potar

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.

Verb

potar

1. can; be able to

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potar

infinitive			potar
gerund			potando
past participle			potoit
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		ju	te	jal/jala	nu	vu	jali/jale
	present	puas	potai	potaja	puasaime	potaite	potaja
	imperfect	potaja	potaja	potaja	potajaime	potajaite	potaja
	perfect	jai potoit	ji potoit	ju potoit	javaime potoit	javaite potoit	ju potoit
	pluperfect	avas potoit	avas potoit	avaja potoit	avaime potoit	avaite potoit	avas potoit
	future	potra	potrai	potra	potarme	potarte	potra
	present	potre	potre	potre	potarme	potarte	potre
subjunctive		ju	te	jal/jala	nu	vu	jali/jale
	present	puasa	potaja	potaja	puasaime	potaite	potaja
	imperfect	potas	potasse	potassa	potassaime	potassaite	potas
imperative		—	te	—	nu	vu	—
	affirmative		potai		puasaime	potaite
	negative		naun potai		naun puasaime	naun potaite

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

• potá (São Vicente)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: po‧tar

Verb

potar (first-person singular active indicative aîpotar, first-person singular negative active indicative naîpotari, noun potara) (transitive)

1. to want; to wish
2. to desire (to want emotionally or sexually)
3. to tend (to be likely to do something or have a certain habit)

Spanish

Etymology

From pote +‎ -ar.

Verb

potar (first-person singular present poto, first-person singular preterite poté, past participle potado)

1. (colloquial, Spain) to puke, to throw up

Conjugation

    Conjugation of potar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			potar
gerund			potando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		potado		potada
		plural		potados		potadas
		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	poto	potastú potásvos	pota	potamos	potáis	potan
	imperfect	potaba	potabas	potaba	potábamos	potabais	potaban
	preterite	poté	potaste	potó	potamos	potasteis	potaron
	future	potaré	potarás	potará	potaremos	potaréis	potarán
	conditional	potaría	potarías	potaría	potaríamos	potaríais	potarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pote	potestú potésvos2	pote	potemos	potéis	poten
	imperfect (ra)	potara	potaras	potara	potáramos	potarais	potaran
	imperfect (se)	potase	potases	potase	potásemos	potaseis	potasen
	future1	potare	potares	potare	potáremos	potareis	potaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		potatú potávos	pote	potemos	potad	poten
	negative		no potes	no pote	no potemos	no potéis	no poten

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

Related terms

• echar la pota

 

Further reading

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