garantir

See also: garantìr

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡə.ɾənˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡa.ɾanˈtiɾ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

garantir (first-person singular present garanteixo, first-person singular preterite garantí, past participle garantit)

1. to guarantee

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garantir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			garantir
gerund			garantint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garantit		garantida
		plural		garantits		garantides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	garanteixo	garanteixes	garanteix	garantim	garantiu	garanteixen
	imperfect	garantia	garanties	garantia	garantíem	garantíeu	garantien
	future	garantiré	garantiràs	garantirà	garantirem	garantireu	garantiran
	preterite	garantí	garantires	garantí	garantírem	garantíreu	garantiren
	conditional	garantiria	garantiries	garantiria	garantiríem	garantiríeu	garantirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	garanteixi	garanteixis	garanteixi	garantim	garantiu	garanteixin
	imperfect	garantís	garantissis	garantís	garantíssim	garantíssiu	garantissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	garanteix	garanteixi	garantim	garantiu	garanteixin
	negative (no)	—	no garanteixis	no garanteixi	no garantim	no garantiu	no garanteixin

French

Etymology

From Old French guarantir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tiʁ/

• Audio:

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Verb

garantir

1. to guarantee (to assure that something will get done right)
2. to protect, preserve
   • 1685, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Philippe Quinault, Roland:

     Elle sut se servir d’un art, dont la puissance
     Garantit Médor du trépas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of garantir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	garantir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	garantissant /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		garanti /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	garantis /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/	garantis /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/	garantit /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/	garantissons /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sɔ̃/	garantissez /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.se/	garantissent /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tis/
	imperfect	garantissais /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sɛ/	garantissais /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sɛ/	garantissait /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sɛ/	garantissions /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/	garantissiez /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sje/	garantissaient /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sɛ/
	past historic2	garantis /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/	garantis /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/	garantit /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/	garantîmes /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tim/	garantîtes /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tit/	garantirent /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tiʁ/
	future	garantirai /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁe/	garantiras /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁa/	garantira /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁa/	garantirons /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/	garantirez /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁe/	garantiront /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	garantirais /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/	garantirais /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/	garantirait /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/	garantirions /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	garantiriez /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁje/	garantiraient /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	garantisse /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tis/	garantisses /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tis/	garantisse /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tis/	garantissions /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/	garantissiez /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sje/	garantissent /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tis/
	imperfect2	garantisse /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tis/	garantisses /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tis/	garantît /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/	garantissions /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sjɔ̃/	garantissiez /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sje/	garantissent /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	garantis /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti/	—	garantissons /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.sɔ̃/	garantissez /ɡa.ʁɑ̃.ti.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• garant

Descendants

• → Danish: garantere
• → German: garantieren
  • →⇒ Hungarian: garantál
• → Norwegian: garantere
• → Romanian: garanta
• → Swedish: garantera
• →⇒ Belarusian: гарантава́ць (harantavácʹ)
• →⇒ Bulgarian: гарантирам (garantiram)
• →⇒ Czech: garantovat
• →⇒ Russian: гарантировать (garantirovatʹ)
• →⇒ Ukrainian: гарантува́ти (harantuváty)

Further reading

• “garantir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from French garantir.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾanˈtiɾ/ [ɡɑ.ɾan̪ˈt̪iɾ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡaɾanˈtiɾ/ [ɡɑ.ɾan̪ˈt̪iɾ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħaɾanˈtiɾ/ [ħɑ.ɾan̪ˈt̪iɾ]

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: ga‧ran‧tir

Verb

garantir (first-person singular present garanto, first-person singular preterite garantín, past participle garantido)

1. to guarantee

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garantir

	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	garantir
Personal	garantir	garantires	garantir	garantirmos	garantirdes	garantiren
Gerund
	garantindo
Past participle
Masculine	garantido			garantidos
Feminine	garantida			garantidas
Indicative
Present	garanto	garantes	garante	garantimos	garantides	garanten
Imperfect	garantía	garantías	garantía	garantiamos	garantiades	garantían
Preterite	garantín	garantiches	garantiu	garantimos	garantistes	garantiron
Pluperfect	garantira	garantiras	garantira	garantiramos	garantirades	garantiran
Future	garantirei	garantirás	garantirá	garantiremos	garantiredes	garantirán
Conditional	garantiría	garantirías	garantiría	garantiriamos	garantiriades	garantirían
Subjunctive
Present	garanta	garantas	garanta	garantamos	garantades	garantan
Imperfect	garantise	garantises	garantise	garantísemos	garantísedes	garantisen
Future	garantir	garantires	garantir	garantirmos	garantirdes	garantiren
Imperative
Affirmative		garante	garanta	garantamos	garantide	garantan
Negative (non)		non garantas	non garanta	non garantamos	non garantades	non garantan

