meditar

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mə.ðiˈta]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [me.ðiˈtaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

meditar (first-person singular present medito, first-person singular preterite medití, past participle meditat)

(intransitive) to meditate (rest while remaining conscious)
- 2015, Emmanuel Carrére, El Regne, Anagrama, →ISBN:
  […] uns quants anys més tard, em demanaré si és millor posarse a meditar abans o després dels exercicis de ioga.
  […] a few years later, I'll wonder if it's better to start meditating before or after doing yoga exercises.
(transitive, intransitive) to meditate, to ponder, to contemplate
- 2000, Salvador Llobet i Reverter: la geografia, entre ciència i passió, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, →ISBN, page 98:
  No és imprescindible estudiar moltes matèries, ni llegir molts llibres; poden ser pocs, però bons i ben meditats.
  It's not essential to study many subjects or read many books; they can be few, as long as they're good and well-pondered.

Conjugation

Conjugation of meditar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			meditar
gerund			meditant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		meditat		meditada
		plural		meditats		meditades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	medito	medites	medita	meditem	mediteu	mediten
	imperfect	meditava	meditaves	meditava	meditàvem	meditàveu	meditaven
	future	meditaré	meditaràs	meditarà	meditarem	meditareu	meditaran
	preterite	medití	meditares	medità	meditàrem	meditàreu	meditaren
	conditional	meditaria	meditaries	meditaria	meditaríem	meditaríeu	meditarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mediti	meditis	mediti	meditem	mediteu	meditin
	imperfect	medités	meditessis	medités	meditéssim	meditéssiu	meditessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	medita	mediti	meditem	mediteu	meditin
	negative (no)	—	no meditis	no mediti	no meditem	no mediteu	no meditin

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Ido

Etymology

From Latin meditor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mediˈtar/

Verb

meditar (present tense meditas, past tense meditis, future tense meditos, imperative meditez, conditional meditus)

to ponder

Conjugation

Conjugation of meditar
		present	past	future
infinitive		meditar	meditir	meditor
tense		meditas	meditis	meditos
conditional		meditus	—	—
imperative		meditez	—	—
adjective active participle		meditanta	meditinta	meditonta
adverbial active participle		meditante	meditinte	meditonte
nominal active participle	singular	meditanto	meditinto	meditonto
nominal active participle	plural	meditanti	meditinti	meditonti
adjective passive participle		meditata	meditita	meditota
adverbial passive participle		meditate	meditite	meditote
nominal passive participle	singular	meditato	meditito	meditoto
nominal passive participle	plural	meditati	medititi	meditoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin meditārī.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [me.d͡ʒiˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [me.d͡ʒiˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.d͡ʒiˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.diˈtaɾ/ [mɨ.ðiˈtaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.diˈta.ɾi/ [mɨ.ðiˈta.ɾi]

Hyphenation: me‧di‧tar

Verb

meditar (first-person singular present medito, first-person singular preterite meditei, past participle meditado)

to meditate

Conjugation

Conjugation of meditar (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	meditar
Personal	meditar	meditares	meditar	meditarmos	meditardes	meditarem
Gerund
	meditando
Past participle
Masculine	meditado			meditados
Feminine	meditada			meditadas
Indicative
Present	medito	meditas	medita	meditamos	meditais	meditam
Imperfect	meditava	meditavas	meditava	meditávamos	meditáveis	meditavam
Preterite	meditei	meditaste	meditou	meditamos¹, meditámos²	meditastes	meditaram
Pluperfect	meditara	meditaras	meditara	meditáramos	meditáreis	meditaram
Future	meditarei	meditarás	meditará	meditaremos	meditareis	meditarão
Conditional	meditaria	meditarias	meditaria	meditaríamos	meditaríeis	meditariam
Subjunctive
Present	medite	medites	medite	meditemos	mediteis	meditem
Imperfect	meditasse	meditasses	meditasse	meditássemos	meditásseis	meditassem
Future	meditar	meditares	meditar	meditarmos	meditardes	meditarem
Imperative
Affirmative		medita	medite	meditemos	meditai	meditem
Negative (não)		não medites	não medite	não meditemos	não mediteis	não meditem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin meditārī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mediˈtaɾ/ [me.ð̞iˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: me‧di‧tar

