encruzar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ cruz +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: en‧cru‧zar

Verb

encruzar (first-person singular present encruzo, first-person singular preterite encruzei, past participle encruzado) (transitive)

  1. to put in the form of a cross; to cross
  2. to pass through

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encruzar (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 encruzar
Personal encruzar encruzares encruzar encruzarmos encruzardes encruzarem
Gerund
encruzando
Past participle
Masculine encruzado encruzados
Feminine encruzada encruzadas
Indicative
Present encruzo encruzas encruza encruzamos encruzais encruzam
Imperfect encruzava encruzavas encruzava encruzávamos encruzáveis encruzavam
Preterite encruzei encruzaste encruzou encruzamos1, encruzámos2 encruzastes encruzaram
Pluperfect encruzara encruzaras encruzara encruzáramos encruzáreis encruzaram
Future encruzarei encruzarás encruzará encruzaremos encruzareis encruzarão
Conditional encruzaria encruzarias encruzaria encruzaríamos encruzaríeis encruzariam
Subjunctive
Present encruze encruzes encruze encruzemos encruzeis encruzem
Imperfect encruzasse encruzasses encruzasse encruzássemos encruzásseis encruzassem
Future encruzar encruzares encruzar encruzarmos encruzardes encruzarem
Imperative
Affirmative encruza encruze encruzemos encruzai encruzem
Negative (não) não encruzes não encruze não encruzemos não encruzeis não encruzem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Synonyms

Further reading

  • “encruzar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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