churrascar
Portuguese
Etymology
From churrasco + -ar. Sense 2 alludes to suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, by making a barbecue in an enclosed space.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃu.hasˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁasˈka(ɾ)/ [ʃu.hasˈka(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁaʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃu.χaʃˈka(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁasˈka(ɻ)/ [ʃu.hasˈka(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /t͡ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʃu.ʁɐʃˈka.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: chur‧ras‧car
Verb
churrascar (first-person singular present churrasco, first-person singular preterite churrasquei, past participle churrascado)
- (uncommon, intransitive) to barbecue; to grill (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- Synonyms: churrasquear, grelhar
- (Brazil, Internet slang, reflexive) to commit suicide
- Synonym: suicidar
Conjugation
Conjugation of churrascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “churrascar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Verb
churrascar (first-person singular present churrasco, first-person singular preterite churrasqué, past participle churrascado)
- to fry, to toast, to grill
- Synonym: churruscar
Conjugation
Conjugation of churrascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of churrascar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive churrascar | dative | churrascarme | churrascarte | churrascarle, churrascarse | churrascarnos | churrascaros | churrascarles, churrascarse |
| accusative | churrascarme | churrascarte | churrascarlo, churrascarla, churrascarse | churrascarnos | churrascaros | churrascarlos, churrascarlas, churrascarse | |
| with gerund churrascando | dative | churrascándome | churrascándote | churrascándole, churrascándose | churrascándonos | churrascándoos | churrascándoles, churrascándose |
| accusative | churrascándome | churrascándote | churrascándolo, churrascándola, churrascándose | churrascándonos | churrascándoos | churrascándolos, churrascándolas, churrascándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative churrasca | dative | churráscame | churráscate | churráscale | churráscanos | not used | churráscales |
| accusative | churráscame | churráscate | churráscalo, churráscala | churráscanos | not used | churráscalos, churráscalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative churrascá | dative | churrascame | churrascate | churrascale | churrascanos | not used | churrascales |
| accusative | churrascame | churrascate | churrascalo, churrascala | churrascanos | not used | churrascalos, churrascalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative churrasque | dative | churrásqueme | not used | churrásquele, churrásquese | churrásquenos | not used | churrásqueles |
| accusative | churrásqueme | not used | churrásquelo, churrásquela, churrásquese | churrásquenos | not used | churrásquelos, churrásquelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative churrasquemos | dative | not used | churrasquémoste | churrasquémosle | churrasquémonos | churrasquémoos | churrasquémosles |
| accusative | not used | churrasquémoste | churrasquémoslo, churrasquémosla | churrasquémonos | churrasquémoos | churrasquémoslos, churrasquémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative churrascad | dative | churrascadme | not used | churrascadle | churrascadnos | churrascaos | churrascadles |
| accusative | churrascadme | not used | churrascadlo, churrascadla | churrascadnos | churrascaos | churrascadlos, churrascadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative churrasquen | dative | churrásquenme | not used | churrásquenle | churrásquennos | not used | churrásquenles, churrásquense |
| accusative | churrásquenme | not used | churrásquenlo, churrásquenla | churrásquennos | not used | churrásquenlos, churrásquenlas, churrásquense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “churrascar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025