comentar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin commentārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ku.mənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ko.mənˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ko.menˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ko.menˈta]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

comentar (first-person singular present comento, first-person singular preterite comentí, past participle comentat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. to comment

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of comentar (first conjugation)

infinitive			comentar
gerund			comentant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		comentat		comentada
		plural		comentats		comentades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	comento	comentes	comenta	comentem	comenteu	comenten
	imperfect	comentava	comentaves	comentava	comentàvem	comentàveu	comentaven
	future	comentaré	comentaràs	comentarà	comentarem	comentareu	comentaran
	preterite	comentí	comentares	comentà	comentàrem	comentàreu	comentaren
	conditional	comentaria	comentaries	comentaria	comentaríem	comentaríeu	comentarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	comenti	comentis	comenti	comentem	comenteu	comentin
	imperfect	comentés	comentessis	comentés	comentéssim	comentéssiu	comentessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	comenta	comenti	comentem	comenteu	comentin
	negative (no)	—	no comentis	no comenti	no comentem	no comenteu	no comentin

Related terms

• comentari

Further reading

• “comentar”, 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
• “comentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “comentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “comentar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

From Latin commentārī.

Verb

comentar (first-person singular present comento, first-person singular preterite comentei, past participle comentado)

1. to comment

Conjugation

    Conjugation of comentar

	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	comentar
Personal	comentar	comentares	comentar	comentarmos	comentardes	comentaren
Gerund
	comentando
Past participle
Masculine	comentado			comentados
Feminine	comentada			comentadas
Indicative
Present	comento	comentas	comenta	comentamos	comentades	comentan
Imperfect	comentaba	comentabas	comentaba	comentabamos	comentabades	comentaban
Preterite	comentei	comentaches	comentou	comentamos	comentastes	comentaron
Pluperfect	comentara	comentaras	comentara	comentaramos	comentarades	comentaran
Future	comentarei	comentarás	comentará	comentaremos	comentaredes	comentarán
Conditional	comentaría	comentarías	comentaría	comentariamos	comentariades	comentarían
Subjunctive
Present	comente	comentes	comente	comentemos	comentedes	comenten
Imperfect	comentase	comentases	comentase	comentásemos	comentásedes	comentasen
Future	comentar	comentares	comentar	comentarmos	comentardes	comentaren
Imperative
Affirmative		comenta	comente	comentemos	comentade	comenten
Negative (non)		non comentes	non comente	non comentemos	non comentedes	non comenten

Related terms

• comentador
• comentario

Further reading

• “comentar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin commentārī.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Verb

comentar

1. to comment

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		comentar			aver comentat
gerund		comentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		comentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	comenti	comentas	comenta	comentam	comentatz	comentan
	imperfect	comentavi	comentavas	comentava	comentàvem	comentàvetz	comentavan
	preterite	comentèri	comentères	comentèt	comentèrem	comentèretz	comentèron
	future	comentarai	comentaràs	comentarà	comentarem	comentaretz	comentaràn
	conditional	comentariái	comentariás	comentariá	comentariam	comentariatz	comentarián
	conditional 2nd form1	comentèra	comentèras	comentèra	comenteram	comenteratz	comentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	comente	comentes	comente	comentem	comentetz	comenten
	imperfect	comentèssi	comentèsses	comentèsse	comentèssem	comentèssetz	comentèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			comenta		comentem	comentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		comentar			aver comentat
gerund		comentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		comentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	comente	comentes	comenta	comentam	comentatz	comenton
	imperfect	comentave	comentaves	comentava	comentaviam	comentaviatz	comentavon
	preterite	comentere	comenteres	comentet	comentem	comentetz	comenteron
	future	comentarai	comentaràs	comentará	comentarem	comentaretz	comentarán
	conditional	comentariá	comentariás	comentariá	comentariam	comentariatz	comentarián
	conditional 2nd form1	comentèra	comentèras	comentèra	comenteram	comenteratz	comentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	comente	comentes	comente	comentassiam	comentassiatz	comenton
	imperfect	comentesse	comentesses	comentesse	comentessiam	comentessiatz	comentesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			comenta		comentassiam	comentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		comentar			aver comentat
gerund		comentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		comentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	comenti	comentas	comenta	comentam	comentatz	comentan
	imperfect	comentavi	comentavas	comentava	comentàvam	comentàvatz	comentavan
	preterite	comentèi	comentès	comentè	comentèm	comentètz	comentèn
	future	comentarèi	comentaràs	comentarà	comentaram	comentaratz	comentaràn
	conditional	comentarí	comentarés	comentaré	comentarem	comentaretz	comentarén
	conditional 2nd form1	comentèra	comentèras	comentèra	comenteram	comenteratz	comentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	comenti	comentes	comente	comentem	comentetz	comenten
	imperfect	comentèssi	comentèsses	comentèsse	comentèssem	comentèssetz	comentèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			comenta		comentem	comentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		comentar			aver comentat
gerund		comentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		comentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	comente	comentas	comenta	comentam	comentatz	comentan
	imperfect	comentava	comentavas	comentava	comentàvam	comentàvatz	comentavan
	preterite	comentei	comenteras	comentet	comentèram	comentèratz	comenteran
	future	comentarai	comentaràs	comentará	comentarem	comentaretz	comentarán
	conditional	comentariá	comentariàs	comentariá	comentariam	comentariatz	comentarián
	conditional 2nd form1	comentèra	comentèras	comentèra	comenteram	comenteratz	comentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	comente	comentes	comente	comentem	comentetz	comenten
	imperfect	comentèsse	comentèsses	comentèsse	comentèssem	comentèssetz	comentèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			comenta		comentem	comentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		comentar			aver comentat
gerund		comentant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		comentat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	comente	comentes	comenta	comentam	comentatz	comentan
	imperfect	comentavi	comentavas	comentava	comentàvem	comentàvetz	comentavan
	preterite	comentère	comentères	comentèt	comenteriam	comenteriatz	comentèron
	future	comentarai	comentaràs	comentarà	comentarem	comentaretz	comentaràn
	conditional	comentariáu	comentariás	comentariá	comentariam	comentariatz	comentarián
	conditional 2nd form1	comentèra	comentèras	comentèra	comenteram	comenteratz	comentèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	comente	comentes	comente	comentem	comentetz	comentan
	imperfect	comentèsse	comentèsses	comentèsse	comentessiam	comentessiatz	comentèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			comenta		comentem	comentatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• comentari

