verdejar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *viridizāre. Derivable from verde (“green”) +‎ -ejar (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁ.deˈʒa(ʁ)/ [veɦ.deˈʒa(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾ.dɨˈʒaɾ/ [vɨɾ.ðɨˈʒaɾ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨɾ.dɨˈʒaɾ/ [bɨɾ.ðɨˈʒaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾ.dɨˈʒa.ɾi/ [vɨɾ.ðɨˈʒa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: ver‧de‧jar

Verb

verdejar (first-person singular present verdejo, first-person singular preterite verdejei, past participle verdejado)

  1. to be green, verdant
    As plantas verdejam sob o sol.
    The plants are verdant under the sun.
  2. to become green, grow green
    Synonyms: verdecer, verdear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of verdejar (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 verdejar
Personal verdejar verdejares verdejar verdejarmos verdejardes verdejarem
Gerund
verdejando
Past participle
Masculine verdejado verdejados
Feminine verdejada verdejadas
Indicative
Present verdejo verdejas verdeja verdejamos verdejais verdejam
Imperfect verdejava verdejavas verdejava verdejávamos verdejáveis verdejavam
Preterite verdejei verdejaste verdejou verdejamos1, verdejámos2 verdejastes verdejaram
Pluperfect verdejara verdejaras verdejara verdejáramos verdejáreis verdejaram
Future verdejarei verdejarás verdejará verdejaremos verdejareis verdejarão
Conditional verdejaria verdejarias verdejaria verdejaríamos verdejaríeis verdejariam
Subjunctive
Present verdeje verdejes verdeje verdejemos verdejeis verdejem
Imperfect verdejasse verdejasses verdejasse verdejássemos verdejásseis verdejassem
Future verdejar verdejares verdejar verdejarmos verdejardes verdejarem
Imperative
Affirmative verdeja verdeje verdejemos verdejai verdejem
Negative (não) não verdejes não verdeje não verdejemos não verdejeis não verdejem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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