Verb

meditar (first-person singular present medito, first-person singular preterite medité, past participle meditado)

(intransitive) to meditate (rest while remaining conscious)
- 2015, Paloma Sainz Martínez Vara de Rey, Mindfulness para niños, Grupo Planeta Spain →ISBN
  Toda persona debería aprender a meditar, y cuanto antes en la vida lo haga, tanto mejor.
  Everyone should learn to meditate, and the sooner in life that they do, the better.
(transitive, intransitive) to meditate, to ponder, to contemplate
- 2006, Juan C. González, Perspectivas contemporáneas sobre la cognición: categorización, percepción y conceptualización, Siglo XXI, →ISBN, page 77:
  No meditan sobre sus propias representaciones mentales.
  They don't contemplate their own mental representations.
Synonyms: considerar, contemplar, rumiar

Conjugation

Conjugation of meditar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			meditar
gerund			meditando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		meditado		meditada
		plural		meditados		meditadas
		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	medito	meditas^{^tú} meditás^{^vos}	medita	meditamos	meditáis	meditan
	imperfect	meditaba	meditabas	meditaba	meditábamos	meditabais	meditaban
	preterite	medité	meditaste	meditó	meditamos	meditasteis	meditaron
	future	meditaré	meditarás	meditará	meditaremos	meditaréis	meditarán
	conditional	meditaría	meditarías	meditaría	meditaríamos	meditaríais	meditarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	medite	medites^{^tú} medités^{^vos²}	medite	meditemos	meditéis	mediten
	imperfect (ra)	meditara	meditaras	meditara	meditáramos	meditarais	meditaran
	imperfect (se)	meditase	meditases	meditase	meditásemos	meditaseis	meditasen
	future¹	meditare	meditares	meditare	meditáremos	meditareis	meditaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		medita^{^tú} meditá^{^vos}	medite	meditemos	meditad	mediten
	negative		no medites	no medite	no meditemos	no meditéis	no mediten

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

Selected combined forms of meditar

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 meditar	dative	meditarme	meditarte	meditarle, meditarse	meditarnos	meditaros	meditarles, meditarse
with infinitive meditar	accusative	meditarme	meditarte	meditarlo, meditarla, meditarse	meditarnos	meditaros	meditarlos, meditarlas, meditarse

with gerund meditando	dative	meditándome	meditándote	meditándole, meditándose	meditándonos	meditándoos	meditándoles, meditándose
with gerund meditando	accusative	meditándome	meditándote	meditándolo, meditándola, meditándose	meditándonos	meditándoos	meditándolos, meditándolas, meditándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative medita	dative	medítame	medítate	medítale	medítanos	not used	medítales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative medita	accusative	medítame	medítate	medítalo, medítala	medítanos	not used	medítalos, medítalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative meditá	dative	meditame	meditate	meditale	meditanos	not used	meditales
	accusative	meditame	meditate	meditalo, meditala	meditanos	not used	meditalos, meditalas

with formal second-person singular imperative medite	dative	medíteme	not used	medítele, medítese	medítenos	not used	medíteles
with formal second-person singular imperative medite	accusative	medíteme	not used	medítelo, medítela, medítese	medítenos	not used	medítelos, medítelas

with first-person plural imperative meditemos	dative	not used	meditémoste	meditémosle	meditémonos	meditémoos	meditémosles
with first-person plural imperative meditemos	accusative	not used	meditémoste	meditémoslo, meditémosla	meditémonos	meditémoos	meditémoslos, meditémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative meditad	dative	meditadme	not used	meditadle	meditadnos	meditaos	meditadles
with informal second-person plural imperative meditad	accusative	meditadme	not used	meditadlo, meditadla	meditadnos	meditaos	meditadlos, meditadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative mediten	dative	medítenme	not used	medítenle	medítennos	not used	medítenles, medítense
with formal second-person plural imperative mediten	accusative	medítenme	not used	medítenlo, medítenla	medítennos	not used	medítenlos, medítenlas, medítense

meditar

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