coartar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coartāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ku.ərˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.ərˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.aɾˈtaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

coartar (first-person singular present coarto, first-person singular preterite coartí, past participle coartat)

1. to limit, restrict

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coartar (first conjugation)

infinitive			coartar
gerund			coartant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		coartat		coartada
		plural		coartats		coartades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	coarto	coartes	coarta	coartem	coarteu	coarten
	imperfect	coartava	coartaves	coartava	coartàvem	coartàveu	coartaven
	future	coartaré	coartaràs	coartarà	coartarem	coartareu	coartaran
	preterite	coartí	coartares	coartà	coartàrem	coartàreu	coartaren
	conditional	coartaria	coartaries	coartaria	coartaríem	coartaríeu	coartarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	coarti	coartis	coarti	coartem	coarteu	coartin
	imperfect	coartés	coartessis	coartés	coartéssim	coartéssiu	coartessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	coarta	coarti	coartem	coarteu	coartin
	negative (no)	—	no coartis	no coarti	no coartem	no coarteu	no coartin

Derived terms

• coartada

Further reading

• “coartar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “coartar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “coartar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “coartar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin coartāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koaɾˈtaɾ/ [ko.aɾˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧ar‧tar

Verb

coartar (first-person singular present coarto, first-person singular preterite coarté, past participle coartado)

1. to limit, restrict
2. to inhibit, to cramp someone's style

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coartar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			coartar
gerund			coartando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		coartado		coartada
		plural		coartados		coartadas
		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	coarto	coartastú coartásvos	coarta	coartamos	coartáis	coartan
	imperfect	coartaba	coartabas	coartaba	coartábamos	coartabais	coartaban
	preterite	coarté	coartaste	coartó	coartamos	coartasteis	coartaron
	future	coartaré	coartarás	coartará	coartaremos	coartaréis	coartarán
	conditional	coartaría	coartarías	coartaría	coartaríamos	coartaríais	coartarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	coarte	coartestú coartésvos2	coarte	coartemos	coartéis	coarten
	imperfect (ra)	coartara	coartaras	coartara	coartáramos	coartarais	coartaran
	imperfect (se)	coartase	coartases	coartase	coartásemos	coartaseis	coartasen
	future1	coartare	coartares	coartare	coartáremos	coartareis	coartaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		coartatú coartávos	coarte	coartemos	coartad	coarten
	negative		no coartes	no coarte	no coartemos	no coartéis	no coarten

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

    Selected combined forms of coartar

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 coartar
	dative	coartarme	coartarte	coartarle, coartarse	coartarnos	coartaros	coartarles, coartarse
	accusative	coartarme	coartarte	coartarlo, coartarla, coartarse	coartarnos	coartaros	coartarlos, coartarlas, coartarse
with gerund coartando
	dative	coartándome	coartándote	coartándole, coartándose	coartándonos	coartándoos	coartándoles, coartándose
	accusative	coartándome	coartándote	coartándolo, coartándola, coartándose	coartándonos	coartándoos	coartándolos, coartándolas, coartándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative coarta
	dative	coártame	coártate	coártale	coártanos	not used	coártales
	accusative	coártame	coártate	coártalo, coártala	coártanos	not used	coártalos, coártalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative coartá
	dative	coartame	coartate	coartale	coartanos	not used	coartales
	accusative	coartame	coartate	coartalo, coartala	coartanos	not used	coartalos, coartalas
with formal second-person singular imperative coarte
	dative	coárteme	not used	coártele, coártese	coártenos	not used	coárteles
	accusative	coárteme	not used	coártelo, coártela, coártese	coártenos	not used	coártelos, coártelas
with first-person plural imperative coartemos
	dative	not used	coartémoste	coartémosle	coartémonos	coartémoos	coartémosles
	accusative	not used	coartémoste	coartémoslo, coartémosla	coartémonos	coartémoos	coartémoslos, coartémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative coartad
	dative	coartadme	not used	coartadle	coartadnos	coartaos	coartadles
	accusative	coartadme	not used	coartadlo, coartadla	coartadnos	coartaos	coartadlos, coartadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coarten
	dative	coártenme	not used	coártenle	coártennos	not used	coártenles, coártense
	accusative	coártenme	not used	coártenlo, coártenla	coártennos	not used	coártenlos, coártenlas, coártense

Derived terms

• coartada

 

Further reading

• “coartar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28