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin commentārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.mẽˈta(ʁ)/ [ko.mẽˈta(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mẽˈta.ɾi/

Verb

comentar (first-person singular present comento, first-person singular preterite comentei, past participle comentado)

1. to comment (make a comment)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of comentar (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	comentar
Personal	comentar	comentares	comentar	comentarmos	comentardes	comentarem
Gerund
	comentando
Past participle
Masculine	comentado			comentados
Feminine	comentada			comentadas
Indicative
Present	comento	comentas	comenta	comentamos	comentais	comentam
Imperfect	comentava	comentavas	comentava	comentávamos	comentáveis	comentavam
Preterite	comentei	comentaste	comentou	comentamos1, comentámos2	comentastes	comentaram
Pluperfect	comentara	comentaras	comentara	comentáramos	comentáreis	comentaram
Future	comentarei	comentarás	comentará	comentaremos	comentareis	comentarão
Conditional	comentaria	comentarias	comentaria	comentaríamos	comentaríeis	comentariam
Subjunctive
Present	comente	comentes	comente	comentemos	comenteis	comentem
Imperfect	comentasse	comentasses	comentasse	comentássemos	comentásseis	comentassem
Future	comentar	comentares	comentar	comentarmos	comentardes	comentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		comenta	comente	comentemos	comentai	comentem
Negative (não)		não comentes	não comente	não comentemos	não comenteis	não comentem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• descomentar

Related terms

• comentador
• comentário
• comentarista

Descendants

• → Tetum: komenta

Further reading

• “comentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “comentar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “comentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin comminīscor

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tos

Latin -tus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin commentārīder.

Spanish comentar

Derived from Latin commentārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komenˈtaɾ/ [ko.mẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧men‧tar

Verb

comentar (first-person singular present comento, first-person singular preterite comenté, past participle comentado)

1. to comment (make a comment)

Usage notes

• This verb can be used transitively for more formal effect.

comentar (sobre) un tema ― Comment on a theme

Conjugation

    Conjugation of comentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			comentar
gerund			comentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		comentado		comentada
		plural		comentados		comentadas
		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	comento	comentastú comentásvos	comenta	comentamos	comentáis	comentan
	imperfect	comentaba	comentabas	comentaba	comentábamos	comentabais	comentaban
	preterite	comenté	comentaste	comentó	comentamos	comentasteis	comentaron
	future	comentaré	comentarás	comentará	comentaremos	comentaréis	comentarán
	conditional	comentaría	comentarías	comentaría	comentaríamos	comentaríais	comentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	comente	comentestú comentésvos2	comente	comentemos	comentéis	comenten
	imperfect (ra)	comentara	comentaras	comentara	comentáramos	comentarais	comentaran
	imperfect (se)	comentase	comentases	comentase	comentásemos	comentaseis	comentasen
	future1	comentare	comentares	comentare	comentáremos	comentareis	comentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		comentatú comentávos	comente	comentemos	comentad	comenten
	negative		no comentes	no comente	no comentemos	no comentéis	no comenten

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

    Selected combined forms of comentar

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 comentar	dative	comentarme	comentarte	comentarle, comentarse	comentarnos	comentaros	comentarles, comentarse
	accusative	comentarme	comentarte	comentarlo, comentarla, comentarse	comentarnos	comentaros	comentarlos, comentarlas, comentarse
with gerund comentando	dative	comentándome	comentándote	comentándole, comentándose	comentándonos	comentándoos	comentándoles, comentándose
	accusative	comentándome	comentándote	comentándolo, comentándola, comentándose	comentándonos	comentándoos	comentándolos, comentándolas, comentándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative comenta	dative	coméntame	coméntate	coméntale	coméntanos	not used	coméntales
	accusative	coméntame	coméntate	coméntalo, coméntala	coméntanos	not used	coméntalos, coméntalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative comentá	dative	comentame	comentate	comentale	comentanos	not used	comentales
	accusative	comentame	comentate	comentalo, comentala	comentanos	not used	comentalos, comentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative comente	dative	coménteme	not used	coméntele, coméntese	coméntenos	not used	coménteles
	accusative	coménteme	not used	coméntelo, coméntela, coméntese	coméntenos	not used	coméntelos, coméntelas
with first-person plural imperative comentemos	dative	not used	comentémoste	comentémosle	comentémonos	comentémoos	comentémosles
	accusative	not used	comentémoste	comentémoslo, comentémosla	comentémonos	comentémoos	comentémoslos, comentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative comentad	dative	comentadme	not used	comentadle	comentadnos	comentaos	comentadles
	accusative	comentadme	not used	comentadlo, comentadla	comentadnos	comentaos	comentadlos, comentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative comenten	dative	coméntenme	not used	coméntenle	coméntennos	not used	coméntenles, coméntense
	accusative	coméntenme	not used	coméntenlo, coméntenla	coméntennos	not used	coméntenlos, coméntenlas, coméntense

Related terms

• comentador
• comentario

Further reading

• “comentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026