admitir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admittere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(h)], /ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(h)], /ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/, /ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(χ)], /ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/, /ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ad͡ʒ.miˈt͡ʃi(h)], /a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [a.d͡ʒi.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmiˈtiɾ/ [ɐ.ðmiˈtiɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmiˈtiɾ/ [ɐ.ðmiˈtiɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dmiˈti.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðmiˈti.ɾi]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ad.mi.ˈti(ɦ)/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ad‧mi‧tir

Verb

admitir (first-person singular present admito, first-person singular preterite admiti, past participle admitido)

1. to admit, accept
2. to allow
3. to acknowledge
4. to concede

Conjugation

    Conjugation of admitir (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	admitir
Personal	admitir	admitires	admitir	admitirmos	admitirdes	admitirem
Gerund
	admitindo
Past participle
Masculine	admitido			admitidos
Feminine	admitida			admitidas
Indicative
Present	admito	admites	admite	admitimos	admitis	admitem
Imperfect	admitia	admitias	admitia	admitíamos	admitíeis	admitiam
Preterite	admiti	admitiste	admitiu	admitimos	admitistes	admitiram
Pluperfect	admitira	admitiras	admitira	admitíramos	admitíreis	admitiram
Future	admitirei	admitirás	admitirá	admitiremos	admitireis	admitirão
Conditional	admitiria	admitirias	admitiria	admitiríamos	admitiríeis	admitiriam
Subjunctive
Present	admita	admitas	admita	admitamos	admitais	admitam
Imperfect	admitisse	admitisses	admitisse	admitíssemos	admitísseis	admitissem
Future	admitir	admitires	admitir	admitirmos	admitirdes	admitirem
Imperative
Affirmative		admite	admita	admitamos	admiti	admitam
Negative (não)		não admitas	não admita	não admitamos	não admitais	não admitam

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:admitir.

Related terms

• admissão
• admissível
• admitidamente

Further reading

• “admitir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “admitir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin admittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /admiˈtiɾ/ [að̞.miˈt̪iɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ad‧mi‧tir

Verb

admitir (first-person singular present admito, first-person singular preterite admití, past participle admitido)

1. to accept, to admit, to agree to, to concede

   Synonyms: aceptar, reconocer

2. to admit, to let in
3. to permit, to allow

   Synonyms: permitir, dejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of admitir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			admitir
gerund			admitiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		admitido		admitida
		plural		admitidos		admitidas
		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	admito	admitestú admitísvos	admite	admitimos	admitís	admiten
	imperfect	admitía	admitías	admitía	admitíamos	admitíais	admitían
	preterite	admití	admitiste	admitió	admitimos	admitisteis	admitieron
	future	admitiré	admitirás	admitirá	admitiremos	admitiréis	admitirán
	conditional	admitiría	admitirías	admitiría	admitiríamos	admitiríais	admitirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	admita	admitastú admitásvos2	admita	admitamos	admitáis	admitan
	imperfect (ra)	admitiera	admitieras	admitiera	admitiéramos	admitierais	admitieran
	imperfect (se)	admitiese	admitieses	admitiese	admitiésemos	admitieseis	admitiesen
	future1	admitiere	admitieres	admitiere	admitiéremos	admitiereis	admitieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		admitetú admitívos	admita	admitamos	admitid	admitan
	negative		no admitas	no admita	no admitamos	no admitáis	no admitan

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of admitir

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 admitir	dative	admitirme	admitirte	admitirle, admitirse	admitirnos	admitiros	admitirles, admitirse
	accusative	admitirme	admitirte	admitirlo, admitirla, admitirse	admitirnos	admitiros	admitirlos, admitirlas, admitirse
with gerund admitiendo	dative	admitiéndome	admitiéndote	admitiéndole, admitiéndose	admitiéndonos	admitiéndoos	admitiéndoles, admitiéndose
	accusative	admitiéndome	admitiéndote	admitiéndolo, admitiéndola, admitiéndose	admitiéndonos	admitiéndoos	admitiéndolos, admitiéndolas, admitiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative admite	dative	admíteme	admítete	admítele	admítenos	not used	admíteles
	accusative	admíteme	admítete	admítelo, admítela	admítenos	not used	admítelos, admítelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative admití	dative	admitime	admitite	admitile	admitinos	not used	admitiles
	accusative	admitime	admitite	admitilo, admitila	admitinos	not used	admitilos, admitilas
with formal second-person singular imperative admita	dative	admítame	not used	admítale, admítase	admítanos	not used	admítales
	accusative	admítame	not used	admítalo, admítala, admítase	admítanos	not used	admítalos, admítalas
with first-person plural imperative admitamos	dative	not used	admitámoste	admitámosle	admitámonos	admitámoos	admitámosles
	accusative	not used	admitámoste	admitámoslo, admitámosla	admitámonos	admitámoos	admitámoslos, admitámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative admitid	dative	admitidme	not used	admitidle	admitidnos	admitíos	admitidles
	accusative	admitidme	not used	admitidlo, admitidla	admitidnos	admitíos	admitidlos, admitidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative admitan	dative	admítanme	not used	admítanle	admítannos	not used	admítanles, admítanse
	accusative	admítanme	not used	admítanlo, admítanla	admítannos	not used	admítanlos, admítanlas, admítanse

Derived terms

• readmitir

Related terms

• admisible
• admisión

Further reading

• “admitir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025