esmaltar

Catalan

Etymology

From esmalt +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əz.məlˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ez.malˈtaɾ]

Verb

esmaltar (first-person singular present esmalto, first-person singular preterite esmaltí, past participle esmaltat)

1. to enamel
2. to embellish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esmaltar (first conjugation)

infinitive			esmaltar
gerund			esmaltant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esmaltat		esmaltada
		plural		esmaltats		esmaltades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esmalto	esmaltes	esmalta	esmaltem	esmalteu	esmalten
	imperfect	esmaltava	esmaltaves	esmaltava	esmaltàvem	esmaltàveu	esmaltaven
	future	esmaltaré	esmaltaràs	esmaltarà	esmaltarem	esmaltareu	esmaltaran
	preterite	esmaltí	esmaltares	esmaltà	esmaltàrem	esmaltàreu	esmaltaren
	conditional	esmaltaria	esmaltaries	esmaltaria	esmaltaríem	esmaltaríeu	esmaltarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esmalti	esmaltis	esmalti	esmaltem	esmalteu	esmaltin
	imperfect	esmaltés	esmaltessis	esmaltés	esmaltéssim	esmaltéssiu	esmaltessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	esmalta	esmalti	esmaltem	esmalteu	esmaltin
	negative (no)	—	no esmaltis	no esmalti	no esmaltem	no esmalteu	no esmaltin

Derived terms

• esmaltador

Further reading

• “esmaltar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese esmaltar (first attested in the 14th century). By surface analysis, esmalte +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esmalˈtaɾ/ [ez̺.mɑl̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

esmaltar (first-person singular present esmalto, first-person singular preterite esmaltei, past participle esmaltado)

1. to enamel
2. to glaze

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esmaltar

	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	esmaltar
Personal	esmaltar	esmaltares	esmaltar	esmaltarmos	esmaltardes	esmaltaren
Gerund
	esmaltando
Past participle
Masculine	esmaltado			esmaltados
Feminine	esmaltada			esmaltadas
Indicative
Present	esmalto	esmaltas	esmalta	esmaltamos	esmaltades	esmaltan
Imperfect	esmaltaba	esmaltabas	esmaltaba	esmaltabamos	esmaltabades	esmaltaban
Preterite	esmaltei	esmaltaches	esmaltou	esmaltamos	esmaltastes	esmaltaron
Pluperfect	esmaltara	esmaltaras	esmaltara	esmaltaramos	esmaltarades	esmaltaran
Future	esmaltarei	esmaltarás	esmaltará	esmaltaremos	esmaltaredes	esmaltarán
Conditional	esmaltaría	esmaltarías	esmaltaría	esmaltariamos	esmaltariades	esmaltarían
Subjunctive
Present	esmalte	esmaltes	esmalte	esmaltemos	esmaltedes	esmalten
Imperfect	esmaltase	esmaltases	esmaltase	esmaltásemos	esmaltásedes	esmaltasen
Future	esmaltar	esmaltares	esmaltar	esmaltarmos	esmaltardes	esmaltaren
Imperative
Affirmative		esmalta	esmalte	esmaltemos	esmaltade	esmalten
Negative (non)		non esmaltes	non esmalte	non esmaltemos	non esmaltedes	non esmalten

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “esmaltar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “esmalt”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esmaltar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esmaltar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esmaltar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From esmalte +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iz.mawˈta(ʁ)/ [iz.maʊ̯ˈta(h)], /ez.mawˈta(ʁ)/ [ez.maʊ̯ˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iz.mawˈta(ʁ)/ [iz.maʊ̯ˈta(h)], /ez.mawˈta(ʁ)/ [ez.maʊ̯ˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /iz.mawˈta(ɾ)/ [iz.maʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)], /ez.mawˈta(ɾ)/ [ez.maʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʒ.mawˈta(ʁ)/ [iʒ.maʊ̯ˈta(χ)], /eʒ.mawˈta(ʁ)/ [eʒ.maʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ez.mawˈta(ɻ)/ [ez.maʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒ.malˈtaɾ/ [(i)ʒ.maɫˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒ.malˈtaɾ/ [(i)ʒ.maɫˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʒ.malˈta.ɾi/ [(i)ʒ.maɫˈta.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: es‧mal‧tar

Verb

esmaltar (first-person singular present esmalto, first-person singular preterite esmaltei, past participle esmaltado)

