tamponar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.poˈna(ʁ)/ [tɐ̃.poˈna(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.puˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.puˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃.puˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: tam‧po‧nar

Verb

tamponar (first-person singular present tampono, first-person singular preterite tamponei, past participle tamponado)

1. to lid (to close the end of a duct with a lid)
2. (chemistry) to buffer (to maintain a given acidity level)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tamponar (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	tamponar
Personal	tamponar	tamponares	tamponar	tamponarmos	tamponardes	tamponarem
Gerund
	tamponando
Past participle
Masculine	tamponado			tamponados
Feminine	tamponada			tamponadas
Indicative
Present	tampono	tamponas	tampona	tamponamos	tamponais	tamponam
Imperfect	tamponava	tamponavas	tamponava	tamponávamos	tamponáveis	tamponavam
Preterite	tamponei	tamponaste	tamponou	tamponamos1, tamponámos2	tamponastes	tamponaram
Pluperfect	tamponara	tamponaras	tamponara	tamponáramos	tamponáreis	tamponaram
Future	tamponarei	tamponarás	tamponará	tamponaremos	tamponareis	tamponarão
Conditional	tamponaria	tamponarias	tamponaria	tamponaríamos	tamponaríeis	tamponariam
Subjunctive
Present	tampone	tampones	tampone	tamponemos	tamponeis	tamponem
Imperfect	tamponasse	tamponasses	tamponasse	tamponássemos	tamponásseis	tamponassem
Future	tamponar	tamponares	tamponar	tamponarmos	tamponardes	tamponarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tampona	tampone	tamponemos	tamponai	tamponem
Negative (não)		não tampones	não tampone	não tamponemos	não tamponeis	não tamponem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From tampón +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tampoˈnaɾ/ [t̪ãm.poˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tam‧po‧nar

Verb

tamponar (first-person singular present tampono, first-person singular preterite tamponé, past participle tamponado)

1. (chemistry, transitive) to buffer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tamponar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tamponar
gerund			tamponando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tamponado		tamponada
		plural		tamponados		tamponadas
		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	tampono	tamponastú tamponásvos	tampona	tamponamos	tamponáis	tamponan
	imperfect	tamponaba	tamponabas	tamponaba	tamponábamos	tamponabais	tamponaban
	preterite	tamponé	tamponaste	tamponó	tamponamos	tamponasteis	tamponaron
	future	tamponaré	tamponarás	tamponará	tamponaremos	tamponaréis	tamponarán
	conditional	tamponaría	tamponarías	tamponaría	tamponaríamos	tamponaríais	tamponarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tampone	tamponestú tamponésvos2	tampone	tamponemos	tamponéis	tamponen
	imperfect (ra)	tamponara	tamponaras	tamponara	tamponáramos	tamponarais	tamponaran
	imperfect (se)	tamponase	tamponases	tamponase	tamponásemos	tamponaseis	tamponasen
	future1	tamponare	tamponares	tamponare	tamponáremos	tamponareis	tamponaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tamponatú tamponávos	tampone	tamponemos	tamponad	tamponen
	negative		no tampones	no tampone	no tamponemos	no tamponéis	no tamponen

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

    Selected combined forms of tamponar

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 tamponar	dative	tamponarme	tamponarte	tamponarle, tamponarse	tamponarnos	tamponaros	tamponarles, tamponarse
	accusative	tamponarme	tamponarte	tamponarlo, tamponarla, tamponarse	tamponarnos	tamponaros	tamponarlos, tamponarlas, tamponarse
with gerund tamponando	dative	tamponándome	tamponándote	tamponándole, tamponándose	tamponándonos	tamponándoos	tamponándoles, tamponándose
	accusative	tamponándome	tamponándote	tamponándolo, tamponándola, tamponándose	tamponándonos	tamponándoos	tamponándolos, tamponándolas, tamponándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tampona	dative	tampóname	tampónate	tampónale	tampónanos	not used	tampónales
	accusative	tampóname	tampónate	tampónalo, tampónala	tampónanos	not used	tampónalos, tampónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tamponá	dative	tamponame	tamponate	tamponale	tamponanos	not used	tamponales
	accusative	tamponame	tamponate	tamponalo, tamponala	tamponanos	not used	tamponalos, tamponalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tampone	dative	tampóneme	not used	tampónele, tampónese	tampónenos	not used	tampóneles
	accusative	tampóneme	not used	tampónelo, tampónela, tampónese	tampónenos	not used	tampónelos, tampónelas
with first-person plural imperative tamponemos	dative	not used	tamponémoste	tamponémosle	tamponémonos	tamponémoos	tamponémosles
	accusative	not used	tamponémoste	tamponémoslo, tamponémosla	tamponémonos	tamponémoos	tamponémoslos, tamponémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tamponad	dative	tamponadme	not used	tamponadle	tamponadnos	tamponaos	tamponadles
	accusative	tamponadme	not used	tamponadlo, tamponadla	tamponadnos	tamponaos	tamponadlos, tamponadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tamponen	dative	tampónenme	not used	tampónenle	tampónennos	not used	tampónenles, tampónense
	accusative	tampónenme	not used	tampónenlo, tampónenla	tampónennos	not used	tampónenlos, tampónenlas, tampónense

Further reading

• “tamponar”, 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