quarar

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of corar, perhaps influenced by Old Tupi kûara (“Sun”).

Verb

quarar (first-person singular present quaro, first-person singular preterite quarei, past participle quarado)

  1. (Brazil, ambitransitive) to bleach (with sunlight)
    • 1983, Alceu Valença, “Anunciação”, in Anjo avesso:
      E o sol quarando nossas roupas no varal
      And the sun bleaching our clothes on the clothesline.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of quarar (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 quarar
Personal quarar quarares quarar quararmos quarardes quararem
Gerund
quarando
Past participle
Masculine quarado quarados
Feminine quarada quaradas
Indicative
Present quaro quaras quara quaramos quarais quaram
Imperfect quarava quaravas quarava quarávamos quaráveis quaravam
Preterite quarei quaraste quarou quaramos1, quarámos2 quarastes quararam
Pluperfect quarara quararas quarara quaráramos quaráreis quararam
Future quararei quararás quarará quararemos quarareis quararão
Conditional quararia quararias quararia quararíamos quararíeis quarariam
Subjunctive
Present quare quares quare quaremos quareis quarem
Imperfect quarasse quarasses quarasse quarássemos quarásseis quarassem
Future quarar quarares quarar quararmos quarardes quararem
Imperative
Affirmative quara quare quaremos quarai quarem
Negative (não) não quares não quare não quaremos não quareis não quarem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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