exaltar

Galician

Etymology

From Latin exaltāre.

Verb

exaltar (first-person singular present exalto, first-person singular preterite exaltei, past participle exaltado)

1. to exalt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exaltar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	exaltar
Personal	exaltar	exaltares	exaltar	exaltarmos	exaltardes	exaltaren
Gerund
	exaltando
Past participle
Masculine	exaltado			exaltados
Feminine	exaltada			exaltadas
Indicative
Present	exalto	exaltas	exalta	exaltamos	exaltades	exaltan
Imperfect	exaltaba	exaltabas	exaltaba	exaltabamos	exaltabades	exaltaban
Preterite	exaltei	exaltaches	exaltou	exaltamos	exaltastes	exaltaron
Pluperfect	exaltara	exaltaras	exaltara	exaltaramos	exaltarades	exaltaran
Future	exaltarei	exaltarás	exaltará	exaltaremos	exaltaredes	exaltarán
Conditional	exaltaría	exaltarías	exaltaría	exaltariamos	exaltariades	exaltarían
Subjunctive
Present	exalte	exaltes	exalte	exaltemos	exaltedes	exalten
Imperfect	exaltase	exaltases	exaltase	exaltásemos	exaltásedes	exaltasen
Future	exaltar	exaltares	exaltar	exaltarmos	exaltardes	exaltaren
Imperative
Affirmative		exalta	exalte	exaltemos	exaltade	exalten
Negative (non)		non exaltes	non exalte	non exaltemos	non exaltedes	non exalten

    Reintegrated conjugation of exaltar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	exaltar
Personal	exaltar	exaltares	exaltar	exaltarmos	exaltardes	exaltarem
Gerund
	exaltando
Past participle
Masculine	exaltado			exaltados
Feminine	exaltada			exaltadas
Indicative
Present	exalto	exaltas	exalta	exaltamos	exaltades, exaltais	exaltam
Imperfect	exaltava	exaltavas	exaltava	exaltávamos	exaltávades, exaltáveis, exaltávais1	exaltavam
Preterite	exaltei	exaltaste, exaltache1	exaltou	exaltamos	exaltastes	exaltárom, exaltaram
Pluperfect	exaltara	exaltaras	exaltara	exaltáramos	exaltárades, exaltáreis, exaltárais1	exaltaram
Future	exaltarei	exaltarás	exaltará	exaltaremos	exaltaredes, exaltareis	exaltarám, exaltarão
Conditional	exaltaria	exaltarias	exaltaria	exaltaríamos	exaltaríades, exaltaríeis, exaltaríais1	exaltariam
Subjunctive
Present	exalte	exaltes	exalte	exaltemos	exaltedes, exalteis	exaltem
Imperfect	exaltasse	exaltasses	exaltasse	exaltássemos	exaltássedes, exaltásseis	exaltassem
Future	exaltar	exaltares	exaltar	exaltarmos	exaltardes	exaltarem
Imperative
Affirmative		exalta	exalte	exaltemos	exaltade, exaltai	exaltem
Negative (nom)		nom exaltes	nom exalte	nom exaltemos	nom exaltedes, nom exalteis	nom exaltem

¹Less recommended.

Ido

Etymology

From English exalt, French exalter, German exaltieren, Spanish exaltar.

Verb

exaltar (present tense exaltas, past tense exaltis, future tense exaltos, imperative exaltez, conditional exaltus)

1. (transitive) to elate, to exalt, to upraise
2. (transitive) to elevate (spirits)

Conjugation

Conjugation of exaltar

		present		past		future
infinitive		exaltar		exaltir		exaltor
tense		exaltas		exaltis		exaltos
conditional		exaltus		—		—
imperative		exaltez		—		—
adjective active participle		exaltanta		exaltinta		exaltonta
adverbial active participle		exaltante		exaltinte		exaltonte
nominal active participle	singular	exaltanto		exaltinto		exaltonto
	plural	exaltanti		exaltinti		exaltonti
adjective passive participle		exaltata		exaltita		exaltota
adverbial passive participle		exaltate		exaltite		exaltote
nominal passive participle	singular	exaltato		exaltito		exaltoto
	plural	exaltati		exaltiti		exaltoti

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eltós

Proto-Italic *altos

Latin altus

Latin exaltārebor.

