concernir
Galician
    
    Etymology
    
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).
Verb
    
concernir (third-person only, third-person singular present concirne, third-person singular preterite concerniu, past participle concernido)
concernir (first-person singular present concirno, third-person singular present concerne, first-person singular preterite concernim or concerni, past participle concernido, reintegrationist norm)
- (transitive) to concern (to be of competence, responsibility, accountability or interest to)
Conjugation
    
| 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 | concernir | |||||
| Personal | — | — | concernir | — | — | concerniren | 
| Gerund | ||||||
| concernindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | concernido | concernidos | ||||
| Feminine | concernida | concernidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | — | — | concirne | — | — | concirnen | 
| Imperfect | — | — | concernía | — | — | concernían | 
| Preterite | — | — | concerniu | — | — | concerniron | 
| Pluperfect | — | — | concernira | — | — | concerniran | 
| Future | — | — | concernirá | — | — | concernirán | 
| Conditional | — | — | concerniría | — | — | concernirían | 
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | — | — | concirna | — | — | concirnan | 
| Imperfect | — | — | concernise | — | — | concernisen | 
| Future | — | — | concernir | — | — | concerniren | 
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Negative (non) | — | — | — | — | — | |
1Less recommended.
Related terms
    
Portuguese
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Medieval Latin concernere (“to distinguish, to have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).
Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.seʁˈni(ʁ)/ [kõ.seɦˈni(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kõ.seɾˈni(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõ.seʁˈni(ʁ)/ [kõ.seʁˈni(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.seɻˈni(ɻ)/
 
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.sɨɾˈniɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.sɨɾˈni.ɾi/
 
- Hyphenation: con‧cer‧nir
Verb
    
concernir (third-person only, third-person singular present concerne, third-person singular preterite concerniu, past participle concernido)
- (transitive) to concern (to be of importance to)
- Synonyms: ter a ver com, dizer respeito
 
Conjugation
    
| 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 | concernir | |||||
| Personal | — | — | concernir | — | — | concernirem | 
| Gerund | ||||||
| concernindo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | concernido | concernidos | ||||
| Feminine | concernida | concernidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | — | — | concerne | — | — | concernem | 
| Imperfect | — | — | concernia | — | — | concerniam | 
| Preterite | — | — | concerniu | — | — | concerniram | 
| Pluperfect | — | — | concernira | — | — | concerniram | 
| Future | — | — | concernirá | — | — | concernirão | 
| Conditional | — | — | concerniria | — | — | concerniriam | 
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | — | — | concirna | — | — | concirnam | 
| Imperfect | — | — | concernisse | — | — | concernissem | 
| Future | — | — | concernir | — | — | concernirem | 
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Negative (não) | — | — | — | — | — | |
References
    
- “concernir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “concernir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from Medieval Latin concernere (“to distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): (Spain) /konθeɾˈniɾ/ [kõn̟.θeɾˈniɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /konseɾˈniɾ/ [kõn.seɾˈniɾ]
- Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: con‧cer‧nir
Verb
    
concernir (third-person only, third-person singular present concierne, third-person singular preterite concernió, past participle concernido)
- to concern
Conjugation
    
| infinitive | concernir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | concerniendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | concernido | concernida | |||||
| plural | concernidos | concernidas | |||||
| 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 | — | — | concierne | — | — | conciernen | |
| imperfect | — | — | concernía | — | — | concernían | |
| preterite | — | — | concernió | — | — | concernieron | |
| future | — | — | concernirá | — | — | concernirán | |
| conditional | — | — | concerniría | — | — | concernirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | — | — | concierna | — | — | conciernan | |
| imperfect (ra) | — | — | concerniera | — | — | concernieran | |
| imperfect (se) | — | — | concerniese | — | — | concerniesen | |
| future1 | — | — | concerniere | — | — | concernieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| negative | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
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 concernir | |||||||
| dative | concernirme | concernirte | concernirle, concernirse | concernirnos | concerniros | concernirles, concernirse | |
| accusative | concernirme | concernirte | concernirlo, concernirla, concernirse | concernirnos | concerniros | concernirlos, concernirlas, concernirse | |
| with gerund concerniendo | |||||||
| dative | concerniéndome | concerniéndote | concerniéndole, concerniéndose | concerniéndonos | concerniéndoos | concerniéndoles, concerniéndose | |
| accusative | concerniéndome | concerniéndote | concerniéndolo, concerniéndola, concerniéndose | concerniéndonos | concerniéndoos | concerniéndolos, concerniéndolas, concerniéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative — | |||||||
| dative | — | — | — | — | not used | — | |
| accusative | — | — | —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative — | |||||||
| dative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | — | |
| accusative | — | not used | —, —, — | — | not used | —, — | |
| with first-person plural imperative — | |||||||
| dative | not used | — | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | not used | — | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative — | |||||||
| dative | — | not used | — | — | — | — | |
| accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | — | —, — | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative — | |||||||
| dative | — | not used | — | — | not used | —, — | |
| accusative | — | not used | —, — | — | not used | —, —, — | |
Further reading
    
- “concernir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014