tolerar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tolerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [tu.ləˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [to.ləˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [to.leˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [to.leˈɾa]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: to‧le‧rar
• Homophone: tolerà (except Valencian)

Verb

tolerar (first-person singular present tolero, first-person singular preterite tolerí, past participle tolerat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to tolerate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of tolerar (first conjugation)

infinitive			tolerar
gerund			tolerant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tolerat		tolerada
		plural		tolerats		tolerades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tolero	toleres	tolera	tolerem	tolereu	toleren
	imperfect	tolerava	toleraves	tolerava	toleràvem	toleràveu	toleraven
	future	toleraré	toleraràs	tolerarà	tolerarem	tolerareu	toleraran
	preterite	tolerí	tolerares	tolerà	toleràrem	toleràreu	toleraren
	conditional	toleraria	toleraries	toleraria	toleraríem	toleraríeu	tolerarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	toleri	toleris	toleri	tolerem	tolereu	tolerin
	imperfect	tolerés	toleressis	tolerés	toleréssim	toleréssiu	toleressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tolera	toleri	tolerem	tolereu	tolerin
	negative (no)	—	no toleris	no toleri	no tolerem	no tolereu	no tolerin

Related terms

• tolerable
• tolerància
• tolerant

Further reading

• “tolerar”, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tolɛˈɾaɾ/ [t̪o.lɛˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: to‧le‧rar

Verb

tolerar (first-person singular present tolero, first-person singular preterite tolerei, past participle tolerado)

1. to tolerate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tolerar

	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	tolerar
Personal	tolerar	tolerares	tolerar	tolerarmos	tolerardes	toleraren
Gerund
	tolerando
Past participle
Masculine	tolerado			tolerados
Feminine	tolerada			toleradas
Indicative
Present	tolero	toleras	tolera	toleramos	tolerades	toleran
Imperfect	toleraba	tolerabas	toleraba	tolerabamos	tolerabades	toleraban
Preterite	tolerei	toleraches	tolerou	toleramos	tolerastes	toleraron
Pluperfect	tolerara	toleraras	tolerara	toleraramos	tolerarades	toleraran
Future	tolerarei	tolerarás	tolerará	toleraremos	toleraredes	tolerarán
Conditional	toleraría	tolerarías	toleraría	tolerariamos	tolerariades	tolerarían
Subjunctive
Present	tolere	toleres	tolere	toleremos	toleredes	toleren
Imperfect	tolerase	tolerases	tolerase	tolerásemos	tolerásedes	tolerasen
Future	tolerar	tolerares	tolerar	tolerarmos	tolerardes	toleraren
Imperative
Affirmative		tolera	tolere	toleremos	tolerade	toleren
Negative (non)		non toleres	non tolere	non toleremos	non toleredes	non toleren

    Reintegrated conjugation of tolerar (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	tolerar
Personal	tolerar	tolerares	tolerar	tolerarmos	tolerardes	tolerarem
Gerund
	tolerando
Past participle
Masculine	tolerado			tolerados
Feminine	tolerada			toleradas
Indicative
Present	tolero	toleras	tolera	toleramos	tolerades, tolerais	toleram
Imperfect	tolerava	toleravas	tolerava	tolerávamos	tolerávades, toleráveis, tolerávais1	toleravam
Preterite	tolerei	toleraste, tolerache1	tolerou	toleramos	tolerastes	tolerárom, toleraram
Pluperfect	tolerara	toleraras	tolerara	toleráramos	tolerárades, toleráreis, tolerárais1	toleraram
Future	tolerarei	tolerarás	tolerará	toleraremos	toleraredes, tolerareis	tolerarám, tolerarão
Conditional	toleraria	tolerarias	toleraria	toleraríamos	toleraríades, toleraríeis, toleraríais1	tolerariam
Subjunctive
Present	tolere	toleres	tolere	toleremos	toleredes, tolereis	tolerem
Imperfect	tolerasse	tolerasses	tolerasse	tolerássemos	tolerássedes, tolerásseis	tolerassem
Future	tolerar	tolerares	tolerar	tolerarmos	tolerardes	tolerarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tolera	tolere	toleremos	tolerade, tolerai	tolerem
Negative (nom)		nom toleres	nom tolere	nom toleremos	nom toleredes, nom tolereis	nom tolerem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• tolerancia
• tolerante

Further reading

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

Ido

Verb

tolerar (present tense toleras, past tense toleris, future tense toleros, imperative tolerez, conditional tolerus)

1. to tolerate
2. to endure

Conjugation

Conjugation of tolerar

		present		past		future
infinitive		tolerar		tolerir		toleror
tense		toleras		toleris		toleros
conditional		tolerus		—		—
imperative		tolerez		—		—
adjective active participle		toleranta		tolerinta		toleronta
adverbial active participle		tolerante		tolerinte		toleronte
nominal active participle	singular	toleranto		tolerinto		toleronto
	plural	toleranti		tolerinti		toleronti
adjective passive participle		tolerata		tolerita		tolerota
adverbial passive participle		tolerate		tolerite		tolerote
nominal passive participle	singular	tolerato		tolerito		toleroto
	plural	tolerati		toleriti		toleroti

