pasmar

Galician

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈmaɾ/ [paz̺ˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: pas‧mar

Verb

pasmar (first-person singular present pasmo, first-person singular preterite pasmei, past participle pasmado)

1. to surprise

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pasmar

	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	pasmar
Personal	pasmar	pasmares	pasmar	pasmarmos	pasmardes	pasmaren
Gerund
	pasmando
Past participle
Masculine	pasmado			pasmados
Feminine	pasmada			pasmadas
Indicative
Present	pasmo	pasmas	pasma	pasmamos	pasmades	pasman
Imperfect	pasmaba	pasmabas	pasmaba	pasmabamos	pasmabades	pasmaban
Preterite	pasmei	pasmaches	pasmou	pasmamos	pasmastes	pasmaron
Pluperfect	pasmara	pasmaras	pasmara	pasmaramos	pasmarades	pasmaran
Future	pasmarei	pasmarás	pasmará	pasmaremos	pasmaredes	pasmarán
Conditional	pasmaría	pasmarías	pasmaría	pasmariamos	pasmariades	pasmarían
Subjunctive
Present	pasme	pasmes	pasme	pasmemos	pasmedes	pasmen
Imperfect	pasmase	pasmases	pasmase	pasmásemos	pasmásedes	pasmasen
Future	pasmar	pasmares	pasmar	pasmarmos	pasmardes	pasmaren
Imperative
Affirmative		pasma	pasme	pasmemos	pasmade	pasmen
Negative (non)		non pasmes	non pasme	non pasmemos	non pasmedes	non pasmen

    Reintegrated conjugation of pasmar (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	pasmar
Personal	pasmar	pasmares	pasmar	pasmarmos	pasmardes	pasmarem
Gerund
	pasmando
Past participle
Masculine	pasmado			pasmados
Feminine	pasmada			pasmadas
Indicative
Present	pasmo	pasmas	pasma	pasmamos	pasmades, pasmais	pasmam
Imperfect	pasmava	pasmavas	pasmava	pasmávamos	pasmávades, pasmáveis, pasmávais1	pasmavam
Preterite	pasmei	pasmaste, pasmache1	pasmou	pasmamos	pasmastes	pasmárom, pasmaram
Pluperfect	pasmara	pasmaras	pasmara	pasmáramos	pasmárades, pasmáreis, pasmárais1	pasmaram
Future	pasmarei	pasmarás	pasmará	pasmaremos	pasmaredes, pasmareis	pasmarám, pasmarão
Conditional	pasmaria	pasmarias	pasmaria	pasmaríamos	pasmaríades, pasmaríeis, pasmaríais1	pasmariam
Subjunctive
Present	pasme	pasmes	pasme	pasmemos	pasmedes, pasmeis	pasmem
Imperfect	pasmasse	pasmasses	pasmasse	pasmássemos	pasmássedes, pasmásseis	pasmassem
Future	pasmar	pasmares	pasmar	pasmarmos	pasmardes	pasmarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pasma	pasme	pasmemos	pasmade, pasmai	pasmem
Negative (nom)		nom pasmes	nom pasme	nom pasmemos	nom pasmedes, nom pasmeis	nom pasmem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• pasmo

Further reading

• “pasmar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “pasmar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From pasmo + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʒˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʒˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐʒˈma.ɾi/

Verb

pasmar (first-person singular present pasmo, first-person singular preterite pasmei, past participle pasmado, short past participle pasmo)

2. (transitive) to astonish; to surprise

   Synonym: surpreender

4. (intransitive) to become astonished, surprised

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pasmar (irregular short past participle) (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	pasmar
Personal	pasmar	pasmares	pasmar	pasmarmos	pasmardes	pasmarem
Gerund
	pasmando
Short past participle
Masculine	pasmo1			pasmos1
Feminine	pasma1			pasmas1
Long past participle
Masculine	pasmado2			pasmados2
Feminine	pasmada2			pasmadas2
Indicative
Present	pasmo	pasmas	pasma	pasmamos	pasmais	pasmam
Imperfect	pasmava	pasmavas	pasmava	pasmávamos	pasmáveis	pasmavam
Preterite	pasmei	pasmaste	pasmou	pasmamos3, pasmámos4	pasmastes	pasmaram
Pluperfect	pasmara	pasmaras	pasmara	pasmáramos	pasmáreis	pasmaram
Future	pasmarei	pasmarás	pasmará	pasmaremos	pasmareis	pasmarão
Conditional	pasmaria	pasmarias	pasmaria	pasmaríamos	pasmaríeis	pasmariam
Subjunctive
Present	pasme	pasmes	pasme	pasmemos	pasmeis	pasmem
Imperfect	pasmasse	pasmasses	pasmasse	pasmássemos	pasmásseis	pasmassem
Future	pasmar	pasmares	pasmar	pasmarmos	pasmardes	pasmarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pasma	pasme	pasmemos	pasmai	pasmem
Negative (não)		não pasmes	não pasme	não pasmemos	não pasmeis	não pasmem