    Reintegrated conjugation of garantir (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	garantir
Personal	garantir	garantires	garantir	garantirmos	garantirdes	garantirem
Gerund
	garantindo
Past participle
Masculine	garantido			garantidos
Feminine	garantida			garantidas
Indicative
Present	garanto	garantes	garante	garantimos	garantides, garantis	garantem
Imperfect	garantia	garantias	garantia	garantíamos	garantíades, garantíeis, garantíais1	garantiam
Preterite	garantim, garanti	garantiste, garantiche1	garantiu	garantimos	garantistes	garantírom, garantiram
Pluperfect	garantira	garantiras	garantira	garantíramos	garantírades, garantíreis, garantírais1	garantiram
Future	garantirei	garantirás	garantirá	garantiremos	garantiredes, garantireis	garantirám, garantirão
Conditional	garantiria	garantirias	garantiria	garantiríamos	garantiríades, garantiríeis, garantiríais1	garantiriam
Subjunctive
Present	garanta	garantas	garanta	garantamos	garantades, garantais	garantam
Imperfect	garantisse	garantisses	garantisse	garantíssemos	garantíssedes, garantísseis	garantissem
Future	garantir	garantires	garantir	garantirmos	garantirdes	garantirem
Imperative
Affirmative		garante	garanta	garantamos	garantide, garanti	garantam
Negative (nom)		nom garantas	nom garanta	nom garantamos	nom garantades, nom garantais	nom garantam

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• garantismo
• garantista

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa.ran.ˈtir]

Verb

garantir

1. to guarantee

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garantir

infinitive		garantir
participle		present	perfect
		garantiente	garantite
active		simple	perfect
	present	garanti	ha garantite
	past	garantiva	habeva garantite
	future	garantira	habera garantite
	conditional	garantirea	haberea garantite
	imperative	garanti	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es garantite	ha essite garantite
	past	esseva garantite	habeva essite garantite
	future	essera garantite	habera essite garantite
	conditional	esserea garantite	haberea essite garantite
	imperative	sia garantite	—

Ladin

Verb

garantir

1. to guarantee

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of garantir (fourth conjugation)

infinitive	garantir, garantì
auxiliary verb	avei		gerund		garantian
past participle	garantì
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	garante, garantesce	garantes, garantesces	garant, garantesc	garantion	garantieis	garant, garantesc
imperfect	garantive	garantives	garantiva	garantivan	garantivais	garantiva
future	garantiré	garantiras	garantirà	garantiron	garantireis	garantirà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	garante, garantesce	garantes, garantesces	garante, garantesce	garantion	garantieis	garante, garantesce
imperfect	garantisse	garantisses	garantissa	garantissan	garantissais	garantissa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
	—	garant, garantesc	—	garantion	garantide	—

Old French

Verb

garantir

1. Alternative form of guarantir
   • Quant entendi Moises ke il ne pout par sei guverner le pueple Deu ne garantir cuntre si grant fruis de feluns (Joshua - The Christian Bible)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a second-group verb (ending in -ir, with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of garantir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		garantir			avoir garanti
gerund		en garantissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		garantissant
past participle		garanti
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	garantis	garantis	garantist	garantissons	garantissez	garantissent
	imperfect	garantissoie, garantisseie	garantissoies, garantisseies	garantissoit, garantisseit	garantissiiens, garantissiens	garantissiiez, garantissiez	garantissoient, garantisseient
	preterite	garanti	garantis	garanti	garantimes	garantistes	garantirent
	future	garantirai	garantiras	garantira	garantirons	garantiroiz, garantireiz, garantirez	garantiront
	conditional	garantiroie, garantireie	garantiroies, garantireies	garantiroit, garantireit	garantiriiens, garantiriens	garantiriiez, garantiriez	garantiroient, garantireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	garantisse	garantisses	garantisse	garantissons	garantissez	garantissent
	imperfect	garantisse	garantisses	garantist	garantissons, garantissiens	garantissoiz, garantissez, garantissiez	garantissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	garantis	—	garantissons	garantissez	—

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French garantir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [ɡa.ɾɐ̃ˈt͡ʃi(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.ɾɐ̃ˈti.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ga‧ran‧tir

Verb

garantir (first-person singular present garanto, first-person singular preterite garanti, past participle garantido)

1. (transitive) to guarantee

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garantir (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	garantir
Personal	garantir	garantires	garantir	garantirmos	garantirdes	garantirem
Gerund
	garantindo
Past participle
Masculine	garantido			garantidos
Feminine	garantida			garantidas
Indicative
Present	garanto	garantes	garante	garantimos	garantis	garantem
Imperfect	garantia	garantias	garantia	garantíamos	garantíeis	garantiam
Preterite	garanti	garantiste	garantiu	garantimos	garantistes	garantiram
Pluperfect	garantira	garantiras	garantira	garantíramos	garantíreis	garantiram
Future	garantirei	garantirás	garantirá	garantiremos	garantireis	garantirão
Conditional	garantiria	garantirias	garantiria	garantiríamos	garantiríeis	garantiriam
Subjunctive
Present	garanta	garantas	garanta	garantamos	garantais	garantam
Imperfect	garantisse	garantisses	garantisse	garantíssemos	garantísseis	garantissem
Future	garantir	garantires	garantir	garantirmos	garantirdes	garantirem
Imperative
Affirmative		garante	garanta	garantamos	garanti	garantam
Negative (não)		não garantas	não garanta	não garantamos	não garantais	não garantam

