montar

Asturian

Etymology

Ultimately from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Verb

montar

1. to mount; get on (a vehicle, horse, bicycle, escalator etc.)
2. to ride (bike, bicycle, escalator etc.)
3. to put together; to assemble
4. to stack; to pile up
5. to mount; ride (sexually)
6. to ready; to prepare (an event etc.)
7. to set up; to establish
8. to beat (eggs, cream etc.)
9. (reflexive) to play truant

Conjugation

Conjugation of montar

infinitive		montar
gerund		montando
past participle		m montáu, f montada, n montao, m pl montaos, f pl montaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	monto	montes	monta	montamos	montáis	monten
	imperfect	montaba	montabes	montaba	montábemos, montábamos	montabeis, montabais	montaben
	preterite	monté	montasti, montesti	montó	montemos	montastis, montestis	montaron
	pluperfect	montare, montara	montares, montaras	montare, montara	montáremos, montáramos	montareis, montarais	montaren, montaran
	future	montaré	montarás	montará	montaremos	montaréis	montarán
	conditional	montaría	montaríes	montaría	montaríemos, montaríamos	montaríeis, montaríais	montaríen
subjunctive	present	monte	montes, montas	monte	montemos	montéis	monten, montan
	imperfect	montare, montara	montares, montaras	montare, montara	montáremos, montáramos	montareis, montarais	montaren, montaran
imperative		—	monta	—	—	montái	—

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese montar, from Old French monter from Vulgar Latin *mōntāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈtaɾ/

Verb

montar (first-person singular present monto, first-person singular preterite montei, past participle montado)

1. to ride
2. to amount to; to increase
3. to assemble
4. (navigation) to round (a cape)
5. (zoology) to mount

Conjugation

    Conjugation of montar

	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	montar
Personal	montar	montares	montar	montarmos	montardes	montaren
Gerund
	montando
Past participle
Masculine	montado			montados
Feminine	montada			montadas
Indicative
Present	monto	montas	monta	montamos	montades	montan
Imperfect	montaba	montabas	montaba	montabamos	montabades	montaban
Preterite	montei	montaches	montou	montamos	montastes	montaron
Pluperfect	montara	montaras	montara	montaramos	montarades	montaran
Future	montarei	montarás	montará	montaremos	montaredes	montarán
Conditional	montaría	montarías	montaría	montariamos	montariades	montarían
Subjunctive
Present	monte	montes	monte	montemos	montedes	monten
Imperfect	montase	montases	montase	montásemos	montásedes	montasen
Future	montar	montares	montar	montarmos	montardes	montaren
Imperative
Affirmative		monta	monte	montemos	montade	monten
Negative (non)		non montes	non monte	non montemos	non montedes	non monten

    Reintegrated conjugation of montar (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	montar
Personal	montar	montares	montar	montarmos	montardes	montarem
Gerund
	montando
Past participle
Masculine	montado			montados
Feminine	montada			montadas
Indicative
Present	monto	montas	monta	montamos	montades, montais	montam
Imperfect	montava	montavas	montava	montávamos	montávades, montáveis, montávais1	montavam
Preterite	montei	montaste, montache1	montou	montamos	montastes	montárom, montaram
Pluperfect	montara	montaras	montara	montáramos	montárades, montáreis, montárais1	montaram
Future	montarei	montarás	montará	montaremos	montaredes, montareis	montarám, montarão
Conditional	montaria	montarias	montaria	montaríamos	montaríades, montaríeis, montaríais1	montariam
Subjunctive
Present	monte	montes	monte	montemos	montedes, monteis	montem
Imperfect	montasse	montasses	montasse	montássemos	montássedes, montásseis	montassem
Future	montar	montares	montar	montarmos	montardes	montarem
Imperative
Affirmative		monta	monte	montemos	montade, montai	montem
Negative (nom)		nom montes	nom monte	nom montemos	nom montedes, nom monteis	nom montem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• monte
• monteira
• monteiro
• remota
• remotar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “montar”, 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), “montar”, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “montar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “montar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “montar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “montar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “montar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese montar, from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *mōntāre, from Latin montem (“mountain”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mõˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mon‧tar

Verb

montar (first-person singular present monto, first-person singular preterite montei, past participle montado)

1. to go up, climb
2. to mount, to ride

   O cavaleiro montou o seu cavalo. ― The rider mounted his horse.

3. to assemble

   Ele montou o puzzle. ― He assembled the puzzle.

4. (Brazil, reflexive, originally drag slang) to transform oneself into a drag persona

   Ele se montou para o Halloween. ― He dressed up in drag for Halloween.

