Amortiguar means ‘to cushion/muffle’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (gu becomes gü before e, so the u is still said): amortiguo (present), amortigüé (preterite), amortiguado (past participle), amortiguando (gerund).
Amortiguar in use
Esta alfombra amortigua el ruidoThis rug muffles the noise
Las zapatillas amortiguaron el impactoThe trainers cushioned the impact
Hace falta que amortigüemos los efectos de la crisisWe need to cushion the effects of the crisis
On this pageIndicative
Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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