engajar
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Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English engage, French engager, German engagieren.
Pronunciation
Verb
engajar (present tense engajas, past tense engajis, future tense engajos, imperative engajez, conditional engajus)
- (transitive) to engage, hire (someone)
- (transitive, military) to enlist (someone)
Conjugation
Conjugation of engajar
|
present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | engajar | engajir | engajor | ||||
| tense | engajas | engajis | engajos | ||||
| conditional | engajus | ||||||
| imperative | engajez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | engajanta | engajinta | engajonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | engajante | engajinte | engajonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | engajanto | engajinto | engajonto | |||
| plural | engajanti | engajinti | engajonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | engajata | engajita | engajota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | engajate | engajite | engajote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | engajato | engajito | engajoto | |||
| plural | engajati | engajiti | engajoti | ||||
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧ga‧jar
Verb
engajar (first-person singular present engajo, first-person singular preterite engajei, past participle engajado)
- (transitive) to engage (to hold the attention of)
- (transitive) to engage (to enter into conflict with)
- (transitive) to engage (to arrange to employ or use)
- (transitive) to engage (to gain someone’s support)
Conjugation
Conjugation of engajar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References
- ^ “engajar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “engajar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.