mojar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian mozsár, from German Mörser.

Noun

mojar n (plural mojare)

1. mortar (for grinding)

   Synonym: piuliță

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	mojar	mojarul		mojare	mojarele
genitive-dative	mojar	mojarului		mojare	mojarelor
vocative	mojarule			mojarelor

See also

• mortar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *molliāre (“soak”), a verb based on Latin mollis (“soft”). Compare Catalan mullar, Portuguese molhar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈxaɾ/ [moˈxaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mo‧jar

Verb

mojar (first-person singular present mojo, first-person singular preterite mojé, past participle mojado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to make wet, to wet
2. (transitive) to dip (+ en)
3. (transitive) to toast (celebrate with a drink)

   Synonym: brindar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mojar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mojar
gerund			mojando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mojado		mojada
		plural		mojados		mojadas
		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	mojo	mojastú mojásvos	moja	mojamos	mojáis	mojan
	imperfect	mojaba	mojabas	mojaba	mojábamos	mojabais	mojaban
	preterite	mojé	mojaste	mojó	mojamos	mojasteis	mojaron
	future	mojaré	mojarás	mojará	mojaremos	mojaréis	mojarán
	conditional	mojaría	mojarías	mojaría	mojaríamos	mojaríais	mojarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	moje	mojestú mojésvos2	moje	mojemos	mojéis	mojen
	imperfect (ra)	mojara	mojaras	mojara	mojáramos	mojarais	mojaran
	imperfect (se)	mojase	mojases	mojase	mojásemos	mojaseis	mojasen
	future1	mojare	mojares	mojare	mojáremos	mojareis	mojaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mojatú mojávos	moje	mojemos	mojad	mojen
	negative		no mojes	no moje	no mojemos	no mojéis	no mojen

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

    Selected combined forms of mojar

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 mojar	dative	mojarme	mojarte	mojarle, mojarse	mojarnos	mojaros	mojarles, mojarse
	accusative	mojarme	mojarte	mojarlo, mojarla, mojarse	mojarnos	mojaros	mojarlos, mojarlas, mojarse
with gerund mojando	dative	mojándome	mojándote	mojándole, mojándose	mojándonos	mojándoos	mojándoles, mojándose
	accusative	mojándome	mojándote	mojándolo, mojándola, mojándose	mojándonos	mojándoos	mojándolos, mojándolas, mojándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative moja	dative	mójame	mójate	mójale	mójanos	not used	mójales
	accusative	mójame	mójate	mójalo, mójala	mójanos	not used	mójalos, mójalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mojá	dative	mojame	mojate	mojale	mojanos	not used	mojales
	accusative	mojame	mojate	mojalo, mojala	mojanos	not used	mojalos, mojalas
with formal second-person singular imperative moje	dative	mójeme	not used	mójele, mójese	mójenos	not used	mójeles
	accusative	mójeme	not used	mójelo, mójela, mójese	mójenos	not used	mójelos, mójelas
with first-person plural imperative mojemos	dative	not used	mojémoste	mojémosle	mojémonos	mojémoos	mojémosles
	accusative	not used	mojémoste	mojémoslo, mojémosla	mojémonos	mojémoos	mojémoslos, mojémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mojad	dative	mojadme	not used	mojadle	mojadnos	mojaos	mojadles
	accusative	mojadme	not used	mojadlo, mojadla	mojadnos	mojaos	mojadlos, mojadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mojen	dative	mójenme	not used	mójenle	mójennos	not used	mójenles, mójense
	accusative	mójenme	not used	mójenlo, mójenla	mójennos	not used	mójenlos, mójenlas, mójense

Derived terms

• mojado
• mojadura
• mojar la cama (“to wet the bed”)
• mojar la oreja
• mojo
• mojón
• quien quiera peces, que moje el culo
• remojar

 

Related terms

• muelle
• mullir

 

Further reading

• “mojar”, 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