partir

See also: partîr

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin partīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈtiɾ/ [paɾˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: par‧tir

Verb

partir (first-person singular indicative present parto, past participle partíu)

1. to divide, to split, to separate
2. to leave, to go away

Conjugation

Conjugation of partir

infinitive		partir
gerund		partiendo
past participle		m partíu, f partida, n partío, m pl partíos, f pl partíes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	parto	partes	parte	partimos	partís	parten
	imperfect	partía	partíes	partía	partíemos, partíamos	partíeis, partíais	partíen
	preterite	partí	partiesti, partisti	partió	partiemos, partimos	partiestis, partistis	partieron
	pluperfect	partiere, partiera	partieres, partieras	partiere, partiera	partiéremos, partiéramos	partiereis, partierais	partieren, partieran
	future	partiré	partirás	partirá	partiremos	partiréis	partirán
	conditional	partiría	partiríes	partiría	partiríemos, partiríamos	partiríeis, partiríais	partiríen
subjunctive	present	parta	partas	parta	partamos	partáis	partan
	imperfect	partiere, partiera	partieres, partieras	partiere, partiera	partiéremos, partiéramos	partiereis, partierais	partieren, partieran
imperative		—	parti	—	—	partíi	—

Related terms

• parte
• partida
• partíu
• repartir

Further reading

• “partir”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “partir”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan partir, from Latin partīre (“distribute, divide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pərˈti]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [paɾˈtiɾ]

Verb

partir (first-person singular present parteixo, first-person singular preterite partí, past participle partit)

1. to divide, to split
2. to part, to split up
3. to share

Conjugation

    Conjugation of partir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			partir
gerund			partint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		partit		partida
		plural		partits		partides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	parteixo	parteixes	parteix	partim	partiu	parteixen
	imperfect	partia	parties	partia	partíem	partíeu	partien
	future	partiré	partiràs	partirà	partirem	partireu	partiran
	preterite	partí	partires	partí	partírem	partíreu	partiren
	conditional	partiria	partiries	partiria	partiríem	partiríeu	partirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	parteixi	parteixis	parteixi	partim	partiu	parteixin
	imperfect	partís	partissis	partís	partíssim	partíssiu	partissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	parteix	parteixi	partim	partiu	parteixin
	negative (no)	—	no parteixis	no parteixi	no partim	no partiu	no parteixin

Derived terms

• a partir de
• partença
• partida
• partidor
• partiment
• partir peres
• repartir

Related terms

• departir
• partible
• partició
• partidor
• partit
• partitura

References

• “partir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “partir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “partir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “partir”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin partīre.

Verb

partir (ORB, broad)

1. to leave

Conjugation

    Conjugation of partir

		simple			compound
infinitive		partir			étre parti
gerund		partent			étent parti
auxiliary verb		étre
past participle		masculine			feminine
	singular	parti			[Term?]
	plural	[Term?]			[Term?]
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		jo	te	il	nos	vos	ils
	present	parto	pars	part	partens	partids	partont
	imperfect	partien	partias	partiêt	partians	partiâds	partiant
	preterite	parti	partis	partit	partirons	partites, partirâds	partiront
	future	partiré	partirés	partirat	partirens	partiréds	partiront
	conditional	partiren	partirias	partirêt	partirians	partiriâds	partiriant
compound tenses	present perfect	present indicative of étre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of étre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite indicative of étre + past participle
	future perfect	future indicative of étre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of étre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que te	qu'il	que nos	que vos	qu'ils
	present	parto	partes	parte	partans	partiâds	partant
	imperfect	partissen	partissias	partisse	partissians	partissiâds	partissant
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of étre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of étre + past participle
imperative		—	te	—	nos	vos	—
			pars		partens	partids

References

• partir in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• partir in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French partir, from Old French partir, from Latin partīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʁ.tiʁ/

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• Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

partir

1. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide

   Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un.

   To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone.

2. (intransitive) to go away, leave, depart
   • Attributed to Alphonse Allais

     Partir, c'est mourir un peu, mais mourir, c'est partir beaucoup.

     Parting is a little bit of dying, but dying is the great parting.

3. (intransitive) to originate

   Synonym: s'en aller

   Toutes les artères partent du cœur. ― All arteries originate from the heart.

