potar
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.
Verb
potar
Conjugation
Conjugation of potar
| infinitive | potar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | potando | ||||||
| past participle | potoit | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
| present | puas | potai | potaja | puasaime | potaite | potaja | |
| imperfect | potaja | potaja | potaja | potajaime | potajaite | potaja | |
| perfect | jai potoit | ji potoit | ju potoit | javaime potoit | javaite potoit | ju potoit | |
| pluperfect | avas potoit | avas potoit | avaja potoit | avaime potoit | avaite potoit | avas potoit | |
| future | potra | potrai | potra | potarme | potarte | potra | |
| present | potre | potre | potre | potarme | potarte | potre | |
| subjunctive | ju | te | jal/jala | nu | vu | jali/jale | |
| present | puasa | potaja | potaja | puasaime | potaite | potaja | |
| imperfect | potas | potasse | potassa | potassaime | potassaite | potas | |
| imperative | — | te | — | nu | vu | — | |
| affirmative | potai | puasaime | potaite | ||||
| negative | naun potai | naun puasaime | naun potaite | ||||
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɔˈtaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: po‧tar
Verb
potar (first-person singular active indicative aîpotar, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîpotari, noun potara) (transitive)
- to want; to wish
- to desire (to want emotionally or sexually)
- to tend (to be likely to do something or have a certain habit)
Conjugation
Conjugation of potar (transitive, R-ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)
Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
| Causative | potarukar | |||||
| Causative-comitative | eropotar | |||||
| Reflexive | îepotar | |||||
| Deverbals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -ba'e | oîpotaryba'e | |||||
| emi- | emimotara / mimotara | |||||
| -pyr(a) | i potarypyra | |||||
| -sab(a) | potasaba / potaraba | |||||
| -sar(a) | potasara / potarara | |||||
| Singular | Singular and Plural | Plural | ||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person exclusive | 1st person inclusive | 2nd person | |
| Verbal forms | ||||||
| Active | ||||||
| Indicative | aîpotar | ereîpotar | oîpotar | oroîpotar | îaîpotar | peîpotar |
| Permissive | t'aîpotar | t'ereîpotar | t'oîpotar | t'oroîpotar | t'îaîpotar | ta peîpotar |
| Imperative | eîpotar | peîpotar | ||||
| Negative indicative | n'aîpotari | n'ereîpotari | n'oîpotari | n'oroîpotari | n'îaîpotari | na peîpotari |
| Negative permissive | t'aîpotar umẽ | t'ereîpotar umẽ | t'oîpotar umẽ | t'oroîpotar umẽ | t'îaîpotar umẽ | ta peîpotar umẽ |
| Negative imperative | eîpotar umẽ | peîpotar umẽ | ||||
| Nominal forms | ||||||
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Affirmative | potara | |||||
| Negative | potare'yma | |||||
| Gerund | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe potá | nde potá | i potá | oré potá | îandé potá | pe potá |
| Negative | xe potare'yma | nde potare'yma | i potare'yma | oré potare'yma | îandé potare'yma | pe potare'yma |
| Circumstantial | ||||||
| Affirmative | xe potari | i potari | oré potari | îandé potari | ||
| Negative | xe potare'ymi | i potare'ymi | oré potare'ymi | îandé potare'ymi | ||
Descendants
- Nheengatu: putari
References
- Navarro, Eduardo de Almeida (2013), “potar”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil ] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 404, columns 1–2
Portuguese
Etymology
Adapted borrowing of English potion + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /poˈta(ʁ)/ [poˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /poˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poˈta(ʁ)/ [poˈta(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /poˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /puˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: po‧tar
Verb
potar (first-person singular present poto, first-person singular preterite potei, past participle potado)
- (ambitransitive, video games) to drink potions
Conjugation
Conjugation of potar (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 | potar | |||||
| Personal | potar | potares | potar | potarmos | potardes | potarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| potando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | potado | potados | ||||
| Feminine | potada | potadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | poto | potas | pota | potamos | potais | potam |
| Imperfect | potava | potavas | potava | potávamos | potáveis | potavam |
| Preterite | potei | potaste | potou | potamos1, potámos2 | potastes | potaram |
| Pluperfect | potara | potaras | potara | potáramos | potáreis | potaram |
| Future | potarei | potarás | potará | potaremos | potareis | potarão |
| Conditional | potaria | potarias | potaria | potaríamos | potaríeis | potariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | pote | potes | pote | potemos | poteis | potem |
| Imperfect | potasse | potasses | potasse | potássemos | potásseis | potassem |
| Future | potar | potares | potar | potarmos | potardes | potarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | pota | pote | potemos | potai | potem | |
| Negative (não) | não potes | não pote | não potemos | não poteis | não potem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Verb
potar (first-person singular present poto, first-person singular preterite poté, past participle potado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of potar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | potar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | potando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | potado | potada | |||||
| plural | potados | potadas | |||||
| 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 | poto | potastú potásvos |
pota | potamos | potáis | potan | |
| imperfect | potaba | potabas | potaba | potábamos | potabais | potaban | |
| preterite | poté | potaste | potó | potamos | potasteis | potaron | |
| future | potaré | potarás | potará | potaremos | potaréis | potarán | |
| conditional | potaría | potarías | potaría | potaríamos | potaríais | potarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | pote | potestú potésvos2 |
pote | potemos | potéis | poten | |
| imperfect (ra) |
potara | potaras | potara | potáramos | potarais | potaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
potase | potases | potase | potásemos | potaseis | potasen | |
| future1 | potare | potares | potare | potáremos | potareis | potaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | potatú potávos |
pote | potemos | potad | poten | ||
| negative | no potes | no pote | no potemos | no potéis | no poten | ||
Related terms
Further reading
- “potar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025