promesar

Spanish

Etymology

Denominal from promesa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾomeˈsaɾ/ [pɾo.meˈsaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: pro‧me‧sar

Verb

promesar (first-person singular present promeso, first-person singular preterite promesé, past participle promesado)

(Argentina) to promise
Synonym: prometer

Conjugation

Conjugation of promesar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			promesar
gerund			promesando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		promesado		promesada
		plural		promesados		promesadas
		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	promeso	promesas^{^tú} promesás^{^vos}	promesa	promesamos	promesáis	promesan
	imperfect	promesaba	promesabas	promesaba	promesábamos	promesabais	promesaban
	preterite	promesé	promesaste	promesó	promesamos	promesasteis	promesaron
	future	promesaré	promesarás	promesará	promesaremos	promesaréis	promesarán
	conditional	promesaría	promesarías	promesaría	promesaríamos	promesaríais	promesarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	promese	promeses^{^tú} promesés^{^vos²}	promese	promesemos	promeséis	promesen
	imperfect (ra)	promesara	promesaras	promesara	promesáramos	promesarais	promesaran
	imperfect (se)	promesase	promesases	promesase	promesásemos	promesaseis	promesasen
	future¹	promesare	promesares	promesare	promesáremos	promesareis	promesaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		promesa^{^tú} promesá^{^vos}	promese	promesemos	promesad	promesen
	negative		no promeses	no promese	no promesemos	no promeséis	no promesen

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

Selected combined forms of promesar

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 promesar	dative	promesarme	promesarte	promesarle, promesarse	promesarnos	promesaros	promesarles, promesarse
with infinitive promesar	accusative	promesarme	promesarte	promesarlo, promesarla, promesarse	promesarnos	promesaros	promesarlos, promesarlas, promesarse

with gerund promesando	dative	promesándome	promesándote	promesándole, promesándose	promesándonos	promesándoos	promesándoles, promesándose
with gerund promesando	accusative	promesándome	promesándote	promesándolo, promesándola, promesándose	promesándonos	promesándoos	promesándolos, promesándolas, promesándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative promesa	dative	promésame	promésate	promésale	promésanos	not used	promésales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative promesa	accusative	promésame	promésate	promésalo, promésala	promésanos	not used	promésalos, promésalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative promesá	dative	promesame	promesate	promesale	promesanos	not used	promesales
	accusative	promesame	promesate	promesalo, promesala	promesanos	not used	promesalos, promesalas

with formal second-person singular imperative promese	dative	proméseme	not used	promésele, promésese	promésenos	not used	proméseles
with formal second-person singular imperative promese	accusative	proméseme	not used	proméselo, promésela, promésese	promésenos	not used	proméselos, proméselas

with first-person plural imperative promesemos	dative	not used	promesémoste	promesémosle	promesémonos	promesémoos	promesémosles
with first-person plural imperative promesemos	accusative	not used	promesémoste	promesémoslo, promesémosla	promesémonos	promesémoos	promesémoslos, promesémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative promesad	dative	promesadme	not used	promesadle	promesadnos	promesaos	promesadles
with informal second-person plural imperative promesad	accusative	promesadme	not used	promesadlo, promesadla	promesadnos	promesaos	promesadlos, promesadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative promesen	dative	promésenme	not used	promésenle	promésennos	not used	promésenles, promésense
with formal second-person plural imperative promesen	accusative	promésenme	not used	promésenlo, promésenla	promésennos	not used	promésenlos, promésenlas, promésense

Related terms

promesa f
promisión