acuar

Latin

Verb

acuar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of acuō

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.kuˈa(ʁ)/ [a.kʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈkwa(ʁ)/ [aˈkwa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.kuˈa(ɾ)/ [a.kʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈkwa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.kuˈa(ʁ)/ [a.kʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈkwa(ʁ)/ [aˈkwa(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.kuˈa(ɻ)/ [a.kʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈkwa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈkwaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈkwa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: a‧cu‧ar

Verb

acuar (first-person singular present acuo, first-person singular preterite acuei, past participle acuado)

  1. (intransitive) to fold one's legs and shrink one's body towards the ground; to crouch
  2. (intransitive) to stop in face of danger or threat
  3. (intransitive, about cargo animals) to refuse to move; to get stuck
  4. (transitive) to lead prey or something being hunted to a place impossible to escape; to corner
  5. (direct and indirect transitive) to give up on doing or on insisting; to desist
  6. (direct and pronominal transitive) to make or to be without alternative or possibility of reply; to shut up; to hold back
  7. (intransitive) to place or to remain in an embarrassing situation
  8. (direct transitive) to get intimidated

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acuar (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 acuar
Personal acuar acuares acuar acuarmos acuardes acuarem
Gerund
acuando
Past participle
Masculine acuado acuados
Feminine acuada acuadas
Indicative
Present acuo acuas acua acuamos acuais acuam
Imperfect acuava acuavas acuava acuávamos acuáveis acuavam
Preterite acuei acuaste acuou acuamos1, acuámos2 acuastes acuaram
Pluperfect acuara acuaras acuara acuáramos acuáreis acuaram
Future acuarei acuarás acuará acuaremos acuareis acuarão
Conditional acuaria acuarias acuaria acuaríamos acuaríeis acuariam
Subjunctive
Present acue acues acue acuemos acueis acuem
Imperfect acuasse acuasses acuasse acuássemos acuásseis acuassem
Future acuar acuares acuar acuarmos acuardes acuarem
Imperative
Affirmative acua acue acuemos acuai acuem
Negative (não) não acues não acue não acuemos não acueis não acuem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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