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Asturian
[edit]Verb
[edit]tomar (first-person singular indicative present tomo, past participle tomáu)
- to drink (consume liquid through the mouth)
- to take
- to cover
- to go, travel
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tomar| infinitive | tomar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tomando | ||||||
| past participle | m tomáu, f tomada, n tomao, m pl tomaos, f pl tomaes | ||||||
| person | first singularyo | second singulartu | third singularél/elli | first pluralnosotros/nós | second pluralvosotros/vós | third pluralellos | |
| indicative | present | tomo | tomes | toma | tomamos | tomáis | tomen |
| imperfect | tomaba | tomabes | tomaba | tomábemos, tomábamos | tomabeis, tomabais | tomaben | |
| preterite | tomé | tomasti, tomesti | tomó | tomemos | tomastis, tomestis | tomaron | |
| pluperfect | tomare, tomara | tomares, tomaras | tomare, tomara | tomáremos, tomáramos | tomareis, tomarais | tomaren, tomaran | |
| future | tomaré | tomarás | tomará | tomaremos | tomaréis | tomarán | |
| conditional | tomaría | tomaríes | tomaría | tomaríemos, tomaríamos | tomaríeis, tomaríais | tomaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | tome | tomes, tomas | tome | tomemos | toméis | tomen, toman |
| imperfect | tomare, tomara | tomares, tomaras | tomare, tomara | tomáremos, tomáramos | tomareis, tomarais | tomaren, tomaran | |
| imperative | — | toma | — | — | tomái | — | |
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pomar, from Latin palma (“hand”), influenced by Spanish tomar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Central) [tuˈma]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [toˈma]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [toˈmaɾ]
Verb
[edit]tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomí, past participle tomat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
- (transitive) to catch
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tomar (first conjugation)| infinitive | tomar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tomant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tomat | tomada | |||||
| plural | tomats | tomades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ellavostè | nosaltresnós | vosaltresvós | ells/ellesvostès | |
| present | tomo | tomes | toma | tomem | tomeu | tomen | |
| imperfect | tomava | tomaves | tomava | tomàvem | tomàveu | tomaven | |
| future | tomaré | tomaràs | tomarà | tomarem | tomareu | tomaran | |
| preterite | tomí | tomares | tomà | tomàrem | tomàreu | tomaren | |
| conditional | tomaria | tomaries | tomaria | tomaríem | tomaríeu | tomarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ellavostè | nosaltresnós | vosaltresvós | ells/ellesvostès | |
| present | tomi | tomis | tomi | tomem | tomeu | tomin | |
| imperfect | tomés | tomessis | tomés | toméssim | toméssiu | tomessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltresvós | vostès | |
| affirmative | — | toma | tomi | tomem | tomeu | tomin | |
| negative (no) | — | no tomis | no tomi | no tomem | no tomeu | no tomin | |
Further reading
[edit]- “tomar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “tomar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “tomar”, 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
Cebuano
[edit]Verb
[edit]tomar
- alternative spelling of tumar
Central Bikol
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- tumar
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish tomar (“to take”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /toˈmaɾ/ [toˈmaɾ]
- Hyphenation: to‧mar
Verb
[edit]tomár (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜋᜍ᜔)
- (rare, transitive) to take medicine Synonym: inom
- (rare, transitive) to swallow a pill Synonyms: halon, hamil
Derived terms
[edit]- magtomar
- tomaron
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese tomar, of unknown origin; perhaps from Latin autumāre[1] or from Germanic.[2] Compare Portuguese and Spanish tomar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /toˈmaɾ/
Verb
[edit]tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomei, past participle tomado)
- (transitive) to take Synonym: coller
- (transitive) to grab Synonym: agarrar
- (transitive) to seize, to capture Synonyms: conquistar, prender
- (transitive) to drink Synonym: beber
- (transitive) to take (food, a pill, etc) Synonym: comer
- (transitive) to sunbathe Synonym: asollar Ven acó tomar o sol.Come here to sunbathe.
