amarrar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French amarrer, from Middle Dutch aanmeren (“to berth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.məˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.maˈraɾ]

Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarrí, past participle amarrat)

1. to moor
2. to tie

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amarrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			amarrar
gerund			amarrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amarrat		amarrada
		plural		amarrats		amarrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	amarro	amarres	amarra	amarrem	amarreu	amarren
	imperfect	amarrava	amarraves	amarrava	amarràvem	amarràveu	amarraven
	future	amarraré	amarraràs	amarrarà	amarrarem	amarrareu	amarraran
	preterite	amarrí	amarrares	amarrà	amarràrem	amarràreu	amarraren
	conditional	amarraria	amarraries	amarraria	amarraríem	amarraríeu	amarrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	amarri	amarris	amarri	amarrem	amarreu	amarrin
	imperfect	amarrés	amarressis	amarrés	amarréssim	amarréssiu	amarressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	amarra	amarri	amarrem	amarreu	amarrin
	negative (no)	—	no amarris	no amarri	no amarrem	no amarreu	no amarrin

Derived terms

• amarrada
• amarrador
• amarratge

Further reading

• “amarrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amarrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old French amarrer (“to moor”), from Middle Dutch, from Proto-Germanic *mairją (“mooring post”).

Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarrei, past participle amarrado)

1. to moor
   • 1432, Ángel Rodríguez González (ed.), Livro do Concello de Pontevedra (1431-1463). Pontevedra: Museo de Pontevedra, page 69:

     que nenghum seja ousado de amarrar nauio algund a a Ponte desta dita billa nen meter estaqas en ela

     nobody should dare to moor any ship to the bridge of this town, not to insert stakes in it

2. to tie

   Synonym: atar

3. to catch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amarrar

	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	amarrar
Personal	amarrar	amarrares	amarrar	amarrarmos	amarrardes	amarraren
Gerund
	amarrando
Past participle
Masculine	amarrado			amarrados
Feminine	amarrada			amarradas
Indicative
Present	amarro	amarras	amarra	amarramos	amarrades	amarran
Imperfect	amarraba	amarrabas	amarraba	amarrabamos	amarrabades	amarraban
Preterite	amarrei	amarraches	amarrou	amarramos	amarrastes	amarraron
Pluperfect	amarrara	amarraras	amarrara	amarraramos	amarrarades	amarraran
Future	amarrarei	amarrarás	amarrará	amarraremos	amarraredes	amarrarán
Conditional	amarraría	amarrarías	amarraría	amarrariamos	amarrariades	amarrarían
Subjunctive
Present	amarre	amarres	amarre	amarremos	amarredes	amarren
Imperfect	amarrase	amarrases	amarrase	amarrásemos	amarrásedes	amarrasen
Future	amarrar	amarrares	amarrar	amarrarmos	amarrardes	amarraren
Imperative
Affirmative		amarra	amarre	amarremos	amarrade	amarren
Negative (non)		non amarres	non amarre	non amarremos	non amarredes	non amarren

    Reintegrated conjugation of amarrar (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	amarrar
Personal	amarrar	amarrares	amarrar	amarrarmos	amarrardes	amarrarem
Gerund
	amarrando
Past participle
Masculine	amarrado			amarrados
Feminine	amarrada			amarradas
Indicative
Present	amarro	amarras	amarra	amarramos	amarrades, amarrais	amarram
Imperfect	amarrava	amarravas	amarrava	amarrávamos	amarrávades, amarráveis, amarrávais1	amarravam
Preterite	amarrei	amarraste, amarrache1	amarrou	amarramos	amarrastes	amarrárom, amarraram
Pluperfect	amarrara	amarraras	amarrara	amarráramos	amarrárades, amarráreis, amarrárais1	amarraram
Future	amarrarei	amarrarás	amarrará	amarraremos	amarraredes, amarrareis	amarrarám, amarrarão
Conditional	amarraria	amarrarias	amarraria	amarraríamos	amarraríades, amarraríeis, amarraríais1	amarrariam
Subjunctive
Present	amarre	amarres	amarre	amarremos	amarredes, amarreis	amarrem
Imperfect	amarrasse	amarrasses	amarrasse	amarrássemos	amarrássedes, amarrásseis	amarrassem
Future	amarrar	amarrares	amarrar	amarrarmos	amarrardes	amarrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		amarra	amarre	amarremos	amarrade, amarrai	amarrem
Negative (nom)		nom amarres	nom amarre	nom amarremos	nom amarredes, nom amarreis	nom amarrem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• amarra (“rope”)
• amarradoiro (“mooring post”)

References

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French amarrer, from Dutch aanmeren (“to tie or anchor the boat at the quay”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.maˈha(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.maˈha(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.maˈʁa(ɾ)/ [a.maˈha(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.maˈʁa(ʁ)/ [a.maˈχa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.maˈʁa(ɻ)/ [a.maˈha(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈʁaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈʁaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.mɐˈʁa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧mar‧rar

Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarrei, past participle amarrado)

1. (nautical) to moor
2. to tie (to fasten with ropes, thread, wire, chains, etc.)

   Por favor, amarre a corda aqui.

   Please tie the rope here.

3. (Brazil, colloquial, reflexive, followed by "em") to love, to like very much

   Eu me amarro em filmes de ação.

   I love action movies.