¹Usually used with auxiliary verbs ser and estar.
²Usually used with auxiliary verbs haver and ter.
³Brazilian Portuguese.
⁴European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• pasmatório

Further reading

• “pasmar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pasmar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “pasmar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “pasmar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “pasmar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pasmus, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pasˈmaɾ/ [pazˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pas‧mar

Verb

pasmar (first-person singular present pasmo, first-person singular preterite pasmé, past participle pasmado)

1. (transitive) to amaze, to surprise
   • 2022 July 11, Nuria Sánchez Madrid, “Lenguas de primera y de segunda”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El último incidente, aparte de pasmar a prensas extranjeras como la suiza, ha motivado que varias fuerzas políticas eleven una proposición de reforma del Reglamento parlamentario que determina el manejo de las lenguas reconocidas por la Constitución […]

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of pasmar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pasmar
gerund			pasmando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pasmado		pasmada
		plural		pasmados		pasmadas
		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	pasmo	pasmastú pasmásvos	pasma	pasmamos	pasmáis	pasman
	imperfect	pasmaba	pasmabas	pasmaba	pasmábamos	pasmabais	pasmaban
	preterite	pasmé	pasmaste	pasmó	pasmamos	pasmasteis	pasmaron
	future	pasmaré	pasmarás	pasmará	pasmaremos	pasmaréis	pasmarán
	conditional	pasmaría	pasmarías	pasmaría	pasmaríamos	pasmaríais	pasmarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pasme	pasmestú pasmésvos2	pasme	pasmemos	pasméis	pasmen
	imperfect (ra)	pasmara	pasmaras	pasmara	pasmáramos	pasmarais	pasmaran
	imperfect (se)	pasmase	pasmases	pasmase	pasmásemos	pasmaseis	pasmasen
	future1	pasmare	pasmares	pasmare	pasmáremos	pasmareis	pasmaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pasmatú pasmávos	pasme	pasmemos	pasmad	pasmen
	negative		no pasmes	no pasme	no pasmemos	no pasméis	no pasmen

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

    Selected combined forms of pasmar

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 pasmar	dative	pasmarme	pasmarte	pasmarle, pasmarse	pasmarnos	pasmaros	pasmarles, pasmarse
	accusative	pasmarme	pasmarte	pasmarlo, pasmarla, pasmarse	pasmarnos	pasmaros	pasmarlos, pasmarlas, pasmarse
with gerund pasmando	dative	pasmándome	pasmándote	pasmándole, pasmándose	pasmándonos	pasmándoos	pasmándoles, pasmándose
	accusative	pasmándome	pasmándote	pasmándolo, pasmándola, pasmándose	pasmándonos	pasmándoos	pasmándolos, pasmándolas, pasmándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative pasma	dative	pásmame	pásmate	pásmale	pásmanos	not used	pásmales
	accusative	pásmame	pásmate	pásmalo, pásmala	pásmanos	not used	pásmalos, pásmalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative pasmá	dative	pasmame	pasmate	pasmale	pasmanos	not used	pasmales
	accusative	pasmame	pasmate	pasmalo, pasmala	pasmanos	not used	pasmalos, pasmalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pasme	dative	pásmeme	not used	pásmele, pásmese	pásmenos	not used	pásmeles
	accusative	pásmeme	not used	pásmelo, pásmela, pásmese	pásmenos	not used	pásmelos, pásmelas
with first-person plural imperative pasmemos	dative	not used	pasmémoste	pasmémosle	pasmémonos	pasmémoos	pasmémosles
	accusative	not used	pasmémoste	pasmémoslo, pasmémosla	pasmémonos	pasmémoos	pasmémoslos, pasmémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pasmad	dative	pasmadme	not used	pasmadle	pasmadnos	pasmaos	pasmadles
	accusative	pasmadme	not used	pasmadlo, pasmadla	pasmadnos	pasmaos	pasmadlos, pasmadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pasmen	dative	pásmenme	not used	pásmenle	pásmennos	not used	pásmenles, pásmense
	accusative	pásmenme	not used	pásmenlo, pásmenla	pásmennos	not used	pásmenlos, pásmenlas, pásmense

Related terms

• pasmarse
• pasmo
• pasmoso

Descendants

• → Tagalog: pasma
  • → English: pasma

Further reading

• “pasmar”, 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