aposentar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• aposientar

Etymology

Formed by a- +‎ posar (to put, drop, leave) and sentar (to sit).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aposenˈtaɾ/, [a.po.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

aposentar (first-person singular indicative present aposiento, past participle aposentáu)

1. (intransitive) to get one's act together, to come to one's senses

   A ver si aposienta la mocedá

   Let's see if the youngsters come to their senses

2. to rest after eating

   Agora que yá xintemos vamos aposentalo

   Now that we've already eaten we are going to rest (it)

3. to calm (a person)
4. to settle, fix an idea (in one's mind)
5. to host, to house
6. (reflexive) to settle in a place

Conjugation

Conjugation of aposentar

infinitive		aposentar
gerund		aposentando
past participle		m aposentáu, f aposentada, n aposentao, m pl aposentaos, f pl aposentaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	aposiento	aposientes	aposienta	aposentamos	aposentáis	aposienten
	imperfect	aposentaba	aposentabes	aposentaba	aposentábemos, aposentábamos	aposentabeis, aposentabais	aposentaben
	preterite	aposenté	aposentasti, aposentesti	aposentó	aposentemos	aposentastis, aposentestis	aposentaron
	pluperfect	aposentare, aposentara	aposentares, aposentaras	aposentare, aposentara	aposentáremos, aposentáramos	aposentareis, aposentarais	aposentaren, aposentaran
	future	aposentaré	aposentarás	aposentará	aposentaremos	aposentaréis	aposentarán
	conditional	aposentaría	aposentaríes	aposentaría	aposentaríemos, aposentaríamos	aposentaríeis, aposentaríais	aposentaríen
subjunctive	present	aposiente	aposientes, aposientas	aposiente	aposentemos	aposentéis	aposienten, aposientan
	imperfect	aposentare, aposentara	aposentares, aposentaras	aposentare, aposentara	aposentáremos, aposentáramos	aposentareis, aposentarais	aposentaren, aposentaran
imperative		—	aposienta	—	—	aposentái	—

Related terms

• posa
• posada
• posar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apousentar, from a- +‎ pousar +‎ -entar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.zẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.po.zẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.zẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.po.zẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.po.zẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.po.zẽˈta(ʁ)/ [a.po.zẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.zẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pu.zẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pu.zẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pu.zẽˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧po‧sen‧tar

Verb

aposentar (first-person singular present aposento, first-person singular preterite aposentei, past participle aposentado)

1. (transitive, dated) to house, shelter, lodge

   Synonyms: abrigar, albergar

2. (pronominal) to retire (leave office)

   Synonym: reformar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aposentar (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	aposentar
Personal	aposentar	aposentares	aposentar	aposentarmos	aposentardes	aposentarem
Gerund
	aposentando
Past participle
Masculine	aposentado			aposentados
Feminine	aposentada			aposentadas
Indicative
Present	aposento	aposentas	aposenta	aposentamos	aposentais	aposentam
Imperfect	aposentava	aposentavas	aposentava	aposentávamos	aposentáveis	aposentavam
Preterite	aposentei	aposentaste	aposentou	aposentamos1, aposentámos2	aposentastes	aposentaram
Pluperfect	aposentara	aposentaras	aposentara	aposentáramos	aposentáreis	aposentaram
Future	aposentarei	aposentarás	aposentará	aposentaremos	aposentareis	aposentarão
Conditional	aposentaria	aposentarias	aposentaria	aposentaríamos	aposentaríeis	aposentariam
Subjunctive
Present	aposente	aposentes	aposente	aposentemos	aposenteis	aposentem
Imperfect	aposentasse	aposentasses	aposentasse	aposentássemos	aposentásseis	aposentassem
Future	aposentar	aposentares	aposentar	aposentarmos	aposentardes	aposentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aposenta	aposente	aposentemos	aposentai	aposentem
Negative (não)		não aposentes	não aposente	não aposentemos	não aposenteis	não aposentem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aposenˈtaɾ/ [a.po.sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧po‧sen‧tar

Verb

aposentar (first-person singular present aposento, first-person singular preterite aposenté, past participle aposentado)

1. (transitive) to lodge, put up

   aposentar a alguien

   put someone up

2. (reflexive) to shack up; to stay as a guest; to lodge

   me voy a aposentar en casa de Lili

   I'm going to shack up at Lili's place.

