aptar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aptāre. Doublet of atar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abˈtaɾ/ [aβ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ap‧tar

Verb

aptar (first-person singular present apto, first-person singular preterite apté, past participle aptado)

1. (obsolete) to adapt; fix; adjust

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aptar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aptar
gerund			aptando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aptado		aptada
		plural		aptados		aptadas
		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	apto	aptastú aptásvos	apta	aptamos	aptáis	aptan
	imperfect	aptaba	aptabas	aptaba	aptábamos	aptabais	aptaban
	preterite	apté	aptaste	aptó	aptamos	aptasteis	aptaron
	future	aptaré	aptarás	aptará	aptaremos	aptaréis	aptarán
	conditional	aptaría	aptarías	aptaría	aptaríamos	aptaríais	aptarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apte	aptestú aptésvos2	apte	aptemos	aptéis	apten
	imperfect (ra)	aptara	aptaras	aptara	aptáramos	aptarais	aptaran
	imperfect (se)	aptase	aptases	aptase	aptásemos	aptaseis	aptasen
	future1	aptare	aptares	aptare	aptáremos	aptareis	aptaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aptatú aptávos	apte	aptemos	aptad	apten
	negative		no aptes	no apte	no aptemos	no aptéis	no apten

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

Further reading

• “aptar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024