amortiguar
Spanish
Alternative forms
- mortiguar (obsolete)
Etymology
From older mortiguar, from Latin mortificāre. Doublet of mortificar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /amoɾtiˈɡwaɾ/ [a.moɾ.t̪iˈɣ̞waɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧mor‧ti‧guar
Verb
amortiguar (first-person singular present amortiguo, first-person singular preterite amortigüé, past participle amortiguado)
- (transitive) to tone down (to make milder); to dim (a light); to muffle (a sound); to damp down (a fire)
- (transitive) to cushion, to absorb (an impact)
Conjugation
Conjugation of amortiguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of amortiguar (gu-gü alternation)
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 amortiguar | dative | amortiguarme | amortiguarte | amortiguarle, amortiguarse | amortiguarnos | amortiguaros | amortiguarles, amortiguarse |
| accusative | amortiguarme | amortiguarte | amortiguarlo, amortiguarla, amortiguarse | amortiguarnos | amortiguaros | amortiguarlos, amortiguarlas, amortiguarse | |
| with gerund amortiguando | dative | amortiguándome | amortiguándote | amortiguándole, amortiguándose | amortiguándonos | amortiguándoos | amortiguándoles, amortiguándose |
| accusative | amortiguándome | amortiguándote | amortiguándolo, amortiguándola, amortiguándose | amortiguándonos | amortiguándoos | amortiguándolos, amortiguándolas, amortiguándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative amortigua | dative | amortíguame | amortíguate | amortíguale | amortíguanos | not used | amortíguales |
| accusative | amortíguame | amortíguate | amortígualo, amortíguala | amortíguanos | not used | amortígualos, amortígualas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative amortiguá | dative | amortiguame | amortiguate | amortiguale | amortiguanos | not used | amortiguales |
| accusative | amortiguame | amortiguate | amortigualo, amortiguala | amortiguanos | not used | amortigualos, amortigualas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative amortigüe | dative | amortígüeme | not used | amortígüele, amortígüese | amortígüenos | not used | amortígüeles |
| accusative | amortígüeme | not used | amortígüelo, amortígüela, amortígüese | amortígüenos | not used | amortígüelos, amortígüelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative amortigüemos | dative | not used | amortigüémoste | amortigüémosle | amortigüémonos | amortigüémoos | amortigüémosles |
| accusative | not used | amortigüémoste | amortigüémoslo, amortigüémosla | amortigüémonos | amortigüémoos | amortigüémoslos, amortigüémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative amortiguad | dative | amortiguadme | not used | amortiguadle | amortiguadnos | amortiguaos | amortiguadles |
| accusative | amortiguadme | not used | amortiguadlo, amortiguadla | amortiguadnos | amortiguaos | amortiguadlos, amortiguadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative amortigüen | dative | amortígüenme | not used | amortígüenle | amortígüennos | not used | amortígüenles, amortígüense |
| accusative | amortígüenme | not used | amortígüenlo, amortígüenla | amortígüennos | not used | amortígüenlos, amortígüenlas, amortígüense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “amortiguar”, 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