optimar

Spanish

Etymology

From óptimo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /obtiˈmaɾ/ [oβ̞.t̪iˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: op‧ti‧mar

Verb

optimar (first-person singular present optimo, first-person singular preterite optimé, past participle optimado)

1. (transitive) to optimize

   Synonym: optimizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of optimar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			optimar
gerund			optimando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		optimado		optimada
		plural		optimados		optimadas
		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	optimo	optimastú optimásvos	optima	optimamos	optimáis	optiman
	imperfect	optimaba	optimabas	optimaba	optimábamos	optimabais	optimaban
	preterite	optimé	optimaste	optimó	optimamos	optimasteis	optimaron
	future	optimaré	optimarás	optimará	optimaremos	optimaréis	optimarán
	conditional	optimaría	optimarías	optimaría	optimaríamos	optimaríais	optimarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	optime	optimestú optimésvos2	optime	optimemos	optiméis	optimen
	imperfect (ra)	optimara	optimaras	optimara	optimáramos	optimarais	optimaran
	imperfect (se)	optimase	optimases	optimase	optimásemos	optimaseis	optimasen
	future1	optimare	optimares	optimare	optimáremos	optimareis	optimaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		optimatú optimávos	optime	optimemos	optimad	optimen
	negative		no optimes	no optime	no optimemos	no optiméis	no optimen

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

Related terms

• optimista
• óptimo

Further reading

• “optimar”, 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