esposar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin spōnsāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.poˈza(ʁ)/ [is.poˈza(h)], /es.poˈza(ʁ)/ [es.poˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.poˈza(ʁ)/ [is.poˈza(h)], /es.poˈza(ʁ)/ [es.poˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.poˈza(ɾ)/, /es.poˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.poˈza(ʁ)/ [iʃ.poˈza(χ)], /eʃ.poˈza(ʁ)/ [eʃ.poˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.poˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃ.puˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: es‧po‧sar

Verb

esposar (first-person singular present esposo, first-person singular preterite esposei, past participle esposado)

1. to espouse
2. to unite in marriage
3. (pronominal) to marry

   Synonym: casar-se

4. to plight

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esposar (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	esposar
Personal	esposar	esposares	esposar	esposarmos	esposardes	esposarem
Gerund
	esposando
Past participle
Masculine	esposado			esposados
Feminine	esposada			esposadas
Indicative
Present	esposo	esposas	esposa	esposamos	esposais	esposam
Imperfect	esposava	esposavas	esposava	esposávamos	esposáveis	esposavam
Preterite	esposei	esposaste	esposou	esposamos1, esposámos2	esposastes	esposaram
Pluperfect	esposara	esposaras	esposara	esposáramos	esposáreis	esposaram
Future	esposarei	esposarás	esposará	esposaremos	esposareis	esposarão
Conditional	esposaria	esposarias	esposaria	esposaríamos	esposaríeis	esposariam
Subjunctive
Present	espose	esposes	espose	esposemos	esposeis	esposem
Imperfect	esposasse	esposasses	esposasse	esposássemos	esposásseis	esposassem
Future	esposar	esposares	esposar	esposarmos	esposardes	esposarem
Imperative
Affirmative		esposa	espose	esposemos	esposai	esposem
Negative (não)		não esposes	não espose	não esposemos	não esposeis	não esposem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• desposar
• esposo, esposa

 

Spanish

Etymology

From esposas +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /espoˈsaɾ/ [es.poˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧po‧sar

Verb

esposar (first-person singular present esposo, first-person singular preterite esposé, past participle esposado)

1. (transitive) to handcuff, manacle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esposar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			esposar
gerund			esposando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esposado		esposada
		plural		esposados		esposadas
		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	esposo	esposastú esposásvos	esposa	esposamos	esposáis	esposan
	imperfect	esposaba	esposabas	esposaba	esposábamos	esposabais	esposaban
	preterite	esposé	esposaste	esposó	esposamos	esposasteis	esposaron
	future	esposaré	esposarás	esposará	esposaremos	esposaréis	esposarán
	conditional	esposaría	esposarías	esposaría	esposaríamos	esposaríais	esposarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	espose	esposestú esposésvos2	espose	esposemos	esposéis	esposen
	imperfect (ra)	esposara	esposaras	esposara	esposáramos	esposarais	esposaran
	imperfect (se)	esposase	esposases	esposase	esposásemos	esposaseis	esposasen
	future1	esposare	esposares	esposare	esposáremos	esposareis	esposaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		esposatú esposávos	espose	esposemos	esposad	esposen
	negative		no esposes	no espose	no esposemos	no esposéis	no esposen

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

    Selected combined forms of esposar

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 esposar	dative	esposarme	esposarte	esposarle, esposarse	esposarnos	esposaros	esposarles, esposarse
	accusative	esposarme	esposarte	esposarlo, esposarla, esposarse	esposarnos	esposaros	esposarlos, esposarlas, esposarse
with gerund esposando	dative	esposándome	esposándote	esposándole, esposándose	esposándonos	esposándoos	esposándoles, esposándose
	accusative	esposándome	esposándote	esposándolo, esposándola, esposándose	esposándonos	esposándoos	esposándolos, esposándolas, esposándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative esposa	dative	espósame	espósate	espósale	espósanos	not used	espósales
	accusative	espósame	espósate	espósalo, espósala	espósanos	not used	espósalos, espósalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative esposá	dative	esposame	esposate	esposale	esposanos	not used	esposales
	accusative	esposame	esposate	esposalo, esposala	esposanos	not used	esposalos, esposalas
with formal second-person singular imperative espose	dative	espóseme	not used	espósele, espósese	espósenos	not used	espóseles
	accusative	espóseme	not used	espóselo, espósela, espósese	espósenos	not used	espóselos, espóselas
with first-person plural imperative esposemos	dative	not used	esposémoste	esposémosle	esposémonos	esposémoos	esposémosles
	accusative	not used	esposémoste	esposémoslo, esposémosla	esposémonos	esposémoos	esposémoslos, esposémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative esposad	dative	esposadme	not used	esposadle	esposadnos	esposaos	esposadles
	accusative	esposadme	not used	esposadlo, esposadla	esposadnos	esposaos	esposadlos, esposadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative esposen	dative	espósenme	not used	espósenle	espósennos	not used	espósenles, espósense
	accusative	espósenme	not used	espósenlo, espósenla	espósennos	not used	espósenlos, espósenlas, espósense

Related terms

• esposa f
• esposas f pl

 

Further reading

• “esposar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10