mensurar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mēnsūrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mẽ.suˈɾa(ʁ)/ [mẽ.suˈɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.suˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.suˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mẽ.suˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

mensurar (first-person singular present mensuro, first-person singular preterite mensurei, past participle mensurado)

1. to measure

   Synonym: medir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mensurar (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	mensurar
Personal	mensurar	mensurares	mensurar	mensurarmos	mensurardes	mensurarem
Gerund
	mensurando
Past participle
Masculine	mensurado			mensurados
Feminine	mensurada			mensuradas
Indicative
Present	mensuro	mensuras	mensura	mensuramos	mensurais	mensuram
Imperfect	mensurava	mensuravas	mensurava	mensurávamos	mensuráveis	mensuravam
Preterite	mensurei	mensuraste	mensurou	mensuramos1, mensurámos2	mensurastes	mensuraram
Pluperfect	mensurara	mensuraras	mensurara	mensuráramos	mensuráreis	mensuraram
Future	mensurarei	mensurarás	mensurará	mensuraremos	mensurareis	mensurarão
Conditional	mensuraria	mensurarias	mensuraria	mensuraríamos	mensuraríeis	mensurariam
Subjunctive
Present	mensure	mensures	mensure	mensuremos	mensureis	mensurem
Imperfect	mensurasse	mensurasses	mensurasse	mensurássemos	mensurásseis	mensurassem
Future	mensurar	mensurares	mensurar	mensurarmos	mensurardes	mensurarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mensura	mensure	mensuremos	mensurai	mensurem
Negative (não)		não mensures	não mensure	não mensuremos	não mensureis	não mensurem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• mensurável

Related terms

• imenso
• imensurável
• mensura

Further reading

• “mensurar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “mensurar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “mensurar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “mensurar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “mensurar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “mensurar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “mensurar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mēnsūrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mensuˈɾaɾ/ [mẽn.suˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: men‧su‧rar

Verb

mensurar (first-person singular present mensuro, first-person singular preterite mensuré, past participle mensurado)

1. to measure

   Synonym: medir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mensurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mensurar
gerund			mensurando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mensurado		mensurada
		plural		mensurados		mensuradas
		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	mensuro	mensurastú mensurásvos	mensura	mensuramos	mensuráis	mensuran
	imperfect	mensuraba	mensurabas	mensuraba	mensurábamos	mensurabais	mensuraban
	preterite	mensuré	mensuraste	mensuró	mensuramos	mensurasteis	mensuraron
	future	mensuraré	mensurarás	mensurará	mensuraremos	mensuraréis	mensurarán
	conditional	mensuraría	mensurarías	mensuraría	mensuraríamos	mensuraríais	mensurarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mensure	mensurestú mensurésvos2	mensure	mensuremos	mensuréis	mensuren
	imperfect (ra)	mensurara	mensuraras	mensurara	mensuráramos	mensurarais	mensuraran
	imperfect (se)	mensurase	mensurases	mensurase	mensurásemos	mensuraseis	mensurasen
	future1	mensurare	mensurares	mensurare	mensuráremos	mensurareis	mensuraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mensuratú mensurávos	mensure	mensuremos	mensurad	mensuren
	negative		no mensures	no mensure	no mensuremos	no mensuréis	no mensuren

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

    Selected combined forms of mensurar

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 mensurar	dative	mensurarme	mensurarte	mensurarle, mensurarse	mensurarnos	mensuraros	mensurarles, mensurarse
	accusative	mensurarme	mensurarte	mensurarlo, mensurarla, mensurarse	mensurarnos	mensuraros	mensurarlos, mensurarlas, mensurarse
with gerund mensurando	dative	mensurándome	mensurándote	mensurándole, mensurándose	mensurándonos	mensurándoos	mensurándoles, mensurándose
	accusative	mensurándome	mensurándote	mensurándolo, mensurándola, mensurándose	mensurándonos	mensurándoos	mensurándolos, mensurándolas, mensurándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mensura	dative	mensúrame	mensúrate	mensúrale	mensúranos	not used	mensúrales
	accusative	mensúrame	mensúrate	mensúralo, mensúrala	mensúranos	not used	mensúralos, mensúralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mensurá	dative	mensurame	mensurate	mensurale	mensuranos	not used	mensurales
	accusative	mensurame	mensurate	mensuralo, mensurala	mensuranos	not used	mensuralos, mensuralas
with formal second-person singular imperative mensure	dative	mensúreme	not used	mensúrele, mensúrese	mensúrenos	not used	mensúreles
	accusative	mensúreme	not used	mensúrelo, mensúrela, mensúrese	mensúrenos	not used	mensúrelos, mensúrelas
with first-person plural imperative mensuremos	dative	not used	mensurémoste	mensurémosle	mensurémonos	mensurémoos	mensurémosles
	accusative	not used	mensurémoste	mensurémoslo, mensurémosla	mensurémonos	mensurémoos	mensurémoslos, mensurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mensurad	dative	mensuradme	not used	mensuradle	mensuradnos	mensuraos	mensuradles
	accusative	mensuradme	not used	mensuradlo, mensuradla	mensuradnos	mensuraos	mensuradlos, mensuradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mensuren	dative	mensúrenme	not used	mensúrenle	mensúrennos	not used	mensúrenles, mensúrense
	accusative	mensúrenme	not used	mensúrenlo, mensúrenla	mensúrennos	not used	mensúrenlos, mensúrenlas, mensúrense

Derived terms

• mensurable

Related terms

• mensura
• mesura