Permitípermitió

Permitípermitió is not a standard dictionary entry in Spanish; it is simply a concatenation of two preterite forms of the verb permitir: permití (I allowed) and permitió (he/she/you formal allowed). As a string, it has no independent meaning in normal discourse, but it can be used in linguistic examples to illustrate tense, person, and accent marks in Spanish verb conjugation.

The verb permitir means to allow or to permit. In the pretérito indefinido (simple past), the full conjugation is: yo permití, tú permitiste, él/ella/usted permitió, nosotros permitimos, vosotros permitisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes permitieron. The root remains permit-, with standard endings, and the third-person forms bear accents on the final syllable (permitió) and on the first-person form (permití) to indicate correct stress.

Etymology traces permitir to Latin permittere, from per- “through, completely” and mittere “to send,” giving the sense of letting something through or granting permission. In modern Spanish, permitir is commonly used in formal or administrative contexts, while dejar can convey a similar idea in more informal speech. The construction permitir que + subjunctive is frequently used to describe allowing someone to perform an action, as in permitir que alguien haga algo.

Usage notes: permit is often followed by a subordinate clause in the subjunctive after a past-tense main clause, e.g., “La profesora permitió que los estudiantes participaran.” It can also be followed by an infinitive, as in “permitir entrar.” The forms permití and permitió differ in person and carry distinct accent marks, illustrating Spanish orthography.

See also: permitir, pretérito indefinido, conjugación de verbos -ir.