amortizar

Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, from Latin ad + mortem. Compare Spanish amortizar, Italian ammorzare, English amortize.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moʁ.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [a.moh.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moʁ.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [a.moh.t͡ʃiˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.moɾ.t͡ʃiˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.moʁ.t͡ʃiˈza(ʁ)/ [a.moχ.t͡ʃiˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.moɻ.t͡ʃiˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muɾ.tiˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muɾ.tiˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.muɾ.tiˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧mor‧ti‧zar

Verb

amortizar (first-person singular present amortizo, first-person singular preterite amortizei, past participle amortizado)

1. to amortize
2. to pay in installments
3. (debt) to write off, to redeem

   A empresa amortizou os empréstimos dos clientes que não pagavam. ― The company wrote off loans to clients that were not paying.

   O nosso banco amortizou as obrigações emitidas durante a pandemia. ― Our bank redeemed the bonds issued during the pandemic.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amortizar (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	amortizar
Personal	amortizar	amortizares	amortizar	amortizarmos	amortizardes	amortizarem
Gerund
	amortizando
Past participle
Masculine	amortizado			amortizados
Feminine	amortizada			amortizadas
Indicative
Present	amortizo	amortizas	amortiza	amortizamos	amortizais	amortizam
Imperfect	amortizava	amortizavas	amortizava	amortizávamos	amortizáveis	amortizavam
Preterite	amortizei	amortizaste	amortizou	amortizamos1, amortizámos2	amortizastes	amortizaram
Pluperfect	amortizara	amortizaras	amortizara	amortizáramos	amortizáreis	amortizaram
Future	amortizarei	amortizarás	amortizará	amortizaremos	amortizareis	amortizarão
Conditional	amortizaria	amortizarias	amortizaria	amortizaríamos	amortizaríeis	amortizariam
Subjunctive
Present	amortize	amortizes	amortize	amortizemos	amortizeis	amortizem
Imperfect	amortizasse	amortizasses	amortizasse	amortizássemos	amortizásseis	amortizassem
Future	amortizar	amortizares	amortizar	amortizarmos	amortizardes	amortizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		amortiza	amortize	amortizemos	amortizai	amortizem
Negative (não)		não amortizes	não amortize	não amortizemos	não amortizeis	não amortizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• amortização
• amortizável

Further reading

• “amortizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From (the stem of) Middle French amortir (“to bring to death”), probably from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, from Latin ad + mortem. And -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /amoɾtiˈθaɾ/ [a.moɾ.t̪iˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /amoɾtiˈsaɾ/ [a.moɾ.t̪iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mor‧ti‧zar

Verb

amortizar (first-person singular present amortizo, first-person singular preterite amorticé, past participle amortizado)

1. to amortize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amortizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amortizar
gerund			amortizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amortizado		amortizada
		plural		amortizados		amortizadas
		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	amortizo	amortizastú amortizásvos	amortiza	amortizamos	amortizáis	amortizan
	imperfect	amortizaba	amortizabas	amortizaba	amortizábamos	amortizabais	amortizaban
	preterite	amorticé	amortizaste	amortizó	amortizamos	amortizasteis	amortizaron
	future	amortizaré	amortizarás	amortizará	amortizaremos	amortizaréis	amortizarán
	conditional	amortizaría	amortizarías	amortizaría	amortizaríamos	amortizaríais	amortizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amortice	amorticestú amorticésvos2	amortice	amorticemos	amorticéis	amorticen
	imperfect (ra)	amortizara	amortizaras	amortizara	amortizáramos	amortizarais	amortizaran
	imperfect (se)	amortizase	amortizases	amortizase	amortizásemos	amortizaseis	amortizasen
	future1	amortizare	amortizares	amortizare	amortizáremos	amortizareis	amortizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amortizatú amortizávos	amortice	amorticemos	amortizad	amorticen
	negative		no amortices	no amortice	no amorticemos	no amorticéis	no amorticen

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

    Selected combined forms of amortizar (c-z alternation)

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 amortizar	dative	amortizarme	amortizarte	amortizarle, amortizarse	amortizarnos	amortizaros	amortizarles, amortizarse
	accusative	amortizarme	amortizarte	amortizarlo, amortizarla, amortizarse	amortizarnos	amortizaros	amortizarlos, amortizarlas, amortizarse
with gerund amortizando	dative	amortizándome	amortizándote	amortizándole, amortizándose	amortizándonos	amortizándoos	amortizándoles, amortizándose
	accusative	amortizándome	amortizándote	amortizándolo, amortizándola, amortizándose	amortizándonos	amortizándoos	amortizándolos, amortizándolas, amortizándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amortiza	dative	amortízame	amortízate	amortízale	amortízanos	not used	amortízales
	accusative	amortízame	amortízate	amortízalo, amortízala	amortízanos	not used	amortízalos, amortízalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amortizá	dative	amortizame	amortizate	amortizale	amortizanos	not used	amortizales
	accusative	amortizame	amortizate	amortizalo, amortizala	amortizanos	not used	amortizalos, amortizalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amortice	dative	amortíceme	not used	amortícele, amortícese	amortícenos	not used	amortíceles
	accusative	amortíceme	not used	amortícelo, amortícela, amortícese	amortícenos	not used	amortícelos, amortícelas
with first-person plural imperative amorticemos	dative	not used	amorticémoste	amorticémosle	amorticémonos	amorticémoos	amorticémosles
	accusative	not used	amorticémoste	amorticémoslo, amorticémosla	amorticémonos	amorticémoos	amorticémoslos, amorticémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amortizad	dative	amortizadme	not used	amortizadle	amortizadnos	amortizaos	amortizadles
	accusative	amortizadme	not used	amortizadlo, amortizadla	amortizadnos	amortizaos	amortizadlos, amortizadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amorticen	dative	amortícenme	not used	amortícenle	amortícennos	not used	amortícenles, amortícense
	accusative	amortícenme	not used	amortícenlo, amortícenla	amortícennos	not used	amortícenlos, amortícenlas, amortícense

Derived terms

• amortizable
• amortización

Further reading

• “amortizar”, 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