Related terms

• garantia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French garantir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾanˈtiɾ/ [ɡa.ɾãn̪ˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ga‧ran‧tir

Verb

garantir (first-person singular present (only used in Argentina and Uruguay) garanto, first-person singular preterite garantí, past participle garantido)

1. (rare) to guarantee
   • 1812, [Camilo Henríquez?], "Nociones fundamentales sobre los derechos de los Pueblos. Ideas fundamentales de los derechos políticos. Origen de los gobiernos. Constitucionalismo." La Aurora de Chile, Número 1, Jueves, 13 de Febrero de 1812, Tomo I, [1],

     El rey se obliga a garantir y conservar la seguridad, la propiedad, la libertad y el orden.

     The king is obligated to guarantee and conserve the security, property, liberty, and order.

   Synonym: garantizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of garantir (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			garantir
gerund			garantiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		garantido		garantida
		plural		garantidos		garantidas
		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	garanto3	garantes3tú garantísvos	garante3	garantimos	garantís	garanten3
	imperfect	garantía	garantías	garantía	garantíamos	garantíais	garantían
	preterite	garantí	garantiste	garantió	garantimos	garantisteis	garantieron
	future	garantiré	garantirás	garantirá	garantiremos	garantiréis	garantirán
	conditional	garantiría	garantirías	garantiría	garantiríamos	garantiríais	garantirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	garanta3	garantas3tú garantás3vos2	garanta3	garantamos3	garantáis3	garantan3
	imperfect (ra)	garantiera	garantieras	garantiera	garantiéramos	garantierais	garantieran
	imperfect (se)	garantiese	garantieses	garantiese	garantiésemos	garantieseis	garantiesen
	future1	garantiere	garantieres	garantiere	garantiéremos	garantiereis	garantieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		garante3tú garantívos	garanta3	garantamos3	garantid	garantan3
	negative		no garantas3	no garanta3	no garantamos3	no garantáis3	no garantan3

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
³Only used in Argentina and Uruguay.

    Selected combined forms of garantir (irregular)

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 garantir	dative	garantirme	garantirte	garantirle, garantirse	garantirnos	garantiros	garantirles, garantirse
	accusative	garantirme	garantirte	garantirlo, garantirla, garantirse	garantirnos	garantiros	garantirlos, garantirlas, garantirse
with gerund garantiendo	dative	garantiéndome	garantiéndote	garantiéndole, garantiéndose	garantiéndonos	garantiéndoos	garantiéndoles, garantiéndose
	accusative	garantiéndome	garantiéndote	garantiéndolo, garantiéndola, garantiéndose	garantiéndonos	garantiéndoos	garantiéndolos, garantiéndolas, garantiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative garante3	dative	garánteme1	garántete1	garántele1	garántenos1	not used	garánteles1
	accusative	garánteme1	garántete1	garántelo1, garántela1	garántenos1	not used	garántelos1, garántelas1
with informal second-person singular vos imperative garantí	dative	garantime	garantite	garantile	garantinos	not used	garantiles
	accusative	garantime	garantite	garantilo, garantila	garantinos	not used	garantilos, garantilas
with formal second-person singular imperative garanta3	dative	garántame1	not used	garántale1, garántase1	garántanos1	not used	garántales1
	accusative	garántame1	not used	garántalo1, garántala1, garántase1	garántanos1	not used	garántalos1, garántalas1
with first-person plural imperative garantamos3	dative	not used	garantámoste1	garantámosle1	garantámonos1	garantámoos1	garantámosles1
	accusative	not used	garantámoste1	garantámoslo1, garantámosla1	garantámonos1	garantámoos1	garantámoslos1, garantámoslas1
with informal second-person plural imperative garantid	dative	garantidme	not used	garantidle	garantidnos	garantíos	garantidles
	accusative	garantidme	not used	garantidlo, garantidla	garantidnos	garantíos	garantidlos, garantidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative garantan3	dative	garántanme1	not used	garántanle1	garántannos1	not used	garántanles1, garántanse1
	accusative	garántanme1	not used	garántanlo1, garántanla1	garántannos1	not used	garántanlos1, garántanlas1, garántanse1

¹Only used in Argentina and Uruguay.

Derived terms

• garantismo
• garantista

Further reading

• “garantir”, 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