argentar

Catalan

Etymology

From argent +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ər.ʒənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾ.d͡ʒenˈtaɾ]

Verb

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentí, past participle argentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to silver-plate

   Synonym: platejar

2. (figurative) to silver

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argentar (first conjugation)

infinitive			argentar
gerund			argentant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		argentat		argentada
		plural		argentats		argentades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	argento	argentes	argenta	argentem	argenteu	argenten
	imperfect	argentava	argentaves	argentava	argentàvem	argentàveu	argentaven
	future	argentaré	argentaràs	argentarà	argentarem	argentareu	argentaran
	preterite	argentí	argentares	argentà	argentàrem	argentàreu	argentaren
	conditional	argentaria	argentaries	argentaria	argentaríem	argentaríeu	argentarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	argenti	argentis	argenti	argentem	argenteu	argentin
	imperfect	argentés	argentessis	argentés	argentéssim	argentéssiu	argentessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	argenta	argenti	argentem	argenteu	argentin
	negative (no)	—	no argentis	no argenti	no argentem	no argenteu	no argentin

Derived terms

• argentada
• argentador
• argentament
• desargentar
• sobreargentar

 

Further reading

• “argentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aɦ.ʒẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aɦ.ʒẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾ.ʒẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒẽˈta(ʁ)/ [aʁ.ʒẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻ.ʒẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ʒẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ʒẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ʒẽˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tar

Verb

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argentei, past participle argentado)

1. to silver-plate (to coat a metal surface with a thin layer of silver)

   Synonym: pratear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argentar (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	argentar
Personal	argentar	argentares	argentar	argentarmos	argentardes	argentarem
Gerund
	argentando
Past participle
Masculine	argentado			argentados
Feminine	argentada			argentadas
Indicative
Present	argento	argentas	argenta	argentamos	argentais	argentam
Imperfect	argentava	argentavas	argentava	argentávamos	argentáveis	argentavam
Preterite	argentei	argentaste	argentou	argentamos1, argentámos2	argentastes	argentaram
Pluperfect	argentara	argentaras	argentara	argentáramos	argentáreis	argentaram
Future	argentarei	argentarás	argentará	argentaremos	argentareis	argentarão
Conditional	argentaria	argentarias	argentaria	argentaríamos	argentaríeis	argentariam
Subjunctive
Present	argente	argentes	argente	argentemos	argenteis	argentem
Imperfect	argentasse	argentasses	argentasse	argentássemos	argentásseis	argentassem
Future	argentar	argentares	argentar	argentarmos	argentardes	argentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		argenta	argente	argentemos	argentai	argentem
Negative (não)		não argentes	não argente	não argentemos	não argenteis	não argentem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Back-formation from argentado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾxenˈtaɾ/ [aɾ.xẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ar‧gen‧tar

Verb

argentar (first-person singular present argento, first-person singular preterite argenté, past participle argentado)

1. to silver-plate

   Synonym: platear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of argentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			argentar
gerund			argentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		argentado		argentada
		plural		argentados		argentadas
		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	argento	argentastú argentásvos	argenta	argentamos	argentáis	argentan
	imperfect	argentaba	argentabas	argentaba	argentábamos	argentabais	argentaban
	preterite	argenté	argentaste	argentó	argentamos	argentasteis	argentaron
	future	argentaré	argentarás	argentará	argentaremos	argentaréis	argentarán
	conditional	argentaría	argentarías	argentaría	argentaríamos	argentaríais	argentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	argente	argentestú argentésvos2	argente	argentemos	argentéis	argenten
	imperfect (ra)	argentara	argentaras	argentara	argentáramos	argentarais	argentaran
	imperfect (se)	argentase	argentases	argentase	argentásemos	argentaseis	argentasen
	future1	argentare	argentares	argentare	argentáremos	argentareis	argentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		argentatú argentávos	argente	argentemos	argentad	argenten
	negative		no argentes	no argente	no argentemos	no argentéis	no argenten

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

    Selected combined forms of argentar

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 argentar	dative	argentarme	argentarte	argentarle, argentarse	argentarnos	argentaros	argentarles, argentarse
	accusative	argentarme	argentarte	argentarlo, argentarla, argentarse	argentarnos	argentaros	argentarlos, argentarlas, argentarse
with gerund argentando	dative	argentándome	argentándote	argentándole, argentándose	argentándonos	argentándoos	argentándoles, argentándose
	accusative	argentándome	argentándote	argentándolo, argentándola, argentándose	argentándonos	argentándoos	argentándolos, argentándolas, argentándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative argenta	dative	argéntame	argéntate	argéntale	argéntanos	not used	argéntales
	accusative	argéntame	argéntate	argéntalo, argéntala	argéntanos	not used	argéntalos, argéntalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative argentá	dative	argentame	argentate	argentale	argentanos	not used	argentales
	accusative	argentame	argentate	argentalo, argentala	argentanos	not used	argentalos, argentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative argente	dative	argénteme	not used	argéntele, argéntese	argéntenos	not used	argénteles
	accusative	argénteme	not used	argéntelo, argéntela, argéntese	argéntenos	not used	argéntelos, argéntelas
with first-person plural imperative argentemos	dative	not used	argentémoste	argentémosle	argentémonos	argentémoos	argentémosles
	accusative	not used	argentémoste	argentémoslo, argentémosla	argentémonos	argentémoos	argentémoslos, argentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative argentad	dative	argentadme	not used	argentadle	argentadnos	argentaos	argentadles
	accusative	argentadme	not used	argentadlo, argentadla	argentadnos	argentaos	argentadlos, argentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative argenten	dative	argéntenme	not used	argéntenle	argéntennos	not used	argéntenles, argéntense
	accusative	argéntenme	not used	argéntenlo, argéntenla	argéntennos	not used	argéntenlos, argéntenlas, argéntense

Further reading

• “argentar”, 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