- (intransitive) to accept, to receive [with por]
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tomar| 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 | tomar | |||||
| Personal | tomar | tomares | tomar | tomarmos | tomardes | tomaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| tomando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | tomado | tomados | ||||
| Feminine | tomada | tomadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | tomo | tomas | toma | tomamos | tomades | toman |
| Imperfect | tomaba | tomabas | tomaba | tomabamos | tomabades | tomaban |
| Preterite | tomei | tomaches | tomou | tomamos | tomastes | tomaron |
| Pluperfect | tomara | tomaras | tomara | tomaramos | tomarades | tomaran |
| Future | tomarei | tomarás | tomará | tomaremos | tomaredes | tomarán |
| Conditional | tomaría | tomarías | tomaría | tomariamos | tomariades | tomarían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | tome | tomes | tome | tomemos | tomedes | tomen |
| Imperfect | tomase | tomases | tomase | tomásemos | tomásedes | tomasen |
| Future | tomar | tomares | tomar | tomarmos | tomardes | tomaren |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | toma | tome | tomemos | tomade | tomen | |
| Negative (non) | non tomes | non tome | non tomemos | non tomedes | non tomen | |
| 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 | tomar | |||||
| Personal | tomar | tomares | tomar | tomarmos | tomardes | tomarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| tomando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | tomado | tomados | ||||
| Feminine | tomada | tomadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | tomo | tomas | toma | tomamos | tomades, tomais | tomam |
| Imperfect | tomava | tomavas | tomava | tomávamos | tomávades, tomáveis, tomávais1 | tomavam |
| Preterite | tomei | tomaste, tomache1 | tomou | tomamos | tomastes | tomárom, tomaram |
| Pluperfect | tomara | tomaras | tomara | tomáramos | tomárades, tomáreis, tomárais1 | tomaram |
| Future | tomarei | tomarás | tomará | tomaremos | tomaredes, tomareis | tomarám, tomarão |
| Conditional | tomaria | tomarias | tomaria | tomaríamos | tomaríades, tomaríeis, tomaríais1 | tomariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | tome | tomes | tome | tomemos | tomedes, tomeis | tomem |
| Imperfect | tomasse | tomasses | tomasse | tomássemos | tomássedes, tomásseis | tomassem |
| Future | tomar | tomares | tomar | tomarmos | tomardes | tomarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | toma | tome | tomemos | tomade, tomai | tomem | |
| Negative (nom) | nom tomes | nom tome | nom tomemos | nom tomedes, nom tomeis | nom tomem | |
1Less recommended.
Derived terms
[edit]- tomada
References
[edit]- ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “tomar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary][1] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
- ^ T. C. Donkin (1864), An Etymological Dictionary of the Romance Languages; chiefly from the German of F. Diez.[2], Williams and Norgate, retrieved 13 May 2018, page 431
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tomar”, 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), “tomar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “toom”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tomar”, 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), “tomar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tomar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Ladino
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish tomar (“to take”), further origin uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *tumāre, aphaeresis of Latin autumāre (“to affirm (the right to own/possess something)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Paris): (file)
Verb
[edit]tomar (Hebrew spelling טומאר)[1]
- (transitive) to take (get) [16th c.] El Dio la dio, el Dio la tomo. ― The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away.
- 1553, “Genesis, II”, in Yom Tob Atías, Abraham Usque, transl., Biblia de Ferrara[3], page 2:[…] y hizo caher.A.Dio,adormidura ſobre el hõbre, y adormecioſſe:y tomo una de ſus coſtillas,y cerro carne en ſu lugar.And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the place with flesh instead thereof.
- (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around; to take.
- 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi[4], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 277:[…] tomo el kamino dela banka otomana, […]He took the Ottoman Bank's road.
- (transitive) to marry (start a marriage with somebody)
- 1973, Annual[5], volumes 8–10, page 186:Los ke se toman con amor, biven con dolor.Those who marry in love live in pain.
- (transitive) to receive (accept)
- 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi[6], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 234:[…] lo toman por el Hristos.They accept him as the Christ.
