# permitir
## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin permittere.

### Verb

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permitín, past participle permitido) permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permitim or permiti, past participle permitido, reintegrationist norm)
* to permit, to allow

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* permisión
* permisivo
* permiso

### Further reading

* “permitir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “permitir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* permittir (pre-standardization spelling)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin permittere, with change of conjugation.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peɦ.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peɦ.miˈt͡ʃi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /peɾ.miˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [peʁ.miˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /peɻ.miˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨɾ.miˈtiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɨɾ.miˈtiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɨɾ.miˈti.ɾi/
* Audio (Northeast Brazil):(file)
* Rhymes: -i, -iʁ, -iɾ
* Hyphenation: per‧mi‧tir

### Verb

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permiti, past participle permitido)
* (transitive) to permit, to allow, to let
    Synonym: deixar
** 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Sinha Victoria [Mrs. Victoria]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 62:Deus não havia de permittir outra desgraça.God must not allow another tragedy.
** 1890, Aluísio Azevedo, O Cortiço, Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier:A filha era a flor do cortiço. Chamavam-lhe Pombinha. Bonita, posto que enfermiça e nervosa ao último ponto; loura, muito pálida, com uns modos de menina de boa família. A mãe não lhe permitia lavar, nem engomar, mesmo porque o médico a proibira expressamente.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (transitive) to permit (to give occasion to)
* (transitive) to tolerate
* (reflexive) to permit (to take the liberty)
* (reflexive) to dare

#### Related terms

* permissão f

### Further reading

* “permitir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “permitir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin permittere.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peɾmiˈtiɾ/ [peɾ.miˈt̪iɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: per‧mi‧tir

### Verb

permitir (first-person singular present permito, first-person singular preterite permití, past participle permitido)
* to allow, permit
    Synonym: autorizar
    No les permitieron ir.They were not allowed to go.
* (pronominal) to afford, to allow
    No puedo permitirme comprarlo.I can't allow myself to buy it.
* (pronominal) to indulge in

#### Usage notes

* Used without a preposition, as is demonstrated in the example above

#### Conjugation

$^1$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.

#### Derived terms

* permitirse

#### Related terms

* permisible
* permisión
* permisivo
* permiso

### Further reading

* “permitir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10