5. (Brazil, reflexive, colloquial, by extension) to get dolled up (to dress up finely; to put on heavy makeup)

   Foi pra balada toda montada. ― She went to the club all dolled up.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of montar (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	montar
Personal	montar	montares	montar	montarmos	montardes	montarem
Gerund
	montando
Past participle
Masculine	montado			montados
Feminine	montada			montadas
Indicative
Present	monto	montas	monta	montamos	montais	montam
Imperfect	montava	montavas	montava	montávamos	montáveis	montavam
Preterite	montei	montaste	montou	montamos1, montámos2	montastes	montaram
Pluperfect	montara	montaras	montara	montáramos	montáreis	montaram
Future	montarei	montarás	montará	montaremos	montareis	montarão
Conditional	montaria	montarias	montaria	montaríamos	montaríeis	montariam
Subjunctive
Present	monte	montes	monte	montemos	monteis	montem
Imperfect	montasse	montasses	montasse	montássemos	montásseis	montassem
Future	montar	montares	montar	montarmos	montardes	montarem
Imperative
Affirmative		monta	monte	montemos	montai	montem
Negative (não)		não montes	não monte	não montemos	não monteis	não montem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• desmontar
• monta
• monta-cargas
• montação
• montador
• montaria

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish montar, borrowed from Old French monter, from Vulgar Latin *montāre, from Latin montem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monˈtaɾ/ [mõn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mon‧tar

Verb

montar (first-person singular present monto, first-person singular preterite monté, past participle montado)

1. to mount
2. to ride

   montar en burro ― ride a donkey

   montar a caballo ― ride a horse

3. to set up
4. to establish
5. (Spain, cooking) to whip, beat
6. (reflexive) to hump

Conjugation

    Conjugation of montar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			montar
gerund			montando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		montado		montada
		plural		montados		montadas
		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	monto	montastú montásvos	monta	montamos	montáis	montan
	imperfect	montaba	montabas	montaba	montábamos	montabais	montaban
	preterite	monté	montaste	montó	montamos	montasteis	montaron
	future	montaré	montarás	montará	montaremos	montaréis	montarán
	conditional	montaría	montarías	montaría	montaríamos	montaríais	montarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	monte	montestú montésvos2	monte	montemos	montéis	monten
	imperfect (ra)	montara	montaras	montara	montáramos	montarais	montaran
	imperfect (se)	montase	montases	montase	montásemos	montaseis	montasen
	future1	montare	montares	montare	montáremos	montareis	montaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		montatú montávos	monte	montemos	montad	monten
	negative		no montes	no monte	no montemos	no montéis	no monten

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

    Selected combined forms of montar

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 montar	dative	montarme	montarte	montarle, montarse	montarnos	montaros	montarles, montarse
	accusative	montarme	montarte	montarlo, montarla, montarse	montarnos	montaros	montarlos, montarlas, montarse
with gerund montando	dative	montándome	montándote	montándole, montándose	montándonos	montándoos	montándoles, montándose
	accusative	montándome	montándote	montándolo, montándola, montándose	montándonos	montándoos	montándolos, montándolas, montándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative monta	dative	móntame	móntate	móntale	móntanos	not used	móntales
	accusative	móntame	móntate	móntalo, móntala	móntanos	not used	móntalos, móntalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative montá	dative	montame	montate	montale	montanos	not used	montales
	accusative	montame	montate	montalo, montala	montanos	not used	montalos, montalas
with formal second-person singular imperative monte	dative	mónteme	not used	móntele, móntese	móntenos	not used	mónteles
	accusative	mónteme	not used	móntelo, móntela, móntese	móntenos	not used	móntelos, móntelas
with first-person plural imperative montemos	dative	not used	montémoste	montémosle	montémonos	montémoos	montémosles
	accusative	not used	montémoste	montémoslo, montémosla	montémonos	montémoos	montémoslos, montémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative montad	dative	montadme	not used	montadle	montadnos	montaos	montadles
	accusative	montadme	not used	montadlo, montadla	montadnos	montaos	montadlos, montadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative monten	dative	móntenme	not used	móntenle	móntennos	not used	móntenles, móntense
	accusative	móntenme	not used	móntenlo, móntenla	móntennos	not used	móntenlos, móntenlas, móntense

Derived terms

• capote de montar
• montacargas
• montar a caballo
• montar el pollo
• montar en cólera
• montar la brecha
• montar la guardia
• montar la trinchera
• montar un numerito
• montar un pollo
• montar un show
• montar un teatro
• montar una escena
• montárselo
• monto un circo y me crecen los enanos
• silla de montar
• tanto monta, monta tanto, Isabel como Fernando

Related terms

• montaje
• montura

Further reading

• “montar”, 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

Venetan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *montāre (“climb”), from Classical Latin montem (“mountain”). Compare Italian montare.

Verb

montar

1. (ambitransitive) to mount

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of montar (first conjugation)

infinitive	montar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		montando
past participle		montà
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	monto	(te) monti	(el/ła) monta	montémo, montòn	monté	(i/łe) monta
imperfect	montava	(te) montavi	(el/ła) montava	montàvimo	montavi	(i/łe) montava
future	montarò	(te) montarè	(el/ła) montarà	montarémo	montarè	(i/łe) montarà
conditional	montarìa	(te) montarisi	(el/ła) montarìa	montarìsimo	montarisi	(i/łe) montarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	monte, monta	(te) monti	(el/ła) monte, (el/ła) monta	montémo, montone	monté	(i/łe) monte, (i/łe) monta
imperfect	montase	(te) montasi	(el/ła) montase	montàsimo	montasi	(i/łe) montase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) monta	(el/ła) monta, (el/ła) monte	montémo	monté	(i/łe) monta, (i/łe) monte