encestar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ cesta (“basket”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encestei, past participle encestado)

  1. to throw something into a basket
  2. (basketball) to score a basket
  3. to punch out (to repeatedly hit someone or something)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encestar (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 encestar
Personal encestar encestares encestar encestarmos encestardes encestarem
Gerund
encestando
Past participle
Masculine encestado encestados
Feminine encestada encestadas
Indicative
Present encesto encestas encesta encestamos encestais encestam
Imperfect encestava encestavas encestava encestávamos encestáveis encestavam
Preterite encestei encestaste encestou encestamos1, encestámos2 encestastes encestaram
Pluperfect encestara encestaras encestara encestáramos encestáreis encestaram
Future encestarei encestarás encestará encestaremos encestareis encestarão
Conditional encestaria encestarias encestaria encestaríamos encestaríeis encestariam
Subjunctive
Present enceste encestes enceste encestemos encesteis encestem
Imperfect encestasse encestasses encestasse encestássemos encestásseis encestassem
Future encestar encestares encestar encestarmos encestardes encestarem
Imperative
Affirmative encesta enceste encestemos encestai encestem
Negative (não) não encestes não enceste não encestemos não encesteis não encestem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ cesto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /enθesˈtaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ensesˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ces‧tar

Verb

encestar (first-person singular present encesto, first-person singular preterite encesté, past participle encestado)

  1. to score a basket

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive encestar
gerund encestando
past participle masculine feminine
singular encestado encestada
plural encestados encestadas
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 encesto encestastú
encestásvos 		encesta encestamos encestáis encestan
imperfect encestaba encestabas encestaba encestábamos encestabais encestaban
preterite encesté encestaste encestó encestamos encestasteis encestaron
future encestaré encestarás encestará encestaremos encestaréis encestarán
conditional encestaría encestarías encestaría encestaríamos encestaríais encestarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present enceste encestestú
encestésvos2 		enceste encestemos encestéis encesten
imperfect
(ra) 		encestara encestaras encestara encestáramos encestarais encestaran
imperfect
(se) 		encestase encestases encestase encestásemos encestaseis encestasen
future1 encestare encestares encestare encestáremos encestareis encestaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative encestatú
encestávos 		enceste encestemos encestad encesten
negative no encestes no enceste no encestemos no encestéis no encesten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of encestar

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 encestar
dative encestarme encestarte encestarle, encestarse encestarnos encestaros encestarles, encestarse
accusative encestarme encestarte encestarlo, encestarla, encestarse encestarnos encestaros encestarlos, encestarlas, encestarse
with gerund encestando
dative encestándome encestándote encestándole, encestándose encestándonos encestándoos encestándoles, encestándose
accusative encestándome encestándote encestándolo, encestándola, encestándose encestándonos encestándoos encestándolos, encestándolas, encestándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative encesta
dative encéstame encéstate encéstale encéstanos not used encéstales
accusative encéstame encéstate encéstalo, encéstala encéstanos not used encéstalos, encéstalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative encestá
dative encestame encestate encestale encestanos not used encestales
accusative encestame encestate encestalo, encestala encestanos not used encestalos, encestalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enceste
dative encésteme not used encéstele, encéstese encéstenos not used encésteles
accusative encésteme not used encéstelo, encéstela, encéstese encéstenos not used encéstelos, encéstelas
with first-person plural imperative encestemos
dative not used encestémoste encestémosle encestémonos encestémoos encestémosles
accusative not used encestémoste encestémoslo, encestémosla encestémonos encestémoos encestémoslos, encestémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative encestad
dative encestadme not used encestadle encestadnos encestaos encestadles
accusative encestadme not used encestadlo, encestadla encestadnos encestaos encestadlos, encestadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative encesten
dative encéstenme not used encéstenle encéstennos not used encéstenles, encéstense
accusative encéstenme not used encéstenlo, encéstenla encéstennos not used encéstenlos, encéstenlas, encéstense

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