amontonar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ montón (“heap”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amontoˈnaɾ/ [a.mõn̪.t̪oˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mon‧to‧nar

Verb

amontonar (first-person singular present amontono, first-person singular preterite amontoné, past participle amontonado)

1. (transitive) to pile up, to pile, to heap
2. (pronominal) to pile up
3. (reflexive) to mob, huddle (crowd together)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amontonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amontonar
gerund			amontonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amontonado		amontonada
		plural		amontonados		amontonadas
		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	amontono	amontonastú amontonásvos	amontona	amontonamos	amontonáis	amontonan
	imperfect	amontonaba	amontonabas	amontonaba	amontonábamos	amontonabais	amontonaban
	preterite	amontoné	amontonaste	amontonó	amontonamos	amontonasteis	amontonaron
	future	amontonaré	amontonarás	amontonará	amontonaremos	amontonaréis	amontonarán
	conditional	amontonaría	amontonarías	amontonaría	amontonaríamos	amontonaríais	amontonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amontone	amontonestú amontonésvos2	amontone	amontonemos	amontonéis	amontonen
	imperfect (ra)	amontonara	amontonaras	amontonara	amontonáramos	amontonarais	amontonaran
	imperfect (se)	amontonase	amontonases	amontonase	amontonásemos	amontonaseis	amontonasen
	future1	amontonare	amontonares	amontonare	amontonáremos	amontonareis	amontonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amontonatú amontonávos	amontone	amontonemos	amontonad	amontonen
	negative		no amontones	no amontone	no amontonemos	no amontonéis	no amontonen

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

    Selected combined forms of amontonar

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 amontonar
	dative	amontonarme	amontonarte	amontonarle, amontonarse	amontonarnos	amontonaros	amontonarles, amontonarse
	accusative	amontonarme	amontonarte	amontonarlo, amontonarla, amontonarse	amontonarnos	amontonaros	amontonarlos, amontonarlas, amontonarse
with gerund amontonando
	dative	amontonándome	amontonándote	amontonándole, amontonándose	amontonándonos	amontonándoos	amontonándoles, amontonándose
	accusative	amontonándome	amontonándote	amontonándolo, amontonándola, amontonándose	amontonándonos	amontonándoos	amontonándolos, amontonándolas, amontonándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amontona
	dative	amontóname	amontónate	amontónale	amontónanos	not used	amontónales
	accusative	amontóname	amontónate	amontónalo, amontónala	amontónanos	not used	amontónalos, amontónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amontoná
	dative	amontoname	amontonate	amontonale	amontonanos	not used	amontonales
	accusative	amontoname	amontonate	amontonalo, amontonala	amontonanos	not used	amontonalos, amontonalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amontone
	dative	amontóneme	not used	amontónele, amontónese	amontónenos	not used	amontóneles
	accusative	amontóneme	not used	amontónelo, amontónela, amontónese	amontónenos	not used	amontónelos, amontónelas
with first-person plural imperative amontonemos
	dative	not used	amontonémoste	amontonémosle	amontonémonos	amontonémoos	amontonémosles
	accusative	not used	amontonémoste	amontonémoslo, amontonémosla	amontonémonos	amontonémoos	amontonémoslos, amontonémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amontonad
	dative	amontonadme	not used	amontonadle	amontonadnos	amontonaos	amontonadles
	accusative	amontonadme	not used	amontonadlo, amontonadla	amontonadnos	amontonaos	amontonadlos, amontonadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amontonen
	dative	amontónenme	not used	amontónenle	amontónennos	not used	amontónenles, amontónense
	accusative	amontónenme	not used	amontónenlo, amontónenla	amontónennos	not used	amontónenlos, amontónenlas, amontónense

Derived terms

• amontonadero
• amontonamiento

 

Descendants

• → Italian: ammontonare
• → Neapolitan: ammontonare
• → Sicilian: ammuntunari

Further reading

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