permutar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permūtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pər.muˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peɾ.muˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: per‧mu‧tar
• Homophone: permutà

Verb

permutar (first-person singular present permuto, first-person singular preterite permutí, past participle permutat)

1. (transitive) to exchange, swap

   Synonyms: baratar, bescanviar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of permutar (first conjugation)

infinitive			permutar
gerund			permutant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		permutat		permutada
		plural		permutats		permutades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	permuto	permutes	permuta	permutem	permuteu	permuten
	imperfect	permutava	permutaves	permutava	permutàvem	permutàveu	permutaven
	future	permutaré	permutaràs	permutarà	permutarem	permutareu	permutaran
	preterite	permutí	permutares	permutà	permutàrem	permutàreu	permutaren
	conditional	permutaria	permutaries	permutaria	permutaríem	permutaríeu	permutarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	permuti	permutis	permuti	permutem	permuteu	permutin
	imperfect	permutés	permutessis	permutés	permutéssim	permutéssiu	permutessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	permuta	permuti	permutem	permuteu	permutin
	negative (no)	—	no permutis	no permuti	no permutem	no permuteu	no permutin

Derived terms

• permuta
• permutant

Related terms

• permutable
• permutació

Further reading

• “permutar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “permutar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “permutar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “permutar”, 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

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permūtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾmuˈtaɾ/ [peɾ.muˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

permutar (first-person singular present permuto, first-person singular preterite permutei, past participle permutado)

1. (transitive) to exchange
2. (transitive, mathematics) to permute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of permutar

	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	permutar
Personal	permutar	permutares	permutar	permutarmos	permutardes	permutaren
Gerund
	permutando
Past participle
Masculine	permutado			permutados
Feminine	permutada			permutadas
Indicative
Present	permuto	permutas	permuta	permutamos	permutades	permutan
Imperfect	permutaba	permutabas	permutaba	permutabamos	permutabades	permutaban
Preterite	permutei	permutaches	permutou	permutamos	permutastes	permutaron
Pluperfect	permutara	permutaras	permutara	permutaramos	permutarades	permutaran
Future	permutarei	permutarás	permutará	permutaremos	permutaredes	permutarán
Conditional	permutaría	permutarías	permutaría	permutariamos	permutariades	permutarían
Subjunctive
Present	permute	permutes	permute	permutemos	permutedes	permuten
Imperfect	permutase	permutases	permutase	permutásemos	permutásedes	permutasen
Future	permutar	permutares	permutar	permutarmos	permutardes	permutaren
Imperative
Affirmative		permuta	permute	permutemos	permutade	permuten
Negative (non)		non permutes	non permute	non permutemos	non permutedes	non permuten

    Reintegrated conjugation of permutar (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	permutar
Personal	permutar	permutares	permutar	permutarmos	permutardes	permutarem
Gerund
	permutando
Past participle
Masculine	permutado			permutados
Feminine	permutada			permutadas
Indicative
Present	permuto	permutas	permuta	permutamos	permutades, permutais	permutam
Imperfect	permutava	permutavas	permutava	permutávamos	permutávades, permutáveis, permutávais1	permutavam
Preterite	permutei	permutaste, permutache1	permutou	permutamos	permutastes	permutárom, permutaram
Pluperfect	permutara	permutaras	permutara	permutáramos	permutárades, permutáreis, permutárais1	permutaram
Future	permutarei	permutarás	permutará	permutaremos	permutaredes, permutareis	permutarám, permutarão
Conditional	permutaria	permutarias	permutaria	permutaríamos	permutaríades, permutaríeis, permutaríais1	permutariam
Subjunctive
Present	permute	permutes	permute	permutemos	permutedes, permuteis	permutem
Imperfect	permutasse	permutasses	permutasse	permutássemos	permutássedes, permutásseis	permutassem
Future	permutar	permutares	permutar	permutarmos	permutardes	permutarem
Imperative
Affirmative		permuta	permute	permutemos	permutade, permutai	permutem
Negative (nom)		nom permutes	nom permute	nom permutemos	nom permutedes, nom permuteis	nom permutem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• permutación

Further reading

• “permutar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “permutar” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English permute, French permuter, German permutieren, Italian permutare, Spanish permutar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /permuˈtar/

Verb

permutar (present permutas, past permutis, future permutos, conditional permutus, imperative permutez)

1. (transitive) to transpose, interchange, permute
2. (transitive, mathematics) to permute

Conjugation

Conjugation of permutar

		present		past		future
infinitive		permutar		permutir		permutor
tense		permutas		permutis		permutos
conditional		permutus		—		—
imperative		permutez		—		—
adjective active participle		permutanta		permutinta		permutonta
adverbial active participle		permutante		permutinte		permutonte
nominal active participle	singular	permutanto		permutinto		permutonto
	plural	permutanti		permutinti		permutonti
adjective passive participle		permutata		permutita		permutota
adverbial passive participle		permutate		permutite		permutote
nominal passive participle	singular	permutato		permutito		permutoto
	plural	permutati		permutiti		permutoti

