funcionar

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Asturian

Verb

funcionar (first-person singular indicative present funciono, past participle funcionáu)

  1. to work, function
    Synonym: furrular

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Catalan

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Verb

funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcioní, past participle funcionat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

  1. to work, function

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Ido

Etymology

Derived from funciono +‎ -ar and borrowed from English functionFrench fonctionnerGerman funktionierenItalian funzionareRussian функциони́ровать (funkcionírovatʹ)Spanish funcionar.

Pronunciation

Verb

funcionar (present funcionas, past funcionis, future funcionos, conditional funcionus, imperative funcionez)

  1. (intransitive) to function (all senses): to function, act (as)
  2. (intransitive) to perform the duties
  3. (intransitive) to fill an office
  4. (intransitive) to work properly (of machinery, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of funcionar
present past future
infinitive funcionar funcionir funcionor
tense funcionas funcionis funcionos
conditional funcionus
imperative funcionez
adjective active participle funcionanta funcioninta funciononta
adverbial active participle funcionante funcioninte funciononte
nominal
active participle
singular funcionanto funcioninto funciononto
plural funcionanti funcioninti funciononti

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French fonctionner (to function; to work), from fonction + -er, from Latin fūnctiōnem (function). Equivalent to função +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fũ.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /fũ.sjoˈna(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: fun‧ci‧o‧nar

Verb

funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcionei, past participle funcionado)

  1. to work; to function
    • 1934, Graciliano Ramos, chapter XI, in S. Bernardo, 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Ariel, Editora Ltda., page 68:
      Padilha jurou por todos os santos que a escola funccionava normalmente e que fazia cortar coração deixar tantas crianças sem o pão do saber.
      Padilha swore by all saints that the school functioned normally and that it broke hearts to leave so many children without the bread of knowledge.

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From función +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

Verb

funcionar (first-person singular present funciono, first-person singular preterite funcioné, past participle funcionado)

  1. (intransitive) to work, to function

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