nutrir

Interlingua

Verb

nutrir

1. to nourish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nutrir

infinitive		nutrir
participle		present	perfect
		nutriente	nutrite
active		simple	perfect
	present	nutri	ha nutrite
	past	nutriva	habeva nutrite
	future	nutrira	habera nutrite
	conditional	nutrirea	haberea nutrite
	imperative	nutri	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es nutrite	ha essite nutrite
	past	esseva nutrite	habeva essite nutrite
	future	essera nutrite	habera essite nutrite
	conditional	esserea nutrite	haberea essite nutrite
	imperative	sia nutrite	—

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin nūtrīre; this form reflects a semi-learned alteration based on the original Latin; compare Old Galician-Portuguese nodrir.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈtɾiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈtɾiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nuˈtɾi.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: nu‧trir

Verb

nutrir (first-person singular present nutro, first-person singular preterite nutri, past participle nutrido)

1. to nourish, feed, sustain
2. to fatten

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nutrir (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	nutrir
Personal	nutrir	nutrires	nutrir	nutrirmos	nutrirdes	nutrirem
Gerund
	nutrindo
Past participle
Masculine	nutrido			nutridos
Feminine	nutrida			nutridas
Indicative
Present	nutro	nutres	nutre	nutrimos	nutris	nutrem
Imperfect	nutria	nutrias	nutria	nutríamos	nutríeis	nutriam
Preterite	nutri	nutriste	nutriu	nutrimos	nutristes	nutriram
Pluperfect	nutrira	nutriras	nutrira	nutríramos	nutríreis	nutriram
Future	nutrirei	nutrirás	nutrirá	nutriremos	nutrireis	nutrirão
Conditional	nutriria	nutririas	nutriria	nutriríamos	nutriríeis	nutririam
Subjunctive
Present	nutra	nutras	nutra	nutramos	nutrais	nutram
Imperfect	nutrisse	nutrisses	nutrisse	nutríssemos	nutrísseis	nutrissem
Future	nutrir	nutrires	nutrir	nutrirmos	nutrirdes	nutrirem
Imperative
Affirmative		nutre	nutra	nutramos	nutri	nutram
Negative (não)		não nutras	não nutra	não nutramos	não nutrais	não nutram

Further reading

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• nudrir (rare)

Etymology

From an alteration of Old Spanish nudrir, from Latin nūtrīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nuˈtɾiɾ/ [nuˈt̪ɾiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: nu‧trir

Verb

nutrir (first-person singular present nutro, first-person singular preterite nutrí, past participle nutrido)

1. to nourish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nutrir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			nutrir
gerund			nutriendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nutrido		nutrida
		plural		nutridos		nutridas
		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	nutro	nutrestú nutrísvos	nutre	nutrimos	nutrís	nutren
	imperfect	nutría	nutrías	nutría	nutríamos	nutríais	nutrían
	preterite	nutrí	nutriste	nutrió	nutrimos	nutristeis	nutrieron
	future	nutriré	nutrirás	nutrirá	nutriremos	nutriréis	nutrirán
	conditional	nutriría	nutrirías	nutriría	nutriríamos	nutriríais	nutrirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nutra	nutrastú nutrásvos2	nutra	nutramos	nutráis	nutran
	imperfect (ra)	nutriera	nutrieras	nutriera	nutriéramos	nutrierais	nutrieran
	imperfect (se)	nutriese	nutrieses	nutriese	nutriésemos	nutrieseis	nutriesen
	future1	nutriere	nutrieres	nutriere	nutriéremos	nutriereis	nutrieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nutretú nutrívos	nutra	nutramos	nutrid	nutran
	negative		no nutras	no nutra	no nutramos	no nutráis	no nutran

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

    Selected combined forms of nutrir

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 nutrir	dative	nutrirme	nutrirte	nutrirle, nutrirse	nutrirnos	nutriros	nutrirles, nutrirse
	accusative	nutrirme	nutrirte	nutrirlo, nutrirla, nutrirse	nutrirnos	nutriros	nutrirlos, nutrirlas, nutrirse
with gerund nutriendo	dative	nutriéndome	nutriéndote	nutriéndole, nutriéndose	nutriéndonos	nutriéndoos	nutriéndoles, nutriéndose
	accusative	nutriéndome	nutriéndote	nutriéndolo, nutriéndola, nutriéndose	nutriéndonos	nutriéndoos	nutriéndolos, nutriéndolas, nutriéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative nutre	dative	nútreme	nútrete	nútrele	nútrenos	not used	nútreles
	accusative	nútreme	nútrete	nútrelo, nútrela	nútrenos	not used	nútrelos, nútrelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative nutrí	dative	nutrime	nutrite	nutrile	nutrinos	not used	nutriles
	accusative	nutrime	nutrite	nutrilo, nutrila	nutrinos	not used	nutrilos, nutrilas
with formal second-person singular imperative nutra	dative	nútrame	not used	nútrale, nútrase	nútranos	not used	nútrales
	accusative	nútrame	not used	nútralo, nútrala, nútrase	nútranos	not used	nútralos, nútralas
with first-person plural imperative nutramos	dative	not used	nutrámoste	nutrámosle	nutrámonos	nutrámoos	nutrámosles
	accusative	not used	nutrámoste	nutrámoslo, nutrámosla	nutrámonos	nutrámoos	nutrámoslos, nutrámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative nutrid	dative	nutridme	not used	nutridle	nutridnos	nutríos	nutridles
	accusative	nutridme	not used	nutridlo, nutridla	nutridnos	nutríos	nutridlos, nutridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative nutran	dative	nútranme	not used	nútranle	nútrannos	not used	nútranles, nútranse
	accusative	nútranme	not used	nútranlo, nútranla	nútrannos	not used	nútranlos, nútranlas, nútranse

Further reading

• “nutrir”, 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