4. (intransitive, euphemistic) to die

   Synonym: s'en aller

   Il ne s'est pas vu partir ― He has not seen death

5. (intransitive, figuratively) to emanate

   Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe.

   This belief emanates from an evil principle.

6. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start

   partir une affaire ― to start a business

7. (Lebanon, intransitive) to go

   Moi et mes amies, on est parties au cinéma ― My friends and I went to the movie theater.

   Layan et moi on est parties à l'école ensemble. ― Layan and I used to go to school together.

Usage notes

• This verb uses the auxiliary verb être to form compound tenses if used intransitively.

Conjugation

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) pars and (il) part in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *partis and *partit (as in the past historic).

Conjugation of partir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	partir
	compound	avoir or être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	partant /paʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		parti /paʁ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pars /paʁ/	pars /paʁ/	part /paʁ/	partons /paʁ.tɔ̃/	partez /paʁ.te/	partent /paʁt/
	imperfect	partais /paʁ.tɛ/	partais /paʁ.tɛ/	partait /paʁ.tɛ/	partions /paʁ.tjɔ̃/	partiez /paʁ.tje/	partaient /paʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	partis /paʁ.ti/	partis /paʁ.ti/	partit /paʁ.ti/	partîmes /paʁ.tim/	partîtes /paʁ.tit/	partirent /paʁ.tiʁ/
	future	partirai /paʁ.ti.ʁe/	partiras /paʁ.ti.ʁa/	partira /paʁ.ti.ʁa/	partirons /paʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	partirez /paʁ.ti.ʁe/	partiront /paʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	partirais /paʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	partirais /paʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	partirait /paʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	partirions /paʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	partiriez /paʁ.ti.ʁje/	partiraient /paʁ.ti.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir or être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir or être + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir or être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir or être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	parte /paʁt/	partes /paʁt/	parte /paʁt/	partions /paʁ.tjɔ̃/	partiez /paʁ.tje/	partent /paʁt/
	imperfect2	partisse /paʁ.tis/	partisses /paʁ.tis/	partît /paʁ.ti/	partissions /paʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	partissiez /paʁ.ti.sje/	partissent /paʁ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pars /paʁ/	—	partons /paʁ.tɔ̃/	partez /paʁ.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle	simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

• (to go away, to leave, to depart): s'en aller; (familiar) se barrer; (familiar) se casser

Derived terms

• à partir de
• à vos marques, prêts, partez
• avoir maille à partir
• c'est parti
• départir
• le chat parti, les souris dansent
• partir à la dérive
• partir à vau-l'eau
• partir dans tous les sens
• partir du mauvais pied
• partir du principe
• partir en couille
• partir en fumée
• partir en sucette
• partir en vrille
• partir sans demander son reste
• partition
• qui part à la chasse perd sa place
• répartir
• repartir
• rien ne sert de courir, il faut partir à point

Related terms

• part
• partage
• partager

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: pati

See also

• sortir

Further reading

• “partir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese partir, from Latin partīre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈtiɾ/ [paɾˈt̪iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Hyphenation: par‧tir

Verb

partir (first-person singular present parto, first-person singular preterite partín, past participle partido)
partir (first-person singular present parto, first-person singular preterite partim or parti, past participle partido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to go away, to leave, to depart

   Synonyms: marchar, saír

2. (transitive) to split, cleave, divide; to break

   Synonyms: fender, romper, tronzar

3. (transitive) to quarter

   Synonym: despedazar

4. (transitive) to share; to allot

   Synonyms: compartir, partillar, repartir

5. (of water) to assign a period of irrigation

   Synonyms: compartir, repartir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of partir

	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	partir
Personal	partir	partires	partir	partirmos	partirdes	partiren
Gerund
	partindo
Past participle
Masculine	partido			partidos
Feminine	partida			partidas
Indicative
Present	parto	partes	parte	partimos	partides	parten
Imperfect	partía	partías	partía	partiamos	partiades	partían
Preterite	partín	partiches	partiu	partimos	partistes	partiron
Pluperfect	partira	partiras	partira	partiramos	partirades	partiran
Future	partirei	partirás	partirá	partiremos	partiredes	partirán
Conditional	partiría	partirías	partiría	partiriamos	partiriades	partirían
Subjunctive
Present	parta	partas	parta	partamos	partades	partan
Imperfect	partise	partises	partise	partísemos	partísedes	partisen
Future	partir	partires	partir	partirmos	partirdes	partiren
Imperative
Affirmative		parte	parta	partamos	partide	partan
Negative (non)		non partas	non parta	non partamos	non partades	non partan

