permitir

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin permittere.

Verb

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permitín, past participle permitido)
permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permitim or permiti, past participle permitido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to permit, to allow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of permitir

	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	permitir
Personal	permitir	permitires	permitir	permitirmos	permitirdes	permitiren
Gerund
	permitindo
Past participle
Masculine	permitido			permitidos
Feminine	permitida			permitidas
Indicative
Present	permito	permites	permite	permitimos	permitides	permiten
Imperfect	permitía	permitías	permitía	permitiamos	permitiades	permitían
Preterite	permitín	permitiches	permitiu	permitimos	permitistes	permitiron
Pluperfect	permitira	permitiras	permitira	permitiramos	permitirades	permitiran
Future	permitirei	permitirás	permitirá	permitiremos	permitiredes	permitirán
Conditional	permitiría	permitirías	permitiría	permitiriamos	permitiriades	permitirían
Subjunctive
Present	permita	permitas	permita	permitamos	permitades	permitan
Imperfect	permitise	permitises	permitise	permitísemos	permitísedes	permitisen
Future	permitir	permitires	permitir	permitirmos	permitirdes	permitiren
Imperative
Affirmative		permite	permita	permitamos	permitide	permitan
Negative (non)		non permitas	non permita	non permitamos	non permitades	non permitan

    Reintegrated conjugation of permitir (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	permitir
Personal	permitir	permitires	permitir	permitirmos	permitirdes	permitirem
Gerund
	permitindo
Past participle
Masculine	permitido			permitidos
Feminine	permitida			permitidas
Indicative
Present	permito	permites	permite	permitimos	permitides, permitis	permitem
Imperfect	permitia	permitias	permitia	permitíamos	permitíades, permitíeis, permitíais1	permitiam
Preterite	permitim, permiti	permitiste, permitiche1	permitiu	permitimos	permitistes	permitírom, permitiram
Pluperfect	permitira	permitiras	permitira	permitíramos	permitírades, permitíreis, permitírais1	permitiram
Future	permitirei	permitirás	permitirá	permitiremos	permitiredes, permitireis	permitirám, permitirão
Conditional	permitiria	permitirias	permitiria	permitiríamos	permitiríades, permitiríeis, permitiríais1	permitiriam
Subjunctive
Present	permita	permitas	permita	permitamos	permitades, permitais	permitam
Imperfect	permitisse	permitisses	permitisse	permitíssemos	permitíssedes, permitísseis	permitissem
Future	permitir	permitires	permitir	permitirmos	permitirdes	permitirem
Imperative
Affirmative		permite	permita	permitamos	permitide, permiti	permitam
Negative (nom)		nom permitas	nom permita	nom permitamos	nom permitades, nom permitais	nom permitam

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• permisión
• permisivo
• permiso

Further reading

• “permitir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “permitir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• permittir (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin permittere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peɦ.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peɦ.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.miˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.miˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.miˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.miˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.miˈti.ɾi/

• Audio (Northeast Brazil):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i, -iʁ, -iɾ
• Hyphenation: per‧mi‧tir

Verb

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permiti, past participle permitido)

1. (transitive) to permit, to allow, to let

   Synonym: deixar

   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria [Mrs. Victoria]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 62:

     Deus não havia de permittir outra desgraça.

     God must not allow another tragedy.

   • 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:

     A filha era a flor do cortiço. Chamavam-lhe Pombinha. Bonita, posto que enfermiça e nervosa ao último ponto; loura, muito pálida, com uns modos de menina de boa família. A mãe não lhe permitia lavar, nem engomar, mesmo porque o médico a proibira expressamente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to permit (to give occasion to)
3. (transitive) to tolerate
4. (reflexive) to permit (to take the liberty)
5. (reflexive) to dare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of permitir (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	permitir
Personal	permitir	permitires	permitir	permitirmos	permitirdes	permitirem
Gerund
	permitindo
Past participle
Masculine	permitido			permitidos
Feminine	permitida			permitidas
Indicative
Present	permito	permites	permite	permitimos	permitis	permitem
Imperfect	permitia	permitias	permitia	permitíamos	permitíeis	permitiam
Preterite	permiti	permitiste	permitiu	permitimos	permitistes	permitiram
Pluperfect	permitira	permitiras	permitira	permitíramos	permitíreis	permitiram
Future	permitirei	permitirás	permitirá	permitiremos	permitireis	permitirão
Conditional	permitiria	permitirias	permitiria	permitiríamos	permitiríeis	permitiriam
Subjunctive
Present	permita	permitas	permita	permitamos	permitais	permitam
Imperfect	permitisse	permitisses	permitisse	permitíssemos	permitísseis	permitissem
Future	permitir	permitires	permitir	permitirmos	permitirdes	permitirem
Imperative
Affirmative		permite	permita	permitamos	permiti	permitam
Negative (não)		não permitas	não permita	não permitamos	não permitais	não permitam