- (transitive) to begin (an action)
- 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi[7], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 234:[…] toman a pensar loke esto es, […]They begin to think about what this is.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tomar| infinitive | simple | tomar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | aver tomado | ||||||
| gerund | simple | tomando | |||||
| compound | aviendo tomado | ||||||
| past participle | singular | plural | |||||
| masculine | tomado | tomados | |||||
| feminine | tomada | tomadas | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | yo | tú | él / ella | mosotros mosós | vosotros vosós / vós | ellos / ellas | |
| present | tomo | tomas | toma | tomamos | tomáx | toman | |
| imperfect | tomava | tomavas | tomava | tomávamos | tomavax | tomavan | |
| preterite | tomí | tomates | tomó | tomimos | tomatex | tomaron | |
| future | tomaré | tomarás | tomará | tomaremos | tomaréx | tomarán | |
| conditional | tomaría | tomarías | tomaría | tomaríamos | tomaríax | tomarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú | él / ella | mosotros mosós | vosotros vosós / vós | ellos / ellas | |
| present | tome | tomes | tome | tomemos | toméx | tomen | |
| imperfect | tomara | tomaras | tomara | tomáramos | tomarax | tomaran | |
| imperative | — | tú | — | — | vosotros vosós / vós | — | |
| affirmative | — | toma | — | — | tomad | — | |
| negative | — | no tomes | — | — | no toméx | — | |
References
[edit]- ^ “tomar”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
Old Galician-Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /to.ˈmaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
Verb
[edit]tomar
- to take; to seize
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 26 (facsimile): e logo chegar..a alma tomar demões q̇ a leuarõ. mui toſte ſẽ tardar and soon devils arrived, seizing the soul and took it very quickly without delay
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tomar| infinitive | tomar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | simple | tomando | |||||||
| compound | gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | ||||||||
| past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
| masculine | tomado | tomados | |||||||
| feminine | tomada | tomadas | |||||||
| present participle | tomante | tomantes | |||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative mood | euei | tu | el~eleela | nosnos outrosnos outras | vosvos outrosvos outras | eleselas | |||
| simpletenses | present | tomo | tomas | toma | tomamos | tomades, tomaes, tomais, tomaas, tomás | toman | ||
| imperfect | tomava | tomavas | tomava | tomavamos, tomávamos | tomavades, tomávades, tomávaes, tomávais, tomávees, tomáveis | tomavan | |||
| preterite | tomei | tomaste, tomasche, tomache | tomou | tomamos | tomastes | tomaron | |||
| pluperfect | tomara | tomaras | tomara | tomaramos, tomáramos | tomarades, tomárades, tomáraes, tomárais, tomárees, tomáreis | tomaran | |||
| future | tomarei | tomarás | tomará | tomaremos | tomaredes, tomarees, tomareis, tomarês | tomarán | |||
| conditional | tomaria | tomarias | tomaria | tomariamos, tomaríamos | tomariades, tomaríades, tomaríaes, tomaríais, tomaríees, tomaríeis | tomarian | |||
| compoundtenses | present perfect | present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | |||||||
| pluperfect | imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | ||||||||
| past anterior | preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | ||||||||
| pluperfect anterior | simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | ||||||||
| future perfect | future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | ||||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | ||||||||
| subjunctive mood | euei | tu | el~eleela | nosnos outrosnos outras | vosvos outrosvos outras | eleselas | |||
| simpletenses | present | tome | tomes | tome | tomemos | tomedes, tomees, tomeis, tomês | tomen | ||
| imperfect | tomasse | tomasses | tomasse | tomassemos, tomássemos | tomassedes, tomássedes, tomássees, tomásseis | tomassen | |||
| future | tomar | tomares | tomar | tomarmos | tomardes | tomaren | |||
| compoundtenses | present perfect | present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | |||||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | ||||||||
| future perfect | future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle | ||||||||
| imperative mood | — | tu | — | nosnos outrosnos outras | vosvos outrosvos outras | — | |||
| affirmative | — | toma | — | tomemos | tomade, tomae, tomai | — | |||
| negative | — | non tomes | — | non tomemos | non tomedes, non tomees, non tomeis, non tomês | — | |||
| personal infinitive | euei | tu | el~eleela | nosnos outrosnos outras | vosvos outrosvos outras | eleselas | |||
| tomar | tomares | tomar | tomarmos | tomardes | tomaren | ||||
| 1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver. | |||||||||
Descendants
[edit]- Galician: tomar
- Portuguese: tomar
Old Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Verb
[edit]tomar
- (transitive) to take (get)
- (transitive) to remove, to take away, to take down, to take off, to pull off, to pull out, to clear, to clear away, to strip, to strip away
- (transitive) to receive (accept)
- (transitive) to reach; to attain or achieve; to catch up with
- (transitive) to experience
- (transitive) to begin (an action)
- (transitive) to choose (elect)
- (transitive) to undertake, to engage in
- (transitive) to hunt
- (transitive) to occupy through assault
- (transitive) to bring along (someone)
- (transitive) to learn (understand)
Descendants
[edit]- Ladino: tomar
- Spanish: tomar
- Central Bikol: tomar, tumar
- Cebuano: tomar, tumar
References
[edit]- Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “tomar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 499
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tomar, of unknown origin. Possibly derived from Latin autumāre (“to reckon; to affirm”).[1] Compare Galician and Spanish tomar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈma(ʁ)/ [toˈma(h)]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈma(ʁ)/ [toˈma(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /toˈma(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /toˈma(ʁ)/ [toˈma(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /toˈma(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈmaɾ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈmaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈma.ɾi/
Audio: (file) Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file) - Homophone: Tomar
Verb
[edit]tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomei, past participle tomado)
- (transitive) to take (to get something into one’s possession or control) Fui ao banco tomar meu dinheiro.I went to the bank to get my money.
