cimentar

Portuguese

Verb

cimentar (first-person singular present indicative cimento, past participle cimentado)

(transitive) to cement (to affix with cement)
(transitive, figuratively) to cement (to make permanent)

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb cimentar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cimentar
Personal	cimentar	cimentares	cimentar	cimentarmos	cimentardes	cimentarem
Gerund
	cimentando
Past participle
Masculine	cimentado			cimentados
Feminine	cimentada			cimentadas
Indicative
Present	cimento	cimentas	cimenta	cimentamos	cimentais	cimentam
Imperfect	cimentava	cimentavas	cimentava	cimentávamos	cimentáveis	cimentavam
Preterite	cimentei	cimentaste	cimentou	cimentamos cimentámos	cimentastes	cimentaram
Pluperfect	cimentara	cimentaras	cimentara	cimentáramos	cimentáreis	cimentaram
Future	cimentarei	cimentarás	cimentará	cimentaremos	cimentareis	cimentarão
Conditional
	cimentaria	cimentarias	cimentaria	cimentaríamos	cimentaríeis	cimentariam
Subjunctive
Present	cimente	cimentes	cimente	cimentemos	cimenteis	cimentem
Imperfect	cimentasse	cimentasses	cimentasse	cimentássemos	cimentásseis	cimentassem
Future	cimentar	cimentares	cimentar	cimentarmos	cimentardes	cimentarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	cimenta	cimente	cimentemos	cimentai	cimentem
Negative (não)	-	cimentes	cimente	cimentemos	cimenteis	cimentem

Synonyms

(to make permanent): consolidar, firmar

Spanish

Etymology

From cimiento.

Verb

cimentar (first-person singular present cimiento, first-person singular preterite cimenté, past participle cimentado)

to lay the foundations of (a building, a movement, etc.)
to found (a building, a city)

Conjugation

Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.

Conjugation of cimentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			cimentar
gerund			cimentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cimentado		cimentada
		plural		cimentados		cimentadas
		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	cimiento	cimientas^tú cimentás^{^vos}	cimienta	cimentamos	cimentáis	cimientan
	imperfect	cimentaba	cimentabas	cimentaba	cimentábamos	cimentabais	cimentaban
	preterite	cimenté	cimentaste	cimentó	cimentamos	cimentasteis	cimentaron
	future	cimentaré	cimentarás	cimentará	cimentaremos	cimentaréis	cimentarán
	conditional	cimentaría	cimentarías	cimentaría	cimentaríamos	cimentaríais	cimentarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cimiente	cimientes^{^tú} cimentés^{^vos²}	cimiente	cimentemos	cimentéis	cimienten
	imperfect (ra)	cimentara	cimentaras	cimentara	cimentáramos	cimentarais	cimentaran
	imperfect (se)	cimentase	cimentases	cimentase	cimentásemos	cimentaseis	cimentasen
	future¹	cimentare	cimentares	cimentare	cimentáremos	cimentareis	cimentaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cimienta^{^tú} cimentá^{^vos}	cimiente	cimentemos	cimentad	cimienten
	negative		no cimientes	no cimiente	no cimentemos	no cimentéis	no cimienten

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

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Related terms

cimiento

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