pretermitir

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Spanish pre-

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Italic *peri-

Latin per-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti

Proto-Italic *meitō

Old Latin mītō

Latin mittō

Latin permitterebor.

Spanish permitir

Spanish pretermitir

From pre- + permitir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeteɾmiˈtiɾ/ [pɾe.t̪eɾ.miˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pre‧ter‧mi‧tir

Verb

pretermitir (first-person singular present pretermito, first-person singular preterite pretermití, past participle pretermitido)

1. to pretermit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pretermitir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pretermitir
gerund			pretermitiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pretermitido		pretermitida
		plural		pretermitidos		pretermitidas
		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	pretermito	pretermitestú pretermitísvos	pretermite	pretermitimos	pretermitís	pretermiten
	imperfect	pretermitía	pretermitías	pretermitía	pretermitíamos	pretermitíais	pretermitían
	preterite	pretermití	pretermitiste	pretermitió	pretermitimos	pretermitisteis	pretermitieron
	future	pretermitiré	pretermitirás	pretermitirá	pretermitiremos	pretermitiréis	pretermitirán
	conditional	pretermitiría	pretermitirías	pretermitiría	pretermitiríamos	pretermitiríais	pretermitirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pretermita	pretermitastú pretermitásvos2	pretermita	pretermitamos	pretermitáis	pretermitan
	imperfect (ra)	pretermitiera	pretermitieras	pretermitiera	pretermitiéramos	pretermitierais	pretermitieran
	imperfect (se)	pretermitiese	pretermitieses	pretermitiese	pretermitiésemos	pretermitieseis	pretermitiesen
	future1	pretermitiere	pretermitieres	pretermitiere	pretermitiéremos	pretermitiereis	pretermitieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pretermitetú pretermitívos	pretermita	pretermitamos	pretermitid	pretermitan
	negative		no pretermitas	no pretermita	no pretermitamos	no pretermitáis	no pretermitan

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

Further reading

• “pretermitir”, 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