minguar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese minguar, from Vulgar Latin *minuāre, from Latin minuĕre, present active infinitive of minuō (“I make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”).

Cognate with Galician minguar, Spanish menguar and Catalan minvar.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mĩ.ˈɡwaɾ/, /mĩ.ˈɡaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: min‧gu‧ar

Verb

minguar (first-person singular present indicative minguo, past participle minguado)

  1. to wane (lunar phase)
  2. to diminish

Conjugation
  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb minguar
Notes:[edit]
  • This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
  • An acute accent is added in the stem of a few conjugated forms.
  • An obsolete treatment is to add a diaresis when the letter u is pronounced.
  • Verbs with this conjugation include: aguar, apropinquar, desaguar, enxaguar, minguar.
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 minguar
Personal minguar minguares minguar minguarmos minguardes minguarem
Gerund
minguando
Past participle
Masculine minguado minguados
Feminine minguada minguadas
Indicative
Present mínguo mínguas míngua minguamos minguais mínguam
Imperfect minguava minguavas minguava minguávamos minguáveis minguavam
Preterite minguei
Obsolete:
mingüei		 minguaste minguou minguamos
minguámos		 minguastes minguaram
Pluperfect minguara minguaras minguara minguáramos minguáreis minguaram
Future minguarei minguarás minguará minguaremos minguareis minguarão
Conditional
minguaria minguarias minguaria minguaríamos minguaríeis minguariam
Subjunctive
Present míngue
Obsolete:
míngüe		 míngues
Obsolete:
míngües		 míngue
Obsolete:
míngüe		 minguemos
Obsolete:
mingüemos		 mingueis
Obsolete:
mingüeis		 mínguem
Obsolete:
míngüem
Imperfect minguasse minguasses minguasse minguássemos minguásseis minguassem
Future minguar minguares minguar minguarmos minguardes minguarem
Imperative
Affirmative - míngua míngue
Obsolete:
míngüe		 minguemos
Obsolete:
mingüemos		 minguai mínguem
Obsolete:
míngüem
Negative (não) - míngues
Obsolete:
míngües		 míngue
Obsolete:
míngüe		 minguemos
Obsolete:
mingüemos		 mingueis
Obsolete:
mingüeis		 mínguem
Obsolete:
míngüem

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