aposentar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apousentar, from a- +‎ pousar +‎ -entar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ.pu.zẽ.ˈtaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /a.po.zẽ.ˈta(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: a‧po‧sen‧tar

Verb

1. (transitive, dated) to house, shelter, lodge

   Synonyms: abrigar, albergar

2. (pronominal) to retire (leave office)

   Synonym: reformar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aposenˈtaɾ/ [a.po.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

aposentar (first-person singular present aposento, first-person singular preterite aposenté, past participle aposentado)

1. (transitive) to lodge, put up

   aposentar a alguien

   put someone up

2. (reflexive) to shack up; to stay as a guest; to lodge

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aposentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aposentar
gerund			aposentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aposentado		aposentada
		plural		aposentados		aposentadas
		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	aposento	aposentastú aposentásvos	aposenta	aposentamos	aposentáis	aposentan
	imperfect	aposentaba	aposentabas	aposentaba	aposentábamos	aposentabais	aposentaban
	preterite	aposenté	aposentaste	aposentó	aposentamos	aposentasteis	aposentaron
	future	aposentaré	aposentarás	aposentará	aposentaremos	aposentaréis	aposentarán
	conditional	aposentaría	aposentarías	aposentaría	aposentaríamos	aposentaríais	aposentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aposente	aposentestú aposentésvos2	aposente	aposentemos	aposentéis	aposenten
	imperfect (ra)	aposentara	aposentaras	aposentara	aposentáramos	aposentarais	aposentaran
	imperfect (se)	aposentase	aposentases	aposentase	aposentásemos	aposentaseis	aposentasen
	future1	aposentare	aposentares	aposentare	aposentáremos	aposentareis	aposentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aposentatú aposentávos	aposente	aposentemos	aposentad	aposenten
	negative		no aposentes	no aposente	no aposentemos	no aposentéis	no aposenten

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

    Selected combined forms of aposentar

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 aposentar
	dative	aposentarme	aposentarte	aposentarle, aposentarse	aposentarnos	aposentaros	aposentarles, aposentarse
	accusative	aposentarme	aposentarte	aposentarlo, aposentarla, aposentarse	aposentarnos	aposentaros	aposentarlos, aposentarlas, aposentarse
with gerund aposentando
	dative	aposentándome	aposentándote	aposentándole, aposentándose	aposentándonos	aposentándoos	aposentándoles, aposentándose
	accusative	aposentándome	aposentándote	aposentándolo, aposentándola, aposentándose	aposentándonos	aposentándoos	aposentándolos, aposentándolas, aposentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aposenta
	dative	aposéntame	aposéntate	aposéntale	aposéntanos	not used	aposéntales
	accusative	aposéntame	aposéntate	aposéntalo, aposéntala	aposéntanos	not used	aposéntalos, aposéntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aposentá
	dative	aposentame	aposentate	aposentale	aposentanos	not used	aposentales
	accusative	aposentame	aposentate	aposentalo, aposentala	aposentanos	not used	aposentalos, aposentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aposente
	dative	aposénteme	not used	aposéntele, aposéntese	aposéntenos	not used	aposénteles
	accusative	aposénteme	not used	aposéntelo, aposéntela, aposéntese	aposéntenos	not used	aposéntelos, aposéntelas
with first-person plural imperative aposentemos
	dative	not used	aposentémoste	aposentémosle	aposentémonos	aposentémoos	aposentémosles
	accusative	not used	aposentémoste	aposentémoslo, aposentémosla	aposentémonos	aposentémoos	aposentémoslos, aposentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aposentad
	dative	aposentadme	not used	aposentadle	aposentadnos	aposentaos	aposentadles
	accusative	aposentadme	not used	aposentadlo, aposentadla	aposentadnos	aposentaos	aposentadlos, aposentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aposenten
	dative	aposéntenme	not used	aposéntenle	aposéntennos	not used	aposéntenles, aposéntense
	accusative	aposéntenme	not used	aposéntenlo, aposéntenla	aposéntennos	not used	aposéntenlos, aposéntenlas, aposéntense

Derived terms

• aposentador
• aposento

Further reading

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