prazer
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin placēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾaˈd͡zeɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
Noun
prazer m (plural prazeres)
Alternative forms
Verb
prazer
- to please
- 13th century, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Quen soubér Santa María loar, será de bon sen:
- [...] pero prazer-m-ía muito se m' oíssedes mui ben.
- [...] however, it would really please me if you would listen to me mindfully.
- [...] pero prazer-m-ía muito se m' oíssedes mui ben.
Conjugation
Conjugation of prazer (impersonal)
| infinitive | prazer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | simple | prazendo | |||||
| past participle | singular | plural | |||||
| masculine | — | — | |||||
| feminine | — | — | |||||
| present participle | *prazente | *prazentes | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative mood | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | praz, praze | — | — | *prazen |
| imperfect | — | — | prazia | — | — | *prazian | |
| preterite | — | — | prougue, prouve, prougo, prouvo | — | — | *prougueron, *prouveron | |
| pluperfect | — | — | *prouguera, *prouvera | — | — | *prougueran, *prouveran | |
| future | — | — | *prazerá | — | — | *prazerán | |
| conditional | — | — | prazeria | — | — | *prazerian | |
| subjunctive mood | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |
| simple tenses |
present | — | — | praza | — | — | *prazan |
| imperfect | — | — | prouguesse, prouvesse | — | — | *prouguessen, *prouvessen | |
| future | — | — | prouguer, prouver | — | — | *prougueren, *prouveren | |
| imperative mood | — | tu | — | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |
| affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| negative | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| personal infinitive | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |
| — | — | *prazer | — | — | *prazeren | ||
Alternative forms
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese prazer, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin placēre. Compare Spanish placer and Galician pracer.
(interjection): Ellipsis of phrases such as é um prazer te conhecer (“it’s a pleasure to meet you”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (noun, interjection) /pɾaˈzeʁ/ [pɾaˈzeh], (verb) /pɾaˈze(ʁ)/ [pɾaˈze(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (noun, interjection) /pɾaˈzeɾ/, (verb) /pɾaˈze(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (noun, interjection) /pɾaˈzeʁ/ [pɾaˈzeχ], (verb) /pɾaˈze(ʁ)/ [pɾaˈze(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): (noun, interjection) /pɾaˈzeɻ/, (verb) /pɾaˈze(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɐˈzeɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾɐˈze.ɾi/
Noun
prazer m (plural prazeres)
Derived terms
Interjection
prazer!
Verb
prazer (third-person only, third-person singular present praz, third-person singular preterite prouve, past participle prazido)
- (now uncommon) synonym of aprazer
Conjugation
Conjugation of prazer (irregular; third-person only) (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 | prazer | |||||
| Personal | — | — | prazer | — | — | prazerem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| prazendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | prazido | prazidos | ||||
| Feminine | prazida | prazidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | — | — | praz | — | — | prazem |
| Imperfect | — | — | prazia | — | — | praziam |
| Preterite | — | — | prouve | — | — | prouveram |
| Pluperfect | — | — | prouvera | — | — | prouveram |
| Future | — | — | prazerá | — | — | prazerão |
| Conditional | — | — | prazeria | — | — | prazeriam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | — | — | praza | — | — | prazam |
| Imperfect | — | — | prouvesse | — | — | prouvessem |
| Future | — | — | prouver | — | — | prouverem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Negative (não) | — | — | — | — | — | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “prazer”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “prazer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “prazer”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
- “prazer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- “prazer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026