amnistiar

Catalan

Etymology

From amnistia +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əm.nis.tiˈa]

• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [am.nis.tiˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [am.nis.tiˈa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

amnistiar (first-person singular present amnistio, first-person singular preterite amnistií, past participle amnistiat)

1. to grant amnesty (to)

   Synonym: perdonar

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of amnistiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			amnistiar
gerund			amnistiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amnistiat		amnistiada
		plural		amnistiats		amnistiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	amnistio	amnisties	amnistia	amnistiem	amnistieu	amnistien
	imperfect	amnistiava	amnistiaves	amnistiava	amnistiàvem	amnistiàveu	amnistiaven
	future	amnistiaré	amnistiaràs	amnistiarà	amnistiarem	amnistiareu	amnistiaran
	preterite	amnistií	amnistiares	amnistià	amnistiàrem	amnistiàreu	amnistiaren
	conditional	amnistiaria	amnistiaries	amnistiaria	amnistiaríem	amnistiaríeu	amnistiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	amnistiï	amnistiïs	amnistiï	amnistiem	amnistieu	amnistiïn
	imperfect	amnistiés	amnistiessis	amnistiés	amnistiéssim	amnistiéssiu	amnistiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	amnistia	amnistiï	amnistiem	amnistieu	amnistiïn
	negative (no)	—	no amnistiïs	no amnistiï	no amnistiem	no amnistieu	no amnistiïn

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “amnistiar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “amnistiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “amnistiar”, 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

Alternative forms

• anistiar (Brazil)

Etymology

From amnistia +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mniʃˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mniʃˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mniʃˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: am‧nis‧ti‧ar

Verb

amnistiar (first-person singular present amnistio, first-person singular preterite amnistiei, past participle amnistiado) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. to amnesty (to grant amnesty)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amnistiar (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	amnistiar
Personal	amnistiar	amnistiares	amnistiar	amnistiarmos	amnistiardes	amnistiarem
Gerund
	amnistiando
Past participle
Masculine	amnistiado			amnistiados
Feminine	amnistiada			amnistiadas
Indicative
Present	amnistio	amnistias	amnistia	amnistiamos	amnistiais	amnistiam
Imperfect	amnistiava	amnistiavas	amnistiava	amnistiávamos	amnistiáveis	amnistiavam
Preterite	amnistiei	amnistiaste	amnistiou	amnistiamos1, amnistiámos2	amnistiastes	amnistiaram
Pluperfect	amnistiara	amnistiaras	amnistiara	amnistiáramos	amnistiáreis	amnistiaram
Future	amnistiarei	amnistiarás	amnistiará	amnistiaremos	amnistiareis	amnistiarão
Conditional	amnistiaria	amnistiarias	amnistiaria	amnistiaríamos	amnistiaríeis	amnistiariam
Subjunctive
Present	amnistie	amnisties	amnistie	amnistiemos	amnistieis	amnistiem
Imperfect	amnistiasse	amnistiasses	amnistiasse	amnistiássemos	amnistiásseis	amnistiassem
Future	amnistiar	amnistiares	amnistiar	amnistiarmos	amnistiardes	amnistiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		amnistia	amnistie	amnistiemos	amnistiai	amnistiem
Negative (não)		não amnisties	não amnistie	não amnistiemos	não amnistieis	não amnistiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “amnistiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From amnistía +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amnisˈtjaɾ/ [ãm.nisˈt̪jaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: am‧nis‧tiar

Verb

amnistiar (first-person singular present amnistío, first-person singular preterite amnistié, past participle amnistiado)

1. to grant amnesty to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amnistiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amnistiar
gerund			amnistiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amnistiado		amnistiada
		plural		amnistiados		amnistiadas
		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	amnistío	amnistíastú amnistiásvos	amnistía	amnistiamos	amnistiáis	amnistían
	imperfect	amnistiaba	amnistiabas	amnistiaba	amnistiábamos	amnistiabais	amnistiaban
	preterite	amnistié	amnistiaste	amnistió	amnistiamos	amnistiasteis	amnistiaron
	future	amnistiaré	amnistiarás	amnistiará	amnistiaremos	amnistiaréis	amnistiarán
	conditional	amnistiaría	amnistiarías	amnistiaría	amnistiaríamos	amnistiaríais	amnistiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amnistíe	amnistíestú amnistiésvos2	amnistíe	amnistiemos	amnistiéis	amnistíen
	imperfect (ra)	amnistiara	amnistiaras	amnistiara	amnistiáramos	amnistiarais	amnistiaran
	imperfect (se)	amnistiase	amnistiases	amnistiase	amnistiásemos	amnistiaseis	amnistiasen
	future1	amnistiare	amnistiares	amnistiare	amnistiáremos	amnistiareis	amnistiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amnistíatú amnistiávos	amnistíe	amnistiemos	amnistiad	amnistíen
	negative		no amnistíes	no amnistíe	no amnistiemos	no amnistiéis	no amnistíen

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

    Selected combined forms of amnistiar (i-í alternation)

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 amnistiar	dative	amnistiarme	amnistiarte	amnistiarle, amnistiarse	amnistiarnos	amnistiaros	amnistiarles, amnistiarse
	accusative	amnistiarme	amnistiarte	amnistiarlo, amnistiarla, amnistiarse	amnistiarnos	amnistiaros	amnistiarlos, amnistiarlas, amnistiarse
with gerund amnistiando	dative	amnistiándome	amnistiándote	amnistiándole, amnistiándose	amnistiándonos	amnistiándoos	amnistiándoles, amnistiándose
	accusative	amnistiándome	amnistiándote	amnistiándolo, amnistiándola, amnistiándose	amnistiándonos	amnistiándoos	amnistiándolos, amnistiándolas, amnistiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative amnistía	dative	amnistíame	amnistíate	amnistíale	amnistíanos	not used	amnistíales
	accusative	amnistíame	amnistíate	amnistíalo, amnistíala	amnistíanos	not used	amnistíalos, amnistíalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative amnistiá	dative	amnistiame	amnistiate	amnistiale	amnistianos	not used	amnistiales
	accusative	amnistiame	amnistiate	amnistialo, amnistiala	amnistianos	not used	amnistialos, amnistialas
with formal second-person singular imperative amnistíe	dative	amnistíeme	not used	amnistíele, amnistíese	amnistíenos	not used	amnistíeles
	accusative	amnistíeme	not used	amnistíelo, amnistíela, amnistíese	amnistíenos	not used	amnistíelos, amnistíelas
with first-person plural imperative amnistiemos	dative	not used	amnistiémoste	amnistiémosle	amnistiémonos	amnistiémoos	amnistiémosles
	accusative	not used	amnistiémoste	amnistiémoslo, amnistiémosla	amnistiémonos	amnistiémoos	amnistiémoslos, amnistiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amnistiad	dative	amnistiadme	not used	amnistiadle	amnistiadnos	amnistiaos	amnistiadles
	accusative	amnistiadme	not used	amnistiadlo, amnistiadla	amnistiadnos	amnistiaos	amnistiadlos, amnistiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amnistíen	dative	amnistíenme	not used	amnistíenle	amnistíennos	not used	amnistíenles, amnistíense
	accusative	amnistíenme	not used	amnistíenlo, amnistíenla	amnistíennos	not used	amnistíenlos, amnistíenlas, amnistíense

Derived terms

• amnistiable

Further reading

• “amnistiar”, 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