1. to enamel
2. to glaze

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esmaltar (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	esmaltar
Personal	esmaltar	esmaltares	esmaltar	esmaltarmos	esmaltardes	esmaltarem
Gerund
	esmaltando
Past participle
Masculine	esmaltado			esmaltados
Feminine	esmaltada			esmaltadas
Indicative
Present	esmalto	esmaltas	esmalta	esmaltamos	esmaltais	esmaltam
Imperfect	esmaltava	esmaltavas	esmaltava	esmaltávamos	esmaltáveis	esmaltavam
Preterite	esmaltei	esmaltaste	esmaltou	esmaltamos1, esmaltámos2	esmaltastes	esmaltaram
Pluperfect	esmaltara	esmaltaras	esmaltara	esmaltáramos	esmaltáreis	esmaltaram
Future	esmaltarei	esmaltarás	esmaltará	esmaltaremos	esmaltareis	esmaltarão
Conditional	esmaltaria	esmaltarias	esmaltaria	esmaltaríamos	esmaltaríeis	esmaltariam
Subjunctive
Present	esmalte	esmaltes	esmalte	esmaltemos	esmalteis	esmaltem
Imperfect	esmaltasse	esmaltasses	esmaltasse	esmaltássemos	esmaltásseis	esmaltassem
Future	esmaltar	esmaltares	esmaltar	esmaltarmos	esmaltardes	esmaltarem
Imperative
Affirmative		esmalta	esmalte	esmaltemos	esmaltai	esmaltem
Negative (não)		não esmaltes	não esmalte	não esmaltemos	não esmalteis	não esmaltem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From esmalte +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esmalˈtaɾ/ [ez.mal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧mal‧tar

Verb

esmaltar (first-person singular present esmalto, first-person singular preterite esmalté, past participle esmaltado)

1. (transitive) to enamel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esmaltar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			esmaltar
gerund			esmaltando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esmaltado		esmaltada
		plural		esmaltados		esmaltadas
		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	esmalto	esmaltastú esmaltásvos	esmalta	esmaltamos	esmaltáis	esmaltan
	imperfect	esmaltaba	esmaltabas	esmaltaba	esmaltábamos	esmaltabais	esmaltaban
	preterite	esmalté	esmaltaste	esmaltó	esmaltamos	esmaltasteis	esmaltaron
	future	esmaltaré	esmaltarás	esmaltará	esmaltaremos	esmaltaréis	esmaltarán
	conditional	esmaltaría	esmaltarías	esmaltaría	esmaltaríamos	esmaltaríais	esmaltarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	esmalte	esmaltestú esmaltésvos2	esmalte	esmaltemos	esmaltéis	esmalten
	imperfect (ra)	esmaltara	esmaltaras	esmaltara	esmaltáramos	esmaltarais	esmaltaran
	imperfect (se)	esmaltase	esmaltases	esmaltase	esmaltásemos	esmaltaseis	esmaltasen
	future1	esmaltare	esmaltares	esmaltare	esmaltáremos	esmaltareis	esmaltaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		esmaltatú esmaltávos	esmalte	esmaltemos	esmaltad	esmalten
	negative		no esmaltes	no esmalte	no esmaltemos	no esmaltéis	no esmalten

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

    Selected combined forms of esmaltar

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 esmaltar
	dative	esmaltarme	esmaltarte	esmaltarle, esmaltarse	esmaltarnos	esmaltaros	esmaltarles, esmaltarse
	accusative	esmaltarme	esmaltarte	esmaltarlo, esmaltarla, esmaltarse	esmaltarnos	esmaltaros	esmaltarlos, esmaltarlas, esmaltarse
with gerund esmaltando
	dative	esmaltándome	esmaltándote	esmaltándole, esmaltándose	esmaltándonos	esmaltándoos	esmaltándoles, esmaltándose
	accusative	esmaltándome	esmaltándote	esmaltándolo, esmaltándola, esmaltándose	esmaltándonos	esmaltándoos	esmaltándolos, esmaltándolas, esmaltándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative esmalta
	dative	esmáltame	esmáltate	esmáltale	esmáltanos	not used	esmáltales
	accusative	esmáltame	esmáltate	esmáltalo, esmáltala	esmáltanos	not used	esmáltalos, esmáltalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative esmaltá
	dative	esmaltame	esmaltate	esmaltale	esmaltanos	not used	esmaltales
	accusative	esmaltame	esmaltate	esmaltalo, esmaltala	esmaltanos	not used	esmaltalos, esmaltalas
with formal second-person singular imperative esmalte
	dative	esmálteme	not used	esmáltele, esmáltese	esmáltenos	not used	esmálteles
	accusative	esmálteme	not used	esmáltelo, esmáltela, esmáltese	esmáltenos	not used	esmáltelos, esmáltelas
with first-person plural imperative esmaltemos
	dative	not used	esmaltémoste	esmaltémosle	esmaltémonos	esmaltémoos	esmaltémosles
	accusative	not used	esmaltémoste	esmaltémoslo, esmaltémosla	esmaltémonos	esmaltémoos	esmaltémoslos, esmaltémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative esmaltad
	dative	esmaltadme	not used	esmaltadle	esmaltadnos	esmaltaos	esmaltadles
	accusative	esmaltadme	not used	esmaltadlo, esmaltadla	esmaltadnos	esmaltaos	esmaltadlos, esmaltadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative esmalten
	dative	esmáltenme	not used	esmáltenle	esmáltennos	not used	esmáltenles, esmáltense
	accusative	esmáltenme	not used	esmáltenlo, esmáltenla	esmáltennos	not used	esmáltenlos, esmáltenlas, esmáltense

Further reading

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