nitrir

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian nitrire.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /niˈtɾi(ʁ)/ [niˈtɾi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /niˈtɾi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /niˈtɾi(ʁ)/ [niˈtɾi(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /niˈtɾi(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /niˈtɾiɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /niˈtɾi.ɾi/

Hyphenation: ni‧trir

Verb

nitrir (first-person singular present nitro, first-person singular preterite nitri, past participle nitrido)

(intransitive) (of a horse) to neigh (to make its cry)
Synonyms: hinir, relinchar, rinchar

Conjugation

Conjugation of nitrir (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	nitrir
Personal	nitrir	nitrires	nitrir	nitrirmos	nitrirdes	nitrirem
Gerund
	nitrindo
Past participle
Masculine	nitrido			nitridos
Feminine	nitrida			nitridas
Indicative
Present	nitro	nitres	nitre	nitrimos	nitris	nitrem
Imperfect	nitria	nitrias	nitria	nitríamos	nitríeis	nitriam
Preterite	nitri	nitriste	nitriu	nitrimos	nitristes	nitriram
Pluperfect	nitrira	nitriras	nitrira	nitríramos	nitríreis	nitriram
Future	nitrirei	nitrirás	nitrirá	nitriremos	nitrireis	nitrirão
Conditional	nitriria	nitririas	nitriria	nitriríamos	nitriríeis	nitririam
Subjunctive
Present	nitra	nitras	nitra	nitramos	nitrais	nitram
Imperfect	nitrisse	nitrisses	nitrisse	nitríssemos	nitrísseis	nitrissem
Future	nitrir	nitrires	nitrir	nitrirmos	nitrirdes	nitrirem
Imperative
Affirmative		nitre	nitra	nitramos	nitri	nitram
Negative (não)		não nitras	não nitra	não nitramos	não nitrais	não nitram

Derived terms

nitrido

Further reading

“nitrir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“nitrir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026