mancomunar

Catalan

Etymology

From mancomú +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [məŋ.ku.muˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [məŋ.ko.muˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maŋ.ko.muˈnaɾ]

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Verb

mancomunar (first-person singular present mancomuno, first-person singular preterite mancomuní, past participle mancomunat)

1. (transitive) to pool, combine
2. (pronominal) to unite, to work together

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mancomunar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mancomunar
gerund			mancomunant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mancomunat		mancomunada
		plural		mancomunats		mancomunades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mancomuno	mancomunes	mancomuna	mancomunem	mancomuneu	mancomunen
	imperfect	mancomunava	mancomunaves	mancomunava	mancomunàvem	mancomunàveu	mancomunaven
	future	mancomunaré	mancomunaràs	mancomunarà	mancomunarem	mancomunareu	mancomunaran
	preterite	mancomuní	mancomunares	mancomunà	mancomunàrem	mancomunàreu	mancomunaren
	conditional	mancomunaria	mancomunaries	mancomunaria	mancomunaríem	mancomunaríeu	mancomunarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mancomuni	mancomunis	mancomuni	mancomunem	mancomuneu	mancomunin
	imperfect	mancomunés	mancomunessis	mancomunés	mancomunéssim	mancomunéssiu	mancomunessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	mancomuna	mancomuni	mancomunem	mancomuneu	mancomunin
	negative (no)	—	no mancomunis	no mancomuni	no mancomunem	no mancomuneu	no mancomunin

Related terms

• mancomú
• mancomunal
• mancomunitat

Further reading

• “mancomunar”, 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mancomunar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ko.muˈna(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃.ko.muˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ko.muˈna(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃.ko.muˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ko.muˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ko.muˈna(ʁ)/ [mɐ̃.ko.muˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ko.muˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ku.muˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ku.muˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ̃.ku.muˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: man‧co‧mu‧nar

Verb

mancomunar (first-person singular present mancomuno, first-person singular preterite mancomunei, past participle mancomunado)

1. (transitive) to negotiate or adjust something, often for evil intentions
2. (reflexive) to be connected or allied with someone, often with evil intentions

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mancomunar (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	mancomunar
Personal	mancomunar	mancomunares	mancomunar	mancomunarmos	mancomunardes	mancomunarem
Gerund
	mancomunando
Past participle
Masculine	mancomunado			mancomunados
Feminine	mancomunada			mancomunadas
Indicative
Present	mancomuno	mancomunas	mancomuna	mancomunamos	mancomunais	mancomunam
Imperfect	mancomunava	mancomunavas	mancomunava	mancomunávamos	mancomunáveis	mancomunavam
Preterite	mancomunei	mancomunaste	mancomunou	mancomunamos1, mancomunámos2	mancomunastes	mancomunaram
Pluperfect	mancomunara	mancomunaras	mancomunara	mancomunáramos	mancomunáreis	mancomunaram
Future	mancomunarei	mancomunarás	mancomunará	mancomunaremos	mancomunareis	mancomunarão
Conditional	mancomunaria	mancomunarias	mancomunaria	mancomunaríamos	mancomunaríeis	mancomunariam
Subjunctive
Present	mancomune	mancomunes	mancomune	mancomunemos	mancomuneis	mancomunem
Imperfect	mancomunasse	mancomunasses	mancomunasse	mancomunássemos	mancomunásseis	mancomunassem
Future	mancomunar	mancomunares	mancomunar	mancomunarmos	mancomunardes	mancomunarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mancomuna	mancomune	mancomunemos	mancomunai	mancomunem
Negative (não)		não mancomunes	não mancomune	não mancomunemos	não mancomuneis	não mancomunem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From mancomún +‎ -ar, from man, apocopic form of mano (“hand”) + común.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mankomuˈnaɾ/ [mãŋ.ko.muˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: man‧co‧mu‧nar

Verb

mancomunar (first-person singular present mancomuno, first-person singular preterite mancomuné, past participle mancomunado)

