permitir

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permittere, present active infinitive of permittō.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.mi.ˈtiɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.mi.ˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/
  • (Nordestino) IPA^(key): /peχ.mi.ˈti(χ)/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): /peɹ.mi.ˈt͡ʃi(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɾ.mi.ˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/, /peɻ.mi.ˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
  • (Carioca) IPA^(key): /peχ.mi.ˈt͡ʃi(χ)/
• Hyphenation: per‧mi‧tir
• Rhymes: -itir

Verb

permitir (first-person singular present indicative permito, past participle permitido)

1. to permit, allow, tolerate
2. to enable

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb permitir

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ir group. Verbs with this conjugation include: definir, descobrir, desistir, garantir, partir.
	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	permitir
Personal	permitir	permitires	permitir	permitirmos	permitirdes	permitirem
Gerund
	permitindo
Past participle
Masculine	permitido			permitidos
Feminine	permitida			permitidas
Indicative
Present	permito	permites	permite	permitimos	permitis	permitem
Imperfect	permitia	permitias	permitia	permitíamos	permitíeis	permitiam
Preterite	permiti	permitiste	permitiu	permitimos	permitistes	permitiram
Pluperfect	permitira	permitiras	permitira	permitíramos	permitíreis	permitiram
Future	permitirei	permitirás	permitirá	permitiremos	permitireis	permitirão
Conditional
	permitiria	permitirias	permitiria	permitiríamos	permitiríeis	permitiriam
Subjunctive
Present	permita	permitas	permita	permitamos	permitais	permitam
Imperfect	permitisse	permitisses	permitisse	permitíssemos	permitísseis	permitissem
Future	permitir	permitires	permitir	permitirmos	permitirdes	permitirem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	permite	permita	permitamos	permiti	permitam
Negative (não)	-	permitas	permita	permitamos	permitais	permitam

Related terms

• permissão

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:permitir.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permittere, present active infinitive of permittō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /permiˈtiɾ/, [permiˈt̪iɾ]

Verb

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permití, past participle permitido)

1. to allow, permit

   No les permitieron ir. ― They were not allowed to go.

   Synonym: autorizar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to afford
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to indulge in
4. (reflexive) to be allowed, to allow oneself, to be permitted

Usage notes

• Used without a preposition, as is demonstrated in the example above

Conjugation

    Conjugation of permitir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			permitir
gerund			permitiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		permitido		permitida
		plural		permitidos		permitidas
		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	permito	permitestú permitísvos	permite	permitimos	permitís	permiten
	imperfect	permitía	permitías	permitía	permitíamos	permitíais	permitían
	preterite	permití	permitiste	permitió	permitimos	permitisteis	permitieron
	future	permitiré	permitirás	permitirá	permitiremos	permitiréis	permitirán
	conditional	permitiría	permitirías	permitiría	permitiríamos	permitiríais	permitirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	permita	permitastú permitásvos2	permita	permitamos	permitáis	permitan
	imperfect (ra)	permitiera	permitieras	permitiera	permitiéramos	permitierais	permitieran
	imperfect (se)	permitiese	permitieses	permitiese	permitiésemos	permitieseis	permitiesen
	future1	permitiere	permitieres	permitiere	permitiéremos	permitiereis	permitieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		permitetú permitívos	permita	permitamos	permitid	permitan
	negative		no permitas	no permita	no permitamos	no permitáis	no permitan

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of permitir^{edit data}

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 permitir
	dative	permitirme	permitirte	permitirle, permitirse	permitirnos	permitiros	permitirles, permitirse
	accusative	permitirme	permitirte	permitirlo, permitirla, permitirse	permitirnos	permitiros	permitirlos, permitirlas, permitirse
with gerund permitiendo
	dative	permitiéndome	permitiéndote	permitiéndole, permitiéndose	permitiéndonos	permitiéndoos	permitiéndoles, permitiéndose
	accusative	permitiéndome	permitiéndote	permitiéndolo, permitiéndola, permitiéndose	permitiéndonos	permitiéndoos	permitiéndolos, permitiéndolas, permitiéndose
with informal second-person singular imperative permite
	dative	permíteme	permítete	permítele	permítenos	not used	permíteles
	accusative	permíteme	permítete	permítelo, permítela	permítenos	not used	permítelos, permítelas
with formal second-person singular imperative permita
	dative	permítame	not used	permítale, permítase	permítanos	not used	permítales
	accusative	permítame	not used	permítalo, permítala, permítase	permítanos	not used	permítalos, permítalas
with first-person plural imperative permitamos
	dative	not used	permitámoste	permitámosle	permitámonos	permitámoos	permitámosles
	accusative	not used	permitámoste	permitámoslo, permitámosla	permitámonos	permitámoos	permitámoslos, permitámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative permitid
	dative	permitidme	not used	permitidle	permitidnos	permitíos	permitidles
	accusative	permitidme	not used	permitidlo, permitidla	permitidnos	permitíos	permitidlos, permitidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative permitan
	dative	permítanme	not used	permítanle	permítannos	not used	permítanles, permítanse
	accusative	permítanme	not used	permítanlo, permítanla	permítannos	not used	permítanlos, permítanlas, permítanse

Derived terms

• permitirse

Related terms

• permisión
• permiso