constituir

See also: constituír

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kuns.ti.tuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [kons.ti.tuˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kons.ti.tuˈiɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

constituir (first-person singular present constitueixo, first-person singular preterite constituí, past participle constituït)

1. to constitute, to make up

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of constituir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			constituir
gerund			constituint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		constituït		constituïda
		plural		constituïts		constituïdes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	constitueixo	constitueixes	constitueix	constituïm	constituïu	constitueixen
	imperfect	constituïa	constituïes	constituïa	constituíem	constituíeu	constituïen
	future	constituiré	constituiràs	constituirà	constituirem	constituireu	constituiran
	preterite	constituí	constituïres	constituí	constituírem	constituíreu	constituïren
	conditional	constituiria	constituiries	constituiria	constituiríem	constituiríeu	constituirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	constitueixi	constitueixis	constitueixi	constituïm	constituïu	constitueixin
	imperfect	constituís	constituïssis	constituís	constituíssim	constituíssiu	constituïssin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	constitueix	constitueixi	constituïm	constituïu	constitueixin
	negative (no)	—	no constitueixis	no constitueixi	no constituïm	no constituïu	no constitueixin

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s

Proto-Italic *status

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Italic *statujō

Proto-Italic *statuō

Latin statuō

Latin cōnstituerebor.

Portuguese constituir

Borrowed from Latin cōnstituere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõs.t͡ʃi.tuˈi(ʁ)/ [kõs.t͡ʃi.tʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõs.t͡ʃiˈtwi(ʁ)/ [kõs.t͡ʃiˈtwi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõs.t͡ʃi.tuˈi(ʁ)/ [kõs.t͡ʃi.tʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõs.t͡ʃiˈtwi(ʁ)/ [kõs.t͡ʃiˈtwi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõs.t͡ʃi.tuˈi(ɾ)/ [kõs.t͡ʃi.tʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõs.t͡ʃiˈtwi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.t͡ʃi.tuˈi(ʁ)/ [kõʃ.t͡ʃi.tʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõʃ.t͡ʃiˈtwi(ʁ)/ [kõʃ.t͡ʃiˈtwi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõs.t͡ʃi.tuˈi(ɻ)/ [kõs.t͡ʃi.tʊˈi(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõs.t͡ʃiˈtwi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tiˈtwiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tiˈtwiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tiˈtwi.ɾi/

• Homophone: constituí (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: cons‧ti‧tu‧ir

Verb

constituir (first-person singular present constituo, first-person singular preterite constituí, past participle constituído)

1. to constitute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of constituir (irregular) (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	constituir
Personal	constituir	constituíres	constituir	constituirmos	constituirdes	constituírem
Gerund
	constituindo
Past participle
Masculine	constituído			constituídos
Feminine	constituída			constituídas
Indicative
Present	constituo	constituis	constitui	constituímos	constituís	constituem
Imperfect	constituía	constituías	constituía	constituíamos	constituíeis	constituíam
Preterite	constituí	constituíste	constituiu	constituímos	constituístes	constituíram
Pluperfect	constituíra	constituíras	constituíra	constituíramos	constituíreis	constituíram
Future	constituirei	constituirás	constituirá	constituiremos	constituireis	constituirão
Conditional	constituiria	constituirias	constituiria	constituiríamos	constituiríeis	constituiriam
Subjunctive
Present	constitua	constituas	constitua	constituamos	constituais	constituam
Imperfect	constituísse	constituísses	constituísse	constituíssemos	constituísseis	constituíssem
Future	constituir	constituíres	constituir	constituirmos	constituirdes	constituírem
Imperative
Affirmative		constitui	constitua	constituamos	constituí	constituam
Negative (não)		não constituas	não constitua	não constituamos	não constituais	não constituam

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cōnstituō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konstiˈtwiɾ/ [kõns.t̪iˈt̪wiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: cons‧ti‧tuir

Verb

constituir (first-person singular present constituyo, first-person singular preterite constituí, past participle constituido)

1. (transitive) to constitute

   constituir en ― to endow with (something new)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of constituir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			constituir
gerund			constituyendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		constituido		constituida
		plural		constituidos		constituidas
		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	constituyo	constituyestú constituísvos	constituye	constituimos	constituís	constituyen
	imperfect	constituía	constituías	constituía	constituíamos	constituíais	constituían
	preterite	constituí	constituiste	constituyó	constituimos	constituisteis	constituyeron
	future	constituiré	constituirás	constituirá	constituiremos	constituiréis	constituirán
	conditional	constituiría	constituirías	constituiría	constituiríamos	constituiríais	constituirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	constituya	constituyastú constituyásvos2	constituya	constituyamos	constituyáis	constituyan
	imperfect (ra)	constituyera	constituyeras	constituyera	constituyéramos	constituyerais	constituyeran
	imperfect (se)	constituyese	constituyeses	constituyese	constituyésemos	constituyeseis	constituyesen
	future1	constituyere	constituyeres	constituyere	constituyéremos	constituyereis	constituyeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		constituyetú constituívos	constituya	constituyamos	constituid	constituyan
	negative		no constituyas	no constituya	no constituyamos	no constituyáis	no constituyan

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

    Selected combined forms of constituir

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 constituir	dative	constituirme	constituirte	constituirle, constituirse	constituirnos	constituiros	constituirles, constituirse
	accusative	constituirme	constituirte	constituirlo, constituirla, constituirse	constituirnos	constituiros	constituirlos, constituirlas, constituirse
with gerund constituyendo	dative	constituyéndome	constituyéndote	constituyéndole, constituyéndose	constituyéndonos	constituyéndoos	constituyéndoles, constituyéndose
	accusative	constituyéndome	constituyéndote	constituyéndolo, constituyéndola, constituyéndose	constituyéndonos	constituyéndoos	constituyéndolos, constituyéndolas, constituyéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative constituye	dative	constitúyeme	constitúyete	constitúyele	constitúyenos	not used	constitúyeles
	accusative	constitúyeme	constitúyete	constitúyelo, constitúyela	constitúyenos	not used	constitúyelos, constitúyelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative constituí	dative	constituime	constituite	constituile	constituinos	not used	constituiles
	accusative	constituime	constituite	constituilo, constituila	constituinos	not used	constituilos, constituilas
with formal second-person singular imperative constituya	dative	constitúyame	not used	constitúyale, constitúyase	constitúyanos	not used	constitúyales
	accusative	constitúyame	not used	constitúyalo, constitúyala, constitúyase	constitúyanos	not used	constitúyalos, constitúyalas
with first-person plural imperative constituyamos	dative	not used	constituyámoste	constituyámosle	constituyámonos	constituyámoos	constituyámosles
	accusative	not used	constituyámoste	constituyámoslo, constituyámosla	constituyámonos	constituyámoos	constituyámoslos, constituyámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative constituid	dative	constituidme	not used	constituidle	constituidnos	constituíos	constituidles
	accusative	constituidme	not used	constituidlo, constituidla	constituidnos	constituíos	constituidlos, constituidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative constituyan	dative	constitúyanme	not used	constitúyanle	constitúyannos	not used	constitúyanles, constitúyanse
	accusative	constitúyanme	not used	constitúyanlo, constitúyanla	constitúyannos	not used	constitúyanlos, constitúyanlas, constitúyanse

Derived terms

• la unión constituye la fuerza

Further reading

• “constituir”, 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