Derived terms

• permuto (“permutation”)
• permutite (“vice versa”)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin permūtāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.muˈta(ʁ)/ [peɦ.muˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.muˈta(ʁ)/ [peɦ.muˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.muˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.muˈta(ʁ)/ [peʁ.muˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.muˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.muˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.muˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.muˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: per‧mu‧tar

Verb

permutar (first-person singular present permuto, first-person singular preterite permutei, past participle permutado)

1. (transitive) to exchange
2. (transitive, mathematics) to permute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of permutar (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	permutar
Personal	permutar	permutares	permutar	permutarmos	permutardes	permutarem
Gerund
	permutando
Past participle
Masculine	permutado			permutados
Feminine	permutada			permutadas
Indicative
Present	permuto	permutas	permuta	permutamos	permutais	permutam
Imperfect	permutava	permutavas	permutava	permutávamos	permutáveis	permutavam
Preterite	permutei	permutaste	permutou	permutamos1, permutámos2	permutastes	permutaram
Pluperfect	permutara	permutaras	permutara	permutáramos	permutáreis	permutaram
Future	permutarei	permutarás	permutará	permutaremos	permutareis	permutarão
Conditional	permutaria	permutarias	permutaria	permutaríamos	permutaríeis	permutariam
Subjunctive
Present	permute	permutes	permute	permutemos	permuteis	permutem
Imperfect	permutasse	permutasses	permutasse	permutássemos	permutásseis	permutassem
Future	permutar	permutares	permutar	permutarmos	permutardes	permutarem
Imperative
Affirmative		permuta	permute	permutemos	permutai	permutem
Negative (não)		não permutes	não permute	não permutemos	não permuteis	não permutem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “permutar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “permutar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “permutar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “permutar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “permutar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “permutar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permūtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾmuˈtaɾ/ [peɾ.muˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧mu‧tar

Verb

permutar (first-person singular present permuto, first-person singular preterite permuté, past participle permutado)

1. (transitive) to exchange
2. (transitive, mathematics) to permute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of permutar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			permutar
gerund			permutando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		permutado		permutada
		plural		permutados		permutadas
		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	permuto	permutastú permutásvos	permuta	permutamos	permutáis	permutan
	imperfect	permutaba	permutabas	permutaba	permutábamos	permutabais	permutaban
	preterite	permuté	permutaste	permutó	permutamos	permutasteis	permutaron
	future	permutaré	permutarás	permutará	permutaremos	permutaréis	permutarán
	conditional	permutaría	permutarías	permutaría	permutaríamos	permutaríais	permutarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	permute	permutestú permutésvos2	permute	permutemos	permutéis	permuten
	imperfect (ra)	permutara	permutaras	permutara	permutáramos	permutarais	permutaran
	imperfect (se)	permutase	permutases	permutase	permutásemos	permutaseis	permutasen
	future1	permutare	permutares	permutare	permutáremos	permutareis	permutaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		permutatú permutávos	permute	permutemos	permutad	permuten
	negative		no permutes	no permute	no permutemos	no permutéis	no permuten

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

    Selected combined forms of permutar

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 permutar	dative	permutarme	permutarte	permutarle, permutarse	permutarnos	permutaros	permutarles, permutarse
	accusative	permutarme	permutarte	permutarlo, permutarla, permutarse	permutarnos	permutaros	permutarlos, permutarlas, permutarse
with gerund permutando	dative	permutándome	permutándote	permutándole, permutándose	permutándonos	permutándoos	permutándoles, permutándose
	accusative	permutándome	permutándote	permutándolo, permutándola, permutándose	permutándonos	permutándoos	permutándolos, permutándolas, permutándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative permuta	dative	permútame	permútate	permútale	permútanos	not used	permútales
	accusative	permútame	permútate	permútalo, permútala	permútanos	not used	permútalos, permútalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative permutá	dative	permutame	permutate	permutale	permutanos	not used	permutales
	accusative	permutame	permutate	permutalo, permutala	permutanos	not used	permutalos, permutalas
with formal second-person singular imperative permute	dative	permúteme	not used	permútele, permútese	permútenos	not used	permúteles
	accusative	permúteme	not used	permútelo, permútela, permútese	permútenos	not used	permútelos, permútelas
with first-person plural imperative permutemos	dative	not used	permutémoste	permutémosle	permutémonos	permutémoos	permutémosles
	accusative	not used	permutémoste	permutémoslo, permutémosla	permutémonos	permutémoos	permutémoslos, permutémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative permutad	dative	permutadme	not used	permutadle	permutadnos	permutaos	permutadles
	accusative	permutadme	not used	permutadlo, permutadla	permutadnos	permutaos	permutadlos, permutadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative permuten	dative	permútenme	not used	permútenle	permútennos	not used	permútenles, permútense
	accusative	permútenme	not used	permútenlo, permútenla	permútennos	not used	permútenlos, permútenlas, permútense

Related terms

• permutación

Further reading

• “permutar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024