Galician [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Old Galician-Portuguese confortar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria ), from Latin cōnfortāre .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
confortar (first-person singular present conforto , first-person singular preterite confortei , past participle confortado )
to comfort , ease ; to strengthen ; to give courage
Synonym: reconfortar
Conjugation [ edit ]
Singular
Plural
First-person (eu )
Second-person (ti / tu )
Third-person (ele / ela / você )
First-person (nós )
Second-person (vós )
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês )
Infinitive
Impersonal
confortar
Personal
confortar
confortares
confortar
confortarmos
confortardes
confortarem
Gerund
confortando
Past participle
Masculine
confortado
confortados
Feminine
confortada
confortadas
Indicative
Present
conforto
confortas
conforta
confortamos
confortades , confortais
confortam
Imperfect
confortava
confortavas
confortava
confortávamos
confortávades , confortáveis , confortávais 1
confortavam
Preterite
confortei
confortaste , confortache 1
confortou
confortamos
confortastes
confortárom , confortaram
Pluperfect
confortara
confortaras
confortara
confortáramos
confortárades , confortáreis , confortárais 1
confortaram
Future
confortarei
confortarás
confortará
confortaremos
confortaredes , confortareis
confortarám , confortarão
Conditional
confortaria
confortarias
confortaria
confortaríamos
confortaríades , confortaríeis , confortaríais 1
confortariam
Subjunctive
Present
conforte
confortes
conforte
confortemos
confortedes , conforteis
confortem
Imperfect
confortasse
confortasses
confortasse
confortássemos
confortássedes , confortásseis
confortassem
Future
confortar
confortares
confortar
confortarmos
confortardes
confortarem
Imperative
Affirmative
conforta
conforte
confortemos
confortade , confortai
confortem
Negative (nom )
nom confortes
nom conforte
nom confortemos
nom confortedes , nom conforteis
nom confortem
Derived terms [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
“confortar ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval , SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“confortar ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval . SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“confortar ” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega , SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“confortar ” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega , Royal Galician Academy .
“confortar ” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega . Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Borrowed from Latin cōnfortāre .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
confortar (first-person singular present conforto , first-person singular preterite confortei , past participle confortado )
to comfort
Conjugation [ edit ]
1 Brazilian Portuguese.2 European Portuguese.
Spanish [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Inherited from Latin cōnfortāre . In Old Spanish, its rhizotonic conjugations showed the expected diphthongization (cf. confuerto ), but this was later leveled to /o/ by analogy with arrhizotonic forms.[1] Despite the resemblance, not a doublet of conhortar .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /konfoɾˈtaɾ/ [kõɱ.foɾˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: con‧for‧tar
confortar (first-person singular present conforto , first-person singular preterite conforté , past participle confortado )
( transitive ) to comfort , console
Conjugation [ edit ]
1 Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of confortar
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 confortar
dative
confortarme
confortarte
confortarle , confortarse
confortarnos
confortaros
confortarles , confortarse
accusative
confortarme
confortarte
confortarlo , confortarla , confortarse
confortarnos
confortaros
confortarlos , confortarlas , confortarse
with gerund confortando
dative
confortándome
confortándote
confortándole , confortándose
confortándonos
confortándoos
confortándoles , confortándose
accusative
confortándome
confortándote
confortándolo , confortándola , confortándose
confortándonos
confortándoos
confortándolos , confortándolas , confortándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative conforta
dative
confórtame
confórtate
confórtale
confórtanos
not used
confórtales
accusative
confórtame
confórtate
confórtalo , confórtala
confórtanos
not used
confórtalos , confórtalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confortá
dative
confortame
confortate
confortale
confortanos
not used
confortales
accusative
confortame
confortate
confortalo , confortala
confortanos
not used
confortalos , confortalas
with formal second-person singular imperative conforte
dative
confórteme
not used
confórtele , confórtese
confórtenos
not used
confórteles
accusative
confórteme
not used
confórtelo , confórtela , confórtese
confórtenos
not used
confórtelos , confórtelas
with first-person plural imperative confortemos
dative
not used
confortémoste
confortémosle
confortémonos
confortémoos
confortémosles
accusative
not used
confortémoste
confortémoslo , confortémosla
confortémonos
confortémoos
confortémoslos , confortémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confortad
dative
confortadme
not used
confortadle
confortadnos
confortaos
confortadles
accusative
confortadme
not used
confortadlo , confortadla
confortadnos
confortaos
confortadlos , confortadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative conforten
dative
confórtenme
not used
confórtenle
confórtennos
not used
confórtenles , confórtense
accusative
confórtenme
not used
confórtenlo , confórtenla
confórtennos
not used
confórtenlos , confórtenlas , confórtense
Derived terms [ edit ]
Related terms [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ Penny, Ralph. 2002. A history of the Spanish language . Cambridge University Press. Page 183
Further reading [ edit ]