Portuguese exaltar

Borrowed from Latin exaltāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zawˈta(ʁ)/ [e.zaʊ̯ˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zawˈta(ʁ)/ [e.zaʊ̯ˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.zawˈta(ɾ)/ [e.zaʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.zawˈta(ʁ)/ [e.zaʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.zawˈta(ɻ)/ [e.zaʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zalˈtaɾ/ [i.zaɫˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zalˈtaɾ/ [i.zaɫˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zalˈta.ɾi/ [i.zaɫˈta.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: e‧xal‧tar

Verb

exaltar (first-person singular present exalto, first-person singular preterite exaltei, past participle exaltado)

1. (transitive) to exalt
2. (figuratively) to excite
3. (figuratively) to irritate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exaltar (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	exaltar
Personal	exaltar	exaltares	exaltar	exaltarmos	exaltardes	exaltarem
Gerund
	exaltando
Past participle
Masculine	exaltado			exaltados
Feminine	exaltada			exaltadas
Indicative
Present	exalto	exaltas	exalta	exaltamos	exaltais	exaltam
Imperfect	exaltava	exaltavas	exaltava	exaltávamos	exaltáveis	exaltavam
Preterite	exaltei	exaltaste	exaltou	exaltamos1, exaltámos2	exaltastes	exaltaram
Pluperfect	exaltara	exaltaras	exaltara	exaltáramos	exaltáreis	exaltaram
Future	exaltarei	exaltarás	exaltará	exaltaremos	exaltareis	exaltarão
Conditional	exaltaria	exaltarias	exaltaria	exaltaríamos	exaltaríeis	exaltariam
Subjunctive
Present	exalte	exaltes	exalte	exaltemos	exalteis	exaltem
Imperfect	exaltasse	exaltasses	exaltasse	exaltássemos	exaltásseis	exaltassem
Future	exaltar	exaltares	exaltar	exaltarmos	exaltardes	exaltarem
Imperative
Affirmative		exalta	exalte	exaltemos	exaltai	exaltem
Negative (não)		não exaltes	não exalte	não exaltemos	não exalteis	não exaltem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• exaltação

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exaltāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsalˈtaɾ/ [eɣ̞.sal̪ˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧xal‧tar

Verb

exaltar (first-person singular present exalto, first-person singular preterite exalté, past participle exaltado)

1. to exalt

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exaltar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			exaltar
gerund			exaltando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		exaltado		exaltada
		plural		exaltados		exaltadas
		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	exalto	exaltastú exaltásvos	exalta	exaltamos	exaltáis	exaltan
	imperfect	exaltaba	exaltabas	exaltaba	exaltábamos	exaltabais	exaltaban
	preterite	exalté	exaltaste	exaltó	exaltamos	exaltasteis	exaltaron
	future	exaltaré	exaltarás	exaltará	exaltaremos	exaltaréis	exaltarán
	conditional	exaltaría	exaltarías	exaltaría	exaltaríamos	exaltaríais	exaltarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	exalte	exaltestú exaltésvos2	exalte	exaltemos	exaltéis	exalten
	imperfect (ra)	exaltara	exaltaras	exaltara	exaltáramos	exaltarais	exaltaran
	imperfect (se)	exaltase	exaltases	exaltase	exaltásemos	exaltaseis	exaltasen
	future1	exaltare	exaltares	exaltare	exaltáremos	exaltareis	exaltaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		exaltatú exaltávos	exalte	exaltemos	exaltad	exalten
	negative		no exaltes	no exalte	no exaltemos	no exaltéis	no exalten

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

    Selected combined forms of exaltar

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 exaltar	dative	exaltarme	exaltarte	exaltarle, exaltarse	exaltarnos	exaltaros	exaltarles, exaltarse
	accusative	exaltarme	exaltarte	exaltarlo, exaltarla, exaltarse	exaltarnos	exaltaros	exaltarlos, exaltarlas, exaltarse
with gerund exaltando	dative	exaltándome	exaltándote	exaltándole, exaltándose	exaltándonos	exaltándoos	exaltándoles, exaltándose
	accusative	exaltándome	exaltándote	exaltándolo, exaltándola, exaltándose	exaltándonos	exaltándoos	exaltándolos, exaltándolas, exaltándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative exalta	dative	exáltame	exáltate	exáltale	exáltanos	not used	exáltales
	accusative	exáltame	exáltate	exáltalo, exáltala	exáltanos	not used	exáltalos, exáltalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative exaltá	dative	exaltame	exaltate	exaltale	exaltanos	not used	exaltales
	accusative	exaltame	exaltate	exaltalo, exaltala	exaltanos	not used	exaltalos, exaltalas
with formal second-person singular imperative exalte	dative	exálteme	not used	exáltele, exáltese	exáltenos	not used	exálteles
	accusative	exálteme	not used	exáltelo, exáltela, exáltese	exáltenos	not used	exáltelos, exáltelas
with first-person plural imperative exaltemos	dative	not used	exaltémoste	exaltémosle	exaltémonos	exaltémoos	exaltémosles
	accusative	not used	exaltémoste	exaltémoslo, exaltémosla	exaltémonos	exaltémoos	exaltémoslos, exaltémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative exaltad	dative	exaltadme	not used	exaltadle	exaltadnos	exaltaos	exaltadles
	accusative	exaltadme	not used	exaltadlo, exaltadla	exaltadnos	exaltaos	exaltadlos, exaltadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative exalten	dative	exáltenme	not used	exáltenle	exáltennos	not used	exáltenles, exáltense
	accusative	exáltenme	not used	exáltenlo, exáltenla	exáltennos	not used	exáltenlos, exáltenlas, exáltense

Related terms

• exaltación

Further reading

• “exaltar”, 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