    Reintegrated conjugation of partir (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	partir
Personal	partir	partires	partir	partirmos	partirdes	partirem
Gerund
	partindo
Past participle
Masculine	partido			partidos
Feminine	partida			partidas
Indicative
Present	parto	partes	parte	partimos	partides, partis	partem
Imperfect	partia	partias	partia	partíamos	partíades, partíeis, partíais1	partiam
Preterite	partim, parti	partiste, partiche1	partiu	partimos	partistes	partírom, partiram
Pluperfect	partira	partiras	partira	partíramos	partírades, partíreis, partírais1	partiram
Future	partirei	partirás	partirá	partiremos	partiredes, partireis	partirám, partirão
Conditional	partiria	partirias	partiria	partiríamos	partiríades, partiríeis, partiríais1	partiriam
Subjunctive
Present	parta	partas	parta	partamos	partades, partais	partam
Imperfect	partisse	partisses	partisse	partíssemos	partíssedes, partísseis	partissem
Future	partir	partires	partir	partirmos	partirdes	partirem
Imperative
Affirmative		parte	parta	partamos	partide, parti	partam
Negative (nom)		nom partas	nom parta	nom partamos	nom partades, nom partais	nom partam

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• auga partida
• compartir
• parte
• partido
• partilla
• partillar
• repartir

Further reading

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “partir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “partir”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “partir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “partir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “partir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “partir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “partir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /parˈtir/
• Rhymes: -ir
• Hyphenation: par‧tìr

Verb

partir (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of partire

Ladin

Alternative forms

• partì

Etymology

From Latin partīre.

Verb

partir

1. to depart, leave

Conjugation

• Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of partir (fourth conjugation)

infinitive	partir, partì
auxiliary verb	ester		gerund		partian
past participle	partì
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	ie	tu	el / ela	nos	vos	ei / eles
present	perte	pertes	pert	partion	partieis	pert
imperfect	partive	partives	partiva	partivan	partivais	partiva
future	partiré	partiras	partirà	partiron	partireis	partirà
subjunctive	che ie	che tu	che el / ela	che nos	che vos	che ei / eles
present	perte	pertes	pert	partion	partieis	pert
imperfect	partisse	partisses	partissa	partissan	partissais	partissa
imperative	–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
	—	pert	—	partion	partide	—

Related terms

• part/pert
• spartir

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French partir, from Latin partīre.

Verb

partir

1. (intransitive or reflexive, se partir) to leave
2. (transitive) to divide up
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais:

     Nous partons le fruict de nostre chasse avec noz chiens et oyseaux, comme la peine et l’industrie.

     We divide up the fruit of our hunt with our dogs and birds, just as we do the pain and the hard work.

Descendants

• French: partir

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin partīre

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

partir

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Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		partir			?er partit
gerund		partissent			use gerund of ?er + past participle
past participle		partit			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	partissi	partisses	partís	partissèm	partissètz	partisson
	imperfect	partissiái	partissiás	partissiá	partissiam	partissiatz	partissián
	preterite	partiguèri	partiguères	partiguèt	partiguèrem	partiguèretz	partiguèron
	future	partirai	partiràs	partirà	partirem	partiretz	partiràn
	conditional	partiriái	partiriás	partiriá	partiriam	partiriatz	partirián
	conditional 2nd form1	partiguèra	partiguèras	partiguèra	partigueram	partigueratz	partiguèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of ?er + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of ?er + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of ?er + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of ?er + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of ?er + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	partisca	partiscas	partisca	partiscam	partiscatz	partiscan
	imperfect	partiguèsse	partiguèsses	partiguèsse	partiguèssem	partiguèssetz	partiguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of ?er + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			partís		partiscam	partissetz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 506

Old French

Etymology

From Latin partīre.

