augmentar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“to increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əwɡ.mənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [awɡ.menˈtaɾ]

Verb

augmentar (first-person singular present augmento, first-person singular preterite augmentí, past participle augmentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive, intransitive) to increase, augment

Conjugation

    Conjugation of augmentar (first conjugation)

infinitive			augmentar
gerund			augmentant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		augmentat		augmentada
		plural		augmentats		augmentades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	augmento	augmentes	augmenta	augmentem	augmenteu	augmenten
	imperfect	augmentava	augmentaves	augmentava	augmentàvem	augmentàveu	augmentaven
	future	augmentaré	augmentaràs	augmentarà	augmentarem	augmentareu	augmentaran
	preterite	augmentí	augmentares	augmentà	augmentàrem	augmentàreu	augmentaren
	conditional	augmentaria	augmentaries	augmentaria	augmentaríem	augmentaríeu	augmentarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	augmenti	augmentis	augmenti	augmentem	augmenteu	augmentin
	imperfect	augmentés	augmentessis	augmentés	augmentéssim	augmentéssiu	augmentessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	augmenta	augmenti	augmentem	augmenteu	augmentin
	negative (no)	—	no augmentis	no augmenti	no augmentem	no augmenteu	no augmentin

Related terms

• augment
• augmentable
• augmentació
• augmentat
• augmentatiu

Further reading

• “augmentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “augmentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “augmentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “augmentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English augment, French augmenter, German Augment, Italian aumentare, Spanish aumentar, ultimately from Late Latin augmentāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /au̯ɡmenˈtar/
• IPA^(key): /au̯ɡ.menˈtar/, /au̯ɡ.mɛnˈtaɾ/

Verb

augmentar (present tense augmentas, past tense augmentis, future tense augmentos, imperative augmentez, conditional augmentus)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to augment: to increase, enlarge, to make larger or more numerous
2. to raise (rents, prices, wages, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of augmentar

		present		past		future
infinitive		augmentar		augmentir		augmentor
tense		augmentas		augmentis		augmentos
conditional		augmentus		—		—
imperative		augmentez		—		—
adjective active participle		augmentanta		augmentinta		augmentonta
adverbial active participle		augmentante		augmentinte		augmentonte
nominal active participle	singular	augmentanto		augmentinto		augmentonto
	plural	augmentanti		augmentinti		augmentonti
adjective passive participle		augmentata		augmentita		augmentota
adverbial passive participle		augmentate		augmentite		augmentote
nominal passive participle	singular	augmentato		augmentito		augmentoto
	plural	augmentati		augmentiti		augmentoti

Antonyms

• diminutar (“to diminish, lessen”)
• reduktar (“to reduce, to commute”)

Derived terms

• augmenteso (“augmentation, increase, aggravation; rise (in price); state”)
• augmentiva (“augmentative”, adjective)
• augmentivo (“augmentative”, noun)
• augmento (“augmentation, increase, aggravation; rise (in price); (gram.) augment; act”)
• augmenturo (“augmentation, increase, aggravation; rise (in price); result”)
• pluse augmentar (“to raise higher”)

See also

• plucherigar (“to make dearer (in price)”)

Interlingua

Verb

augmentar

1. to increase, augment

Conjugation

    Conjugation of augmentar

infinitive		augmentar
participle		present	perfect
		augmentante	augmentate
active		simple	perfect
	present	augmenta	ha augmentate
	past	augmentava	habeva augmentate
	future	augmentara	habera augmentate
	conditional	augmentarea	haberea augmentate
	imperative	augmenta
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es augmentate	ha essite augmentate
	past	esseva augmentate	habeva essite augmentate
	future	essera augmentate	habera essite augmentate
	conditional	esserea augmentate	haberea essite augmentate
	imperative	sia augmentate

Portuguese

Verb

augmentar (first-person singular present augmento, first-person singular preterite augmentei, past participle augmentado)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of aumentar.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Fabiano”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 29:

     O gado augmentava, o serviço ia bem, mas o proprietario descompunha o vaqueiro.

     The cattle was increasing in number, the work was going well, but the landowner reprehended the cowhand.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of augmentar (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	augmentar
Personal	augmentar	augmentares	augmentar	augmentarmos	augmentardes	augmentarem
Gerund
	augmentando
Past participle
Masculine	augmentado			augmentados
Feminine	augmentada			augmentadas
Indicative
Present	augmento	augmentas	augmenta	augmentamos	augmentais	augmentam
Imperfect	augmentava	augmentavas	augmentava	augmentávamos	augmentáveis	augmentavam
Preterite	augmentei	augmentaste	augmentou	augmentamos1, augmentámos2	augmentastes	augmentaram
Pluperfect	augmentara	augmentaras	augmentara	augmentáramos	augmentáreis	augmentaram
Future	augmentarei	augmentarás	augmentará	augmentaremos	augmentareis	augmentarão
Conditional	augmentaria	augmentarias	augmentaria	augmentaríamos	augmentaríeis	augmentariam
Subjunctive
Present	augmente	augmentes	augmente	augmentemos	augmenteis	augmentem
Imperfect	augmentasse	augmentasses	augmentasse	augmentássemos	augmentásseis	augmentassem
Future	augmentar	augmentares	augmentar	augmentarmos	augmentardes	augmentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		augmenta	augmente	augmentemos	augmentai	augmentem
Negative (não)		não augmentes	não augmente	não augmentemos	não augmenteis	não augmentem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auɡmenˈtaɾ/ [au̯ɣ̞.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: aug‧men‧tar

Verb

augmentar (first-person singular present augmento, first-person singular preterite augmenté, past participle augmentado)

1. Obsolete form of aumentar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of augmentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			augmentar
gerund			augmentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		augmentado		augmentada
		plural		augmentados		augmentadas
		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	augmento	augmentastú augmentásvos	augmenta	augmentamos	augmentáis	augmentan
	imperfect	augmentaba	augmentabas	augmentaba	augmentábamos	augmentabais	augmentaban
	preterite	augmenté	augmentaste	augmentó	augmentamos	augmentasteis	augmentaron
	future	augmentaré	augmentarás	augmentará	augmentaremos	augmentaréis	augmentarán
	conditional	augmentaría	augmentarías	augmentaría	augmentaríamos	augmentaríais	augmentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	augmente	augmentestú augmentésvos2	augmente	augmentemos	augmentéis	augmenten
	imperfect (ra)	augmentara	augmentaras	augmentara	augmentáramos	augmentarais	augmentaran
	imperfect (se)	augmentase	augmentases	augmentase	augmentásemos	augmentaseis	augmentasen
	future1	augmentare	augmentares	augmentare	augmentáremos	augmentareis	augmentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		augmentatú augmentávos	augmente	augmentemos	augmentad	augmenten
	negative		no augmentes	no augmente	no augmentemos	no augmentéis	no augmenten

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

Further reading

• “augmentar”, 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