ameritar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ mérito +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ameɾiˈtaɾ/ [a.me.ɾiˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧me‧ri‧tar

Verb

ameritar (first-person singular present amerito, first-person singular preterite amerité, past participle ameritado)

(Latin America) to merit, to deserve

Conjugation

Conjugation of ameritar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ameritar
gerund			ameritando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ameritado		ameritada
		plural		ameritados		ameritadas
		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	amerito	ameritas^{^tú} ameritás^{^vos}	amerita	ameritamos	ameritáis	ameritan
	imperfect	ameritaba	ameritabas	ameritaba	ameritábamos	ameritabais	ameritaban
	preterite	amerité	ameritaste	ameritó	ameritamos	ameritasteis	ameritaron
	future	ameritaré	ameritarás	ameritará	ameritaremos	ameritaréis	ameritarán
	conditional	ameritaría	ameritarías	ameritaría	ameritaríamos	ameritaríais	ameritarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amerite	amerites^{^tú} amerités^{^vos²}	amerite	ameritemos	ameritéis	ameriten
	imperfect (ra)	ameritara	ameritaras	ameritara	ameritáramos	ameritarais	ameritaran
	imperfect (se)	ameritase	ameritases	ameritase	ameritásemos	ameritaseis	ameritasen
	future¹	ameritare	ameritares	ameritare	ameritáremos	ameritareis	ameritaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amerita^{^tú} ameritá^{^vos}	amerite	ameritemos	ameritad	ameriten
	negative		no amerites	no amerite	no ameritemos	no ameritéis	no ameriten

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

Selected combined forms of ameritar

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 ameritar	dative	ameritarme	ameritarte	ameritarle, ameritarse	ameritarnos	ameritaros	ameritarles, ameritarse
with infinitive ameritar	accusative	ameritarme	ameritarte	ameritarlo, ameritarla, ameritarse	ameritarnos	ameritaros	ameritarlos, ameritarlas, ameritarse

with gerund ameritando	dative	ameritándome	ameritándote	ameritándole, ameritándose	ameritándonos	ameritándoos	ameritándoles, ameritándose
with gerund ameritando	accusative	ameritándome	ameritándote	ameritándolo, ameritándola, ameritándose	ameritándonos	ameritándoos	ameritándolos, ameritándolas, ameritándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative amerita	dative	amerítame	amerítate	amerítale	amerítanos	not used	amerítales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amerita	accusative	amerítame	amerítate	amerítalo, amerítala	amerítanos	not used	amerítalos, amerítalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative ameritá	dative	ameritame	ameritate	ameritale	ameritanos	not used	ameritales
	accusative	ameritame	ameritate	ameritalo, ameritala	ameritanos	not used	ameritalos, ameritalas

with formal second-person singular imperative amerite	dative	ameríteme	not used	amerítele, amerítese	amerítenos	not used	ameríteles
with formal second-person singular imperative amerite	accusative	ameríteme	not used	amerítelo, amerítela, amerítese	amerítenos	not used	amerítelos, amerítelas

with first-person plural imperative ameritemos	dative	not used	ameritémoste	ameritémosle	ameritémonos	ameritémoos	ameritémosles
with first-person plural imperative ameritemos	accusative	not used	ameritémoste	ameritémoslo, ameritémosla	ameritémonos	ameritémoos	ameritémoslos, ameritémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative ameritad	dative	ameritadme	not used	ameritadle	ameritadnos	ameritaos	ameritadles
with informal second-person plural imperative ameritad	accusative	ameritadme	not used	ameritadlo, ameritadla	ameritadnos	ameritaos	ameritadlos, ameritadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative ameriten	dative	amerítenme	not used	amerítenle	amerítennos	not used	amerítenles, amerítense
with formal second-person plural imperative ameriten	accusative	amerítenme	not used	amerítenlo, amerítenla	amerítennos	not used	amerítenlos, amerítenlas, amerítense

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