Verb

partir

1. (intransitive) to leave
2. (reflexive, se partir) to leave
   • c. 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:

     S’il ne vos doit peser,
     Sire, de ci me partirai.
     En ma chanbre couchier m’irai

     If it doesn't bother you
     Sire, I will go from here
     To my chamber to go to bed

3. to divide up
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan:

     La nostre amur, nostre desir
     ne pot unques nuls hom partir

     Our love, our desire
     no man can split it up

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group or second-group verb (ending in -ir, without or with an -iss- infix). Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of partir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		partir			estre parti
gerund		en partant, partissant			gerund of estre + past participle
present participle		partant, partissant
past participle		parti
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	part, partis	parz, partis	part, partist	partons, partissons	partez, partissez	partent, partissent
	imperfect	partoie, parteie, partissoie, partisseie	partoies, parteies, partissoies, partisseies	partoit, parteit, partissoit, partisseit	partiiens, partiens, partissiiens, partissiens	partiiez, partiez, partissiiez, partissiez	partoient, parteient, partissoient, partisseient
	preterite	parti	partis	parti	partimes	partistes	partirent
	future	partirai	partiras	partira	partirons	partiroiz, partireiz, partirez	partiront
	conditional	partiroie, partireie	partiroies, partireies	partiroit, partireit	partiriiens, partiriens	partiriiez, partiriez	partiroient, partireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of estre + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of estre + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of estre + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of estre + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	parte, partisse	partes, partisses	parte, partisse	partons, partissons	partez, partissez	partent, partissent
	imperfect	partisse	partisses	partist	partissons, partissiens	partissoiz, partissez, partissiez	partissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of estre + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of estre + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	part, partis	—	partons, partissons	partez, partissez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: partir
  • French: partir
• Norman: parti (Jersey)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin partīre.

Verb

partir

2. (intransitive or pronominal) to leave
3. (transitive) to divide up

Conjugation

Conjugation of partir

infinitive				partir
gerund		simple		partindo
		compound		gerund of seer or haver1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		partido		partidos
		feminine		partida		partidas
present participle				partinte		partintes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	parto	partes	parte	partimos	partides, partiis, partis	parten
	imperfect	partia	partias	partia	partiamos, partíamos	partiades, partíades, partíaes, partíais, partíees, partíeis	partian
	preterite	parti, partin	partiste, partische, partiche	partiu, parteu, partio, parteo	partimos	partistes	partiron
	pluperfect	partira	partiras	partira	partiramos, partíramos	partirades, partírades, partíraes, partírais, partírees, partíreis	partiran
	future	partirei	partirás	partirá	partiremos	partiredes, partirees, partireis, partirês	partirán
	conditional	partiria	partirias	partiria	partiriamos, partiríamos	partiriades, partiríades, partiríaes, partiríais, partiríees, partiríeis	partirian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of seer or haver1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of seer or haver1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of seer or haver1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of seer or haver1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of seer or haver1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of seer or haver1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	parta	partas	parta	partamos	partades, partaes, partais, partaas, partás	partan
	imperfect	partisse	partisses	partisse	partissemos, partíssemos	partissedes, partíssedes, partíssees, partísseis	partissen
	future	partir	partires	partir	partirmos	partirdes	partiren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of seer or haver1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of seer or haver1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of seer or haver1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	parte	—	partamos	partide, partii, parti	—
negative		—	non partas	—	non partamos	non partades, non partaes, non partais, non partaas, non partás	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		partir	partires	partir	partirmos	partirdes	partiren
1Seer usually was more common than haver for this verb.

Descendants

• Galician: partir
• Portuguese: partir

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.?

Proto-Italic *partis

Latin pars

Latin partīre

Old Galician-Portuguese partir

Portuguese partir

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese partir, from Latin partīre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [pahˈt͡ʃi(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /paʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [pahˈt͡ʃi(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /paɾˈt͡ʃi(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /paʁˈt͡ʃi(ʁ)/ [paχˈt͡ʃi(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /paɻˈt͡ʃi(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtiɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈtiɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐɾˈti.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: par‧tir

Verb

partir (first-person singular present parto, first-person singular preterite parti, past participle partido)

1. (transitive) to split (divide something, especially in two roughly equal parts)

   Synonyms: dividir, (without the suggestion of equal parts) quebrar

   Tente partir esse pedaço de madeira. ― Try to split this piece of wood.

