demeritar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /demeɾiˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.me.ɾiˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: de‧me‧ri‧tar

Verb

demeritar (first-person singular present demerito, first-person singular preterite demerité, past participle demeritado)

to discredit

Conjugation

Conjugation of demeritar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			demeritar
gerund			demeritando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		demeritado		demeritada
		plural		demeritados		demeritadas
		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	demerito	demeritas^{^tú} demeritás^{^vos}	demerita	demeritamos	demeritáis	demeritan
	imperfect	demeritaba	demeritabas	demeritaba	demeritábamos	demeritabais	demeritaban
	preterite	demerité	demeritaste	demeritó	demeritamos	demeritasteis	demeritaron
	future	demeritaré	demeritarás	demeritará	demeritaremos	demeritaréis	demeritarán
	conditional	demeritaría	demeritarías	demeritaría	demeritaríamos	demeritaríais	demeritarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	demerite	demerites^{^tú} demerités^{^vos²}	demerite	demeritemos	demeritéis	demeriten
	imperfect (ra)	demeritara	demeritaras	demeritara	demeritáramos	demeritarais	demeritaran
	imperfect (se)	demeritase	demeritases	demeritase	demeritásemos	demeritaseis	demeritasen
	future¹	demeritare	demeritares	demeritare	demeritáremos	demeritareis	demeritaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		demerita^{^tú} demeritá^{^vos}	demerite	demeritemos	demeritad	demeriten
	negative		no demerites	no demerite	no demeritemos	no demeritéis	no demeriten

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

Selected combined forms of demeritar

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 demeritar	dative	demeritarme	demeritarte	demeritarle, demeritarse	demeritarnos	demeritaros	demeritarles, demeritarse
with infinitive demeritar	accusative	demeritarme	demeritarte	demeritarlo, demeritarla, demeritarse	demeritarnos	demeritaros	demeritarlos, demeritarlas, demeritarse

with gerund demeritando	dative	demeritándome	demeritándote	demeritándole, demeritándose	demeritándonos	demeritándoos	demeritándoles, demeritándose
with gerund demeritando	accusative	demeritándome	demeritándote	demeritándolo, demeritándola, demeritándose	demeritándonos	demeritándoos	demeritándolos, demeritándolas, demeritándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative demerita	dative	demerítame	demerítate	demerítale	demerítanos	not used	demerítales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative demerita	accusative	demerítame	demerítate	demerítalo, demerítala	demerítanos	not used	demerítalos, demerítalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative demeritá	dative	demeritame	demeritate	demeritale	demeritanos	not used	demeritales
	accusative	demeritame	demeritate	demeritalo, demeritala	demeritanos	not used	demeritalos, demeritalas

with formal second-person singular imperative demerite	dative	demeríteme	not used	demerítele, demerítese	demerítenos	not used	demeríteles
with formal second-person singular imperative demerite	accusative	demeríteme	not used	demerítelo, demerítela, demerítese	demerítenos	not used	demerítelos, demerítelas

with first-person plural imperative demeritemos	dative	not used	demeritémoste	demeritémosle	demeritémonos	demeritémoos	demeritémosles
with first-person plural imperative demeritemos	accusative	not used	demeritémoste	demeritémoslo, demeritémosla	demeritémonos	demeritémoos	demeritémoslos, demeritémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative demeritad	dative	demeritadme	not used	demeritadle	demeritadnos	demeritaos	demeritadles
with informal second-person plural imperative demeritad	accusative	demeritadme	not used	demeritadlo, demeritadla	demeritadnos	demeritaos	demeritadlos, demeritadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative demeriten	dative	demerítenme	not used	demerítenle	demerítennos	not used	demerítenles, demerítense
with formal second-person plural imperative demeriten	accusative	demerítenme	not used	demerítenlo, demerítenla	demerítennos	not used	demerítenlos, demerítenlas, demerítense

Alternative forms

desmeritar