combater

English

Etymology

From combat +‎ -er.

Noun

combater (plural combaters)

1. One who combats.
   • 1615, William HULL (D.D.), The Mirrour of Maiestie. Wherein the Mother-church Inviteth Her Damsels to Contemplate the Harbourlesse Ghest, Yet Waiting at the Doore of Mans Heart ... In Fiue Sermons ... Preached in Ascension Weeke, page 115:

   […] in that great day of the Lord hee shall come to iudge the quicke and dead, bringing these Garlands in hand as the prises for the combaters […]

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese combater (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *combattere, present active infinitive of *combattō, from Latin cum + battuō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kombaˈteɾ/

Verb

combater (first-person singular present combato, first-person singular preterite combatín, past participle combatido)
combater (first-person singular present combato, first-person singular preterite combatim or combati, past participle combatido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to combat
   • 1455, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 322:

     Ano de LV, sábado á noyte, que eran viinte dias do dito mes de setenbro, aas noue horas da noyte, foy conbatido por força de armas os paaços et curral do bispo d'Ourense et a hua ora, sobre médea noyte, foy entrado a poder de armas et non foy ende nehuún ome morto, saluo foron feridos dos do conçello ata noue ou des personas et dos do curral tres o quatro de seetadas, et en outro dia, o domingo, combateron a torre bella con Roy de Caldellas et con Johán de Canba et outro omee et puxaron de çima da torre hun canto e deu en hua perna Afonso da Proua et morreu dela.

     Year of 55, Saturday night, twenty days of said month of September, at nine hours at night; it was combatted forcibly with weapons the palace and yard of the Bishop of Ourense, and at certain time, around midnight, it was forcibly penetrated, but no man was killed then, but nine or ten persons of the Council were wounded, and of the yard three or four of arrow shots; and the other day, sunday, they combatted the old tower with Roi de Caldelas and with Xoán de Camba and with another man, and they threw from the top of the tower a stone which hit Afonso da Proba in a leg, and he died of that

   Synonyms: batallar, guerrear, lidar, loitar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of combater

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	combater
Personal	combater	combateres	combater	combatermos	combaterdes	combateren
Gerund
	combatendo
Past participle
Masculine	combatido			combatidos
Feminine	combatida			combatidas
Indicative
Present	combato	combates	combate	combatemos	combatedes	combaten
Imperfect	combatía	combatías	combatía	combatiamos	combatiades	combatían
Preterite	combatín	combatiches	combateu	combatemos	combatestes	combateron
Pluperfect	combatera	combateras	combatera	combateramos	combaterades	combateran
Future	combaterei	combaterás	combaterá	combateremos	combateredes	combaterán
Conditional	combatería	combaterías	combatería	combateriamos	combateriades	combaterían
Subjunctive
Present	combata	combatas	combata	combatamos	combatades	combatan
Imperfect	combatese	combateses	combatese	combatésemos	combatésedes	combatesen
Future	combater	combateres	combater	combatermos	combaterdes	combateren
Imperative
Affirmative		combate	combata	combatamos	combatede	combatan
Negative (non)		non combatas	non combata	non combatamos	non combatades	non combatan

    Reintegrated conjugation of combater (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	combater
Personal	combater	combateres	combater	combatermos	combaterdes	combaterem
Gerund
	combatendo
Past participle
Masculine	combatido			combatidos
Feminine	combatida			combatidas
Indicative
Present	combato	combates	combate	combatemos	combatedes, combateis	combatem
Imperfect	combatia	combatias	combatia	combatíamos	combatíades, combatíeis, combatíais1	combatiam
Preterite	combatim, combati	combateste, combateche1	combateu	combatemos	combatestes	combatêrom, combateram
Pluperfect	combatera	combateras	combatera	combatêramos	combatêrades, combatêreis, combatêrais1	combateram
Future	combaterei	combaterás	combaterá	combateremos	combateredes, combatereis	combaterám, combaterão
Conditional	combateria	combaterias	combateria	combateríamos	combateríades, combateríeis, combateríais1	combateriam
Subjunctive
Present	combata	combatas	combata	combatamos	combatades, combatais	combatam
Imperfect	combatesse	combatesses	combatesse	combatêssemos	combatêssedes, combatêsseis	combatessem
Future	combater	combateres	combater	combatermos	combaterdes	combaterem
Imperative
Affirmative		combate	combata	combatamos	combatede, combatei	combatam
Negative (nom)		nom combatas	nom combata	nom combatamos	nom combatades, nom combatais	nom combatam

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• combate

Further reading

• “combater”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “combater” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “combater”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “conbat”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “combater”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “combater”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin cum + battuō.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.baˈte(ʁ)/ [kõ.baˈte(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bɐˈteɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bɐˈteɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bɐˈte.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: com‧ba‧ter

Verb

combater (first-person singular present combato, first-person singular preterite combati, past participle combatido)

1. to fight; to combat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of combater (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	combater
Personal	combater	combateres	combater	combatermos	combaterdes	combaterem
Gerund
	combatendo
Past participle
Masculine	combatido			combatidos
Feminine	combatida			combatidas
Indicative
Present	combato	combates	combate	combatemos	combateis	combatem
Imperfect	combatia	combatias	combatia	combatíamos	combatíeis	combatiam
Preterite	combati	combateste	combateu	combatemos	combatestes	combateram
Pluperfect	combatera	combateras	combatera	combatêramos	combatêreis	combateram
Future	combaterei	combaterás	combaterá	combateremos	combatereis	combaterão
Conditional	combateria	combaterias	combateria	combateríamos	combateríeis	combateriam
Subjunctive
Present	combata	combatas	combata	combatamos	combatais	combatam
Imperfect	combatesse	combatesses	combatesse	combatêssemos	combatêsseis	combatessem
Future	combater	combateres	combater	combatermos	combaterdes	combaterem
Imperative
Affirmative		combate	combata	combatamos	combatei	combatam
Negative (não)		não combatas	não combata	não combatamos	não combatais	não combatam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:combater.

Derived terms

• combatente

Related terms

• bater

Further reading

• “combater” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913