convalidar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin convalidāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.va.liˈda(ʁ)/ [kõ.va.liˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.va.liˈda(ʁ)/ [kõ.va.liˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.va.liˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.va.liˈda(ʁ)/ [kõ.va.liˈda(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõ.va.liˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vɐ.liˈdaɾ/ [kõ.vɐ.liˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vɐ.liˈdaɾ/ [kõ.vɐ.liˈðaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bɐ.liˈdaɾ/ [kõ.bɐ.liˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vɐ.liˈda.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧va‧li‧dar

Verb

convalidar (first-person singular present convalido, first-person singular preterite convalidei, past participle convalidado)

1. to validate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of convalidar (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	convalidar
Personal	convalidar	convalidares	convalidar	convalidarmos	convalidardes	convalidarem
Gerund
	convalidando
Past participle
Masculine	convalidado			convalidados
Feminine	convalidada			convalidadas
Indicative
Present	convalido	convalidas	convalida	convalidamos	convalidais	convalidam
Imperfect	convalidava	convalidavas	convalidava	convalidávamos	convalidáveis	convalidavam
Preterite	convalidei	convalidaste	convalidou	convalidamos1, convalidámos2	convalidastes	convalidaram
Pluperfect	convalidara	convalidaras	convalidara	convalidáramos	convalidáreis	convalidaram
Future	convalidarei	convalidarás	convalidará	convalidaremos	convalidareis	convalidarão
Conditional	convalidaria	convalidarias	convalidaria	convalidaríamos	convalidaríeis	convalidariam
Subjunctive
Present	convalide	convalides	convalide	convalidemos	convalideis	convalidem
Imperfect	convalidasse	convalidasses	convalidasse	convalidássemos	convalidásseis	convalidassem
Future	convalidar	convalidares	convalidar	convalidarmos	convalidardes	convalidarem
Imperative
Affirmative		convalida	convalide	convalidemos	convalidai	convalidem
Negative (não)		não convalides	não convalide	não convalidemos	não convalideis	não convalidem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “convalidar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “convalidar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin convalidāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kombaliˈdaɾ/ [kõm.ba.liˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧va‧li‧dar

Verb

convalidar (first-person singular present convalido, first-person singular preterite convalidé, past participle convalidado)

1. (transitive) to validate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of convalidar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			convalidar
gerund			convalidando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		convalidado		convalidada
		plural		convalidados		convalidadas
		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	convalido	convalidastú convalidásvos	convalida	convalidamos	convalidáis	convalidan
	imperfect	convalidaba	convalidabas	convalidaba	convalidábamos	convalidabais	convalidaban
	preterite	convalidé	convalidaste	convalidó	convalidamos	convalidasteis	convalidaron
	future	convalidaré	convalidarás	convalidará	convalidaremos	convalidaréis	convalidarán
	conditional	convalidaría	convalidarías	convalidaría	convalidaríamos	convalidaríais	convalidarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	convalide	convalidestú convalidésvos2	convalide	convalidemos	convalidéis	convaliden
	imperfect (ra)	convalidara	convalidaras	convalidara	convalidáramos	convalidarais	convalidaran
	imperfect (se)	convalidase	convalidases	convalidase	convalidásemos	convalidaseis	convalidasen
	future1	convalidare	convalidares	convalidare	convalidáremos	convalidareis	convalidaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		convalidatú convalidávos	convalide	convalidemos	convalidad	convaliden
	negative		no convalides	no convalide	no convalidemos	no convalidéis	no convaliden

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

    Selected combined forms of convalidar

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 convalidar	dative	convalidarme	convalidarte	convalidarle, convalidarse	convalidarnos	convalidaros	convalidarles, convalidarse
	accusative	convalidarme	convalidarte	convalidarlo, convalidarla, convalidarse	convalidarnos	convalidaros	convalidarlos, convalidarlas, convalidarse
with gerund convalidando	dative	convalidándome	convalidándote	convalidándole, convalidándose	convalidándonos	convalidándoos	convalidándoles, convalidándose
	accusative	convalidándome	convalidándote	convalidándolo, convalidándola, convalidándose	convalidándonos	convalidándoos	convalidándolos, convalidándolas, convalidándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative convalida	dative	convalídame	convalídate	convalídale	convalídanos	not used	convalídales
	accusative	convalídame	convalídate	convalídalo, convalídala	convalídanos	not used	convalídalos, convalídalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative convalidá	dative	convalidame	convalidate	convalidale	convalidanos	not used	convalidales
	accusative	convalidame	convalidate	convalidalo, convalidala	convalidanos	not used	convalidalos, convalidalas
with formal second-person singular imperative convalide	dative	convalídeme	not used	convalídele, convalídese	convalídenos	not used	convalídeles
	accusative	convalídeme	not used	convalídelo, convalídela, convalídese	convalídenos	not used	convalídelos, convalídelas
with first-person plural imperative convalidemos	dative	not used	convalidémoste	convalidémosle	convalidémonos	convalidémoos	convalidémosles
	accusative	not used	convalidémoste	convalidémoslo, convalidémosla	convalidémonos	convalidémoos	convalidémoslos, convalidémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative convalidad	dative	convalidadme	not used	convalidadle	convalidadnos	convalidaos	convalidadles
	accusative	convalidadme	not used	convalidadlo, convalidadla	convalidadnos	convalidaos	convalidadlos, convalidadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative convaliden	dative	convalídenme	not used	convalídenle	convalídennos	not used	convalídenles, convalídense
	accusative	convalídenme	not used	convalídenlo, convalídenla	convalídennos	not used	convalídenlos, convalídenlas, convalídense

Derived terms

• convalidación

Further reading

• “convalidar”, 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