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tolerāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /to.leˈɾa(ʁ)/ [to.leˈɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.lɨˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.lɨˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.lɨˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: to‧le‧rar

Verb

tolerar (first-person singular present tolero, first-person singular preterite tolerei, past participle tolerado)

1. to tolerate, endure, cope

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tolerar (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	tolerar
Personal	tolerar	tolerares	tolerar	tolerarmos	tolerardes	tolerarem
Gerund
	tolerando
Past participle
Masculine	tolerado			tolerados
Feminine	tolerada			toleradas
Indicative
Present	tolero	toleras	tolera	toleramos	tolerais	toleram
Imperfect	tolerava	toleravas	tolerava	tolerávamos	toleráveis	toleravam
Preterite	tolerei	toleraste	tolerou	toleramos1, tolerámos2	tolerastes	toleraram
Pluperfect	tolerara	toleraras	tolerara	toleráramos	toleráreis	toleraram
Future	tolerarei	tolerarás	tolerará	toleraremos	tolerareis	tolerarão
Conditional	toleraria	tolerarias	toleraria	toleraríamos	toleraríeis	tolerariam
Subjunctive
Present	tolere	toleres	tolere	toleremos	tolereis	tolerem
Imperfect	tolerasse	tolerasses	tolerasse	tolerássemos	tolerásseis	tolerassem
Future	tolerar	tolerares	tolerar	tolerarmos	tolerardes	tolerarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tolera	tolere	toleremos	tolerai	tolerem
Negative (não)		não toleres	não tolere	não toleremos	não tolereis	não tolerem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• tolerância
• tolerante
• tolerável

Further reading

• “tolerar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tolerar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin tolerāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toleˈɾaɾ/ [t̪o.leˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: to‧le‧rar

Verb

tolerar (first-person singular present tolero, first-person singular preterite toleré, past participle tolerado)

1. to tolerate
2. to endure
3. to condone

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tolerar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tolerar
gerund			tolerando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tolerado		tolerada
		plural		tolerados		toleradas
		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	tolero	tolerastú tolerásvos	tolera	toleramos	toleráis	toleran
	imperfect	toleraba	tolerabas	toleraba	tolerábamos	tolerabais	toleraban
	preterite	toleré	toleraste	toleró	toleramos	tolerasteis	toleraron
	future	toleraré	tolerarás	tolerará	toleraremos	toleraréis	tolerarán
	conditional	toleraría	tolerarías	toleraría	toleraríamos	toleraríais	tolerarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tolere	tolerestú tolerésvos2	tolere	toleremos	toleréis	toleren
	imperfect (ra)	tolerara	toleraras	tolerara	toleráramos	tolerarais	toleraran
	imperfect (se)	tolerase	tolerases	tolerase	tolerásemos	toleraseis	tolerasen
	future1	tolerare	tolerares	tolerare	toleráremos	tolerareis	toleraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		toleratú tolerávos	tolere	toleremos	tolerad	toleren
	negative		no toleres	no tolere	no toleremos	no toleréis	no toleren

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

    Selected combined forms of tolerar

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 tolerar	dative	tolerarme	tolerarte	tolerarle, tolerarse	tolerarnos	toleraros	tolerarles, tolerarse
	accusative	tolerarme	tolerarte	tolerarlo, tolerarla, tolerarse	tolerarnos	toleraros	tolerarlos, tolerarlas, tolerarse
with gerund tolerando	dative	tolerándome	tolerándote	tolerándole, tolerándose	tolerándonos	tolerándoos	tolerándoles, tolerándose
	accusative	tolerándome	tolerándote	tolerándolo, tolerándola, tolerándose	tolerándonos	tolerándoos	tolerándolos, tolerándolas, tolerándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative tolera	dative	tolérame	tolérate	tolérale	toléranos	not used	tolérales
	accusative	tolérame	tolérate	toléralo, tolérala	toléranos	not used	toléralos, toléralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tolerá	dative	tolerame	tolerate	tolerale	toleranos	not used	tolerales
	accusative	tolerame	tolerate	toleralo, tolerala	toleranos	not used	toleralos, toleralas
with formal second-person singular imperative tolere	dative	toléreme	not used	tolérele, tolérese	tolérenos	not used	toléreles
	accusative	toléreme	not used	tolérelo, tolérela, tolérese	tolérenos	not used	tolérelos, tolérelas
with first-person plural imperative toleremos	dative	not used	tolerémoste	tolerémosle	tolerémonos	tolerémoos	tolerémosles
	accusative	not used	tolerémoste	tolerémoslo, tolerémosla	tolerémonos	tolerémoos	tolerémoslos, tolerémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tolerad	dative	toleradme	not used	toleradle	toleradnos	toleraos	toleradles
	accusative	toleradme	not used	toleradlo, toleradla	toleradnos	toleraos	toleradlos, toleradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative toleren	dative	tolérenme	not used	tolérenle	tolérennos	not used	tolérenles, tolérense
	accusative	tolérenme	not used	tolérenlo, tolérenla	tolérennos	not used	tolérenlos, tolérenlas, tolérense

Related terms

• intolerancia
• intolerante
• tolerable
• tolerancia
• tolerante

Further reading

• “tolerar”, 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

Anagrams

• relator