adubar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *addūbāre, from Frankish *dubban (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

 
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈβaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.duˈba.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuˈβa.ɾi]

Verb

adubar (first-person singular present adubo, first-person singular preterite adubei, past participle adubado) (transitive)

  1. to fertilize
  2. to season (especially with something fatty)
  3. to tan, to prepare (hides)
  4. (figurative) to add, to augment
  5. (figurative, archaic) to adorn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adubar (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 adubar
Personal adubar adubares adubar adubarmos adubardes adubarem
Gerund
adubando
Past participle
Masculine adubado adubados
Feminine adubada adubadas
Indicative
Present adubo adubas aduba adubamos adubais adubam
Imperfect adubava adubavas adubava adubávamos adubáveis adubavam
Preterite adubei adubaste adubou adubamos1, adubámos2 adubastes adubaram
Pluperfect adubara adubaras adubara adubáramos adubáreis adubaram
Future adubarei adubarás adubará adubaremos adubareis adubarão
Conditional adubaria adubarias adubaria adubaríamos adubaríeis adubariam
Subjunctive
Present adube adubes adube adubemos adubeis adubem
Imperfect adubasse adubasses adubasse adubássemos adubásseis adubassem
Future adubar adubares adubar adubarmos adubardes adubarem
Imperative
Affirmative aduba adube adubemos adubai adubem
Negative (não) não adubes não adube não adubemos não adubeis não adubem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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