afirmar
Asturian edit
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afirmar (first-person singular indicative present afirmo, past participle afirmáu)
- to assert
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.
Pronunciation edit
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afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmí, past participle afirmat)
- to confirm
Conjugation edit
infinitive | afirmar | ||||||
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gerund | afirmant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | afirmat | afirmada | |||||
plural | afirmats | afirmades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | afirmo | afirmes | afirma | afirmem | afirmeu | afirmen | |
imperfect | afirmava | afirmaves | afirmava | afirmàvem | afirmàveu | afirmaven | |
future | afirmaré | afirmaràs | afirmarà | afirmarem | afirmareu | afirmaran | |
preterite | afirmí | afirmares | afirmà | afirmàrem | afirmàreu | afirmaren | |
conditional | afirmaria | afirmaries | afirmaria | afirmaríem | afirmaríeu | afirmarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | afirmi | afirmis | afirmi | afirmem | afirmeu | afirmin | |
imperfect | afirmés | afirmessis | afirmés | afirméssim | afirméssiu | afirmessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | afirma | afirmi | afirmem | afirmeu | afirmin | |
negative (no) | — | no afirmis | no afirmi | no afirmem | no afirmeu | no afirmin |
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Further reading edit
- “afirmar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “afirmar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “afirmar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “afirmar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Attested since 1287. From Latin affirmāre.
Pronunciation edit
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afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmei, past participle afirmado)
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
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References edit
- “afirmar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “afirm” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “afirmar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “afirmar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “afirmar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
- “afirmar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Further reading edit
- “afirmar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧fir‧mar
Verb edit
afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmei, past participle afirmado)
- (transitive with que) to state; to declare; to affirm (to make a declaration)
- (transitive) to confirm; to attest (to affirm to be correct, true or genuine)
- Synonyms: confirmar, assegurar, certificar
- Antonym: negar
- (transitive) to consolidate (to make firm, secure)
- Synonyms: fixar, consolidar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to earn one’s place; to rise (to earn a reputation or fame)
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin affirmāre.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
afirmar (first-person singular present afirmo, first-person singular preterite afirmé, past participle afirmado)
- (transitive) to state, assert
- Synonym: declarar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, fencing) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading edit
- “afirmar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014