- (transitive, military) to take; to conquer (to seize control of a location) Os cruzados tomaram Jerusalém.The crusaders took Jerusalem.
- (transitive) to steal (to take something illegally) O ladrão tomou todo o meu dinheiro.The thief has taken all my money.
- (transitive) to take; to receive (to be the victim of an interaction) Tomei um soco na cara.I took a punch to the face.
- (transitive, applicable to some nouns) to put into practice tomar uma decisãoto make a decision tomar medidasto take measures
- (transitive) to take for; to consider; to regard (to have a certain opinion about someone or something) [with direct object ‘someone/something’ and por ‘for someone/something’] Eu tomei a Maria por corrupta.I took Mary for a corrupt woman.
- (transitive) to take into the body
- (transitive) to drink (to ingest a liquid) Eu tomei suco.I drank juice. Ela não gosta de tomar sopa.She doesn't like to eat soup.
- (intransitive, by extension) to drink (to consume alcoholic beverages, especially habitually) Ele toma muito durante os finais de semana.He drinks a lot on weekends.
- (transitive) to take (to use a medicine) Esqueci-me de tomar os antidepressivos.I forgot to take the antidepressants.
- (transitive) to take; to experience, undergo (to put oneself into, to be subjected to) tomar um banhoto take a shower
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tomar (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 | tomar | |||||
| Personal | tomar | tomares | tomar | tomarmos | tomardes | tomarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| tomando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | tomado | tomados | ||||
| Feminine | tomada | tomadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | tomo | tomas | toma | tomamos | tomais | tomam |
| Imperfect | tomava | tomavas | tomava | tomávamos | tomáveis | tomavam |
| Preterite | tomei | tomaste | tomou | tomamos1, tomámos2 | tomastes | tomaram |
| Pluperfect | tomara | tomaras | tomara | tomáramos | tomáreis | tomaram |
| Future | tomarei | tomarás | tomará | tomaremos | tomareis | tomarão |
| Conditional | tomaria | tomarias | tomaria | tomaríamos | tomaríeis | tomariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | tome | tomes | tome | tomemos | tomeis | tomem |
| Imperfect | tomasse | tomasses | tomasse | tomássemos | tomásseis | tomassem |
| Future | tomar | tomares | tomar | tomarmos | tomardes | tomarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | toma | tome | tomemos | tomai | tomem | |
| Negative (não) | não tomes | não tome | não tomemos | não tomeis | não tomem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.2European Portuguese.
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomar.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to take): pegar
- (to steal): roubar
- (to consider as): considerar (como)
- (to drink): beber
- (to drink alcohol): beber
Derived terms
[edit]- tomada
- tomar jeito
- tomar no cu
- tomar um ar
- tomar uma
- tomar vergonha
References
[edit]- ^ Yakov Malkiel, Etymology
Further reading
[edit]- “tomar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “tomar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Possibly from Vulgar Latin *tumāre, aphaeresis of Latin autumāre (“to affirm (the right to own/possess something)”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /toˈmaɾ/ [t̪oˈmaɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: to‧mar
Verb
[edit]tomar (first-person singular present tomo, first-person singular preterite tomé, past participle tomado)
- to take Los niños toman clases de inglésThe children take English classes Me tomó mucho tiempoIt took me a long time Tómalo con calma.Take it easy. Me tomaron por un loco.They took me for a lunatic.
- 2015 August 11, Hope King, “Verizon quiere hacer que el internet sea 1.000 veces más rápido”, in CNN en Español[8]:Una película de dos horas en alta definición tardaría 8 segundos en descargarse, 100 estudiantes podrían descargar un libro de texto en dos segundos simultáneamente, y subir 1.000 fotos también tomaría alrededor de dos segundos, dice Verizon.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015 December, “Cine venezolano después del 6D”, in El Nacional[9]:Dependerá de cada quien tomarlas en consideración o no.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español[10]:Sinclair también toma 1 gramo de NMN, o mononucleótido de nicotinamida, que en el cuerpo se convierte en NAD+, o dinucleótido de nicotinamida y adenina.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to drink, have (especially an alcoholic beverage) Synonym: beber Tomo una sidra.I'll have a cider.
