calumniar

Portuguese

Verb

calumniar (first-person singular present calumnio, first-person singular preterite calumniei, past participle calumniado)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of caluniar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calumniar (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	calumniar
Personal	calumniar	calumniares	calumniar	calumniarmos	calumniardes	calumniarem
Gerund
	calumniando
Past participle
Masculine	calumniado			calumniados
Feminine	calumniada			calumniadas
Indicative
Present	calumnio	calumnias	calumnia	calumniamos	calumniais	calumniam
Imperfect	calumniava	calumniavas	calumniava	calumniávamos	calumniáveis	calumniavam
Preterite	calumniei	calumniaste	calumniou	calumniamos1, calumniámos2	calumniastes	calumniaram
Pluperfect	calumniara	calumniaras	calumniara	calumniáramos	calumniáreis	calumniaram
Future	calumniarei	calumniarás	calumniará	calumniaremos	calumniareis	calumniarão
Conditional	calumniaria	calumniarias	calumniaria	calumniaríamos	calumniaríeis	calumniariam
Subjunctive
Present	calumnie	calumnies	calumnie	calumniemos	calumnieis	calumniem
Imperfect	calumniasse	calumniasses	calumniasse	calumniássemos	calumniásseis	calumniassem
Future	calumniar	calumniares	calumniar	calumniarmos	calumniardes	calumniarem
Imperative
Affirmative		calumnia	calumnie	calumniemos	calumniai	calumniem
Negative (não)		não calumnies	não calumnie	não calumniemos	não calumnieis	não calumniem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calumniārī (“to accuse falsely”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalumˈnjaɾ/ [ka.lũmˈnjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧lum‧niar

Verb

calumniar (first-person singular present calumnio, first-person singular preterite calumnié, past participle calumniado)

1. to slander, to cast aspersions

Conjugation

    Conjugation of calumniar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			calumniar
gerund			calumniando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		calumniado		calumniada
		plural		calumniados		calumniadas
		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	calumnio	calumniastú calumniásvos	calumnia	calumniamos	calumniáis	calumnian
	imperfect	calumniaba	calumniabas	calumniaba	calumniábamos	calumniabais	calumniaban
	preterite	calumnié	calumniaste	calumnió	calumniamos	calumniasteis	calumniaron
	future	calumniaré	calumniarás	calumniará	calumniaremos	calumniaréis	calumniarán
	conditional	calumniaría	calumniarías	calumniaría	calumniaríamos	calumniaríais	calumniarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	calumnie	calumniestú calumniésvos2	calumnie	calumniemos	calumniéis	calumnien
	imperfect (ra)	calumniara	calumniaras	calumniara	calumniáramos	calumniarais	calumniaran
	imperfect (se)	calumniase	calumniases	calumniase	calumniásemos	calumniaseis	calumniasen
	future1	calumniare	calumniares	calumniare	calumniáremos	calumniareis	calumniaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		calumniatú calumniávos	calumnie	calumniemos	calumniad	calumnien
	negative		no calumnies	no calumnie	no calumniemos	no calumniéis	no calumnien

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

    Selected combined forms of calumniar

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 calumniar	dative	calumniarme	calumniarte	calumniarle, calumniarse	calumniarnos	calumniaros	calumniarles, calumniarse
	accusative	calumniarme	calumniarte	calumniarlo, calumniarla, calumniarse	calumniarnos	calumniaros	calumniarlos, calumniarlas, calumniarse
with gerund calumniando	dative	calumniándome	calumniándote	calumniándole, calumniándose	calumniándonos	calumniándoos	calumniándoles, calumniándose
	accusative	calumniándome	calumniándote	calumniándolo, calumniándola, calumniándose	calumniándonos	calumniándoos	calumniándolos, calumniándolas, calumniándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative calumnia	dative	calúmniame	calúmniate	calúmniale	calúmnianos	not used	calúmniales
	accusative	calúmniame	calúmniate	calúmnialo, calúmniala	calúmnianos	not used	calúmnialos, calúmnialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative calumniá	dative	calumniame	calumniate	calumniale	calumnianos	not used	calumniales
	accusative	calumniame	calumniate	calumnialo, calumniala	calumnianos	not used	calumnialos, calumnialas
with formal second-person singular imperative calumnie	dative	calúmnieme	not used	calúmniele, calúmniese	calúmnienos	not used	calúmnieles
	accusative	calúmnieme	not used	calúmnielo, calúmniela, calúmniese	calúmnienos	not used	calúmnielos, calúmnielas
with first-person plural imperative calumniemos	dative	not used	calumniémoste	calumniémosle	calumniémonos	calumniémoos	calumniémosles
	accusative	not used	calumniémoste	calumniémoslo, calumniémosla	calumniémonos	calumniémoos	calumniémoslos, calumniémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative calumniad	dative	calumniadme	not used	calumniadle	calumniadnos	calumniaos	calumniadles
	accusative	calumniadme	not used	calumniadlo, calumniadla	calumniadnos	calumniaos	calumniadlos, calumniadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative calumnien	dative	calúmnienme	not used	calúmnienle	calúmniennos	not used	calúmnienles, calúmniense
	accusative	calúmnienme	not used	calúmnienlo, calúmnienla	calúmniennos	not used	calúmnienlos, calúmnienlas, calúmniense

Related terms

• calumnia
• calumniador
• calumnioso

Further reading

• “calumniar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10