adulterar

Asturian

Verb

adulterar (first-person singular indicative present adultero, past participle adulteráu)

1. to adulterate

Conjugation

Conjugation of adulterar

infinitive		adulterar
gerund		adulterando
past participle		m adulteráu, f adulterada, n adulterao, m pl adulteraos, f pl adulteraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	adultero	adulteres	adultera	adulteramos	adulteráis	adulteren
	imperfect	adulteraba	adulterabes	adulteraba	adulterábemos, adulterábamos	adulterabeis, adulterabais	adulteraben
	preterite	adulteré	adulterasti, adulteresti	adulteró	adulteremos	adulterastis, adulterestis	adulteraron
	pluperfect	adulterare, adulterara	adulterares, adulteraras	adulterare, adulterara	adulteráremos, adulteráramos	adulterareis, adulterarais	adulteraren, adulteraran
	future	adulteraré	adulterarás	adulterará	adulteraremos	adulteraréis	adulterarán
	conditional	adulteraría	adulteraríes	adulteraría	adulteraríemos, adulteraríamos	adulteraríeis, adulteraríais	adulteraríen
subjunctive	present	adultere	adulteres, adulteras	adultere	adulteremos	adulteréis	adulteren, adulteran
	imperfect	adulterare, adulterara	adulterares, adulteraras	adulterare, adulterara	adulteráremos, adulteráramos	adulterareis, adulterarais	adulteraren, adulteraran
imperative		—	adultera	—	—	adulterái	—

Further reading

• “adulterar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adulterāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.ðul.təˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.ðul.teˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.ðul.teˈɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

adulterar (first-person singular present adultero, first-person singular preterite adulterí, past participle adulterat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (intransitive) to commit adultery
2. (transitive) to adulterate

   Synonyms: desnaturalitzar, sofisticar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of adulterar (first conjugation)

infinitive			adulterar
gerund			adulterant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adulterat		adulterada
		plural		adulterats		adulterades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adultero	adulteres	adultera	adulterem	adultereu	adulteren
	imperfect	adulterava	adulteraves	adulterava	adulteràvem	adulteràveu	adulteraven
	future	adulteraré	adulteraràs	adulterarà	adulterarem	adulterareu	adulteraran
	preterite	adulterí	adulterares	adulterà	adulteràrem	adulteràreu	adulteraren
	conditional	adulteraria	adulteraries	adulteraria	adulteraríem	adulteraríeu	adulterarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	adulteri	adulteris	adulteri	adulterem	adultereu	adulterin
	imperfect	adulterés	adulteressis	adulterés	adulteréssim	adulteréssiu	adulteressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	adultera	adulteri	adulterem	adultereu	adulterin
	negative (no)	—	no adulteris	no adulteri	no adulterem	no adultereu	no adulterin

Derived terms

• adulteració
• adulterador

Related terms

• adulteri

Further reading

• “adulterar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adulterāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.duw.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.duʊ̯.teˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.duw.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.duʊ̯.teˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.duw.teˈɾa(ɾ)/ [a.duʊ̯.teˈɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.duw.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [a.duʊ̯.teˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.duw.teˈɾa(ɻ)/ [a.duʊ̯.teˈɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dul.tɨˈɾaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuɫ.tɨˈɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dul.tɨˈɾaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuɫ.tɨˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dul.tɨˈɾa.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuɫ.tɨˈɾa.ɾi]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: a‧dul‧te‧rar

Verb

adulterar (first-person singular present adultero, first-person singular preterite adulterei, past participle adulterado)

1. (transitive) tamper (alter by making unauthorized changes)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adulterar (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	adulterar
Personal	adulterar	adulterares	adulterar	adulterarmos	adulterardes	adulterarem
Gerund
	adulterando
Past participle
Masculine	adulterado			adulterados
Feminine	adulterada			adulteradas
Indicative
Present	adultero	adulteras	adultera	adulteramos	adulterais	adulteram
Imperfect	adulterava	adulteravas	adulterava	adulterávamos	adulteráveis	adulteravam
Preterite	adulterei	adulteraste	adulterou	adulteramos1, adulterámos2	adulterastes	adulteraram
Pluperfect	adulterara	adulteraras	adulterara	adulteráramos	adulteráreis	adulteraram
Future	adulterarei	adulterarás	adulterará	adulteraremos	adulterareis	adulterarão
Conditional	adulteraria	adulterarias	adulteraria	adulteraríamos	adulteraríeis	adulterariam
Subjunctive
Present	adultere	adulteres	adultere	adulteremos	adultereis	adulterem
Imperfect	adulterasse	adulterasses	adulterasse	adulterássemos	adulterásseis	adulterassem
Future	adulterar	adulterares	adulterar	adulterarmos	adulterardes	adulterarem
Imperative
Affirmative		adultera	adultere	adulteremos	adulterai	adulterem
Negative (não)		não adulteres	não adultere	não adulteremos	não adultereis	não adulterem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin adulterāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adulteˈɾaɾ/ [a.ð̞ul̪.t̪eˈɾaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dul‧te‧rar

