cometer

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• commetter (pre-standardization spelling)
• cometter, commeter (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti

Proto-Italic *meitō

Old Latin mītō

Latin mittō

Latin committere

Old Galician-Portuguese cometer

Portuguese cometer

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cometer, from Latin committere.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mɨˈteɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mɨˈteɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mɨˈte.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧me‧ter

Verb

cometer (first-person singular present cometo, first-person singular preterite cometi, past participle cometido)

1. (transitive) to commit, practice, undertake
2. (pronominal) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
3. obsolete form of acometer
   • 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam:

     […] , &ao outro dia pella menhã ſendo nos tãto auante como Cezimbra nos cometeo hum Frances coſſairo, & abalroando com noſco,nos lãçou dento quinze ou vinte homẽs, […]

     […] , and in the next day by the morning, when we were as far as Cezimbra, a French corsair assailed us, and colliding with us sent fifteen or twenty men inside, […]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cometer (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	cometer
Personal	cometer	cometeres	cometer	cometermos	cometerdes	cometerem
Gerund
	cometendo
Past participle
Masculine	cometido			cometidos
Feminine	cometida			cometidas
Indicative
Present	cometo	cometes	comete	cometemos	cometeis	cometem
Imperfect	cometia	cometias	cometia	cometíamos	cometíeis	cometiam
Preterite	cometi	cometeste	cometeu	cometemos	cometestes	cometeram
Pluperfect	cometera	cometeras	cometera	cometêramos	cometêreis	cometeram
Future	cometerei	cometerás	cometerá	cometeremos	cometereis	cometerão
Conditional	cometeria	cometerias	cometeria	cometeríamos	cometeríeis	cometeriam
Subjunctive
Present	cometa	cometas	cometa	cometamos	cometais	cometam
Imperfect	cometesse	cometesses	cometesse	cometêssemos	cometêsseis	cometessem
Future	cometer	cometeres	cometer	cometermos	cometerdes	cometerem
Imperative
Affirmative		comete	cometa	cometamos	cometei	cometam
Negative (não)		não cometas	não cometa	não cometamos	não cometais	não cometam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:cometer.

Related terms

• meter

Further reading

• “cometer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cometer”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “cometer”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cometer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cometer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti

Proto-Italic *meitō

Old Latin mītō

Latin mittō

Latin committere

Old Spanish cometer

Spanish cometer

Inherited from Old Spanish cometer, from Latin committere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komeˈteɾ/ [ko.meˈt̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: co‧me‧ter

Verb

cometer (first-person singular present cometo, first-person singular preterite cometí, past participle cometido)

1. (transitive) to commit
2. (transitive) to make (an error, etc)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cometer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cometer
gerund			cometiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cometido		cometida
		plural		cometidos		cometidas
		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	cometo	cometestú cometésvos	comete	cometemos	cometéis	cometen
	imperfect	cometía	cometías	cometía	cometíamos	cometíais	cometían
	preterite	cometí	cometiste	cometió	cometimos	cometisteis	cometieron
	future	cometeré	cometerás	cometerá	cometeremos	cometeréis	cometerán
	conditional	cometería	cometerías	cometería	cometeríamos	cometeríais	cometerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cometa	cometastú cometásvos2	cometa	cometamos	cometáis	cometan
	imperfect (ra)	cometiera	cometieras	cometiera	cometiéramos	cometierais	cometieran
	imperfect (se)	cometiese	cometieses	cometiese	cometiésemos	cometieseis	cometiesen
	future1	cometiere	cometieres	cometiere	cometiéremos	cometiereis	cometieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cometetú cometévos	cometa	cometamos	cometed	cometan
	negative		no cometas	no cometa	no cometamos	no cometáis	no cometan

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

    Selected combined forms of cometer

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 cometer	dative	cometerme	cometerte	cometerle, cometerse	cometernos	cometeros	cometerles, cometerse
	accusative	cometerme	cometerte	cometerlo, cometerla, cometerse	cometernos	cometeros	cometerlos, cometerlas, cometerse
with gerund cometiendo	dative	cometiéndome	cometiéndote	cometiéndole, cometiéndose	cometiéndonos	cometiéndoos	cometiéndoles, cometiéndose
	accusative	cometiéndome	cometiéndote	cometiéndolo, cometiéndola, cometiéndose	cometiéndonos	cometiéndoos	cometiéndolos, cometiéndolas, cometiéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative comete	dative	cométeme	cométete	cométele	cométenos	not used	comételes
	accusative	cométeme	cométete	comételo, cométela	cométenos	not used	comételos, comételas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cometé	dative	cometeme	cometete	cometele	cometenos	not used	cometeles
	accusative	cometeme	cometete	cometelo, cometela	cometenos	not used	cometelos, cometelas
with formal second-person singular imperative cometa	dative	cométame	not used	cométale, cométase	cométanos	not used	cométales
	accusative	cométame	not used	cométalo, cométala, cométase	cométanos	not used	cométalos, cométalas
with first-person plural imperative cometamos	dative	not used	cometámoste	cometámosle	cometámonos	cometámoos	cometámosles
	accusative	not used	cometámoste	cometámoslo, cometámosla	cometámonos	cometámoos	cometámoslos, cometámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cometed	dative	cometedme	not used	cometedle	cometednos	cometeos	cometedles
	accusative	cometedme	not used	cometedlo, cometedla	cometednos	cometeos	cometedlos, cometedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cometan	dative	cométanme	not used	cométanle	cométannos	not used	cométanles, cométanse
	accusative	cométanme	not used	cométanlo, cométanla	cométannos	not used	cométanlos, cométanlas, cométanse

Derived terms

• acometer
• cometimiento

Related terms

• comitente
• meter

Further reading

• “cometer”, 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