3. (reflexive, figurative) to reside
   • 2005, Adalbe Reales Utria, Colombia Bajo El Paraguas de la Globalización:

     La pobreza se aposenta en los sectores más vulnerables.

     Poverty resides in the most vulnerable sectors.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aposentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aposentar
gerund			aposentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aposentado		aposentada
		plural		aposentados		aposentadas
		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	aposento	aposentastú aposentásvos	aposenta	aposentamos	aposentáis	aposentan
	imperfect	aposentaba	aposentabas	aposentaba	aposentábamos	aposentabais	aposentaban
	preterite	aposenté	aposentaste	aposentó	aposentamos	aposentasteis	aposentaron
	future	aposentaré	aposentarás	aposentará	aposentaremos	aposentaréis	aposentarán
	conditional	aposentaría	aposentarías	aposentaría	aposentaríamos	aposentaríais	aposentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aposente	aposentestú aposentésvos2	aposente	aposentemos	aposentéis	aposenten
	imperfect (ra)	aposentara	aposentaras	aposentara	aposentáramos	aposentarais	aposentaran
	imperfect (se)	aposentase	aposentases	aposentase	aposentásemos	aposentaseis	aposentasen
	future1	aposentare	aposentares	aposentare	aposentáremos	aposentareis	aposentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aposentatú aposentávos	aposente	aposentemos	aposentad	aposenten
	negative		no aposentes	no aposente	no aposentemos	no aposentéis	no aposenten

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

    Selected combined forms of aposentar

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 aposentar
	dative	aposentarme	aposentarte	aposentarle, aposentarse	aposentarnos	aposentaros	aposentarles, aposentarse
	accusative	aposentarme	aposentarte	aposentarlo, aposentarla, aposentarse	aposentarnos	aposentaros	aposentarlos, aposentarlas, aposentarse
with gerund aposentando
	dative	aposentándome	aposentándote	aposentándole, aposentándose	aposentándonos	aposentándoos	aposentándoles, aposentándose
	accusative	aposentándome	aposentándote	aposentándolo, aposentándola, aposentándose	aposentándonos	aposentándoos	aposentándolos, aposentándolas, aposentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aposenta
	dative	aposéntame	aposéntate	aposéntale	aposéntanos	not used	aposéntales
	accusative	aposéntame	aposéntate	aposéntalo, aposéntala	aposéntanos	not used	aposéntalos, aposéntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aposentá
	dative	aposentame	aposentate	aposentale	aposentanos	not used	aposentales
	accusative	aposentame	aposentate	aposentalo, aposentala	aposentanos	not used	aposentalos, aposentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aposente
	dative	aposénteme	not used	aposéntele, aposéntese	aposéntenos	not used	aposénteles
	accusative	aposénteme	not used	aposéntelo, aposéntela, aposéntese	aposéntenos	not used	aposéntelos, aposéntelas
with first-person plural imperative aposentemos
	dative	not used	aposentémoste	aposentémosle	aposentémonos	aposentémoos	aposentémosles
	accusative	not used	aposentémoste	aposentémoslo, aposentémosla	aposentémonos	aposentémoos	aposentémoslos, aposentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aposentad
	dative	aposentadme	not used	aposentadle	aposentadnos	aposentaos	aposentadles
	accusative	aposentadme	not used	aposentadlo, aposentadla	aposentadnos	aposentaos	aposentadlos, aposentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aposenten
	dative	aposéntenme	not used	aposéntenle	aposéntennos	not used	aposéntenles, aposéntense
	accusative	aposéntenme	not used	aposéntenlo, aposéntenla	aposéntennos	not used	aposéntenlos, aposéntenlas, aposéntense

Derived terms

• aposentador
• aposento

 

Further reading

• “aposentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28