Verb

adulterar (first-person singular present adultero, first-person singular preterite adulteré, past participle adulterado)

1. (transitive) to adulterate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adulterar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			adulterar
gerund			adulterando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adulterado		adulterada
		plural		adulterados		adulteradas
		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	adultero	adulterastú adulterásvos	adultera	adulteramos	adulteráis	adulteran
	imperfect	adulteraba	adulterabas	adulteraba	adulterábamos	adulterabais	adulteraban
	preterite	adulteré	adulteraste	adulteró	adulteramos	adulterasteis	adulteraron
	future	adulteraré	adulterarás	adulterará	adulteraremos	adulteraréis	adulterarán
	conditional	adulteraría	adulterarías	adulteraría	adulteraríamos	adulteraríais	adulterarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adultere	adulterestú adulterésvos2	adultere	adulteremos	adulteréis	adulteren
	imperfect (ra)	adulterara	adulteraras	adulterara	adulteráramos	adulterarais	adulteraran
	imperfect (se)	adulterase	adulterases	adulterase	adulterásemos	adulteraseis	adulterasen
	future1	adulterare	adulterares	adulterare	adulteráremos	adulterareis	adulteraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adulteratú adulterávos	adultere	adulteremos	adulterad	adulteren
	negative		no adulteres	no adultere	no adulteremos	no adulteréis	no adulteren

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

    Selected combined forms of adulterar

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 adulterar	dative	adulterarme	adulterarte	adulterarle, adulterarse	adulterarnos	adulteraros	adulterarles, adulterarse
	accusative	adulterarme	adulterarte	adulterarlo, adulterarla, adulterarse	adulterarnos	adulteraros	adulterarlos, adulterarlas, adulterarse
with gerund adulterando	dative	adulterándome	adulterándote	adulterándole, adulterándose	adulterándonos	adulterándoos	adulterándoles, adulterándose
	accusative	adulterándome	adulterándote	adulterándolo, adulterándola, adulterándose	adulterándonos	adulterándoos	adulterándolos, adulterándolas, adulterándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative adultera	dative	adultérame	adultérate	adultérale	adultéranos	not used	adultérales
	accusative	adultérame	adultérate	adultéralo, adultérala	adultéranos	not used	adultéralos, adultéralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative adulterá	dative	adulterame	adulterate	adulterale	adulteranos	not used	adulterales
	accusative	adulterame	adulterate	adulteralo, adulterala	adulteranos	not used	adulteralos, adulteralas
with formal second-person singular imperative adultere	dative	adultéreme	not used	adultérele, adultérese	adultérenos	not used	adultéreles
	accusative	adultéreme	not used	adultérelo, adultérela, adultérese	adultérenos	not used	adultérelos, adultérelas
with first-person plural imperative adulteremos	dative	not used	adulterémoste	adulterémosle	adulterémonos	adulterémoos	adulterémosles
	accusative	not used	adulterémoste	adulterémoslo, adulterémosla	adulterémonos	adulterémoos	adulterémoslos, adulterémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative adulterad	dative	adulteradme	not used	adulteradle	adulteradnos	adulteraos	adulteradles
	accusative	adulteradme	not used	adulteradlo, adulteradla	adulteradnos	adulteraos	adulteradlos, adulteradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative adulteren	dative	adultérenme	not used	adultérenle	adultérennos	not used	adultérenles, adultérense
	accusative	adultérenme	not used	adultérenlo, adultérenla	adultérennos	not used	adultérenlos, adultérenlas, adultérense

Related terms

• adulteración
• adulterino
• adulterio
• adúltero

Further reading

• “adulterar”, 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