mitigar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mītigāre. First attested in 1391.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Northwestern) [mi.tiˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mi.tiˈɣaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

mitigar (first-person singular present mitigo, first-person singular preterite mitiguí, past participle mitigat)

1. (transitive) to mitigate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of mitigar (first conjugation, g-gu alternation)

infinitive			mitigar
gerund			mitigant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mitigat		mitigada
		plural		mitigats		mitigades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mitigo	mitigues	mitiga	mitiguem	mitigueu	mitiguen
	imperfect	mitigava	mitigaves	mitigava	mitigàvem	mitigàveu	mitigaven
	future	mitigaré	mitigaràs	mitigarà	mitigarem	mitigareu	mitigaran
	preterite	mitiguí	mitigares	mitigà	mitigàrem	mitigàreu	mitigaren
	conditional	mitigaria	mitigaries	mitigaria	mitigaríem	mitigaríeu	mitigarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mitigui	mitiguis	mitigui	mitiguem	mitigueu	mitiguin
	imperfect	mitigués	mitiguessis	mitigués	mitiguéssim	mitiguéssiu	mitiguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mitiga	mitigui	mitiguem	mitigueu	mitiguin
	negative (no)	—	no mitiguis	no mitigui	no mitiguem	no mitigueu	no mitiguin

Derived terms

• mitigable
• mitigador
• mitigament
• mitigant

Related terms

• mitigació

Further reading

• “mitigar”, 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
• “mitigar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “mitigar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Interlingua

Verb

mitigar

1. to mitigate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mitigar

infinitive		mitigar
participle		present	perfect
		mitigante	mitigate
active		simple	perfect
	present	mitiga	ha mitigate
	past	mitigava	habeva mitigate
	future	mitigara	habera mitigate
	conditional	mitigarea	haberea mitigate
	imperative	mitiga	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es mitigate	ha essite mitigate
	past	esseva mitigate	habeva essite mitigate
	future	essera mitigate	habera essite mitigate
	conditional	esserea mitigate	haberea essite mitigate
	imperative	sia mitigate	—

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mītigāre (“to make ripe”), from mītis (“ripe, mature”) + agō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mi.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mi.t͡ʃiˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mi.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mi.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ʁ)/ [mi.t͡ʃiˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /mi.t͡ʃiˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.tiˈɡaɾ/ [mi.tiˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.tiˈɡaɾ/ [mi.tiˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.tiˈɡa.ɾi/

Verb

mitigar (first-person singular present mitigo, first-person singular preterite mitiguei, past participle mitigado)

1. to mitigate

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:mitigar

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:mitigar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mitigar (g-gu alternation) (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	mitigar
Personal	mitigar	mitigares	mitigar	mitigarmos	mitigardes	mitigarem
Gerund
	mitigando
Past participle
Masculine	mitigado			mitigados
Feminine	mitigada			mitigadas
Indicative
Present	mitigo	mitigas	mitiga	mitigamos	mitigais	mitigam
Imperfect	mitigava	mitigavas	mitigava	mitigávamos	mitigáveis	mitigavam
Preterite	mitiguei	mitigaste	mitigou	mitigamos1, mitigámos2	mitigastes	mitigaram
Pluperfect	mitigara	mitigaras	mitigara	mitigáramos	mitigáreis	mitigaram
Future	mitigarei	mitigarás	mitigará	mitigaremos	mitigareis	mitigarão
Conditional	mitigaria	mitigarias	mitigaria	mitigaríamos	mitigaríeis	mitigariam
Subjunctive
Present	mitigue	mitigues	mitigue	mitiguemos	mitigueis	mitiguem
Imperfect	mitigasse	mitigasses	mitigasse	mitigássemos	mitigásseis	mitigassem
Future	mitigar	mitigares	mitigar	mitigarmos	mitigardes	mitigarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mitiga	mitigue	mitiguemos	mitigai	mitiguem
Negative (não)		não mitigues	não mitigue	não mitiguemos	não mitigueis	não mitiguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• mitigação
• mitigadamente
• mitigado
• mitigador
• mitigante
• mitigativo
• mitigável