1. (transitive) to pool, combine
2. (transitive, law) to require both sides pay jointly the costs of a lawsuit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mancomunar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mancomunar
gerund			mancomunando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mancomunado		mancomunada
		plural		mancomunados		mancomunadas
		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	mancomuno	mancomunastú mancomunásvos	mancomuna	mancomunamos	mancomunáis	mancomunan
	imperfect	mancomunaba	mancomunabas	mancomunaba	mancomunábamos	mancomunabais	mancomunaban
	preterite	mancomuné	mancomunaste	mancomunó	mancomunamos	mancomunasteis	mancomunaron
	future	mancomunaré	mancomunarás	mancomunará	mancomunaremos	mancomunaréis	mancomunarán
	conditional	mancomunaría	mancomunarías	mancomunaría	mancomunaríamos	mancomunaríais	mancomunarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mancomune	mancomunestú mancomunésvos2	mancomune	mancomunemos	mancomunéis	mancomunen
	imperfect (ra)	mancomunara	mancomunaras	mancomunara	mancomunáramos	mancomunarais	mancomunaran
	imperfect (se)	mancomunase	mancomunases	mancomunase	mancomunásemos	mancomunaseis	mancomunasen
	future1	mancomunare	mancomunares	mancomunare	mancomunáremos	mancomunareis	mancomunaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mancomunatú mancomunávos	mancomune	mancomunemos	mancomunad	mancomunen
	negative		no mancomunes	no mancomune	no mancomunemos	no mancomunéis	no mancomunen

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

    Selected combined forms of mancomunar

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 mancomunar	dative	mancomunarme	mancomunarte	mancomunarle, mancomunarse	mancomunarnos	mancomunaros	mancomunarles, mancomunarse
	accusative	mancomunarme	mancomunarte	mancomunarlo, mancomunarla, mancomunarse	mancomunarnos	mancomunaros	mancomunarlos, mancomunarlas, mancomunarse
with gerund mancomunando	dative	mancomunándome	mancomunándote	mancomunándole, mancomunándose	mancomunándonos	mancomunándoos	mancomunándoles, mancomunándose
	accusative	mancomunándome	mancomunándote	mancomunándolo, mancomunándola, mancomunándose	mancomunándonos	mancomunándoos	mancomunándolos, mancomunándolas, mancomunándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative mancomuna	dative	mancomúname	mancomúnate	mancomúnale	mancomúnanos	not used	mancomúnales
	accusative	mancomúname	mancomúnate	mancomúnalo, mancomúnala	mancomúnanos	not used	mancomúnalos, mancomúnalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mancomuná	dative	mancomuname	mancomunate	mancomunale	mancomunanos	not used	mancomunales
	accusative	mancomuname	mancomunate	mancomunalo, mancomunala	mancomunanos	not used	mancomunalos, mancomunalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mancomune	dative	mancomúneme	not used	mancomúnele, mancomúnese	mancomúnenos	not used	mancomúneles
	accusative	mancomúneme	not used	mancomúnelo, mancomúnela, mancomúnese	mancomúnenos	not used	mancomúnelos, mancomúnelas
with first-person plural imperative mancomunemos	dative	not used	mancomunémoste	mancomunémosle	mancomunémonos	mancomunémoos	mancomunémosles
	accusative	not used	mancomunémoste	mancomunémoslo, mancomunémosla	mancomunémonos	mancomunémoos	mancomunémoslos, mancomunémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mancomunad	dative	mancomunadme	not used	mancomunadle	mancomunadnos	mancomunaos	mancomunadles
	accusative	mancomunadme	not used	mancomunadlo, mancomunadla	mancomunadnos	mancomunaos	mancomunadlos, mancomunadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mancomunen	dative	mancomúnenme	not used	mancomúnenle	mancomúnennos	not used	mancomúnenles, mancomúnense
	accusative	mancomúnenme	not used	mancomúnenlo, mancomúnenla	mancomúnennos	not used	mancomúnenlos, mancomúnenlas, mancomúnense

Derived terms

• mancomunarse

Related terms

• mancomún
• mancomunadamente
• mancomunidad

Further reading

• “mancomunar”, 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