emendar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese emendar, enmendar, borrowed from Latin ēmendāre. Compare Spanish enmendar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emenˈdaɾ]

Verb

emendar (first-person singular present emendo, first-person singular preterite emendei, past participle emendado)

1. to amend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emendar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	emendar
Personal	emendar	emendares	emendar	emendarmos	emendardes	emendaren
Gerund
	emendando
Past participle
Masculine	emendado			emendados
Feminine	emendada			emendadas
Indicative
Present	emendo	emendas	emenda	emendamos	emendades	emendan
Imperfect	emendaba	emendabas	emendaba	emendabamos	emendabades	emendaban
Preterite	emendei	emendaches	emendou	emendamos	emendastes	emendaron
Pluperfect	emendara	emendaras	emendara	emendaramos	emendarades	emendaran
Future	emendarei	emendarás	emendará	emendaremos	emendaredes	emendarán
Conditional	emendaría	emendarías	emendaría	emendariamos	emendariades	emendarían
Subjunctive
Present	emende	emendes	emende	emendemos	emendedes	emenden
Imperfect	emendase	emendases	emendase	emendásemos	emendásedes	emendasen
Future	emendar	emendares	emendar	emendarmos	emendardes	emendaren
Imperative
Affirmative		emenda	emende	emendemos	emendade	emenden
Negative (non)		non emendes	non emende	non emendemos	non emendedes	non emenden

    Reintegrated conjugation of emendar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	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	emendar
Personal	emendar	emendares	emendar	emendarmos	emendardes	emendarem
Gerund
	emendando
Past participle
Masculine	emendado			emendados
Feminine	emendada			emendadas
Indicative
Present	emendo	emendas	emenda	emendamos	emendades, emendais	emendam
Imperfect	emendava	emendavas	emendava	emendávamos	emendávades, emendáveis, emendávais1	emendavam
Preterite	emendei	emendaste, emendache1	emendou	emendamos	emendastes	emendárom, emendaram
Pluperfect	emendara	emendaras	emendara	emendáramos	emendárades, emendáreis, emendárais1	emendaram
Future	emendarei	emendarás	emendará	emendaremos	emendaredes, emendareis	emendarám, emendarão
Conditional	emendaria	emendarias	emendaria	emendaríamos	emendaríades, emendaríeis, emendaríais1	emendariam
Subjunctive
Present	emende	emendes	emende	emendemos	emendedes, emendeis	emendem
Imperfect	emendasse	emendasses	emendasse	emendássemos	emendássedes, emendásseis	emendassem
Future	emendar	emendares	emendar	emendarmos	emendardes	emendarem
Imperative
Affirmative		emenda	emende	emendemos	emendade, emendai	emendem
Negative (nom)		nom emendes	nom emende	nom emendemos	nom emendedes, nom emendeis	nom emendem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• emenda

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “emendar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “emendar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “emendar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “emendar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “emendar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “emendar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “emendar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• enmendar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese emendar, enmendar, borrowed from Latin ēmendāre. Compare Spanish enmendar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [i.mẽˈda(h)], /e.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [e.mẽˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [i.mẽˈda(h)], /e.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [e.mẽˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /i.mẽˈda(ɾ)/, /e.mẽˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [i.mẽˈda(χ)], /e.mẽˈda(ʁ)/ [e.mẽˈda(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /i.mẽˈda(ɻ)/, /e.mẽˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mẽˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mẽˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.mẽˈda.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: e‧men‧dar

Verb

emendar (first-person singular present emendo, first-person singular preterite emendei, past participle emendado)

