enrolar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ rolo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: en‧ro‧lar

Verb

enrolar (first-person singular present enrolo, first-person singular preterite enrolei, past participle enrolado)

  1. to curl or coil (up), to wrap around
    Enrolou o cachecol ao redor do pescoço.
    He wrapped the scarf around his neck.
  2. (reflexive) to tangle (to become mixed together or intertwined)
    Synonyms: embaraçar, emaranhar
  3. (figurative, informal) to fool, scam
    Ele está tentando te enrolar.
    He is trying to fool you.
  4. (Brazil, figurative, intransitive) to procrastinate, to stall (to delay an activity)
    Pare de enrolar. Você tem trabalho a fazer!
    Stop procrastinating. You have work to do!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enrolar (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 enrolar
Personal enrolar enrolares enrolar enrolarmos enrolardes enrolarem
Gerund
enrolando
Past participle
Masculine enrolado enrolados
Feminine enrolada enroladas
Indicative
Present enrolo enrolas enrola enrolamos enrolais enrolam
Imperfect enrolava enrolavas enrolava enrolávamos enroláveis enrolavam
Preterite enrolei enrolaste enrolou enrolamos1, enrolámos2 enrolastes enrolaram
Pluperfect enrolara enrolaras enrolara enroláramos enroláreis enrolaram
Future enrolarei enrolarás enrolará enrolaremos enrolareis enrolarão
Conditional enrolaria enrolarias enrolaria enrolaríamos enrolaríeis enrolariam
Subjunctive
Present enrole enroles enrole enrolemos enroleis enrolem
Imperfect enrolasse enrolasses enrolasse enrolássemos enrolásseis enrolassem
Future enrolar enrolares enrolar enrolarmos enrolardes enrolarem
Imperative
Affirmative enrola enrole enrolemos enrolai enrolem
Negative (não) não enroles não enrole não enrolemos não enroleis não enrolem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ rol +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enroˈlaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧ro‧lar

Verb

enrolar (first-person singular present enrolo, first-person singular preterite enrolé, past participle enrolado)

  1. to recruit
    Synonym: reclutar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enrolar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive enrolar
gerund enrolando
past participle masculine feminine
singular enrolado enrolada
plural enrolados enroladas
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 enrolo enrolastú
enrolásvos 		enrola enrolamos enroláis enrolan
imperfect enrolaba enrolabas enrolaba enrolábamos enrolabais enrolaban
preterite enrolé enrolaste enroló enrolamos enrolasteis enrolaron
future enrolaré enrolarás enrolará enrolaremos enrolaréis enrolarán
conditional enrolaría enrolarías enrolaría enrolaríamos enrolaríais enrolarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present enrole enrolestú
enrolésvos2 		enrole enrolemos enroléis enrolen
imperfect
(ra) 		enrolara enrolaras enrolara enroláramos enrolarais enrolaran
imperfect
(se) 		enrolase enrolases enrolase enrolásemos enrolaseis enrolasen
future1 enrolare enrolares enrolare enroláremos enrolareis enrolaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative enrolatú
enrolávos 		enrole enrolemos enrolad enrolen
negative no enroles no enrole no enrolemos no enroléis no enrolen

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

    Selected combined forms of enrolar

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 enrolar
dative enrolarme enrolarte enrolarle, enrolarse enrolarnos enrolaros enrolarles, enrolarse
accusative enrolarme enrolarte enrolarlo, enrolarla, enrolarse enrolarnos enrolaros enrolarlos, enrolarlas, enrolarse
with gerund enrolando
dative enrolándome enrolándote enrolándole, enrolándose enrolándonos enrolándoos enrolándoles, enrolándose
accusative enrolándome enrolándote enrolándolo, enrolándola, enrolándose enrolándonos enrolándoos enrolándolos, enrolándolas, enrolándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enrola
dative enrólame enrólate enrólale enrólanos not used enrólales
accusative enrólame enrólate enrólalo, enrólala enrólanos not used enrólalos, enrólalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enrolá
dative enrolame enrolate enrolale enrolanos not used enrolales
accusative enrolame enrolate enrolalo, enrolala enrolanos not used enrolalos, enrolalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enrole
dative enróleme not used enrólele, enrólese enrólenos not used enróleles
accusative enróleme not used enrólelo, enrólela, enrólese enrólenos not used enrólelos, enrólelas
with first-person plural imperative enrolemos
dative not used enrolémoste enrolémosle enrolémonos enrolémoos enrolémosles
accusative not used enrolémoste enrolémoslo, enrolémosla enrolémonos enrolémoos enrolémoslos, enrolémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enrolad
dative enroladme not used enroladle enroladnos enrolaos enroladles
accusative enroladme not used enroladlo, enroladla enroladnos enrolaos enroladlos, enroladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enrolen
dative enrólenme not used enrólenle enrólennos not used enrólenles, enrólense
accusative enrólenme not used enrólenlo, enrólenla enrólennos not used enrólenlos, enrólenlas, enrólense

Derived terms

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