flutuar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin fluctuāre. Unrelated to English float, despite phonological and semantic similarity.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /flu.tuˈa(ʁ)/ [flu.tʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /fluˈtwa(ʁ)/ [fluˈtwa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /flu.tuˈa(ɾ)/ [flu.tʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /fluˈtwa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /flu.tuˈa(ʁ)/ [flu.tʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /fluˈtwa(ʁ)/ [fluˈtwa(χ)]
    • (Caipira) IPA(key): /flu.tuˈa(ɻ)/ [flu.tʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /fluˈtwa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈtwaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fluˈtwa.ɾi/

  • Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: flu‧tu‧ar

Verb

flutuar (first-person singular present flutuo, first-person singular preterite flutuei, past participle flutuado)

  1. to float
    Synonym: boiar
  2. to fluctuate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flutuar (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 flutuar
Personal flutuar flutuares flutuar flutuarmos flutuardes flutuarem
Gerund
flutuando
Past participle
Masculine flutuado flutuados
Feminine flutuada flutuadas
Indicative
Present flutuo flutuas flutua flutuamos flutuais flutuam
Imperfect flutuava flutuavas flutuava flutuávamos flutuáveis flutuavam
Preterite flutuei flutuaste flutuou flutuamos1, flutuámos2 flutuastes flutuaram
Pluperfect flutuara flutuaras flutuara flutuáramos flutuáreis flutuaram
Future flutuarei flutuarás flutuará flutuaremos flutuareis flutuarão
Conditional flutuaria flutuarias flutuaria flutuaríamos flutuaríeis flutuariam
Subjunctive
Present flutue flutues flutue flutuemos flutueis flutuem
Imperfect flutuasse flutuasses flutuasse flutuássemos flutuásseis flutuassem
Future flutuar flutuares flutuar flutuarmos flutuardes flutuarem
Imperative
Affirmative flutua flutue flutuemos flutuai flutuem
Negative (não) não flutues não flutue não flutuemos não flutueis não flutuem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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