tutelar

English

Etymology

From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (“used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːtələ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtuːtəlɚ/
• Hyphenation: tu‧tel‧ar

Adjective

tutelar (comparative more tutelar, superlative most tutelar)

1. Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.

Synonyms

• protective
• tutelaric (rare), tutelary (adjective)

Noun

tutelar (plural tutelars)

1. One that is tutelary.

Synonyms

• guardian
• protector
• tutelary (noun)

Related terms

• tutelage
• tutelarity
• tutor

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.teˈla(ʁ)/ [tu.teˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.teˈla(ʁ)/ [tu.teˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /tu.teˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /tu.teˈla(ʁ)/ [tu.teˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /tu.teˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.tɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.tɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tu.tɨˈla.ɾi/

Etymology 1

From tutela +‎ -ar.

Verb

tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelei, past participle tutelado)

1. to protect (be guardian to)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tutelar (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	tutelar
Personal	tutelar	tutelares	tutelar	tutelarmos	tutelardes	tutelarem
Gerund
	tutelando
Past participle
Masculine	tutelado			tutelados
Feminine	tutelada			tuteladas
Indicative
Present	tutelo	tutelas	tutela	tutelamos	tutelais	tutelam
Imperfect	tutelava	tutelavas	tutelava	tutelávamos	tuteláveis	tutelavam
Preterite	tutelei	tutelaste	tutelou	tutelamos1, tutelámos2	tutelastes	tutelaram
Pluperfect	tutelara	tutelaras	tutelara	tuteláramos	tuteláreis	tutelaram
Future	tutelarei	tutelarás	tutelará	tutelaremos	tutelareis	tutelarão
Conditional	tutelaria	tutelarias	tutelaria	tutelaríamos	tutelaríeis	tutelariam
Subjunctive
Present	tutele	tuteles	tutele	tutelemos	tuteleis	tutelem
Imperfect	tutelasse	tutelasses	tutelasse	tutelássemos	tutelásseis	tutelassem
Future	tutelar	tutelares	tutelar	tutelarmos	tutelardes	tutelarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tutela	tutele	tutelemos	tutelai	tutelem
Negative (não)		não tuteles	não tutele	não tutelemos	não tuteleis	não tutelem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

From Latin tūtelāris.

Adjective

tutelar m or f (plural tutelares)

1. tutelary

Further reading

• “tutelar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tutélaire, from Latin tutelaris.

Adjective

tutelar m or n (feminine singular tutelară, masculine plural tutelari, feminine and neuter plural tutelare)

1. tutelary

Declension

Declension of tutelar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	tutelar		tutelară	tutelari	tutelare
	definite	tutelarul		tutelara	tutelarii	tutelarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	tutelar		tutelare	tutelari	tutelare
	definite	tutelarului		tutelarei	tutelarilor	tutelarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuteˈlaɾ/ [t̪u.t̪eˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧te‧lar

Adjective

tutelar m or f (masculine and feminine plural tutelares)

1. tutelar, tutelary

Derived terms

• ángel tutelar
• tribunal de menores
• Tribunal Tutelar de Menores

 

Verb

tutelar (first-person singular present tutelo, first-person singular preterite tutelé, past participle tutelado)

1. to act as a guardian to, to supervise, to look after

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tutelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tutelar
gerund			tutelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tutelado		tutelada
		plural		tutelados		tuteladas
		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	tutelo	tutelastú tutelásvos	tutela	tutelamos	tuteláis	tutelan
	imperfect	tutelaba	tutelabas	tutelaba	tutelábamos	tutelabais	tutelaban
	preterite	tutelé	tutelaste	tuteló	tutelamos	tutelasteis	tutelaron
	future	tutelaré	tutelarás	tutelará	tutelaremos	tutelaréis	tutelarán
	conditional	tutelaría	tutelarías	tutelaría	tutelaríamos	tutelaríais	tutelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tutele	tutelestú tutelésvos2	tutele	tutelemos	tuteléis	tutelen
	imperfect (ra)	tutelara	tutelaras	tutelara	tuteláramos	tutelarais	tutelaran
	imperfect (se)	tutelase	tutelases	tutelase	tutelásemos	tutelaseis	tutelasen
	future1	tutelare	tutelares	tutelare	tuteláremos	tutelareis	tutelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tutelatú tutelávos	tutele	tutelemos	tutelad	tutelen
	negative		no tuteles	no tutele	no tutelemos	no tuteléis	no tutelen

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

    Selected combined forms of tutelar

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 tutelar
	dative	tutelarme	tutelarte	tutelarle, tutelarse	tutelarnos	tutelaros	tutelarles, tutelarse
	accusative	tutelarme	tutelarte	tutelarlo, tutelarla, tutelarse	tutelarnos	tutelaros	tutelarlos, tutelarlas, tutelarse
with gerund tutelando
	dative	tutelándome	tutelándote	tutelándole, tutelándose	tutelándonos	tutelándoos	tutelándoles, tutelándose
	accusative	tutelándome	tutelándote	tutelándolo, tutelándola, tutelándose	tutelándonos	tutelándoos	tutelándolos, tutelándolas, tutelándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tutela
	dative	tutélame	tutélate	tutélale	tutélanos	not used	tutélales
	accusative	tutélame	tutélate	tutélalo, tutélala	tutélanos	not used	tutélalos, tutélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tutelá
	dative	tutelame	tutelate	tutelale	tutelanos	not used	tutelales
	accusative	tutelame	tutelate	tutelalo, tutelala	tutelanos	not used	tutelalos, tutelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tutele
	dative	tutéleme	not used	tutélele, tutélese	tutélenos	not used	tutéleles
	accusative	tutéleme	not used	tutélelo, tutélela, tutélese	tutélenos	not used	tutélelos, tutélelas
with first-person plural imperative tutelemos
	dative	not used	tutelémoste	tutelémosle	tutelémonos	tutelémoos	tutelémosles
	accusative	not used	tutelémoste	tutelémoslo, tutelémosla	tutelémonos	tutelémoos	tutelémoslos, tutelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tutelad
	dative	tuteladme	not used	tuteladle	tuteladnos	tutelaos	tuteladles
	accusative	tuteladme	not used	tuteladlo, tuteladla	tuteladnos	tutelaos	tuteladlos, tuteladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tutelen
	dative	tutélenme	not used	tutélenle	tutélennos	not used	tutélenles, tutélense
	accusative	tutélenme	not used	tutélenlo, tutélenla	tutélennos	not used	tutélenlos, tutélenlas, tutélense

Further reading

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