atear

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: a‧te‧ar

Verb

atear (first-person singular present ateio, first-person singular preterite ateei, past participle ateado)

  1. (transitive) to set (a fire)
    A Polícia Judiciária deteve um homem suspeito de ter ateado fogo a casa da mãe.
    The Judiciary Police arrested a man suspected of having set fire to his mother's house.
  2. (transitive) to kindle, to make more intense (a fire, flame, etc.)
  3. (reflexive) to blaze, to become more intense (of a fire, flame, etc.)
  4. (transitive, figurative) to kindle, to ignite, to inflame
  5. (reflexive, figurative) to blaze, to intensify (of an emotion)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of atear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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 atear
Personal atear ateares atear atearmos ateardes atearem
Gerund
ateando
Past participle
Masculine ateado ateados
Feminine ateada ateadas
Indicative
Present ateio ateias ateia ateamos ateais ateiam
Imperfect ateava ateavas ateava ateávamos ateáveis ateavam
Preterite ateei ateaste ateou ateamos1, ateámos2 ateastes atearam
Pluperfect ateara atearas ateara ateáramos ateáreis atearam
Future atearei atearás ateará atearemos ateareis atearão
Conditional atearia atearias atearia atearíamos atearíeis ateariam
Subjunctive
Present ateie ateies ateie ateemos ateeis ateiem
Imperfect ateasse ateasses ateasse ateássemos ateásseis ateassem
Future atear ateares atear atearmos ateardes atearem
Imperative
Affirmative ateia ateie ateemos ateai ateiem
Negative (não) não ateies não ateie não ateemos não ateeis não ateiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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