atestar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.tesˈta(ʁ)/ [a.tesˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɨʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɨʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tɨʃˈta.ɾi/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin attestārī.

Verb

atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atestei, past participle atestado)

1. to attest, testify, vouch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atestar (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	atestar
Personal	atestar	atestares	atestar	atestarmos	atestardes	atestarem
Gerund
	atestando
Past participle
Masculine	atestado			atestados
Feminine	atestada			atestadas
Indicative
Present	atesto	atestas	atesta	atestamos	atestais	atestam
Imperfect	atestava	atestavas	atestava	atestávamos	atestáveis	atestavam
Preterite	atestei	atestaste	atestou	atestamos1, atestámos2	atestastes	atestaram
Pluperfect	atestara	atestaras	atestara	atestáramos	atestáreis	atestaram
Future	atestarei	atestarás	atestará	atestaremos	atestareis	atestarão
Conditional	atestaria	atestarias	atestaria	atestaríamos	atestaríeis	atestariam
Subjunctive
Present	ateste	atestes	ateste	atestemos	atesteis	atestem
Imperfect	atestasse	atestasses	atestasse	atestássemos	atestásseis	atestassem
Future	atestar	atestares	atestar	atestarmos	atestardes	atestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		atesta	ateste	atestemos	atestai	atestem
Negative (não)		não atestes	não ateste	não atestemos	não atesteis	não atestem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• atestação
• testar
• contestar
• detestar
• protestar

Etymology 2

From testo (“lid”).

Verb

atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atestei, past participle atestado)

1. to fill

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atestar (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	atestar
Personal	atestar	atestares	atestar	atestarmos	atestardes	atestarem
Gerund
	atestando
Past participle
Masculine	atestado			atestados
Feminine	atestada			atestadas
Indicative
Present	atesto	atestas	atesta	atestamos	atestais	atestam
Imperfect	atestava	atestavas	atestava	atestávamos	atestáveis	atestavam
Preterite	atestei	atestaste	atestou	atestamos1, atestámos2	atestastes	atestaram
Pluperfect	atestara	atestaras	atestara	atestáramos	atestáreis	atestaram
Future	atestarei	atestarás	atestará	atestaremos	atestareis	atestarão
Conditional	atestaria	atestarias	atestaria	atestaríamos	atestaríeis	atestariam
Subjunctive
Present	ateste	atestes	ateste	atestemos	atesteis	atestem
Imperfect	atestasse	atestasses	atestasse	atestássemos	atestásseis	atestassem
Future	atestar	atestares	atestar	atestarmos	atestardes	atestarem
Imperative
Affirmative		atesta	ateste	atestemos	atestai	atestem
Negative (não)		não atestes	não ateste	não atestemos	não atesteis	não atestem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• testar

Further reading

• “atestar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atesˈtaɾ/ [a.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧tes‧tar

Etymology 1

From a- +‎ tiesto (“tight, stuffed”) +‎ -ar.

Verb

atestar (first-person singular present atiesto or atesto, first-person singular preterite atesté, past participle atestado)

1. to pack

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atestar (e-ie alternation or non-alternating) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			atestar
gerund			atestando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atestado		atestada
		plural		atestados		atestadas
		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	atiesto, atesto	atiestas, atestastú atestásvos	atiesta, atesta	atestamos	atestáis	atiestan, atestan
	imperfect	atestaba	atestabas	atestaba	atestábamos	atestabais	atestaban
	preterite	atesté	atestaste	atestó	atestamos	atestasteis	atestaron
	future	atestaré	atestarás	atestará	atestaremos	atestaréis	atestarán
	conditional	atestaría	atestarías	atestaría	atestaríamos	atestaríais	atestarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	atieste, ateste	atiestes, atestestú atestésvos2	atieste, ateste	atestemos	atestéis	atiesten, atesten
	imperfect (ra)	atestara	atestaras	atestara	atestáramos	atestarais	atestaran
	imperfect (se)	atestase	atestases	atestase	atestásemos	atestaseis	atestasen
	future1	atestare	atestares	atestare	atestáremos	atestareis	atestaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		atiesta, atestatú atestávos	atieste, ateste	atestemos	atestad	atiesten, atesten
	negative		no atiestes, no atestes	no atieste, no ateste	no atestemos	no atestéis	no atiesten, no atesten

