enmendar

Portuguese

Verb

enmendar (first-person singular present enmendo, first-person singular preterite enmendei, past participle enmendado)

1. Obsolete form of emendar.

Conjugation

	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	enmendar
Personal	enmendar	enmendares	enmendar	enmendarmos	enmendardes	enmendarem
Gerund
	enmendando
Past participle
Masculine	enmendado			enmendados
Feminine	enmendada			enmendadas
Indicative
Present	enmendo	enmendas	enmenda	enmendamos	enmendais	enmendam
Imperfect	enmendava	enmendavas	enmendava	enmendávamos	enmendáveis	enmendavam
Preterite	enmendei	enmendaste	enmendou	enmendamos1, enmendámos2	enmendastes	enmendaram
Pluperfect	enmendara	enmendaras	enmendara	enmendáramos	enmendáreis	enmendaram
Future	enmendarei	enmendarás	enmendará	enmendaremos	enmendareis	enmendarão
Conditional	enmendaria	enmendarias	enmendaria	enmendaríamos	enmendaríeis	enmendariam
Subjunctive
Present	enmende	enmendes	enmende	enmendemos	enmendeis	enmendem
Imperfect	enmendasse	enmendasses	enmendasse	enmendássemos	enmendásseis	enmendassem
Future	enmendar	enmendares	enmendar	enmendarmos	enmendardes	enmendarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enmenda	enmende	enmendemos	enmendai	enmendem
Negative (não)		não enmendes	não enmende	não enmendemos	não enmendeis	não enmendem

    Conjugation of enmendar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• emendar (archaic)

Etymology

An early borrowing from Latin ēmendāre.^[1] Reformulated after the common prefix en-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emmenˈdaɾ/ [ẽm.mẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧men‧dar

Verb

enmendar (first-person singular present enmiendo, first-person singular preterite enmendé, past participle enmendado)

1. to correct

   Synonym: corregir

   • 2020 July 29, “Aguado enmienda a Ayuso y anuncia que la ‘cartilla covid-19’ será solo un registro”, in El País‎:

     El vicepresidente de la región, Ignacio Aguado, (Cs) ha enmendado así las palabras de la jefa del Ejecutivo autonómico: […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to amend

Conjugation

infinitive			enmendar
gerund			enmendando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enmendado		enmendada
		plural		enmendados		enmendadas
		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	enmiendo	enmiendastú enmendásvos	enmienda	enmendamos	enmendáis	enmiendan
	imperfect	enmendaba	enmendabas	enmendaba	enmendábamos	enmendabais	enmendaban
	preterite	enmendé	enmendaste	enmendó	enmendamos	enmendasteis	enmendaron
	future	enmendaré	enmendarás	enmendará	enmendaremos	enmendaréis	enmendarán
	conditional	enmendaría	enmendarías	enmendaría	enmendaríamos	enmendaríais	enmendarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enmiende	enmiendestú enmendésvos2	enmiende	enmendemos	enmendéis	enmienden
	imperfect (ra)	enmendara	enmendaras	enmendara	enmendáramos	enmendarais	enmendaran
	imperfect (se)	enmendase	enmendases	enmendase	enmendásemos	enmendaseis	enmendasen
	future1	enmendare	enmendares	enmendare	enmendáremos	enmendareis	enmendaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enmiendatú enmendávos	enmiende	enmendemos	enmendad	enmienden
	negative		no enmiendes	no enmiende	no enmendemos	no enmendéis	no enmienden

    Conjugation of enmendar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive enmendar
	dative	enmendarme	enmendarte	enmendarle, enmendarse	enmendarnos	enmendaros	enmendarles, enmendarse
	accusative	enmendarme	enmendarte	enmendarlo, enmendarla, enmendarse	enmendarnos	enmendaros	enmendarlos, enmendarlas, enmendarse
with gerund enmendando
	dative	enmendándome	enmendándote	enmendándole, enmendándose	enmendándonos	enmendándoos	enmendándoles, enmendándose
	accusative	enmendándome	enmendándote	enmendándolo, enmendándola, enmendándose	enmendándonos	enmendándoos	enmendándolos, enmendándolas, enmendándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enmienda
	dative	enmiéndame	enmiéndate	enmiéndale	enmiéndanos	not used	enmiéndales
	accusative	enmiéndame	enmiéndate	enmiéndalo, enmiéndala	enmiéndanos	not used	enmiéndalos, enmiéndalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enmendá
	dative	enmendame	enmendate	enmendale	enmendanos	not used	enmendales
	accusative	enmendame	enmendate	enmendalo, enmendala	enmendanos	not used	enmendalos, enmendalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enmiende
	dative	enmiéndeme	not used	enmiéndele, enmiéndese	enmiéndenos	not used	enmiéndeles
	accusative	enmiéndeme	not used	enmiéndelo, enmiéndela, enmiéndese	enmiéndenos	not used	enmiéndelos, enmiéndelas
with first-person plural imperative enmendemos
	dative	not used	enmendémoste	enmendémosle	enmendémonos	enmendémoos	enmendémosles
	accusative	not used	enmendémoste	enmendémoslo, enmendémosla	enmendémonos	enmendémoos	enmendémoslos, enmendémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enmendad
	dative	enmendadme	not used	enmendadle	enmendadnos	enmendaos	enmendadles
	accusative	enmendadme	not used	enmendadlo, enmendadla	enmendadnos	enmendaos	enmendadlos, enmendadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enmienden
	dative	enmiéndenme	not used	enmiéndenle	enmiéndennos	not used	enmiéndenles, enmiéndense
	accusative	enmiéndenme	not used	enmiéndenlo, enmiéndenla	enmiéndennos	not used	enmiéndenlos, enmiéndenlas, enmiéndense

    Selected combined forms of enmendar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

Derived terms

• enmendable
• enmendar la plana

 

Related terms

• enmienda
• mendaz

 

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

• “enmendar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014