asimilar

Galician

Alternative forms

• assimilar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assimilāre. Doublet of asemellar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asimiˈlaɾ/ [a.s̺i.miˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧si‧mi‧lar

Verb

asimilar (first-person singular present asimilo, first-person singular preterite asimilei, past participle asimilado)

1. (transitive) to assimilate (consider similar)
2. (transitive, biology) to assimilate (transform an organic being into substances that are part of the organism)
3. (transitive, figuratively) to learn
4. (transitive) to assimilate (incorporate or make similar to the rest of the community)
5. (transitive, phonetics) to assimilate (change the articulation of to resemble or match a different one that is in contact with it or at a short distance)
6. (reflexive) to assimilate (become similar to another thing)
7. (reflexive) to assimilate (become similar to those of the country receiving them)

   Os estranxeiros acabaron por asimilarse.

   The foreigners eventually assimilated.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of asimilar

	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	asimilar
Personal	asimilar	asimilares	asimilar	asimilarmos	asimilardes	asimilaren
Gerund
	asimilando
Past participle
Masculine	asimilado			asimilados
Feminine	asimilada			asimiladas
Indicative
Present	asimilo	asimilas	asimila	asimilamos	asimilades	asimilan
Imperfect	asimilaba	asimilabas	asimilaba	asimilabamos	asimilabades	asimilaban
Preterite	asimilei	asimilaches	asimilou	asimilamos	asimilastes	asimilaron
Pluperfect	asimilara	asimilaras	asimilara	asimilaramos	asimilarades	asimilaran
Future	asimilarei	asimilarás	asimilará	asimilaremos	asimilaredes	asimilarán
Conditional	asimilaría	asimilarías	asimilaría	asimilariamos	asimilariades	asimilarían
Subjunctive
Present	asimile	asimiles	asimile	asimilemos	asimiledes	asimilen
Imperfect	asimilase	asimilases	asimilase	asimilásemos	asimilásedes	asimilasen
Future	asimilar	asimilares	asimilar	asimilarmos	asimilardes	asimilaren
Imperative
Affirmative		asimila	asimile	asimilemos	asimilade	asimilen
Negative (non)		non asimiles	non asimile	non asimilemos	non asimiledes	non asimilen

Derived terms

• asimilación

 

Further reading

• “asimilar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin assimilāre. Doublet of asemejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asimiˈlaɾ/ [a.si.miˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧si‧mi‧lar

Verb

asimilar (first-person singular present asimilo, first-person singular preterite asimilé, past participle asimilado)

1. to assimilate, to absorb, to take in, to digest, to grasp
2. to sink in, to wrap one's head around

Conjugation

    Conjugation of asimilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			asimilar
gerund			asimilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		asimilado		asimilada
		plural		asimilados		asimiladas
		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	asimilo	asimilastú asimilásvos	asimila	asimilamos	asimiláis	asimilan
	imperfect	asimilaba	asimilabas	asimilaba	asimilábamos	asimilabais	asimilaban
	preterite	asimilé	asimilaste	asimiló	asimilamos	asimilasteis	asimilaron
	future	asimilaré	asimilarás	asimilará	asimilaremos	asimilaréis	asimilarán
	conditional	asimilaría	asimilarías	asimilaría	asimilaríamos	asimilaríais	asimilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	asimile	asimilestú asimilésvos2	asimile	asimilemos	asimiléis	asimilen
	imperfect (ra)	asimilara	asimilaras	asimilara	asimiláramos	asimilarais	asimilaran
	imperfect (se)	asimilase	asimilases	asimilase	asimilásemos	asimilaseis	asimilasen
	future1	asimilare	asimilares	asimilare	asimiláremos	asimilareis	asimilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		asimilatú asimilávos	asimile	asimilemos	asimilad	asimilen
	negative		no asimiles	no asimile	no asimilemos	no asimiléis	no asimilen

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

    Selected combined forms of asimilar

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 asimilar
	dative	asimilarme	asimilarte	asimilarle, asimilarse	asimilarnos	asimilaros	asimilarles, asimilarse
	accusative	asimilarme	asimilarte	asimilarlo, asimilarla, asimilarse	asimilarnos	asimilaros	asimilarlos, asimilarlas, asimilarse
with gerund asimilando
	dative	asimilándome	asimilándote	asimilándole, asimilándose	asimilándonos	asimilándoos	asimilándoles, asimilándose
	accusative	asimilándome	asimilándote	asimilándolo, asimilándola, asimilándose	asimilándonos	asimilándoos	asimilándolos, asimilándolas, asimilándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative asimila
	dative	asimílame	asimílate	asimílale	asimílanos	not used	asimílales
	accusative	asimílame	asimílate	asimílalo, asimílala	asimílanos	not used	asimílalos, asimílalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative asimilá
	dative	asimilame	asimilate	asimilale	asimilanos	not used	asimilales
	accusative	asimilame	asimilate	asimilalo, asimilala	asimilanos	not used	asimilalos, asimilalas
with formal second-person singular imperative asimile
	dative	asimíleme	not used	asimílele, asimílese	asimílenos	not used	asimíleles
	accusative	asimíleme	not used	asimílelo, asimílela, asimílese	asimílenos	not used	asimílelos, asimílelas
with first-person plural imperative asimilemos
	dative	not used	asimilémoste	asimilémosle	asimilémonos	asimilémoos	asimilémosles
	accusative	not used	asimilémoste	asimilémoslo, asimilémosla	asimilémonos	asimilémoos	asimilémoslos, asimilémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative asimilad
	dative	asimiladme	not used	asimiladle	asimiladnos	asimilaos	asimiladles
	accusative	asimiladme	not used	asimiladlo, asimiladla	asimiladnos	asimilaos	asimiladlos, asimiladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative asimilen
	dative	asimílenme	not used	asimílenle	asimílennos	not used	asimílenles, asimílense
	accusative	asimílenme	not used	asimílenlo, asimílenla	asimílennos	not used	asimílenlos, asimílenlas, asimílense

Derived terms

• asimilable

 

Related terms

• asimilación

 

Further reading

• “asimilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014