aumentáramos	aumentarais	aumentaran
	imperfect (se)	aumentase	aumentases	aumentase	aumentásemos	aumentaseis	aumentasen
	future1	aumentare	aumentares	aumentare	aumentáremos	aumentareis	aumentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aumentatú aumentávos	aumente	aumentemos	aumentad	aumenten
	negative		no aumentes	no aumente	no aumentemos	no aumentéis	no aumenten

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

    Selected combined forms of aumentar

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 aumentar
	dative	aumentarme	aumentarte	aumentarle, aumentarse	aumentarnos	aumentaros	aumentarles, aumentarse
	accusative	aumentarme	aumentarte	aumentarlo, aumentarla, aumentarse	aumentarnos	aumentaros	aumentarlos, aumentarlas, aumentarse
with gerund aumentando
	dative	aumentándome	aumentándote	aumentándole, aumentándose	aumentándonos	aumentándoos	aumentándoles, aumentándose
	accusative	aumentándome	aumentándote	aumentándolo, aumentándola, aumentándose	aumentándonos	aumentándoos	aumentándolos, aumentándolas, aumentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aumenta
	dative	auméntame	auméntate	auméntale	auméntanos	not used	auméntales
	accusative	auméntame	auméntate	auméntalo, auméntala	auméntanos	not used	auméntalos, auméntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aumentá
	dative	aumentame	aumentate	aumentale	aumentanos	not used	aumentales
	accusative	aumentame	aumentate	aumentalo, aumentala	aumentanos	not used	aumentalos, aumentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aumente
	dative	auménteme	not used	auméntele, auméntese	auméntenos	not used	auménteles
	accusative	auménteme	not used	auméntelo, auméntela, auméntese	auméntenos	not used	auméntelos, auméntelas
with first-person plural imperative aumentemos
	dative	not used	aumentémoste	aumentémosle	aumentémonos	aumentémoos	aumentémosles
	accusative	not used	aumentémoste	aumentémoslo, aumentémosla	aumentémonos	aumentémoos	aumentémoslos, aumentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aumentad
	dative	aumentadme	not used	aumentadle	aumentadnos	aumentaos	aumentadles
	accusative	aumentadme	not used	aumentadlo, aumentadla	aumentadnos	aumentaos	aumentadlos, aumentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aumenten
	dative	auméntenme	not used	auméntenle	auméntennos	not used	auméntenles, auméntense
	accusative	auméntenme	not used	auméntenlo, auméntenla	auméntennos	not used	auméntenlos, auméntenlas, auméntense

Derived terms

• aumentador

Related terms

• augurio
• aumentación
• aumentativo
• aumento
• autor
• autoría
• autoridad
• auxiliar
• inaugurar
• otorgar

 

Further reading

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