   (literally, “I tie myself into action movies.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amarrar (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	amarrar
Personal	amarrar	amarrares	amarrar	amarrarmos	amarrardes	amarrarem
Gerund
	amarrando
Past participle
Masculine	amarrado			amarrados
Feminine	amarrada			amarradas
Indicative
Present	amarro	amarras	amarra	amarramos	amarrais	amarram
Imperfect	amarrava	amarravas	amarrava	amarrávamos	amarráveis	amarravam
Preterite	amarrei	amarraste	amarrou	amarramos1, amarrámos2	amarrastes	amarraram
Pluperfect	amarrara	amarraras	amarrara	amarráramos	amarráreis	amarraram
Future	amarrarei	amarrarás	amarrará	amarraremos	amarrareis	amarrarão
Conditional	amarraria	amarrarias	amarraria	amarraríamos	amarraríeis	amarrariam
Subjunctive
Present	amarre	amarres	amarre	amarremos	amarreis	amarrem
Imperfect	amarrasse	amarrasses	amarrasse	amarrássemos	amarrásseis	amarrassem
Future	amarrar	amarrares	amarrar	amarrarmos	amarrardes	amarrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		amarra	amarre	amarremos	amarrai	amarrem
Negative (não)		não amarres	não amarre	não amarremos	não amarreis	não amarrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• amarra

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French amarrer (“to moor”), borrowed from Dutch aanmeren (“to tie or anchor the boat at the quay”).

The Dutch aanmeren comes from aan- +‎ meren (“to moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mairōną, from Proto-Germanic *mairją (“mooring post”), likely formed as Proto-Indo-European *(H)moi- (“to strengthen”) +‎ *ro- similarly to Latin mūrus (“defensive wall”), see *mey-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈraɾ/ [a.maˈraɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧rrar

Verb

amarrar (first-person singular present amarro, first-person singular preterite amarré, past participle amarrado)

1. to tie

   Synonym: atar

2. to moor

   Antonyms: desamarrar, atracar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amarrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amarrar
gerund			amarrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amarrado		amarrada
		plural		amarrados		amarradas
		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	amarro	amarrastú amarrásvos	amarra	amarramos	amarráis	amarran
	imperfect	amarraba	amarrabas	amarraba	amarrábamos	amarrabais	amarraban
	preterite	amarré	amarraste	amarró	amarramos	amarrasteis	amarraron
	future	amarraré	amarrarás	amarrará	amarraremos	amarraréis	amarrarán
	conditional	amarraría	amarrarías	amarraría	amarraríamos	amarraríais	amarrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amarre	amarrestú amarrésvos2	amarre	amarremos	amarréis	amarren
	imperfect (ra)	amarrara	amarraras	amarrara	amarráramos	amarrarais	amarraran
	imperfect (se)	amarrase	amarrases	amarrase	amarrásemos	amarraseis	amarrasen
	future1	amarrare	amarrares	amarrare	amarráremos	amarrareis	amarraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amarratú amarrávos	amarre	amarremos	amarrad	amarren
	negative		no amarres	no amarre	no amarremos	no amarréis	no amarren

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

    Selected combined forms of amarrar

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 amarrar	dative	amarrarme	amarrarte	amarrarle, amarrarse	amarrarnos	amarraros	amarrarles, amarrarse
	accusative	amarrarme	amarrarte	amarrarlo, amarrarla, amarrarse	amarrarnos	amarraros	amarrarlos, amarrarlas, amarrarse
with gerund amarrando	dative	amarrándome	amarrándote	amarrándole, amarrándose	amarrándonos	amarrándoos	amarrándoles, amarrándose
	accusative	amarrándome	amarrándote	amarrándolo, amarrándola, amarrándose	amarrándonos	amarrándoos	amarrándolos, amarrándolas, amarrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative amarra	dative	amárrame	amárrate	amárrale	amárranos	not used	amárrales
	accusative	amárrame	amárrate	amárralo, amárrala	amárranos	not used	amárralos, amárralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative amarrá	dative	amarrame	amarrate	amarrale	amarranos	not used	amarrales
	accusative	amarrame	amarrate	amarralo, amarrala	amarranos	not used	amarralos, amarralas
with formal second-person singular imperative amarre	dative	amárreme	not used	amárrele, amárrese	amárrenos	not used	amárreles
	accusative	amárreme	not used	amárrelo, amárrela, amárrese	amárrenos	not used	amárrelos, amárrelas
with first-person plural imperative amarremos	dative	not used	amarrémoste	amarrémosle	amarrémonos	amarrémoos	amarrémosles
	accusative	not used	amarrémoste	amarrémoslo, amarrémosla	amarrémonos	amarrémoos	amarrémoslos, amarrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amarrad	dative	amarradme	not used	amarradle	amarradnos	amarraos	amarradles
	accusative	amarradme	not used	amarradlo, amarradla	amarradnos	amarraos	amarradlos, amarradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amarren	dative	amárrenme	not used	amárrenle	amárrennos	not used	amárrenles, amárrense
	accusative	amárrenme	not used	amárrenlo, amárrenla	amárrennos	not used	amárrenlos, amárrenlas, amárrense

Derived terms

• amarra
• amarradero
• amarrador
• amarrete
• desamarrar

 

Further reading

• “amarrar”, 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