impartir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin impartīre (as a variant of impertiō), from Latin partiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [im.pərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.paɾˈtiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [im.parˈti]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

impartir (first-person singular present imparteixo, first-person singular preterite impartí, past participle impartit)

1. (transitive) to give, to distribute

Conjugation

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

infinitive			impartir
gerund			impartint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		impartit		impartida
		plural		impartits		impartides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	imparteixo	imparteixes	imparteix	impartim	impartiu	imparteixen
	imperfect	impartia	imparties	impartia	impartíem	impartíeu	impartien
	future	impartiré	impartiràs	impartirà	impartirem	impartireu	impartiran
	preterite	impartí	impartires	impartí	impartírem	impartíreu	impartiren
	conditional	impartiria	impartiries	impartiria	impartiríem	impartiríeu	impartirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	imparteixi	imparteixis	imparteixi	impartim	impartiu	imparteixin
	imperfect	impartís	impartissis	impartís	impartíssim	impartíssiu	impartissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	imparteix	imparteixi	impartim	impartiu	imparteixin
	negative (no)	—	no imparteixis	no imparteixi	no impartim	no impartiu	no imparteixin

Further reading

• “impartir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “impartir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “impartir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “impartir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin impartīre (as a variant of impertiō), from Latin partiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.paʁ.tiʁ/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

impartir

1. to assign

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 impartir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	impartir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	impartissant /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		imparti /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	impartis /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/	impartis /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/	impartit /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/	impartissons /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	impartissez /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.se/	impartissent /ɛ̃.paʁ.tis/
	imperfect	impartissais /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sɛ/	impartissais /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sɛ/	impartissait /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sɛ/	impartissions /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	impartissiez /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sje/	impartissaient /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sɛ/
	past historic2	impartis /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/	impartis /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/	impartit /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/	impartîmes /ɛ̃.paʁ.tim/	impartîtes /ɛ̃.paʁ.tit/	impartirent /ɛ̃.paʁ.tiʁ/
	future	impartirai /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁe/	impartiras /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁa/	impartira /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁa/	impartirons /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	impartirez /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁe/	impartiront /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	impartirais /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	impartirais /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	impartirait /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	impartirions /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	impartiriez /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.ʁje/	impartiraient /ɛ̃.paʁ.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	impartisse /ɛ̃.paʁ.tis/	impartisses /ɛ̃.paʁ.tis/	impartisse /ɛ̃.paʁ.tis/	impartissions /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	impartissiez /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sje/	impartissent /ɛ̃.paʁ.tis/
	imperfect2	impartisse /ɛ̃.paʁ.tis/	impartisses /ɛ̃.paʁ.tis/	impartît /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/	impartissions /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	impartissiez /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sje/	impartissent /ɛ̃.paʁ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	impartis /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti/	—	impartissons /ɛ̃.paʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	impartissez /ɛ̃.paʁ.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

• partir

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin impartīre (as a variant of impertiō), from Latin partiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /impaɾˈtiɾ/ [ĩm.paɾˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: im‧par‧tir

Verb

impartir (first-person singular present imparto, first-person singular preterite impartí, past participle impartido)

1. to impart
2. to give (classes, lessons)
3. to give, give out (orders)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of impartir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			impartir
gerund			impartiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		impartido		impartida
		plural		impartidos		impartidas
		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	imparto	impartestú impartísvos	imparte	impartimos	impartís	imparten
	imperfect	impartía	impartías	impartía	impartíamos	impartíais	impartían
	preterite	impartí	impartiste	impartió	impartimos	impartisteis	impartieron
	future	impartiré	impartirás	impartirá	impartiremos	impartiréis	impartirán
	conditional	impartiría	impartirías	impartiría	impartiríamos	impartiríais	impartirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	imparta	impartastú impartásvos2	imparta	impartamos	impartáis	impartan
	imperfect (ra)	impartiera	impartieras	impartiera	impartiéramos	impartierais	impartieran
	imperfect (se)	impartiese	impartieses	impartiese	impartiésemos	impartieseis	impartiesen
	future1	impartiere	impartieres	impartiere	impartiéremos	impartiereis	impartieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		impartetú impartívos	imparta	impartamos	impartid	impartan
	negative		no impartas	no imparta	no impartamos	no impartáis	no impartan

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

    Selected combined forms of impartir

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 impartir	dative	impartirme	impartirte	impartirle, impartirse	impartirnos	impartiros	impartirles, impartirse
	accusative	impartirme	impartirte	impartirlo, impartirla, impartirse	impartirnos	impartiros	impartirlos, impartirlas, impartirse
with gerund impartiendo	dative	impartiéndome	impartiéndote	impartiéndole, impartiéndose	impartiéndonos	impartiéndoos	impartiéndoles, impartiéndose
	accusative	impartiéndome	impartiéndote	impartiéndolo, impartiéndola, impartiéndose	impartiéndonos	impartiéndoos	impartiéndolos, impartiéndolas, impartiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative imparte	dative	impárteme	impártete	impártele	impártenos	not used	impárteles
	accusative	impárteme	impártete	impártelo, impártela	impártenos	not used	impártelos, impártelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative impartí	dative	impartime	impartite	impartile	impartinos	not used	impartiles
	accusative	impartime	impartite	impartilo, impartila	impartinos	not used	impartilos, impartilas
with formal second-person singular imperative imparta	dative	impártame	not used	impártale, impártase	impártanos	not used	impártales
	accusative	impártame	not used	impártalo, impártala, impártase	impártanos	not used	impártalos, impártalas
with first-person plural imperative impartamos	dative	not used	impartámoste	impartámosle	impartámonos	impartámoos	impartámosles
	accusative	not used	impartámoste	impartámoslo, impartámosla	impartámonos	impartámoos	impartámoslos, impartámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative impartid	dative	impartidme	not used	impartidle	impartidnos	impartíos	impartidles
	accusative	impartidme	not used	impartidlo, impartidla	impartidnos	impartíos	impartidlos, impartidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative impartan	dative	impártanme	not used	impártanle	impártannos	not used	impártanles, impártanse
	accusative	impártanme	not used	impártanlo, impártanla	impártannos	not used	impártanlos, impártanlas, impártanse

Derived terms

• impartición

Related terms

• partir

Further reading

• “impartir”, 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