adular

Portuguese

Verb

adular (first-person singular present indicative adulo, past participle adulado)

  1. (transitive) to flatter; to adulate (to compliment someone excessively)

Conjugation
  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb adular
Notes:[edit]
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 adular
Personal adular adulares adular adularmos adulardes adularem
Gerund
adulando
Past participle
Masculine adulado adulados
Feminine adulada aduladas
Indicative
Present adulo adulas adula adulamos adulais adulam
Imperfect adulava adulavas adulava adulávamos aduláveis adulavam
Preterite adulei adulaste adulou adulamos
adulámos		 adulastes adularam
Pluperfect adulara adularas adulara aduláramos aduláreis adularam
Future adularei adularás adulará adularemos adulareis adularão
Conditional
adularia adularias adularia adularíamos adularíeis adulariam
Subjunctive
Present adule adules adule adulemos aduleis adulem
Imperfect adulasse adulasses adulasse adulássemos adulásseis adulassem
Future adular adulares adular adularmos adulardes adularem
Imperative
Affirmative - adula adule adulemos adulai adulem
Negative (não) - adules adule adulemos aduleis adulem

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin adūlor, adūlārī.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aduˈlaɾ/, [aðuˈlaɾ]

Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulé, past participle adulado)

  1. to flatter
    Synonyms: alabar, halagar

Conjugation
        Conjugation of adular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive adular
    gerund adulando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular adulado adulada
    plural adulados aduladas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present adulo adulastú
    adulásvos    		 adula adulamos aduláis adulan
    imperfect adulaba adulabas adulaba adulábamos adulabais adulaban
    preterite adulé adulaste aduló adulamos adulasteis adularon
    future adularé adularás adulará adularemos adularéis adularán
    conditional adularía adularías adularía adularíamos adularíais adularían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present adule adulestú
    adulésvos2    		 adule adulemos aduléis adulen
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 adulara adularas adulara aduláramos adularais adularan
    imperfect
    (se)    		 adulase adulases adulase adulásemos adulaseis adulasen
    future1 adulare adulares adulare aduláremos adulareis adularen
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative adulatú
    adulávos    		 adule adulemos adulad adulen
    negative no adules no adule no adulemos no aduléis no adulen
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of adularedit data

      These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      with infinitive adular
      dative adularme adularte adularle, adularse adularnos adularos adularles, adularse
      accusative adularme adularte adularlo, adularla, adularse adularnos adularos adularlos, adularlas, adularse
      with gerund adulando
      dative adulándome adulándote adulándole, adulándose adulándonos adulándoos adulándoles, adulándose
      accusative adulándome adulándote adulándolo, adulándola, adulándose adulándonos adulándoos adulándolos, adulándolas, adulándose
      with informal second-person singular imperative adula
      dative adúlame adúlate adúlale adúlanos not used adúlales
      accusative adúlame adúlate adúlalo, adúlala adúlanos not used adúlalos, adúlalas
      with formal second-person singular imperative adule
      dative adúleme not used adúlele, adúlese adúlenos not used adúleles
      accusative adúleme not used adúlelo, adúlela, adúlese adúlenos not used adúlelos, adúlelas
      with first-person plural imperative adulemos
      dative not used adulémoste adulémosle adulémonos adulémoos adulémosles
      accusative not used adulémoste adulémoslo, adulémosla adulémonos adulémoos adulémoslos, adulémoslas
      with informal second-person plural imperative adulad
      dative aduladme not used aduladle aduladnos adulaos aduladles
      accusative aduladme not used aduladlo, aduladla aduladnos adulaos aduladlos, aduladlas
      with formal second-person plural imperative adulen
      dative adúlenme not used adúlenle adúlennos not used adúlenles, adúlense
      accusative adúlenme not used adúlenlo, adúlenla adúlennos not used adúlenlos, adúlenlas, adúlense

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