encertar

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Etymology

From en- +‎ cert +‎ -ar. Compare Portuguese and Spanish acertar.

Pronunciation

Verb

encertar (first-person singular present encerto, first-person singular preterite encertí, past participle encertat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. to get right, to do correctly
  2. to guess
    Synonym: endevinar
  3. to hit a target

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encertar (first conjugation)
infinitive encertar
gerund encertant
past participle masculine feminine
singular encertat encertada
plural encertats encertades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present encerto encertes encerta encertem encerteu encerten
imperfect encertava encertaves encertava encertàvem encertàveu encertaven
future encertaré encertaràs encertarà encertarem encertareu encertaran
preterite encertí encertares encertà encertàrem encertàreu encertaren
conditional encertaria encertaries encertaria encertaríem encertaríeu encertarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present encerti encertis encerti encertem encerteu encertin
imperfect encertés encertessis encertés encertéssim encertéssiu encertessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — encerta encerti encertem encerteu encertin
negative (no) — no encertis no encerti no encertem no encerteu no encertin

Derived terms

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

Alteration of encetar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seɾˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seɾˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seʁˈta(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seɻˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seɻˈta(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: en‧cer‧tar

Verb

encertar (first-person singular present encerto, first-person singular preterite encertei, past participle encertado)

  1. (Portugal, informal, regional) (transitive) to open, to start (a package)
    encertar um pacote de bolachas ― to start a pack of cookies
    Synonym: encetar
  2. (Portugal, informal, regional) (transitive) to cut, to take a piece (of food)
    encertar um melão ― to cut open a melon
    Synonym: encetar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encertar (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 encertar
Personal encertar encertares encertar encertarmos encertardes encertarem
Gerund
encertando
Past participle
Masculine encertado encertados
Feminine encertada encertadas
Indicative
Present encerto encertas encerta encertamos encertais encertam
Imperfect encertava encertavas encertava encertávamos encertáveis encertavam
Preterite encertei encertaste encertou encertamos1, encertámos2 encertastes encertaram
Pluperfect encertara encertaras encertara encertáramos encertáreis encertaram
Future encertarei encertarás encertará encertaremos encertareis encertarão
Conditional encertaria encertarias encertaria encertaríamos encertaríeis encertariam
Subjunctive
Present encerte encertes encerte encertemos encerteis encertem
Imperfect encertasse encertasses encertasse encertássemos encertásseis encertassem
Future encertar encertares encertar encertarmos encertardes encertarem
Imperative
Affirmative encerta encerte encertemos encertai encertem
Negative (não) não encertes não encerte não encertemos não encerteis não encertem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

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