amasar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese amassar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ masa (“dough”). Cognate with Portuguese amassar and Spanish amasar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.ma.ˈsaɾ]

Verb

amasar (first-person singular present amaso, first-person singular preterite amasei, past participle amasado)

1. to knead

   Synonym: gramar

2. to mix

   Synonym: mesturar

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 143:

     o que mays forte he de todos estos he o poo do rrosalgar amasado con seiua dome

     the strongest of them all is realgar power mixed with human saliva

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amasar

	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	amasar
Personal	amasar	amasares	amasar	amasarmos	amasardes	amasaren
Gerund
	amasando
Past participle
Masculine	amasado			amasados
Feminine	amasada			amasadas
Indicative
Present	amaso	amasas	amasa	amasamos	amasades	amasan
Imperfect	amasaba	amasabas	amasaba	amasabamos	amasabades	amasaban
Preterite	amasei	amasaches	amasou	amasamos	amasastes	amasaron
Pluperfect	amasara	amasaras	amasara	amasaramos	amasarades	amasaran
Future	amasarei	amasarás	amasará	amasaremos	amasaredes	amasarán
Conditional	amasaría	amasarías	amasaría	amasariamos	amasariades	amasarían
Subjunctive
Present	amase	amases	amase	amasemos	amasedes	amasen
Imperfect	amasase	amasases	amasase	amasásemos	amasásedes	amasasen
Future	amasar	amasares	amasar	amasarmos	amasardes	amasaren
Imperative
Affirmative		amasa	amase	amasemos	amasade	amasen
Negative (non)		non amases	non amase	non amasemos	non amasedes	non amasen

    Reintegrated conjugation of amasar (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	amasar
Personal	amasar	amasares	amasar	amasarmos	amasardes	amasarem
Gerund
	amasando
Past participle
Masculine	amasado			amasados
Feminine	amasada			amasadas
Indicative
Present	amaso	amasas	amasa	amasamos	amasades, amasais	amasam
Imperfect	amasava	amasavas	amasava	amasávamos	amasávades, amasáveis, amasávais1	amasavam
Preterite	amasei	amasaste, amasache1	amasou	amasamos	amasastes	amasárom, amasaram
Pluperfect	amasara	amasaras	amasara	amasáramos	amasárades, amasáreis, amasárais1	amasaram
Future	amasarei	amasarás	amasará	amasaremos	amasaredes, amasareis	amasarám, amasarão
Conditional	amasaria	amasarias	amasaria	amasaríamos	amasaríades, amasaríeis, amasaríais1	amasariam
Subjunctive
Present	amase	amases	amase	amasemos	amasedes, amaseis	amasem
Imperfect	amasasse	amasasses	amasasse	amasássemos	amasássedes, amasásseis	amasassem
Future	amasar	amasares	amasar	amasarmos	amasardes	amasarem
Imperative
Affirmative		amasa	amase	amasemos	amasade, amasai	amasem
Negative (nom)		nom amases	nom amase	nom amasemos	nom amasedes, nom amaseis	nom amasem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “amassar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “amasa”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “amasar”, 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), “amasar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “amasar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “amasar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ masa (“dough”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaˈsaɾ/ [a.maˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ma‧sar

Verb

amasar (first-person singular present amaso, first-person singular preterite amasé, past participle amasado)

1. to knead

   Synonyms: masar, heñir, sobar

2. (of a cat) to knead
3. to amass (accumulate)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of amasar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			amasar
gerund			amasando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amasado		amasada
		plural		amasados		amasadas
		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	amaso	amasastú amasásvos	amasa	amasamos	amasáis	amasan
	imperfect	amasaba	amasabas	amasaba	amasábamos	amasabais	amasaban
	preterite	amasé	amasaste	amasó	amasamos	amasasteis	amasaron
	future	amasaré	amasarás	amasará	amasaremos	amasaréis	amasarán
	conditional	amasaría	amasarías	amasaría	amasaríamos	amasaríais	amasarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	amase	amasestú amasésvos2	amase	amasemos	amaséis	amasen
	imperfect (ra)	amasara	amasaras	amasara	amasáramos	amasarais	amasaran
	imperfect (se)	amasase	amasases	amasase	amasásemos	amasaseis	amasasen
	future1	amasare	amasares	amasare	amasáremos	amasareis	amasaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		amasatú amasávos	amase	amasemos	amasad	amasen
	negative		no amases	no amase	no amasemos	no amaséis	no amasen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of amasar

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 amasar	dative	amasarme	amasarte	amasarle, amasarse	amasarnos	amasaros	amasarles, amasarse
	accusative	amasarme	amasarte	amasarlo, amasarla, amasarse	amasarnos	amasaros	amasarlos, amasarlas, amasarse
with gerund amasando	dative	amasándome	amasándote	amasándole, amasándose	amasándonos	amasándoos	amasándoles, amasándose
	accusative	amasándome	amasándote	amasándolo, amasándola, amasándose	amasándonos	amasándoos	amasándolos, amasándolas, amasándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative amasa	dative	amásame	amásate	amásale	amásanos	not used	amásales
	accusative	amásame	amásate	amásalo, amásala	amásanos	not used	amásalos, amásalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative amasá	dative	amasame	amasate	amasale	amasanos	not used	amasales
	accusative	amasame	amasate	amasalo, amasala	amasanos	not used	amasalos, amasalas
with formal second-person singular imperative amase	dative	amáseme	not used	amásele, amásese	amásenos	not used	amáseles
	accusative	amáseme	not used	amáselo, amásela, amásese	amásenos	not used	amáselos, amáselas
with first-person plural imperative amasemos	dative	not used	amasémoste	amasémosle	amasémonos	amasémoos	amasémosles
	accusative	not used	amasémoste	amasémoslo, amasémosla	amasémonos	amasémoos	amasémoslos, amasémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative amasad	dative	amasadme	not used	amasadle	amasadnos	amasaos	amasadles
	accusative	amasadme	not used	amasadlo, amasadla	amasadnos	amasaos	amasadlos, amasadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative amasen	dative	amásenme	not used	amásenle	amásennos	not used	amásenles, amásense
	accusative	amásenme	not used	amásenlo, amásenla	amásennos	not used	amásenlos, amásenlas, amásense

Derived terms

• amasadera
• amasadero
• amasadora
• amasijar
• palo de amasar
• pan amasado

Related terms

• masar

Further reading

• “amasar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025