fundamentar
Portuguese
Etymology
From fundamento + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.da.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [fũ.da.mẽˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fũ.da.mẽˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fũ.da.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [fũ.da.mẽˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.da.mẽˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fũ.dɐ.mẽˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fũ.dɐ.mẽˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: fun‧da‧men‧tar
Verb
fundamentar (first-person singular present fundamento, first-person singular preterite fundamentei, past participle fundamentado)
- to substantiate, ground in, base in
Conjugation
Conjugation of fundamentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
From fundamento + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fundamenˈtaɾ/ [fũn̪.d̪a.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: fun‧da‧men‧tar
Verb
fundamentar (first-person singular present fundamento, first-person singular preterite fundamenté, past participle fundamentado)
- to build the basis for
- Synonym: basar
- 1993, Constitución del Perú:
- […] promover el bienestar general que se fundamenta en la justicia y en el desarrollo integral y equilibrado de la Nación.
- promoting general wellbeing which is based on justice and on the integral and balanced development of the nation.
Conjugation
Conjugation of fundamentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of fundamentar
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 fundamentar | dative | fundamentarme | fundamentarte | fundamentarle, fundamentarse | fundamentarnos | fundamentaros | fundamentarles, fundamentarse |
accusative | fundamentarme | fundamentarte | fundamentarlo, fundamentarla, fundamentarse | fundamentarnos | fundamentaros | fundamentarlos, fundamentarlas, fundamentarse | |
with gerund fundamentando | dative | fundamentándome | fundamentándote | fundamentándole, fundamentándose | fundamentándonos | fundamentándoos | fundamentándoles, fundamentándose |
accusative | fundamentándome | fundamentándote | fundamentándolo, fundamentándola, fundamentándose | fundamentándonos | fundamentándoos | fundamentándolos, fundamentándolas, fundamentándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative fundamenta | dative | fundaméntame | fundaméntate | fundaméntale | fundaméntanos | not used | fundaméntales |
accusative | fundaméntame | fundaméntate | fundaméntalo, fundaméntala | fundaméntanos | not used | fundaméntalos, fundaméntalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fundamentá | dative | fundamentame | fundamentate | fundamentale | fundamentanos | not used | fundamentales |
accusative | fundamentame | fundamentate | fundamentalo, fundamentala | fundamentanos | not used | fundamentalos, fundamentalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative fundamente | dative | fundaménteme | not used | fundaméntele, fundaméntese | fundaméntenos | not used | fundaménteles |
accusative | fundaménteme | not used | fundaméntelo, fundaméntela, fundaméntese | fundaméntenos | not used | fundaméntelos, fundaméntelas | |
with first-person plural imperative fundamentemos | dative | not used | fundamentémoste | fundamentémosle | fundamentémonos | fundamentémoos | fundamentémosles |
accusative | not used | fundamentémoste | fundamentémoslo, fundamentémosla | fundamentémonos | fundamentémoos | fundamentémoslos, fundamentémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative fundamentad | dative | fundamentadme | not used | fundamentadle | fundamentadnos | fundamentaos | fundamentadles |
accusative | fundamentadme | not used | fundamentadlo, fundamentadla | fundamentadnos | fundamentaos | fundamentadlos, fundamentadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative fundamenten | dative | fundaméntenme | not used | fundaméntenle | fundaméntennos | not used | fundaméntenles, fundaméntense |
accusative | fundaméntenme | not used | fundaméntenlo, fundaméntenla | fundaméntennos | not used | fundaméntenlos, fundaméntenlas, fundaméntense |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “fundamentar”, 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