legitimar

Catalan

Etymology

From legítim ‎ -ar, or borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimāre, from Latin lēgitimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [lə.ʒi.tiˈma]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [le.d͡ʒi.tiˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

legitimar (first-person singular present legitimo, first-person singular preterite legitimí, past participle legitimat)

1. (transitive) to legitimize
   • 2020 May 28, “Nens que juguen sols: les conseqüències de la falta de socialització”, in El Periódico‎^[1]:

     Legitimem les emocions dels nostres fills. Si estan tristos perquè no poden veure els seus amics, que els entenguem, que validem aquesta emoció.

     Let's legitimize our children's emotions. If they're sad because they can't see their friends, let's understand them, let's validate that emotion.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legitimar (first conjugation)

infinitive			legitimar
gerund			legitimant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		legitimat		legitimada
		plural		legitimats		legitimades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	legitimo	legitimes	legitima	legitimem	legitimeu	legitimen
	imperfect	legitimava	legitimaves	legitimava	legitimàvem	legitimàveu	legitimaven
	future	legitimaré	legitimaràs	legitimarà	legitimarem	legitimareu	legitimaran
	preterite	legitimí	legitimares	legitimà	legitimàrem	legitimàreu	legitimaren
	conditional	legitimaria	legitimaries	legitimaria	legitimaríem	legitimaríeu	legitimarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	legitimi	legitimis	legitimi	legitimem	legitimeu	legitimin
	imperfect	legitimés	legitimessis	legitimés	legitiméssim	legitiméssiu	legitimessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	legitima	legitimi	legitimem	legitimeu	legitimin
	negative (no)	—	no legitimis	no legitimi	no legitimem	no legitimeu	no legitimin

Further reading

• “legitimar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “legitimar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “legitimar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “legitimar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From legítimo ‎ -ar, or borrowed from Medieval Latin lēgitimāre, from Latin lēgitimus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ʁ)/ [le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /le.ʒi.t͡ʃiˈma(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.ʒi.tiˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.ʒi.tiˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɨ.ʒi.tiˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: le‧gi‧ti‧mar

Verb

legitimar (first-person singular present legitimo, first-person singular preterite legitimei, past participle legitimado)

1. (transitive) to legitimize (make legitimate)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legitimar (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	legitimar
Personal	legitimar	legitimares	legitimar	legitimarmos	legitimardes	legitimarem
Gerund
	legitimando
Past participle
Masculine	legitimado			legitimados
Feminine	legitimada			legitimadas
Indicative
Present	legitimo	legitimas	legitima	legitimamos	legitimais	legitimam
Imperfect	legitimava	legitimavas	legitimava	legitimávamos	legitimáveis	legitimavam
Preterite	legitimei	legitimaste	legitimou	legitimamos1, legitimámos2	legitimastes	legitimaram
Pluperfect	legitimara	legitimaras	legitimara	legitimáramos	legitimáreis	legitimaram
Future	legitimarei	legitimarás	legitimará	legitimaremos	legitimareis	legitimarão
Conditional	legitimaria	legitimarias	legitimaria	legitimaríamos	legitimaríeis	legitimariam
Subjunctive
Present	legitime	legitimes	legitime	legitimemos	legitimeis	legitimem
Imperfect	legitimasse	legitimasses	legitimasse	legitimássemos	legitimásseis	legitimassem
Future	legitimar	legitimares	legitimar	legitimarmos	legitimardes	legitimarem
Imperative
Affirmative		legitima	legitime	legitimemos	legitimai	legitimem
Negative (não)		não legitimes	não legitime	não legitimemos	não legitimeis	não legitimem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• legitimação

Spanish

Alternative forms

• legitimizar

Etymology

From legítimo ‎ -ar, or borrowed from Medieval Latin legitimāre, from Latin lēgitimus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lexitiˈmaɾ/ [le.xi.t̪iˈmaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: le‧gi‧ti‧mar

Verb

legitimar (first-person singular present legitimo, first-person singular preterite legitimé, past participle legitimado)

1. (transitive) to legitimize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of legitimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			legitimar
gerund			legitimando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		legitimado		legitimada
		plural		legitimados		legitimadas
		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	legitimo	legitimastú legitimásvos	legitima	legitimamos	legitimáis	legitiman
	imperfect	legitimaba	legitimabas	legitimaba	legitimábamos	legitimabais	legitimaban
	preterite	legitimé	legitimaste	legitimó	legitimamos	legitimasteis	legitimaron
	future	legitimaré	legitimarás	legitimará	legitimaremos	legitimaréis	legitimarán
	conditional	legitimaría	legitimarías	legitimaría	legitimaríamos	legitimaríais	legitimarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	legitime	legitimestú legitimésvos2	legitime	legitimemos	legitiméis	legitimen
	imperfect (ra)	legitimara	legitimaras	legitimara	legitimáramos	legitimarais	legitimaran
	imperfect (se)	legitimase	legitimases	legitimase	legitimásemos	legitimaseis	legitimasen
	future1	legitimare	legitimares	legitimare	legitimáremos	legitimareis	legitimaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		legitimatú legitimávos	legitime	legitimemos	legitimad	legitimen
	negative		no legitimes	no legitime	no legitimemos	no legitiméis	no legitimen

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

    Selected combined forms of legitimar

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 legitimar	dative	legitimarme	legitimarte	legitimarle, legitimarse	legitimarnos	legitimaros	legitimarles, legitimarse
	accusative	legitimarme	legitimarte	legitimarlo, legitimarla, legitimarse	legitimarnos	legitimaros	legitimarlos, legitimarlas, legitimarse
with gerund legitimando	dative	legitimándome	legitimándote	legitimándole, legitimándose	legitimándonos	legitimándoos	legitimándoles, legitimándose
	accusative	legitimándome	legitimándote	legitimándolo, legitimándola, legitimándose	legitimándonos	legitimándoos	legitimándolos, legitimándolas, legitimándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative legitima	dative	legitímame	legitímate	legitímale	legitímanos	not used	legitímales
	accusative	legitímame	legitímate	legitímalo, legitímala	legitímanos	not used	legitímalos, legitímalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative legitimá	dative	legitimame	legitimate	legitimale	legitimanos	not used	legitimales
	accusative	legitimame	legitimate	legitimalo, legitimala	legitimanos	not used	legitimalos, legitimalas
with formal second-person singular imperative legitime	dative	legitímeme	not used	legitímele, legitímese	legitímenos	not used	legitímeles
	accusative	legitímeme	not used	legitímelo, legitímela, legitímese	legitímenos	not used	legitímelos, legitímelas
with first-person plural imperative legitimemos	dative	not used	legitimémoste	legitimémosle	legitimémonos	legitimémoos	legitimémosles
	accusative	not used	legitimémoste	legitimémoslo, legitimémosla	legitimémonos	legitimémoos	legitimémoslos, legitimémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative legitimad	dative	legitimadme	not used	legitimadle	legitimadnos	legitimaos	legitimadles
	accusative	legitimadme	not used	legitimadlo, legitimadla	legitimadnos	legitimaos	legitimadlos, legitimadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative legitimen	dative	legitímenme	not used	legitímenle	legitímennos	not used	legitímenles, legitímense
	accusative	legitímenme	not used	legitímenlo, legitímenla	legitímennos	not used	legitímenlos, legitímenlas, legitímense

Derived terms

• legitimación
• legitimador

 

Further reading

• “legitimar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28