2. (intransitive or pronominal) to split; to break apart (become divided, especially in two roughly equal parts)

   Synonym: (without the suggestion of equal parts) quebrar

   O meu monitor se partiu em mil pedacinhos com a pancada. ― My monitor burst into a thousand little pieces with the blow.

3. (formal, intransitive) to depart; to leave; to go away

   Synonyms: sair, ir embora

   Temos que partir da cidade o quanto antes. ― We have to leave the city as soon as possible.

4. (euphemistic, intransitive) to leave us; to depart (die)

   Synonyms: (general) morrer, (polite) falecer, (impolite) bater as botas

   Meu tio partiu ontem de noite. ― My uncle departed last night.

5. (intransitive) to come (be caused by) [with de ‘from’]

   Synonym: surgir

   De onde partiram suas dúvidas? ― Where do your doubts come from?

6. (intransitive, colloquial) to start behaving (in a particular way) [with para ‘something, especially a noun referring to violent behaviour’]

   Me dê o dinheiro senão eu vou ter que partir pra violência. ― Give me the money or I’ll have to go violent on you.

7. (intransitive, colloquial) to fall on; to attack [with para or para cima de ‘someone’]

   Synonyms: atacar, investir

   O cachorro partiu para cima de mim assim que me viu. ― The dog attacked me as soon as it saw me.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of partir (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	partir
Personal	partir	partires	partir	partirmos	partirdes	partirem
Gerund
	partindo
Past participle
Masculine	partido			partidos
Feminine	partida			partidas
Indicative
Present	parto	partes	parte	partimos	partis	partem
Imperfect	partia	partias	partia	partíamos	partíeis	partiam
Preterite	parti	partiste	partiu	partimos	partistes	partiram
Pluperfect	partira	partiras	partira	partíramos	partíreis	partiram
Future	partirei	partirás	partirá	partiremos	partireis	partirão
Conditional	partiria	partirias	partiria	partiríamos	partiríeis	partiriam
Subjunctive
Present	parta	partas	parta	partamos	partais	partam
Imperfect	partisse	partisses	partisse	partíssemos	partísseis	partissem
Future	partir	partires	partir	partirmos	partirdes	partirem
Imperative
Affirmative		parte	parta	partamos	parti	partam
Negative (não)		não partas	não parta	não partamos	não partais	não partam

Derived terms

• a partir de
• despartir
• partida
• partimento
• repartir

Related terms

• compartir
• parte
• partição
• partido
• partilha
• partilhar

Further reading

• “partir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “partir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “partir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “partir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “partir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “partir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin partīre (“to distribute, divide”). Compare English party.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paɾˈtiɾ/ [paɾˈt̪iɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: par‧tir

Verb

partir (first-person singular present parto, first-person singular preterite partí, past participle partido)

1. to divide, split

   Synonym: dividir

2. to go away, leave, depart

   Synonym: salir

3. (reflexive) to crack up, have a laugh
4. (reflexive, colloquial) to fall in love
5. (pronominal) to crack open (e.g., one's head)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of partir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			partir
gerund			partiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		partido		partida
		plural		partidos		partidas
		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	parto	partestú partísvos	parte	partimos	partís	parten
	imperfect	partía	partías	partía	partíamos	partíais	partían
	preterite	partí	partiste	partió	partimos	partisteis	partieron
	future	partiré	partirás	partirá	partiremos	partiréis	partirán
	conditional	partiría	partirías	partiría	partiríamos	partiríais	partirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	parta	partastú partásvos2	parta	partamos	partáis	partan
	imperfect (ra)	partiera	partieras	partiera	partiéramos	partierais	partieran
	imperfect (se)	partiese	partieses	partiese	partiésemos	partieseis	partiesen
	future1	partiere	partieres	partiere	partiéremos	partiereis	partieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		partetú partívos	parta	partamos	partid	partan
	negative		no partas	no parta	no partamos	no partáis	no partan

