mutar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of mudar, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [muˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [muˈtaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Homophone: mutà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

mutar (first-person singular present muto, first-person singular preterite mutí, past participle mutat)

1. (transitive) to mutate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mutar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mutar
gerund			mutant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mutat		mutada
		plural		mutats		mutades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	muto	mutes	muta	mutem	muteu	muten
	imperfect	mutava	mutaves	mutava	mutàvem	mutàveu	mutaven
	future	mutaré	mutaràs	mutarà	mutarem	mutareu	mutaran
	preterite	mutí	mutares	mutà	mutàrem	mutàreu	mutaren
	conditional	mutaria	mutaries	mutaria	mutaríem	mutaríeu	mutarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	muti	mutis	muti	mutem	muteu	mutin
	imperfect	mutés	mutessis	mutés	mutéssim	mutéssiu	mutessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	muta	muti	mutem	muteu	mutin
	negative (no)	—	no mutis	no muti	no mutem	no muteu	no mutin

Derived terms

• mutació
• mutant

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of Doublet of mudar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [muˈtaɾ]

Verb

mutar (first-person singular present muto, first-person singular preterite mutei, past participle mutado)

1. to mutate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mutar

	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	mutar
Personal	mutar	mutares	mutar	mutarmos	mutardes	mutaren
Gerund
	mutando
Past participle
Masculine	mutado			mutados
Feminine	mutada			mutadas
Indicative
Present	muto	mutas	muta	mutamos	mutades	mutan
Imperfect	mutaba	mutabas	mutaba	mutabamos	mutabades	mutaban
Preterite	mutei	mutaches	mutou	mutamos	mutastes	mutaron
Pluperfect	mutara	mutaras	mutara	mutaramos	mutarades	mutaran
Future	mutarei	mutarás	mutará	mutaremos	mutaredes	mutarán
Conditional	mutaría	mutarías	mutaría	mutariamos	mutariades	mutarían
Subjunctive
Present	mute	mutes	mute	mutemos	mutedes	muten
Imperfect	mutase	mutases	mutase	mutásemos	mutásedes	mutasen
Future	mutar	mutares	mutar	mutarmos	mutardes	mutaren
Imperative
Affirmative		muta	mute	mutemos	mutade	muten
Negative (non)		non mutes	non mute	non mutemos	non mutedes	non muten

    Reintegrated conjugation of mutar (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	mutar
Personal	mutar	mutares	mutar	mutarmos	mutardes	mutarem
Gerund
	mutando
Past participle
Masculine	mutado			mutados
Feminine	mutada			mutadas
Indicative
Present	muto	mutas	muta	mutamos	mutades, mutais	mutam
Imperfect	mutava	mutavas	mutava	mutávamos	mutávades, mutáveis, mutávais1	mutavam
Preterite	mutei	mutaste, mutache1	mutou	mutamos	mutastes	mutárom, mutaram
Pluperfect	mutara	mutaras	mutara	mutáramos	mutárades, mutáreis, mutárais1	mutaram
Future	mutarei	mutarás	mutará	mutaremos	mutaredes, mutareis	mutarám, mutarão
Conditional	mutaria	mutarias	mutaria	mutaríamos	mutaríades, mutaríeis, mutaríais1	mutariam
Subjunctive
Present	mute	mutes	mute	mutemos	mutedes, muteis	mutem
Imperfect	mutasse	mutasses	mutasse	mutássemos	mutássedes, mutásseis	mutassem
Future	mutar	mutares	mutar	mutarmos	mutardes	mutarem
Imperative
Affirmative		muta	mute	mutemos	mutade, mutai	mutem
Negative (nom)		nom mutes	nom mute	nom mutemos	nom mutedes, nom muteis	nom mutem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• mutante

References

• “mutar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mutar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.tar/

Verb

mutar

1. to solve (a problem)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muˈta(ʁ)/ [muˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈta.ɾi/

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of mudar.

Verb

mutar (first-person singular present muto, first-person singular preterite mutei, past participle mutado)

1. to mutate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mutar (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	mutar
Personal	mutar	mutares	mutar	mutarmos	mutardes	mutarem
Gerund
	mutando
Past participle
Masculine	mutado			mutados
Feminine	mutada			mutadas
Indicative
Present	muto	mutas	muta	mutamos	mutais	mutam
Imperfect	mutava	mutavas	mutava	mutávamos	mutáveis	mutavam
Preterite	mutei	mutaste	mutou	mutamos1, mutámos2	mutastes	mutaram
Pluperfect	mutara	mutaras	mutara	mutáramos	mutáreis	mutaram
Future	mutarei	mutarás	mutará	mutaremos	mutareis	mutarão
Conditional	mutaria	mutarias	mutaria	mutaríamos	mutaríeis	mutariam
Subjunctive
Present	mute	mutes	mute	mutemos	muteis	mutem
Imperfect	mutasse	mutasses	mutasse	mutássemos	mutásseis	mutassem
Future	mutar	mutares	mutar	mutarmos	mutardes	mutarem
Imperative
Affirmative		muta	mute	mutemos	mutai	mutem
Negative (não)		não mutes	não mute	não mutemos	não muteis	não mutem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• mutação

Related terms

• mutante

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mute.

