assumir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assūmere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.suˈmi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.suˈmiɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

assumir (first-person singular present assumeixo, first-person singular preterite assumí, past participle assumit)

1. (transitive) to assume (power, responsibility etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of assumir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			assumir
gerund			assumint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		assumit		assumida
		plural		assumits		assumides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	assumeixo	assumeixes	assumeix	assumim	assumiu	assumeixen
	imperfect	assumia	assumies	assumia	assumíem	assumíeu	assumien
	future	assumiré	assumiràs	assumirà	assumirem	assumireu	assumiran
	preterite	assumí	assumires	assumí	assumírem	assumíreu	assumiren
	conditional	assumiria	assumiries	assumiria	assumiríem	assumiríeu	assumirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	assumeixi	assumeixis	assumeixi	assumim	assumiu	assumeixin
	imperfect	assumís	assumissis	assumís	assumíssim	assumíssiu	assumissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	assumeix	assumeixi	assumim	assumiu	assumeixin
	negative (no)	—	no assumeixis	no assumeixi	no assumim	no assumiu	no assumeixin

Related terms

• assumible
• assumpció

Further reading

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin assumere.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

assumir

1. to assume (responsibility)

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 83

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin assūmere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.suˈmi(ʁ)/ [a.suˈmi(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.suˈmiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.suˈmiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.suˈmi.ɾi/

Verb

assumir (first-person singular present assumo, first-person singular preterite assumi, past participle assumido)

1. (ambitransitive) to assume (to take on a position or duty)
   • 2022 October 31, “Presidente eleito terá quatro dias a mais de mandato; entenda”, in Exame‎^[2], archived from the original on 1 November 2022:

     A partir de 2027, o presidente assume em 5 de janeiro, e os governadores, em 6 de janeiro.

     Starting 2027, the president assumes on January 5th, and the governors, January 6th.

2. (transitive) to take responsibility (to blame oneself for something; to acknowledge a fault)

   Synonym: admitir

3. (transitive) to take responsibility (to accept an obligation or liability)
4. (reflexive, idiomatic, informal) to come out of the closet [with para ‘to someone’]

   Synonym: sair do armário

Usage notes

• Sometimes, the English verb assume, when the sense is "to suppose it is true", is erroneously translated into Portuguese as assumir. Verbs carrying the correct sense according to the context include presumir and supor. The verb's meaning has been affected by the erroneous translation, and it is, sometimes, used with the meaning of supor and presumir.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of assumir (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	assumir
Personal	assumir	assumires	assumir	assumirmos	assumirdes	assumirem
Gerund
	assumindo
Past participle
Masculine	assumido			assumidos
Feminine	assumida			assumidas
Indicative
Present	assumo	assumes	assume	assumimos	assumis	assumem
Imperfect	assumia	assumias	assumia	assumíamos	assumíeis	assumiam
Preterite	assumi	assumiste	assumiu	assumimos	assumistes	assumiram
Pluperfect	assumira	assumiras	assumira	assumíramos	assumíreis	assumiram
Future	assumirei	assumirás	assumirá	assumiremos	assumireis	assumirão
Conditional	assumiria	assumirias	assumiria	assumiríamos	assumiríeis	assumiriam
Subjunctive
Present	assuma	assumas	assuma	assumamos	assumais	assumam
Imperfect	assumisse	assumisses	assumisse	assumíssemos	assumísseis	assumissem
Future	assumir	assumires	assumir	assumirmos	assumirdes	assumirem
Imperative
Affirmative		assume	assuma	assumamos	assumi	assumam
Negative (não)		não assumas	não assuma	não assumamos	não assumais	não assumam

Derived terms

• assumição
• assumível

Further reading

• “assumir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “assumir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “assumir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “assumir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026