argumentar

Verb

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, past participle argumentat)

1. to argue (make a case for a point of view)

Etymology

argumento (“argument”) +‎ -ar (compare Latin argūmentor, argūmentārī)

Verb

argumentar (present tense argumentas, past tense argumentis, future tense argumentos, imperative argumentez, conditional argumentus)

1. (transitive) to argue (a case), to try to prove something

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argumentar

		present		past		future
infinitive		argumentar		argumentir		argumentor
tense		argumentas		argumentis		argumentos
conditional		argumentus
imperative		argumentez
adjective active participle		argumentanta		argumentinta		argumentonta
adverbial active participle		argumentante		argumentinte		argumentonte
nominal active participle	singular	argumentanto		argumentinto		argumentonto
	plural	argumentanti		argumentinti		argumentonti
adjective passive participle		argumentata		argumentita		argumentota
adverbial passive participle		argumentate		argumentite		argumentote
nominal passive participle	singular	argumentato		argumentito		argumentoto
	plural	argumentati		argumentiti		argumentoti

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Etymology

From Latin argūmentāre (“to adduce arguments”), from argumēntum (“argument”), from arguō (“I show; I prove”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /aɾ.ɡu.mẽ.ˈta(ɾ)/, /aɹ.ɡu.mẽ.ˈta(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɾ.ɡu.mẽ.ˈta(ɾ)/, /aɻ.ɡu.mẽ.ˈta(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ɣu.mẽ.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧gu‧men‧tar

Verb

argumentar (first-person singular present indicative argumento, past participle argumentado)

1. to debate; to argue (to put forth arguments)

   Argumentara contra a lei proposta.

   He had argued against the proposed law.

Verb

argumentar (first-person singular present argumento, first-person singular preterite argumenté, past participle argumentado)

1. to dispute
2. to argue (make a case for a point of view)