dotar

English

Noun

dotar (plural dotars)

1. Alternative form of dotara

Anagrams

• Dorta, Troad, tardo, troad

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dōtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [duˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [doˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [doˈtaɾ]

Verb

dotar (first-person singular present doto, first-person singular preterite dotí, past participle dotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to endow
2. to supply, provide, grant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dotar (first conjugation)

infinitive			dotar
gerund			dotant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dotat		dotada
		plural		dotats		dotades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	doto	dotes	dota	dotem	doteu	doten
	imperfect	dotava	dotaves	dotava	dotàvem	dotàveu	dotaven
	future	dotaré	dotaràs	dotarà	dotarem	dotareu	dotaran
	preterite	dotí	dotares	dotà	dotàrem	dotàreu	dotaren
	conditional	dotaria	dotaries	dotaria	dotaríem	dotaríeu	dotarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	doti	dotis	doti	dotem	doteu	dotin
	imperfect	dotés	dotessis	dotés	dotéssim	dotéssiu	dotessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	dota	doti	dotem	doteu	dotin
	negative (no)	—	no dotis	no doti	no dotem	no doteu	no dotin

Related terms

• dot
• dotació

Further reading

• “dotar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dotar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “dotar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dotar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dōtāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈta(ʁ)/ [doˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈta(ʁ)/ [doˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /doˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /doˈta(ʁ)/ [doˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /doˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /duˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: do‧tar

Verb

dotar (first-person singular present doto, first-person singular preterite dotei, past participle dotado)

1. to endow (to be furnished with something naturally)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dotar (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	dotar
Personal	dotar	dotares	dotar	dotarmos	dotardes	dotarem
Gerund
	dotando
Past participle
Masculine	dotado			dotados
Feminine	dotada			dotadas
Indicative
Present	doto	dotas	dota	dotamos	dotais	dotam
Imperfect	dotava	dotavas	dotava	dotávamos	dotáveis	dotavam
Preterite	dotei	dotaste	dotou	dotamos1, dotámos2	dotastes	dotaram
Pluperfect	dotara	dotaras	dotara	dotáramos	dotáreis	dotaram
Future	dotarei	dotarás	dotará	dotaremos	dotareis	dotarão
Conditional	dotaria	dotarias	dotaria	dotaríamos	dotaríeis	dotariam
Subjunctive
Present	dote	dotes	dote	dotemos	doteis	dotem
Imperfect	dotasse	dotasses	dotasse	dotássemos	dotásseis	dotassem
Future	dotar	dotares	dotar	dotarmos	dotardes	dotarem
Imperative
Affirmative		dota	dote	dotemos	dotai	dotem
Negative (não)		não dotes	não dote	não dotemos	não doteis	não dotem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dōtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doˈtaɾ/ [d̪oˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: do‧tar

Verb

dotar (first-person singular present doto, first-person singular preterite doté, past participle dotado)

1. to endow; award

   el premiado, dotado con $30.000

   the prizewinner, awarded $30,000

   • 2015 November 2, “Marta Sanz gana el premio Herralde con ‘Farándula’”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Con la ironía no exenta de causticidad que caracteriza su obra literaria juega Marta Sanz con todo ello en Farándula, la obra con la que acaba de ganar en Barcelona el 33º premio Herralde de novela, dotado con 18.000 euros, que convoca la editorial Anagrama.

     Marta Sanza plays with all the characteristic causticness that speckles the irony found in her literary work in her prizewinning Farándula, which recently won her 18,000 euros in the 33rd Herralde Prize for novels, organised in Barcelona by the publishing house Anagrama.

2. (reflexive) to award

   dotarse a Pedro de €200

   award Pedro €200

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dotar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			dotar
gerund			dotando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dotado		dotada
		plural		dotados		dotadas
		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	doto	dotastú dotásvos	dota	dotamos	dotáis	dotan
	imperfect	dotaba	dotabas	dotaba	dotábamos	dotabais	dotaban
	preterite	doté	dotaste	dotó	dotamos	dotasteis	dotaron
	future	dotaré	dotarás	dotará	dotaremos	dotaréis	dotarán
	conditional	dotaría	dotarías	dotaría	dotaríamos	dotaríais	dotarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dote	dotestú dotésvos2	dote	dotemos	dotéis	doten
	imperfect (ra)	dotara	dotaras	dotara	dotáramos	dotarais	dotaran
	imperfect (se)	dotase	dotases	dotase	dotásemos	dotaseis	dotasen
	future1	dotare	dotares	dotare	dotáremos	dotareis	dotaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dotatú dotávos	dote	dotemos	dotad	doten
	negative		no dotes	no dote	no dotemos	no dotéis	no doten

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

    Selected combined forms of dotar

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 dotar
	dative	dotarme	dotarte	dotarle, dotarse	dotarnos	dotaros	dotarles, dotarse
	accusative	dotarme	dotarte	dotarlo, dotarla, dotarse	dotarnos	dotaros	dotarlos, dotarlas, dotarse
with gerund dotando
	dative	dotándome	dotándote	dotándole, dotándose	dotándonos	dotándoos	dotándoles, dotándose
	accusative	dotándome	dotándote	dotándolo, dotándola, dotándose	dotándonos	dotándoos	dotándolos, dotándolas, dotándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative dota
	dative	dótame	dótate	dótale	dótanos	not used	dótales
	accusative	dótame	dótate	dótalo, dótala	dótanos	not used	dótalos, dótalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative dotá
	dative	dotame	dotate	dotale	dotanos	not used	dotales
	accusative	dotame	dotate	dotalo, dotala	dotanos	not used	dotalos, dotalas
with formal second-person singular imperative dote
	dative	dóteme	not used	dótele, dótese	dótenos	not used	dóteles
	accusative	dóteme	not used	dótelo, dótela, dótese	dótenos	not used	dótelos, dótelas
with first-person plural imperative dotemos
	dative	not used	dotémoste	dotémosle	dotémonos	dotémoos	dotémosles
	accusative	not used	dotémoste	dotémoslo, dotémosla	dotémonos	dotémoos	dotémoslos, dotémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative dotad
	dative	dotadme	not used	dotadle	dotadnos	dotaos	dotadles
	accusative	dotadme	not used	dotadlo, dotadla	dotadnos	dotaos	dotadlos, dotadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative doten
	dative	dótenme	not used	dótenle	dótennos	not used	dótenles, dótense
	accusative	dótenme	not used	dótenlo, dótenla	dótennos	not used	dótenlos, dótenlas, dótense

Related terms

• dotación
• dotado
• dote

 

Further reading

• “dotar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014