# colmatar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From French colmater.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kow.maˈta(ʁ)/ [koʊ̯.maˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kow.maˈta(ʁ)/ [koʊ̯.maˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kow.maˈta(ɾ)/ [koʊ̯.maˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kow.maˈta(ʁ)/ [koʊ̯.maˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kow.maˈta(ɻ)/ [koʊ̯.maˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kol.mɐˈtaɾ/ [koɫ.mɐˈtaɾ], /kɔl.mɐˈtaɾ/ [kɔɫ.mɐˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kol.mɐˈtaɾ/ [koɫ.mɐˈtaɾ], /kɔl.mɐˈtaɾ/ [kɔɫ.mɐˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kol.mɐˈta.ɾi/ [koɫ.mɐˈta.ɾi], /kɔl.mɐˈta.ɾi/ [kɔɫ.mɐˈta.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: col‧ma‧tar

### Verb

colmatar (first-person singular present colmato, first-person singular preterite colmatei, past participle colmatado)
* (transitive) to fill
* (transitive) to bridge
* (transitive, figuratively) to rectify; to correct

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* colmatar uma lacuna

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kolmaˈtaɾ/ [kol.maˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: col‧ma‧tar

### Verb

colmatar (first-person singular present colmato, first-person singular preterite colmaté, past participle colmatado)
* to fill in (land, with mud from the river or sea)

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | colmatar | colmatar | colmatar | colmatar | colmatar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | colmatando | colmatando | colmatando | colmatando | colmatando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | colmatado | colmatado | colmatada | colmatada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | colmatados | colmatados | colmatadas | colmatadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | colmato | colmatas$^{tú}$ colmatás$^{vos}$ | colmata | colmatamos | colmatáis | colmatan |
| indicative | imperfect | colmataba | colmatabas | colmataba | colmatábamos | colmatabais | colmataban |
| indicative | preterite | colmaté | colmataste | colmató | colmatamos | colmatasteis | colmataron |
| indicative | future | colmataré | colmatarás | colmatará | colmataremos | colmataréis | colmatarán |
| indicative | conditional | colmataría | colmatarías | colmataría | colmataríamos | colmataríais | colmatarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | colmate | colmates$^{tú}$ colmatés$^{vos2}$ | colmate | colmatemos | colmatéis | colmaten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | colmatara | colmataras | colmatara | colmatáramos | colmatarais | colmataran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | colmatase | colmatases | colmatase | colmatásemos | colmataseis | colmatasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | colmatare | colmatares | colmatare | colmatáremos | colmatareis | colmataren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | colmata$^{tú}$ colmatá$^{vos}$ | colmate | colmatemos | colmatad | colmaten |
| imperative | negative | | no colmates | no colmate | no colmatemos | no colmatéis | no colmaten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “colmatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014