amansar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese amansar, amanssar. By surface analysis, a- + manso + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.mɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.mɐ̃ˈsa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.mɐ̃ˈsa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.mɐ̃ˈsa(ʁ)/ [a.mɐ̃ˈsa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.mɐ̃ˈsa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɐ̃ˈsaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.mɐ̃ˈsa.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: a‧man‧sar
Verb
amansar (first-person singular present amanso, first-person singular preterite amansei, past participle amansado)
- (transitive) to tame
- Ele amansou o cavalo selvagem. ― He tamed the wild horse.
- (transitive) to calm, still, hush
- Amansar os ventos. ― To hush the winds.
- (transitive) to soften, temper
Conjugation
Conjugation of amansar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Further reading
- “amansar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “amansar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “amansar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “amansar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “amansar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “amansar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amanˈsaɾ/ [a.mãnˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧man‧sar
Verb
amansar (first-person singular present amanso, first-person singular preterite amansé, past participle amansado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of amansar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of amansar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive amansar | dative | amansarme | amansarte | amansarle, amansarse | amansarnos | amansaros | amansarles, amansarse |
accusative | amansarme | amansarte | amansarlo, amansarla, amansarse | amansarnos | amansaros | amansarlos, amansarlas, amansarse | |
with gerund amansando | dative | amansándome | amansándote | amansándole, amansándose | amansándonos | amansándoos | amansándoles, amansándose |
accusative | amansándome | amansándote | amansándolo, amansándola, amansándose | amansándonos | amansándoos | amansándolos, amansándolas, amansándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amansa | dative | amánsame | amánsate | amánsale | amánsanos | not used | amánsales |
accusative | amánsame | amánsate | amánsalo, amánsala | amánsanos | not used | amánsalos, amánsalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amansá | dative | amansame | amansate | amansale | amansanos | not used | amansales |
accusative | amansame | amansate | amansalo, amansala | amansanos | not used | amansalos, amansalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative amanse | dative | amánseme | not used | amánsele, amánsese | amánsenos | not used | amánseles |
accusative | amánseme | not used | amánselo, amánsela, amánsese | amánsenos | not used | amánselos, amánselas | |
with first-person plural imperative amansemos | dative | not used | amansémoste | amansémosle | amansémonos | amansémoos | amansémosles |
accusative | not used | amansémoste | amansémoslo, amansémosla | amansémonos | amansémoos | amansémoslos, amansémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative amansad | dative | amansadme | not used | amansadle | amansadnos | amansaos | amansadles |
accusative | amansadme | not used | amansadlo, amansadla | amansadnos | amansaos | amansadlos, amansadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative amansen | dative | amánsenme | not used | amánsenle | amánsennos | not used | amánsenles, amánsense |
accusative | amánsenme | not used | amánsenlo, amánsenla | amánsennos | not used | amánsenlos, amánsenlas, amánsense |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “amansar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024