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

    Selected combined forms of atestar (e-ie alternation or non-alternating)

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 atestar
	dative	atestarme	atestarte	atestarle, atestarse	atestarnos	atestaros	atestarles, atestarse
	accusative	atestarme	atestarte	atestarlo, atestarla, atestarse	atestarnos	atestaros	atestarlos, atestarlas, atestarse
with gerund atestando
	dative	atestándome	atestándote	atestándole, atestándose	atestándonos	atestándoos	atestándoles, atestándose
	accusative	atestándome	atestándote	atestándolo, atestándola, atestándose	atestándonos	atestándoos	atestándolos, atestándolas, atestándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative atiesta, atesta
	dative	atiéstame, atéstame	atiéstate, atéstate	atiéstale, atéstale	atiéstanos, atéstanos	not used	atiéstales, atéstales
	accusative	atiéstame, atéstame	atiéstate, atéstate	atiéstalo, atéstalo, atiéstala, atéstala	atiéstanos, atéstanos	not used	atiéstalos, atéstalos, atiéstalas, atéstalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative atestá
	dative	atestame	atestate	atestale	atestanos	not used	atestales
	accusative	atestame	atestate	atestalo, atestala	atestanos	not used	atestalos, atestalas
with formal second-person singular imperative atieste, ateste
	dative	atiésteme, atésteme	not used	atiéstele, atéstele, atiéstese, atéstese	atiéstenos, atéstenos	not used	atiésteles, atésteles
	accusative	atiésteme, atésteme	not used	atiéstelo, atéstelo, atiéstela, atéstela, atiéstese, atéstese	atiéstenos, atéstenos	not used	atiéstelos, atéstelos, atiéstelas, atéstelas
with first-person plural imperative atestemos
	dative	not used	atestémoste	atestémosle	atestémonos	atestémoos	atestémosles
	accusative	not used	atestémoste	atestémoslo, atestémosla	atestémonos	atestémoos	atestémoslos, atestémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative atestad
	dative	atestadme	not used	atestadle	atestadnos	atestaos	atestadles
	accusative	atestadme	not used	atestadlo, atestadla	atestadnos	atestaos	atestadlos, atestadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative atiesten, atesten
	dative	atiéstenme, atéstenme	not used	atiéstenle, atéstenle	atiéstennos, atéstennos	not used	atiéstenles, atéstenles, atiéstense, atéstense
	accusative	atiéstenme, atéstenme	not used	atiéstenlo, atéstenlo, atiéstenla, atéstenla	atiéstennos, atéstennos	not used	atiéstenlos, atéstenlos, atiéstenlas, atéstenlas, atiéstense, atéstense

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin attestārī.

Verb

atestar (first-person singular present atesto, first-person singular preterite atesté, past participle atestado)

1. (law) to attest

   Synonym: testificar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			atestar
gerund			atestando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		atestado		atestada
		plural		atestados		atestadas
		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	atesto	atestastú atestásvos	atesta	atestamos	atestáis	atestan
	imperfect	atestaba	atestabas	atestaba	atestábamos	atestabais	atestaban
	preterite	atesté	atestaste	atestó	atestamos	atestasteis	atestaron
	future	atestaré	atestarás	atestará	atestaremos	atestaréis	atestarán
	conditional	atestaría	atestarías	atestaría	atestaríamos	atestaríais	atestarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ateste	atestestú atestésvos2	ateste	atestemos	atestéis	atesten
	imperfect (ra)	atestara	atestaras	atestara	atestáramos	atestarais	atestaran
	imperfect (se)	atestase	atestases	atestase	atestásemos	atestaseis	atestasen
	future1	atestare	atestares	atestare	atestáremos	atestareis	atestaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		atestatú atestávos	ateste	atestemos	atestad	atesten
	negative		no atestes	no ateste	no atestemos	no atestéis	no atesten

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

Derived terms

• atestado

 

Related terms

• atestación
• testar

 

Further reading

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