1. (transitive) to amend
2. (transitive) to join, splice
3. (transitive, reflexive) to correct
4. (transitive) to modify
5. (transitive) to add
6. (reflexive) to regenerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emendar (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	emendar
Personal	emendar	emendares	emendar	emendarmos	emendardes	emendarem
Gerund
	emendando
Past participle
Masculine	emendado			emendados
Feminine	emendada			emendadas
Indicative
Present	emendo	emendas	emenda	emendamos	emendais	emendam
Imperfect	emendava	emendavas	emendava	emendávamos	emendáveis	emendavam
Preterite	emendei	emendaste	emendou	emendamos1, emendámos2	emendastes	emendaram
Pluperfect	emendara	emendaras	emendara	emendáramos	emendáreis	emendaram
Future	emendarei	emendarás	emendará	emendaremos	emendareis	emendarão
Conditional	emendaria	emendarias	emendaria	emendaríamos	emendaríeis	emendariam
Subjunctive
Present	emende	emendes	emende	emendemos	emendeis	emendem
Imperfect	emendasse	emendasses	emendasse	emendássemos	emendásseis	emendassem
Future	emendar	emendares	emendar	emendarmos	emendardes	emendarem
Imperative
Affirmative		emenda	emende	emendemos	emendai	emendem
Negative (não)		não emendes	não emende	não emendemos	não emendeis	não emendem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emenˈdaɾ/ [e.mẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧men‧dar

Verb

emendar (first-person singular present emiendo, first-person singular preterite emendé, past participle emendado)

1. archaic form of enmendar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of emendar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			emendar
gerund			emendando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		emendado		emendada
		plural		emendados		emendadas
		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	emendo	emendastú emendásvos	emenda	emendamos	emendáis	emendan
	imperfect	emendaba	emendabas	emendaba	emendábamos	emendabais	emendaban
	preterite	emendé	emendaste	emendó	emendamos	emendasteis	emendaron
	future	emendaré	emendarás	emendará	emendaremos	emendaréis	emendarán
	conditional	emendaría	emendarías	emendaría	emendaríamos	emendaríais	emendarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	emende	emendestú emendésvos2	emende	emendemos	emendéis	emenden
	imperfect (ra)	emendara	emendaras	emendara	emendáramos	emendarais	emendaran
	imperfect (se)	emendase	emendases	emendase	emendásemos	emendaseis	emendasen
	future1	emendare	emendares	emendare	emendáremos	emendareis	emendaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		emendatú emendávos	emende	emendemos	emendad	emenden
	negative		no emendes	no emende	no emendemos	no emendéis	no emenden

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

    Selected combined forms of emendar

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 emendar	dative	emendarme	emendarte	emendarle, emendarse	emendarnos	emendaros	emendarles, emendarse
	accusative	emendarme	emendarte	emendarlo, emendarla, emendarse	emendarnos	emendaros	emendarlos, emendarlas, emendarse
with gerund emendando	dative	emendándome	emendándote	emendándole, emendándose	emendándonos	emendándoos	emendándoles, emendándose
	accusative	emendándome	emendándote	emendándolo, emendándola, emendándose	emendándonos	emendándoos	emendándolos, emendándolas, emendándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative emenda	dative	eméndame	eméndate	eméndale	eméndanos	not used	eméndales
	accusative	eméndame	eméndate	eméndalo, eméndala	eméndanos	not used	eméndalos, eméndalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative emendá	dative	emendame	emendate	emendale	emendanos	not used	emendales
	accusative	emendame	emendate	emendalo, emendala	emendanos	not used	emendalos, emendalas
with formal second-person singular imperative emende	dative	eméndeme	not used	eméndele, eméndese	eméndenos	not used	eméndeles
	accusative	eméndeme	not used	eméndelo, eméndela, eméndese	eméndenos	not used	eméndelos, eméndelas
with first-person plural imperative emendemos	dative	not used	emendémoste	emendémosle	emendémonos	emendémoos	emendémosles
	accusative	not used	emendémoste	emendémoslo, emendémosla	emendémonos	emendémoos	emendémoslos, emendémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative emendad	dative	emendadme	not used	emendadle	emendadnos	emendaos	emendadles
	accusative	emendadme	not used	emendadlo, emendadla	emendadnos	emendaos	emendadlos, emendadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative emenden	dative	eméndenme	not used	eméndenle	eméndennos	not used	eméndenles, eméndense
	accusative	eméndenme	not used	eméndenlo, eméndenla	eméndennos	not used	eméndenlos, eméndenlas, eméndense

Further reading

• “emendar”, 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