amatar

Ladino

Verb

amatar (Latin spelling)

1. to extinguish

Spanish

Verb

amatar (first-person singular present amato, first-person singular preterite amaté, past participle amatado)

1. Obsolete form of matar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amatar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amatar
gerund			amatando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amatado		amatada
		plural		amatados		amatadas
		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	amato	amatastú amatásvos	amata	amatamos	amatáis	amatan
	imperfect	amataba	amatabas	amataba	amatábamos	amatabais	amataban
	preterite	amaté	amataste	amató	amatamos	amatasteis	amataron
	future	amataré	amatarás	amatará	amataremos	amataréis	amatarán
	conditional	amataría	amatarías	amataría	amataríamos	amataríais	amatarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amate	amatestú amatésvos2	amate	amatemos	amatéis	amaten
	imperfect (ra)	amatara	amataras	amatara	amatáramos	amatarais	amataran
	imperfect (se)	amatase	amatases	amatase	amatásemos	amataseis	amatasen
	future1	amatare	amatares	amatare	amatáremos	amatareis	amataren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amatatú amatávos	amate	amatemos	amatad	amaten
	negative		no amates	no amate	no amatemos	no amatéis	no amaten

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

    Selected combined forms of amatar

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 amatar	dative	amatarme	amatarte	amatarle, amatarse	amatarnos	amataros	amatarles, amatarse
	accusative	amatarme	amatarte	amatarlo, amatarla, amatarse	amatarnos	amataros	amatarlos, amatarlas, amatarse
with gerund amatando	dative	amatándome	amatándote	amatándole, amatándose	amatándonos	amatándoos	amatándoles, amatándose
	accusative	amatándome	amatándote	amatándolo, amatándola, amatándose	amatándonos	amatándoos	amatándolos, amatándolas, amatándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amata	dative	amátame	amátate	amátale	amátanos	not used	amátales
	accusative	amátame	amátate	amátalo, amátala	amátanos	not used	amátalos, amátalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amatá	dative	amatame	amatate	amatale	amatanos	not used	amatales
	accusative	amatame	amatate	amatalo, amatala	amatanos	not used	amatalos, amatalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amate	dative	amáteme	not used	amátele, amátese	amátenos	not used	amáteles
	accusative	amáteme	not used	amátelo, amátela, amátese	amátenos	not used	amátelos, amátelas
with first-person plural imperative amatemos	dative	not used	amatémoste	amatémosle	amatémonos	amatémoos	amatémosles
	accusative	not used	amatémoste	amatémoslo, amatémosla	amatémonos	amatémoos	amatémoslos, amatémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amatad	dative	amatadme	not used	amatadle	amatadnos	amataos	amatadles
	accusative	amatadme	not used	amatadlo, amatadla	amatadnos	amataos	amatadlos, amatadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amaten	dative	amátenme	not used	amátenle	amátennos	not used	amátenles, amátense
	accusative	amátenme	not used	amátenlo, amátenla	amátennos	not used	amátenlos, amátenlas, amátense

Further reading

• “amatar”, 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