- to take (travel by means of) Synonym: (Spain) coger tomar el tren ― to take the train
- to make (a decision)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tomar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)| infinitive | tomar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | tomando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | tomado | tomada | |||||
| plural | tomados | tomadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | túvos | él/ella/ellousted | nosotrosnosotras | vosotrosvosotras | ellos/ellasustedes | |
| present | tomo | tomastútomásvos | toma | tomamos | tomáis | toman | |
| imperfect | tomaba | tomabas | tomaba | tomábamos | tomabais | tomaban | |
| preterite | tomé | tomaste | tomó | tomamos | tomasteis | tomaron | |
| future | tomaré | tomarás | tomará | tomaremos | tomaréis | tomarán | |
| conditional | tomaría | tomarías | tomaría | tomaríamos | tomaríais | tomarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | túvos | él/ella/ellousted | nosotrosnosotras | vosotrosvosotras | ellos/ellasustedes | |
| present | tome | tomestútomésvos2 | tome | tomemos | toméis | tomen | |
| imperfect(ra) | tomara | tomaras | tomara | tomáramos | tomarais | tomaran | |
| imperfect(se) | tomase | tomases | tomase | tomásemos | tomaseis | tomasen | |
| future1 | tomare | tomares | tomare | tomáremos | tomareis | tomaren | |
| imperative | — | túvos | usted | nosotrosnosotras | vosotrosvosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | tomatútomávos | tome | tomemos | tomad | tomen | ||
| negative | no tomes | no tome | no tomemos | no toméis | no tomen | ||
1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tomarThese 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 tomar | dative | tomarme | tomarte | tomarle, tomarse | tomarnos | tomaros | tomarles, tomarse |
| accusative | tomarme | tomarte | tomarlo, tomarla, tomarse | tomarnos | tomaros | tomarlos, tomarlas, tomarse | |
| with gerund tomando | dative | tomándome | tomándote | tomándole, tomándose | tomándonos | tomándoos | tomándoles, tomándose |
| accusative | tomándome | tomándote | tomándolo, tomándola, tomándose | tomándonos | tomándoos | tomándolos, tomándolas, tomándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative toma | dative | tómame | tómate | tómale | tómanos | not used | tómales |
| accusative | tómame | tómate | tómalo, tómala | tómanos | not used | tómalos, tómalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative tomá | dative | tomame | tomate | tomale | tomanos | not used | tomales |
| accusative | tomame | tomate | tomalo, tomala | tomanos | not used | tomalos, tomalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative tome | dative | tómeme | not used | tómele, tómese | tómenos | not used | tómeles |
| accusative | tómeme | not used | tómelo, tómela, tómese | tómenos | not used | tómelos, tómelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative tomemos | dative | not used | tomémoste | tomémosle | tomémonos | tomémoos | tomémosles |
| accusative | not used | tomémoste | tomémoslo, tomémosla | tomémonos | tomémoos | tomémoslos, tomémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative tomad | dative | tomadme | not used | tomadle | tomadnos | tomaos | tomadles |
| accusative | tomadme | not used | tomadlo, tomadla | tomadnos | tomaos | tomadlos, tomadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative tomen | dative | tómenme | not used | tómenle | tómennos | not used | tómenles, tómense |
| accusative | tómenme | not used | tómenlo, tómenla | tómennos | not used | tómenlos, tómenlas, tómense | |
Derived terms
[edit]- a tomar por culo
- a tomar por el culo
- a tomar por saco
- donde las dan las toman
- irse a tomar viento
- para dar y tomar
- retomar
- toma
- toma corte
- toma y daca
- tomacorrientes
- tomadura
- tomar a la ligera
- tomar a pecho
- tomar aire
- tomar armas
- tomar asiento
- tomar cartas en el asunto
- tomar conciencia
- tomar cuerpo
- tomar el agua
- tomar el aire
- tomar el hábito
- tomar el olivo
- tomar el pelo
- tomar el pendil
- tomar el pendingue
- tomar el portante
- tomar el sol
- tomar el sombrero
- tomar el toro por los cuernos
- tomar el viento
- tomar en cuenta
- tomar la alternativa
- tomar la borla
- tomar la ceniza
- tomar la delantera
- tomar la embocadura
- tomar la estrella
- tomar la lección
- tomar la mano
- tomar la manta
- tomar la mañana
- tomar la palabra
- tomar la sangre
- tomar las afufas
- tomar las aguas
- tomar las armas
- tomar los pasos
- tomar nota
- tomar partido
- tomar por asalto
- tomar por culo
- tomar por el pito del sereno
- tomar por saco
- tomar por sorpresa
- tomar posesión
- tomar un agua
- tomar una posición (“to take a stand, to take a position”)
- tomar una siesta
- tomarse con Dios
- tomarse la justicia por su mano
- tomarse la voz
- tomavistas
Further reading
[edit]- “tomar”, 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
- “tomar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
- tomar | Diccionario • DELE Ahora
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish طومار (tomar).
Noun
[edit]tomar (definite accusative tomarı, plural tomarlar)
- scroll
- a great quantity of paper or money
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- “tomar”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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