remitir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin remittō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [he.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [he.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.miˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/ [he.miˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [χe.miˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.miˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/ [he.miˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.miˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.miˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.miˈti.ɾi/

Verb

remitir (first-person singular present remito, first-person singular preterite remiti, past participle remitido)

1. to remit; to pardon; to forgive

   Synonyms: perdoar, indultar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of remitir (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	remitir
Personal	remitir	remitires	remitir	remitirmos	remitirdes	remitirem
Gerund
	remitindo
Past participle
Masculine	remitido			remitidos
Feminine	remitida			remitidas
Indicative
Present	remito	remites	remite	remitimos	remitis	remitem
Imperfect	remitia	remitias	remitia	remitíamos	remitíeis	remitiam
Preterite	remiti	remitiste	remitiu	remitimos	remitistes	remitiram
Pluperfect	remitira	remitiras	remitira	remitíramos	remitíreis	remitiram
Future	remitirei	remitirás	remitirá	remitiremos	remitireis	remitirão
Conditional	remitiria	remitirias	remitiria	remitiríamos	remitiríeis	remitiriam
Subjunctive
Present	remita	remitas	remita	remitamos	remitais	remitam
Imperfect	remitisse	remitisses	remitisse	remitíssemos	remitísseis	remitissem
Future	remitir	remitires	remitir	remitirmos	remitirdes	remitirem
Imperative
Affirmative		remite	remita	remitamos	remiti	remitam
Negative (não)		não remitas	não remita	não remitamos	não remitais	não remitam

Further reading

• “remitir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “remitir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin remittō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /remiˈtiɾ/ [re.miˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: re‧mi‧tir

Verb

remitir (first-person singular present remito, first-person singular preterite remití, past participle remitido)

1. to remit, pardon
2. to send, transfer

   Synonyms: enviar, mandar, transferir

   • 2006, Noel Nadal, Cartas de Un Cartero:

     Ya que no me escribes las cuatro letras que te he pedido, remíteme una postal y sabré que sigues vivo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to refer

   Synonym: referir

4. to hand down
   • 1898, Rafael Pérez, La Compañia de Jesús en Colombia y Centro-América […] :

     Con las representaciones que hemos dicho remitió el Poder Ejecutivo al Congreso un proyecto de ley en cuyo primer artículo se autoriza al Gobierno para expulsar de la República a los extranjeros

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. to die down; die out (lose intensity)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of remitir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			remitir
gerund			remitiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		remitido		remitida
		plural		remitidos		remitidas
		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	remito	remitestú remitísvos	remite	remitimos	remitís	remiten
	imperfect	remitía	remitías	remitía	remitíamos	remitíais	remitían
	preterite	remití	remitiste	remitió	remitimos	remitisteis	remitieron
	future	remitiré	remitirás	remitirá	remitiremos	remitiréis	remitirán
	conditional	remitiría	remitirías	remitiría	remitiríamos	remitiríais	remitirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	remita	remitastú remitásvos2	remita	remitamos	remitáis	remitan
	imperfect (ra)	remitiera	remitieras	remitiera	remitiéramos	remitierais	remitieran
	imperfect (se)	remitiese	remitieses	remitiese	remitiésemos	remitieseis	remitiesen
	future1	remitiere	remitieres	remitiere	remitiéremos	remitiereis	remitieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		remitetú remitívos	remita	remitamos	remitid	remitan
	negative		no remitas	no remita	no remitamos	no remitáis	no remitan

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

    Selected combined forms of remitir

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 remitir
	dative	remitirme	remitirte	remitirle, remitirse	remitirnos	remitiros	remitirles, remitirse
	accusative	remitirme	remitirte	remitirlo, remitirla, remitirse	remitirnos	remitiros	remitirlos, remitirlas, remitirse
with gerund remitiendo
	dative	remitiéndome	remitiéndote	remitiéndole, remitiéndose	remitiéndonos	remitiéndoos	remitiéndoles, remitiéndose
	accusative	remitiéndome	remitiéndote	remitiéndolo, remitiéndola, remitiéndose	remitiéndonos	remitiéndoos	remitiéndolos, remitiéndolas, remitiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative remite
	dative	remíteme	remítete	remítele	remítenos	not used	remíteles
	accusative	remíteme	remítete	remítelo, remítela	remítenos	not used	remítelos, remítelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative remití
	dative	remitime	remitite	remitile	remitinos	not used	remitiles
	accusative	remitime	remitite	remitilo, remitila	remitinos	not used	remitilos, remitilas
with formal second-person singular imperative remita
	dative	remítame	not used	remítale, remítase	remítanos	not used	remítales
	accusative	remítame	not used	remítalo, remítala, remítase	remítanos	not used	remítalos, remítalas
with first-person plural imperative remitamos
	dative	not used	remitámoste	remitámosle	remitámonos	remitámoos	remitámosles
	accusative	not used	remitámoste	remitámoslo, remitámosla	remitámonos	remitámoos	remitámoslos, remitámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative remitid
	dative	remitidme	not used	remitidle	remitidnos	remitíos	remitidles
	accusative	remitidme	not used	remitidlo, remitidla	remitidnos	remitíos	remitidlos, remitidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative remitan
	dative	remítanme	not used	remítanle	remítannos	not used	remítanles, remítanse
	accusative	remítanme	not used	remítanlo, remítanla	remítannos	not used	remítanlos, remítanlas, remítanse

Further reading

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