permear

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin permeāre (“to pass through”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈmjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈmjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾˈmja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: per‧me‧ar

Verb

permear (first-person singular present permeio, first-person singular preterite permeei, past participle permeado)

1. to permeate (to pass through the pores or interstices of)
2. (figurative) to pervade (to spread through)

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	permear
Personal	permear	permeares	permear	permearmos	permeardes	permearem
Gerund
	permeando
Past participle
Masculine	permeado			permeados
Feminine	permeada			permeadas
Indicative
Present	permeio	permeias	permeia	permeamos	permeais	permeiam
Imperfect	permeava	permeavas	permeava	permeávamos	permeáveis	permeavam
Preterite	permeei	permeaste	permeou	permeamos1, permeámos2	permeastes	permearam
Pluperfect	permeara	permearas	permeara	permeáramos	permeáreis	permearam
Future	permearei	permearás	permeará	permearemos	permeareis	permearão
Conditional	permearia	permearias	permearia	permearíamos	permearíeis	permeariam
Subjunctive
Present	permeie	permeies	permeie	permeemos	permeeis	permeiem
Imperfect	permeasse	permeasses	permeasse	permeássemos	permeásseis	permeassem
Future	permear	permeares	permear	permearmos	permeardes	permearem
Imperative
Affirmative		permeia	permeie	permeemos	permeai	permeiem
Negative (não)		não permeies	não permeie	não permeemos	não permeeis	não permeiem

    Conjugation of permear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• permeação
• permeado
• permeável

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin permeāre (“to pass through”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾmeˈaɾ/ [peɾ.meˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧me‧ar

Verb

permear (first-person singular present permeo, first-person singular preterite permeé, past participle permeado)

1. to permeate
2. to pervade

Conjugation

infinitive			permear
gerund			permeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		permeado		permeada
		plural		permeados		permeadas
		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	permeo	permeastú permeásvos	permea	permeamos	permeáis	permean
	imperfect	permeaba	permeabas	permeaba	permeábamos	permeabais	permeaban
	preterite	permeé	permeaste	permeó	permeamos	permeasteis	permearon
	future	permearé	permearás	permeará	permearemos	permearéis	permearán
	conditional	permearía	permearías	permearía	permearíamos	permearíais	permearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	permee	permeestú permeésvos2	permee	permeemos	permeéis	permeen
	imperfect (ra)	permeara	permearas	permeara	permeáramos	permearais	permearan
	imperfect (se)	permease	permeases	permease	permeásemos	permeaseis	permeasen
	future1	permeare	permeares	permeare	permeáremos	permeareis	permearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		permeatú permeávos	permee	permeemos	permead	permeen
	negative		no permees	no permee	no permeemos	no permeéis	no permeen

    Conjugation of permear (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 permear
	dative	permearme	permearte	permearle, permearse	permearnos	permearos	permearles, permearse
	accusative	permearme	permearte	permearlo, permearla, permearse	permearnos	permearos	permearlos, permearlas, permearse
with gerund permeando
	dative	permeándome	permeándote	permeándole, permeándose	permeándonos	permeándoos	permeándoles, permeándose
	accusative	permeándome	permeándote	permeándolo, permeándola, permeándose	permeándonos	permeándoos	permeándolos, permeándolas, permeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative permea
	dative	perméame	perméate	perméale	perméanos	not used	perméales
	accusative	perméame	perméate	perméalo, perméala	perméanos	not used	perméalos, perméalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative permeá
	dative	permeame	permeate	permeale	permeanos	not used	permeales
	accusative	permeame	permeate	permealo, permeala	permeanos	not used	permealos, permealas
with formal second-person singular imperative permee
	dative	perméeme	not used	perméele, perméese	perméenos	not used	perméeles
	accusative	perméeme	not used	perméelo, perméela, perméese	perméenos	not used	perméelos, perméelas
with first-person plural imperative permeemos
	dative	not used	permeémoste	permeémosle	permeémonos	permeémoos	permeémosles
	accusative	not used	permeémoste	permeémoslo, permeémosla	permeémonos	permeémoos	permeémoslos, permeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative permead
	dative	permeadme	not used	permeadle	permeadnos	permeaos	permeadles
	accusative	permeadme	not used	permeadlo, permeadla	permeadnos	permeaos	permeadlos, permeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative permeen
	dative	perméenme	not used	perméenle	perméennos	not used	perméenles, perméense
	accusative	perméenme	not used	perméenlo, perméenla	perméennos	not used	perméenlos, perméenlas, perméense

    Selected combined forms of permear

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

Related terms

• impermeable
• permeable

 

Further reading

• “permear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28