assustar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ susto +‎ -ar, cf. also sustar. Compare Spanish asustar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.susˈta(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.susˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.suʃˈta(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.susˈta(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.suʃˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.suʃˈta.ɾi/

Hyphenation: as‧sus‧tar

Verb

assustar (first-person singular present assusto, first-person singular preterite assustei, past participle assustado)

to scare, frighten
to startle

Conjugation

Conjugation of assustar (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	assustar
Personal	assustar	assustares	assustar	assustarmos	assustardes	assustarem
Gerund
	assustando
Past participle
Masculine	assustado			assustados
Feminine	assustada			assustadas
Indicative
Present	assusto	assustas	assusta	assustamos	assustais	assustam
Imperfect	assustava	assustavas	assustava	assustávamos	assustáveis	assustavam
Preterite	assustei	assustaste	assustou	assustamos¹, assustámos²	assustastes	assustaram
Pluperfect	assustara	assustaras	assustara	assustáramos	assustáreis	assustaram
Future	assustarei	assustarás	assustará	assustaremos	assustareis	assustarão
Conditional	assustaria	assustarias	assustaria	assustaríamos	assustaríeis	assustariam
Subjunctive
Present	assuste	assustes	assuste	assustemos	assusteis	assustem
Imperfect	assustasse	assustasses	assustasse	assustássemos	assustásseis	assustassem
Future	assustar	assustares	assustar	assustarmos	assustardes	assustarem
Imperative
Affirmative		assusta	assuste	assustemos	assustai	assustem
Negative (não)		não assustes	não assuste	não assustemos	não assusteis	não assustem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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susto

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