Related terms

nouns

• permissão f

Further reading

• “permitir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “permitir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾmiˈtiɾ/ [peɾ.miˈt̪iɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: per‧mi‧tir

Verb

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permití, past participle permitido)

1. to allow, permit

   Synonym: autorizar

   No les permitieron ir.

   They were not allowed to go.

2. (pronominal) to afford, to allow

   No puedo permitirme comprarlo.

   I can't allow myself to buy it.

3. (pronominal) to indulge in

Usage notes

• Used without a preposition, as is demonstrated in the example above

Conjugation

    Conjugation of permitir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			permitir
gerund			permitiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		permitido		permitida
		plural		permitidos		permitidas
		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	permito	permitestú permitísvos	permite	permitimos	permitís	permiten
	imperfect	permitía	permitías	permitía	permitíamos	permitíais	permitían
	preterite	permití	permitiste	permitió	permitimos	permitisteis	permitieron
	future	permitiré	permitirás	permitirá	permitiremos	permitiréis	permitirán
	conditional	permitiría	permitirías	permitiría	permitiríamos	permitiríais	permitirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	permita	permitastú permitásvos2	permita	permitamos	permitáis	permitan
	imperfect (ra)	permitiera	permitieras	permitiera	permitiéramos	permitierais	permitieran
	imperfect (se)	permitiese	permitieses	permitiese	permitiésemos	permitieseis	permitiesen
	future1	permitiere	permitieres	permitiere	permitiéremos	permitiereis	permitieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		permitetú permitívos	permita	permitamos	permitid	permitan
	negative		no permitas	no permita	no permitamos	no permitáis	no permitan

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

    Selected combined forms of permitir

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 permitir	dative	permitirme	permitirte	permitirle, permitirse	permitirnos	permitiros	permitirles, permitirse
	accusative	permitirme	permitirte	permitirlo, permitirla, permitirse	permitirnos	permitiros	permitirlos, permitirlas, permitirse
with gerund permitiendo	dative	permitiéndome	permitiéndote	permitiéndole, permitiéndose	permitiéndonos	permitiéndoos	permitiéndoles, permitiéndose
	accusative	permitiéndome	permitiéndote	permitiéndolo, permitiéndola, permitiéndose	permitiéndonos	permitiéndoos	permitiéndolos, permitiéndolas, permitiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative permite	dative	permíteme	permítete	permítele	permítenos	not used	permíteles
	accusative	permíteme	permítete	permítelo, permítela	permítenos	not used	permítelos, permítelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative permití	dative	permitime	permitite	permitile	permitinos	not used	permitiles
	accusative	permitime	permitite	permitilo, permitila	permitinos	not used	permitilos, permitilas
with formal second-person singular imperative permita	dative	permítame	not used	permítale, permítase	permítanos	not used	permítales
	accusative	permítame	not used	permítalo, permítala, permítase	permítanos	not used	permítalos, permítalas
with first-person plural imperative permitamos	dative	not used	permitámoste	permitámosle	permitámonos	permitámoos	permitámosles
	accusative	not used	permitámoste	permitámoslo, permitámosla	permitámonos	permitámoos	permitámoslos, permitámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative permitid	dative	permitidme	not used	permitidle	permitidnos	permitíos	permitidles
	accusative	permitidme	not used	permitidlo, permitidla	permitidnos	permitíos	permitidlos, permitidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative permitan	dative	permítanme	not used	permítanle	permítannos	not used	permítanles, permítanse
	accusative	permítanme	not used	permítanlo, permítanla	permítannos	not used	permítanlos, permítanlas, permítanse

Derived terms

• permitirse

Related terms

• permisible
• permisión
• permisivo
• permiso

Further reading

• “permitir”, 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