endossar

Catalan

Etymology

From dos, earlier form for dors (“back, backside”), or borrowed from French endosser (“to endorse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ən.duˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ən.doˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.doˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

endossar (first-person singular present endosso, first-person singular preterite endossí, past participle endossat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

1. (ditransitive) to assign (something annoying) (to someone)
2. (transitive) to endorse (a credit document, e.g. a letter of credit, a cheque etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of endossar (first conjugation)

infinitive			endossar
gerund			endossant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		endossat		endossada
		plural		endossats		endossades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	endosso	endosses	endossa	endossem	endosseu	endossen
	imperfect	endossava	endossaves	endossava	endossàvem	endossàveu	endossaven
	future	endossaré	endossaràs	endossarà	endossarem	endossareu	endossaran
	preterite	endossí	endossares	endossà	endossàrem	endossàreu	endossaren
	conditional	endossaria	endossaries	endossaria	endossaríem	endossaríeu	endossarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	endossi	endossis	endossi	endossem	endosseu	endossin
	imperfect	endossés	endossessis	endossés	endosséssim	endosséssiu	endossessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	endossa	endossi	endossem	endosseu	endossin
	negative (no)	—	no endossis	no endossi	no endossem	no endosseu	no endossin

Further reading

• “endossar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “endossar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “endossar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “endossar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French endosser.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.doˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.doˈsa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.doˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.doˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.doˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.doˈsa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.doˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.doˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.doˈsa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.doˈsa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.doˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.doˈsa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.doˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.doˈsa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.doˈsa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.doˈsa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.duˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.duˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.duˈsa.ɾi/

Verb

endossar (first-person singular present endosso, first-person singular preterite endossei, past participle endossado)

1. (transitive) to endorse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of endossar (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	endossar
Personal	endossar	endossares	endossar	endossarmos	endossardes	endossarem
Gerund
	endossando
Past participle
Masculine	endossado			endossados
Feminine	endossada			endossadas
Indicative
Present	endosso	endossas	endossa	endossamos	endossais	endossam
Imperfect	endossava	endossavas	endossava	endossávamos	endossáveis	endossavam
Preterite	endossei	endossaste	endossou	endossamos1, endossámos2	endossastes	endossaram
Pluperfect	endossara	endossaras	endossara	endossáramos	endossáreis	endossaram
Future	endossarei	endossarás	endossará	endossaremos	endossareis	endossarão
Conditional	endossaria	endossarias	endossaria	endossaríamos	endossaríeis	endossariam
Subjunctive
Present	endosse	endosses	endosse	endossemos	endosseis	endossem
Imperfect	endossasse	endossasses	endossasse	endossássemos	endossásseis	endossassem
Future	endossar	endossares	endossar	endossarmos	endossardes	endossarem
Imperative
Affirmative		endossa	endosse	endossemos	endossai	endossem
Negative (não)		não endosses	não endosse	não endossemos	não endosseis	não endossem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “endossar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “endossar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025