bocejar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *buccidiāre, formed from bucca (“mouth”), thus related to modern boca (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bo.seˈʒa(ʁ)/ [bo.seˈʒa(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bu.sɨˈʒaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bu.sɨˈʒa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: bo‧ce‧jar

Verb

bocejar (first-person singular present bocejo, first-person singular preterite bocejei, past participle bocejado)

  1. yawn (open the mouth and take a deep breath)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bocejar (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 bocejar
Personal bocejar bocejares bocejar bocejarmos bocejardes bocejarem
Gerund
bocejando
Past participle
Masculine bocejado bocejados
Feminine bocejada bocejadas
Indicative
Present bocejo bocejas boceja bocejamos bocejais bocejam
Imperfect bocejava bocejavas bocejava bocejávamos bocejáveis bocejavam
Preterite bocejei bocejaste bocejou bocejamos1, bocejámos2 bocejastes bocejaram
Pluperfect bocejara bocejaras bocejara bocejáramos bocejáreis bocejaram
Future bocejarei bocejarás bocejará bocejaremos bocejareis bocejarão
Conditional bocejaria bocejarias bocejaria bocejaríamos bocejaríeis bocejariam
Subjunctive
Present boceje bocejes boceje bocejemos bocejeis bocejem
Imperfect bocejasse bocejasses bocejasse bocejássemos bocejásseis bocejassem
Future bocejar bocejares bocejar bocejarmos bocejardes bocejarem
Imperative
Affirmative boceja boceje bocejemos bocejai bocejem
Negative (não) não bocejes não boceje não bocejemos não bocejeis não bocejem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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