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

    Selected combined forms of partir

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 partir	dative	partirme	partirte	partirle, partirse	partirnos	partiros	partirles, partirse
	accusative	partirme	partirte	partirlo, partirla, partirse	partirnos	partiros	partirlos, partirlas, partirse
with gerund partiendo	dative	partiéndome	partiéndote	partiéndole, partiéndose	partiéndonos	partiéndoos	partiéndoles, partiéndose
	accusative	partiéndome	partiéndote	partiéndolo, partiéndola, partiéndose	partiéndonos	partiéndoos	partiéndolos, partiéndolas, partiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative parte	dative	párteme	pártete	pártele	pártenos	not used	párteles
	accusative	párteme	pártete	pártelo, pártela	pártenos	not used	pártelos, pártelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative partí	dative	partime	partite	partile	partinos	not used	partiles
	accusative	partime	partite	partilo, partila	partinos	not used	partilos, partilas
with formal second-person singular imperative parta	dative	pártame	not used	pártale, pártase	pártanos	not used	pártales
	accusative	pártame	not used	pártalo, pártala, pártase	pártanos	not used	pártalos, pártalas
with first-person plural imperative partamos	dative	not used	partámoste	partámosle	partámonos	partámoos	partámosles
	accusative	not used	partámoste	partámoslo, partámosla	partámonos	partámoos	partámoslos, partámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative partid	dative	partidme	not used	partidle	partidnos	partíos	partidles
	accusative	partidme	not used	partidlo, partidla	partidnos	partíos	partidlos, partidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative partan	dative	pártanme	not used	pártanle	pártannos	not used	pártanles, pártanse
	accusative	pártanme	not used	pártanlo, pártanla	pártannos	not used	pártanlos, pártanlas, pártanse

    Conjugation of partirse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			partirse
gerund			partiéndose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		partido		partida
		plural		partidos		partidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	partirme	partirte	partirse	partirnos	partiros	partirse
	gerund	partiéndome	partiéndote	partiéndose	partiéndonos	partiéndoos	partiéndose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me parto	te partestú te partísvos	se parte	nos partimos	os partís	se parten
	imperfect	me partía	te partías	se partía	nos partíamos	os partíais	se partían
	preterite	me partí	te partiste	se partió	nos partimos	os partisteis	se partieron
	future	me partiré	te partirás	se partirá	nos partiremos	os partiréis	se partirán
	conditional	me partiría	te partirías	se partiría	nos partiríamos	os partiríais	se partirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me parta	te partastú te partásvos2	se parta	nos partamos	os partáis	se partan
	imperfect (ra)	me partiera	te partieras	se partiera	nos partiéramos	os partierais	se partieran
	imperfect (se)	me partiese	te partieses	se partiese	nos partiésemos	os partieseis	se partiesen
	future1	me partiere	te partieres	se partiere	nos partiéremos	os partiereis	se partieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pártetetú partitevos	pártase	partámonos	partíos	pártanse
	negative		no te partas	no se parta	no nos partamos	no os partáis	no se partan

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

Derived terms

• a partir de
• estar a partir un piñón
• me parto y me mondo
• parteaguas
• partida
• partir el lomo
• partir la diferencia
• partir la pana
• partir peras
• partirse de risa
• partirse los codos
• quien parte y reparte se lleva la mejor parte

Related terms

• compartir
• partidor

Further reading

• “partir”, 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

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin partīre. Compare Italian partire.

Verb

partir

1. (transitive) to leave

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of partir (third conjugation)

infinitive	partir
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		parténdo
past participle		partito, partìo
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	partiso	(te) partisi	(el/ła) partise	partimo	partì	(i/łe) partise
imperfect	partìa	(te) partivi	(el/ła) partìa	partìvimo	partivi	(i/łe) partìa
future	partirò	(te) partirè	(el/ła) partirà	partirémo	partirè	(i/łe) partirà
conditional	partirìa	(te) partirisi	(el/ła) partirìa	partirìsimo	partirisi	(i/łe) partirìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	partisa	(te) partisi	(el/ła) partisa	partimo	partì	(i/łe) partisa
imperfect	partise	(te) partisi	(el/ła) partise	partisimo	partisi	(i/łe) partise
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) partisi	(el/ła) partisa	partimo	partì	(i/łe) partisa