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mītigāre (“to make ripe”), from mītis (“ripe, mature”) + agō (“do, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mitiˈɡaɾ/ [mi.t̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mi‧ti‧gar

Verb

mitigar (first-person singular present mitigo, first-person singular preterite mitigué, past participle mitigado)

1. to mitigate, alleviate, allay, assuage, quench
2. to soothe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mitigar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mitigar
gerund			mitigando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mitigado		mitigada
		plural		mitigados		mitigadas
		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	mitigo	mitigastú mitigásvos	mitiga	mitigamos	mitigáis	mitigan
	imperfect	mitigaba	mitigabas	mitigaba	mitigábamos	mitigabais	mitigaban
	preterite	mitigué	mitigaste	mitigó	mitigamos	mitigasteis	mitigaron
	future	mitigaré	mitigarás	mitigará	mitigaremos	mitigaréis	mitigarán
	conditional	mitigaría	mitigarías	mitigaría	mitigaríamos	mitigaríais	mitigarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mitigue	mitiguestú mitiguésvos2	mitigue	mitiguemos	mitiguéis	mitiguen
	imperfect (ra)	mitigara	mitigaras	mitigara	mitigáramos	mitigarais	mitigaran
	imperfect (se)	mitigase	mitigases	mitigase	mitigásemos	mitigaseis	mitigasen
	future1	mitigare	mitigares	mitigare	mitigáremos	mitigareis	mitigaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mitigatú mitigávos	mitigue	mitiguemos	mitigad	mitiguen
	negative		no mitigues	no mitigue	no mitiguemos	no mitiguéis	no mitiguen

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

    Selected combined forms of mitigar (g-gu alternation)

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 mitigar	dative	mitigarme	mitigarte	mitigarle, mitigarse	mitigarnos	mitigaros	mitigarles, mitigarse
	accusative	mitigarme	mitigarte	mitigarlo, mitigarla, mitigarse	mitigarnos	mitigaros	mitigarlos, mitigarlas, mitigarse
with gerund mitigando	dative	mitigándome	mitigándote	mitigándole, mitigándose	mitigándonos	mitigándoos	mitigándoles, mitigándose
	accusative	mitigándome	mitigándote	mitigándolo, mitigándola, mitigándose	mitigándonos	mitigándoos	mitigándolos, mitigándolas, mitigándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative mitiga	dative	mitígame	mitígate	mitígale	mitíganos	not used	mitígales
	accusative	mitígame	mitígate	mitígalo, mitígala	mitíganos	not used	mitígalos, mitígalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mitigá	dative	mitigame	mitigate	mitigale	mitiganos	not used	mitigales
	accusative	mitigame	mitigate	mitigalo, mitigala	mitiganos	not used	mitigalos, mitigalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mitigue	dative	mitígueme	not used	mitíguele, mitíguese	mitíguenos	not used	mitígueles
	accusative	mitígueme	not used	mitíguelo, mitíguela, mitíguese	mitíguenos	not used	mitíguelos, mitíguelas
with first-person plural imperative mitiguemos	dative	not used	mitiguémoste	mitiguémosle	mitiguémonos	mitiguémoos	mitiguémosles
	accusative	not used	mitiguémoste	mitiguémoslo, mitiguémosla	mitiguémonos	mitiguémoos	mitiguémoslos, mitiguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mitigad	dative	mitigadme	not used	mitigadle	mitigadnos	mitigaos	mitigadles
	accusative	mitigadme	not used	mitigadlo, mitigadla	mitigadnos	mitigaos	mitigadlos, mitigadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mitiguen	dative	mitíguenme	not used	mitíguenle	mitíguennos	not used	mitíguenles, mitíguense
	accusative	mitíguenme	not used	mitíguenlo, mitíguenla	mitíguennos	not used	mitíguenlos, mitíguenlas, mitíguense

Related terms

• mitigación

Further reading

• “mitigar”, 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