transmutar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsmūtāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃z.muˈta(ʁ)/ [tɾɐ̃z.muˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.muˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.muˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾɐ̃ʒ.muˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: trans‧mu‧tar

Verb

transmutar (first-person singular present transmuto, first-person singular preterite transmutei, past participle transmutado)

1. to transmute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transmutar (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	transmutar
Personal	transmutar	transmutares	transmutar	transmutarmos	transmutardes	transmutarem
Gerund
	transmutando
Past participle
Masculine	transmutado			transmutados
Feminine	transmutada			transmutadas
Indicative
Present	transmuto	transmutas	transmuta	transmutamos	transmutais	transmutam
Imperfect	transmutava	transmutavas	transmutava	transmutávamos	transmutáveis	transmutavam
Preterite	transmutei	transmutaste	transmutou	transmutamos1, transmutámos2	transmutastes	transmutaram
Pluperfect	transmutara	transmutaras	transmutara	transmutáramos	transmutáreis	transmutaram
Future	transmutarei	transmutarás	transmutará	transmutaremos	transmutareis	transmutarão
Conditional	transmutaria	transmutarias	transmutaria	transmutaríamos	transmutaríeis	transmutariam
Subjunctive
Present	transmute	transmutes	transmute	transmutemos	transmuteis	transmutem
Imperfect	transmutasse	transmutasses	transmutasse	transmutássemos	transmutásseis	transmutassem
Future	transmutar	transmutares	transmutar	transmutarmos	transmutardes	transmutarem
Imperative
Affirmative		transmuta	transmute	transmutemos	transmutai	transmutem
Negative (não)		não transmutes	não transmute	não transmutemos	não transmuteis	não transmutem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• transmutação

Further reading

• “transmutar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Alternative forms

• trasmutar

Etymology

From Latin trānsmūtāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾansmuˈtaɾ/ [t̪ɾãnz.muˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: trans‧mu‧tar

Verb

transmutar (first-person singular present transmuto, first-person singular preterite transmuté, past participle transmutado)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to transmute (to change one thing into another)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of transmutar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			transmutar
gerund			transmutando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		transmutado		transmutada
		plural		transmutados		transmutadas
		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	transmuto	transmutastú transmutásvos	transmuta	transmutamos	transmutáis	transmutan
	imperfect	transmutaba	transmutabas	transmutaba	transmutábamos	transmutabais	transmutaban
	preterite	transmuté	transmutaste	transmutó	transmutamos	transmutasteis	transmutaron
	future	transmutaré	transmutarás	transmutará	transmutaremos	transmutaréis	transmutarán
	conditional	transmutaría	transmutarías	transmutaría	transmutaríamos	transmutaríais	transmutarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	transmute	transmutestú transmutésvos2	transmute	transmutemos	transmutéis	transmuten
	imperfect (ra)	transmutara	transmutaras	transmutara	transmutáramos	transmutarais	transmutaran
	imperfect (se)	transmutase	transmutases	transmutase	transmutásemos	transmutaseis	transmutasen
	future1	transmutare	transmutares	transmutare	transmutáremos	transmutareis	transmutaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		transmutatú transmutávos	transmute	transmutemos	transmutad	transmuten
	negative		no transmutes	no transmute	no transmutemos	no transmutéis	no transmuten

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

    Selected combined forms of transmutar

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 transmutar
	dative	transmutarme	transmutarte	transmutarle, transmutarse	transmutarnos	transmutaros	transmutarles, transmutarse
	accusative	transmutarme	transmutarte	transmutarlo, transmutarla, transmutarse	transmutarnos	transmutaros	transmutarlos, transmutarlas, transmutarse
with gerund transmutando
	dative	transmutándome	transmutándote	transmutándole, transmutándose	transmutándonos	transmutándoos	transmutándoles, transmutándose
	accusative	transmutándome	transmutándote	transmutándolo, transmutándola, transmutándose	transmutándonos	transmutándoos	transmutándolos, transmutándolas, transmutándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative transmuta
	dative	transmútame	transmútate	transmútale	transmútanos	not used	transmútales
	accusative	transmútame	transmútate	transmútalo, transmútala	transmútanos	not used	transmútalos, transmútalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative transmutá
	dative	transmutame	transmutate	transmutale	transmutanos	not used	transmutales
	accusative	transmutame	transmutate	transmutalo, transmutala	transmutanos	not used	transmutalos, transmutalas
with formal second-person singular imperative transmute
	dative	transmúteme	not used	transmútele, transmútese	transmútenos	not used	transmúteles
	accusative	transmúteme	not used	transmútelo, transmútela, transmútese	transmútenos	not used	transmútelos, transmútelas
with first-person plural imperative transmutemos
	dative	not used	transmutémoste	transmutémosle	transmutémonos	transmutémoos	transmutémosles
	accusative	not used	transmutémoste	transmutémoslo, transmutémosla	transmutémonos	transmutémoos	transmutémoslos, transmutémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative transmutad
	dative	transmutadme	not used	transmutadle	transmutadnos	transmutaos	transmutadles
	accusative	transmutadme	not used	transmutadlo, transmutadla	transmutadnos	transmutaos	transmutadlos, transmutadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative transmuten
	dative	transmútenme	not used	transmútenle	transmútennos	not used	transmútenles, transmútense
	accusative	transmútenme	not used	transmútenlo, transmútenla	transmútennos	not used	transmútenlos, transmútenlas, transmútense

Related terms

• transmutación

 

Further reading

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