Verb

mutar (first-person singular present muto, first-person singular preterite mutei, past participle mutado)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) to mute

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mutar (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	mutar
Personal	mutar	mutares	mutar	mutarmos	mutardes	mutarem
Gerund
	mutando
Past participle
Masculine	mutado			mutados
Feminine	mutada			mutadas
Indicative
Present	muto	mutas	muta	mutamos	mutais	mutam
Imperfect	mutava	mutavas	mutava	mutávamos	mutáveis	mutavam
Preterite	mutei	mutaste	mutou	mutamos1, mutámos2	mutastes	mutaram
Pluperfect	mutara	mutaras	mutara	mutáramos	mutáreis	mutaram
Future	mutarei	mutarás	mutará	mutaremos	mutareis	mutarão
Conditional	mutaria	mutarias	mutaria	mutaríamos	mutaríeis	mutariam
Subjunctive
Present	mute	mutes	mute	mutemos	muteis	mutem
Imperfect	mutasse	mutasses	mutasse	mutássemos	mutásseis	mutassem
Future	mutar	mutares	mutar	mutarmos	mutardes	mutarem
Imperative
Affirmative		muta	mute	mutemos	mutai	mutem
Negative (não)		não mutes	não mute	não mutemos	não muteis	não mutem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• "Mutar" in Dicionário Informal
• “mutar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mūtāre. Doublet of the inherited mudar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muˈtaɾ/ [muˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mu‧tar

Verb

mutar (first-person singular present muto, first-person singular preterite muté, past participle mutado)

1. (transitive) to mutate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mutar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mutar
gerund			mutando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mutado		mutada
		plural		mutados		mutadas
		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	muto	mutastú mutásvos	muta	mutamos	mutáis	mutan
	imperfect	mutaba	mutabas	mutaba	mutábamos	mutabais	mutaban
	preterite	muté	mutaste	mutó	mutamos	mutasteis	mutaron
	future	mutaré	mutarás	mutará	mutaremos	mutaréis	mutarán
	conditional	mutaría	mutarías	mutaría	mutaríamos	mutaríais	mutarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mute	mutestú mutésvos2	mute	mutemos	mutéis	muten
	imperfect (ra)	mutara	mutaras	mutara	mutáramos	mutarais	mutaran
	imperfect (se)	mutase	mutases	mutase	mutásemos	mutaseis	mutasen
	future1	mutare	mutares	mutare	mutáremos	mutareis	mutaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mutatú mutávos	mute	mutemos	mutad	muten
	negative		no mutes	no mute	no mutemos	no mutéis	no muten

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

    Selected combined forms of mutar

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 mutar	dative	mutarme	mutarte	mutarle, mutarse	mutarnos	mutaros	mutarles, mutarse
	accusative	mutarme	mutarte	mutarlo, mutarla, mutarse	mutarnos	mutaros	mutarlos, mutarlas, mutarse
with gerund mutando	dative	mutándome	mutándote	mutándole, mutándose	mutándonos	mutándoos	mutándoles, mutándose
	accusative	mutándome	mutándote	mutándolo, mutándola, mutándose	mutándonos	mutándoos	mutándolos, mutándolas, mutándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative muta	dative	mútame	mútate	mútale	mútanos	not used	mútales
	accusative	mútame	mútate	mútalo, mútala	mútanos	not used	mútalos, mútalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative mutá	dative	mutame	mutate	mutale	mutanos	not used	mutales
	accusative	mutame	mutate	mutalo, mutala	mutanos	not used	mutalos, mutalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mute	dative	múteme	not used	mútele, mútese	mútenos	not used	múteles
	accusative	múteme	not used	mútelo, mútela, mútese	mútenos	not used	mútelos, mútelas
with first-person plural imperative mutemos	dative	not used	mutémoste	mutémosle	mutémonos	mutémoos	mutémosles
	accusative	not used	mutémoste	mutémoslo, mutémosla	mutémonos	mutémoos	mutémoslos, mutémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mutad	dative	mutadme	not used	mutadle	mutadnos	mutaos	mutadles
	accusative	mutadme	not used	mutadlo, mutadla	mutadnos	mutaos	mutadlos, mutadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative muten	dative	mútenme	not used	mútenle	mútennos	not used	mútenles, mútense
	accusative	mútenme	not used	mútenlo, mútenla	mútennos	not used	mútenlos, mútenlas, mútense

Derived terms

• mutación
• mutante

Further reading

• “mutar”, 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

Swedish

Verb

mutar

1. present indicative of muta