argentar

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Etymology

From argent +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentí, past participle argentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to silver-plate
    Synonym: platejar
  2. (figurative) to silver

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argentar (first conjugation)
infinitive argentar
gerund argentant
past participle masculine feminine
singular argentat argentada
plural argentats argentades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present argento argentes argenta argentem argenteu argenten
imperfect argentava argentaves argentava argentàvem argentàveu argentaven
future argentaré argentaràs argentarà argentarem argentareu argentaran
preterite argentí argentares argentà argentàrem argentàreu argentaren
conditional argentaria argentaries argentaria argentaríem argentaríeu argentarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present argenti argentis argenti argentem argenteu argentin
imperfect argentés argentessis argentés argentéssim argentéssiu argentessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — argenta argenti argentem argenteu argentin
negative (no) — no argentis no argenti no argentem no argenteu no argentin

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aɦ.ʒẽˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aɾ.ʒẽˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aʁ.ʒẽˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aɻ.ʒẽˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.ʒẽˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.ʒẽˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tar

Verb

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentei, past participle argentado)

  1. to silver-plate (to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver)
    Synonym: pratear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argentar (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 argentar
Personal argentar argentares argentar argentarmos argentardes argentarem
Gerund
argentando
Past participle
Masculine argentado argentados
Feminine argentada argentadas
Indicative
Present argento argentas argenta argentamos argentais argentam
Imperfect argentava argentavas argentava argentávamos argentáveis argentavam
Preterite argentei argentaste argentou argentamos1, argentámos2 argentastes argentaram
Pluperfect argentara argentaras argentara argentáramos argentáreis argentaram
Future argentarei argentarás argentará argentaremos argentareis argentarão
Conditional argentaria argentarias argentaria argentaríamos argentaríeis argentariam
Subjunctive
Present argente argentes argente argentemos argenteis argentem
Imperfect argentasse argentasses argentasse argentássemos argentásseis argentassem
Future argentar argentares argentar argentarmos argentardes argentarem
Imperative
Affirmative argenta argente argentemos argentai argentem
Negative (não) não argentes não argente não argentemos não argenteis não argentem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from argentado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾxenˈtaɾ/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ar‧gen‧tar

Verb

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argenté, past participle argentado)

  1. to silver-plate
    Synonym: platear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive argentar
gerund argentando
past participle masculine feminine
singular argentado argentada
plural argentados argentadas
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 argento argentastú
argentásvos 		argenta argentamos argentáis argentan
imperfect argentaba argentabas argentaba argentábamos argentabais argentaban
preterite argenté argentaste argentó argentamos argentasteis argentaron
future argentaré argentarás argentará argentaremos argentaréis argentarán
conditional argentaría argentarías argentaría argentaríamos argentaríais argentarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present argente argentestú
argentésvos2 		argente argentemos argentéis argenten
imperfect
(ra) 		argentara argentaras argentara argentáramos argentarais argentaran
imperfect
(se) 		argentase argentases argentase argentásemos argentaseis argentasen
future1 argentare argentares argentare argentáremos argentareis argentaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative argentatú
argentávos 		argente argentemos argentad argenten
negative no argentes no argente no argentemos no argentéis no argenten

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

    Selected combined forms of argentar

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 argentar dative argentarme argentarte argentarle, argentarse argentarnos argentaros argentarles, argentarse
accusative argentarme argentarte argentarlo, argentarla, argentarse argentarnos argentaros argentarlos, argentarlas, argentarse
with gerund argentando dative argentándome argentándote argentándole, argentándose argentándonos argentándoos argentándoles, argentándose
accusative argentándome argentándote argentándolo, argentándola, argentándose argentándonos argentándoos argentándolos, argentándolas, argentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative argenta dative argéntame argéntate argéntale argéntanos not used argéntales
accusative argéntame argéntate argéntalo, argéntala argéntanos not used argéntalos, argéntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative argentá dative argentame argentate argentale argentanos not used argentales
accusative argentame argentate argentalo, argentala argentanos not used argentalos, argentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative argente dative argénteme not used argéntele, argéntese argéntenos not used argénteles
accusative argénteme not used argéntelo, argéntela, argéntese argéntenos not used argéntelos, argéntelas
with first-person plural imperative argentemos dative not used argentémoste argentémosle argentémonos argentémoos argentémosles
accusative not used argentémoste argentémoslo, argentémosla argentémonos argentémoos argentémoslos, argentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative argentad dative argentadme not used argentadle argentadnos argentaos argentadles
accusative argentadme not used argentadlo, argentadla argentadnos argentaos argentadlos, argentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative argenten dative argéntenme not used argéntenle argéntennos not used argéntenles, argéntense
accusative argéntenme not used argéntenlo, argéntenla argéntennos not used argéntenlos, argéntenlas, argéntense

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