curtir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *contrire, *conterire from Latin conterere, present active infintive of conterō (“I grind”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.ˈtiɾ/
(Paulistano) IPA^(key): /kuɾ.ˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
(Carioca) IPA^(key): /kʊh.ˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/

Verb

curtir (first-person singular present indicative curto, past participle curtido)

to tan (to change an animal hide into leather)
to pickle (to store food in a solution)
Synonym: salmourar
(figuratively) to be able to suffer through something
(Brazil, slang) to enjoy; to like
Synonym: gostar

Curto isso. ― I like that.

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ir verb curtir

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ir group. Verbs with this conjugation include: definir, descobrir, desistir, garantir, partir.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	curtir
Personal	curtir	curtires	curtir	curtirmos	curtirdes	curtirem
Gerund
	curtindo
Past participle
Masculine	curtido			curtidos
Feminine	curtida			curtidas
Indicative
Present	curto	curtes	curte	curtimos	curtis	curtem
Imperfect	curtia	curtias	curtia	curtíamos	curtíeis	curtiam
Preterite	curti	curtiste	curtiu	curtimos	curtistes	curtiram
Pluperfect	curtira	curtiras	curtira	curtíramos	curtíreis	curtiram
Future	curtirei	curtirás	curtirá	curtiremos	curtireis	curtirão
Conditional
	curtiria	curtirias	curtiria	curtiríamos	curtiríeis	curtiriam
Subjunctive
Present	curta	curtas	curta	curtamos	curtais	curtam
Imperfect	curtisse	curtisses	curtisse	curtíssemos	curtísseis	curtissem
Future	curtir	curtires	curtir	curtirmos	curtirdes	curtirem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	curte	curta	curtamos	curti	curtam
Negative (não)	-	curtas	curta	curtamos	curtais	curtam

Related terms

curtido

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin conterēre, present active infintive of conterō.

Verb

curtir (first-person singular present curto, first-person singular preterite curtí, past participle curtido)

to tan, cure (a hide)
(reflexive) to catch a tan
(reflexive) to gain experience

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			curtir
gerund			curtiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		curtido		curtida
		plural		curtidos		curtidas
		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	curto	curtes^tú curtís^{^vos}	curte	curtimos	curtís	curten
	imperfect	curtía	curtías	curtía	curtíamos	curtíais	curtían
	preterite	curtí	curtiste	curtió	curtimos	curtisteis	curtieron
	future	curtiré	curtirás	curtirá	curtiremos	curtiréis	curtirán
	conditional	curtiría	curtirías	curtiría	curtiríamos	curtiríais	curtirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	curta	curtas^{^tú} curtás^{^vos²}	curta	curtamos	curtáis	curtan
	imperfect (ra)	curtiera	curtieras	curtiera	curtiéramos	curtierais	curtieran
	imperfect (se)	curtiese	curtieses	curtiese	curtiésemos	curtieseis	curtiesen
	future¹	curtiere	curtieres	curtiere	curtiéremos	curtiereis	curtieren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		curte^{^tú} curtí^{^vos}	curta	curtamos	curtid	curtan
	negative		no curtas	no curta	no curtamos	no curtáis	no curtan

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

Selected combined forms of curtir^{edit data}

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 curtir
	dative	curtirme	curtirte	curtirle, curtirse	curtirnos	curtiros	curtirles, curtirse
	accusative	curtirme	curtirte	curtirlo, curtirla, curtirse	curtirnos	curtiros	curtirlos, curtirlas, curtirse

with gerund curtiendo
	dative	curtiéndome	curtiéndote	curtiéndole, curtiéndose	curtiéndonos	curtiéndoos	curtiéndoles, curtiéndose
	accusative	curtiéndome	curtiéndote	curtiéndolo, curtiéndola, curtiéndose	curtiéndonos	curtiéndoos	curtiéndolos, curtiéndolas, curtiéndose

with informal second-person singular imperative curte
	dative	cúrteme	cúrtete	cúrtele	cúrtenos	not used	cúrteles
	accusative	cúrteme	cúrtete	cúrtelo, cúrtela	cúrtenos	not used	cúrtelos, cúrtelas

with formal second-person singular imperative curta
	dative	cúrtame	not used	cúrtale, cúrtase	cúrtanos	not used	cúrtales
	accusative	cúrtame	not used	cúrtalo, cúrtala, cúrtase	cúrtanos	not used	cúrtalos, cúrtalas

with first-person plural imperative curtamos
	dative	not used	curtámoste	curtámosle	curtámonos	curtámoos	curtámosles
	accusative	not used	curtámoste	curtámoslo, curtámosla	curtámonos	curtámoos	curtámoslos, curtámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative curtid
	dative	curtidme	not used	curtidle	curtidnos	curtíos	curtidles
	accusative	curtidme	not used	curtidlo, curtidla	curtidnos	curtíos	curtidlos, curtidlas

with formal second-person plural imperative curtan
	dative	cúrtanme	not used	cúrtanle	cúrtannos	not used	cúrtanles, cúrtanse
	accusative	cúrtanme	not used	cúrtanlo, cúrtanla	cúrtannos	not used	cúrtanlos, cúrtanlas, cúrtanse

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