amortiguar
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Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From older mortiguar, from Latin mortificāre. Doublet of mortificar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]amortiguar (first-person singular present amortiguo, first-person singular preterite amortigüé, past participle amortiguado)
- (transitive) to tone down (to make milder); to dim (a light); to muffle (a sound); to damp down (a fire)
- (transitive) to cushion, to absorb (an impact)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of amortiguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of amortiguar (gu-gü alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “amortiguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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