ousar

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Mirandese

Verb

ousar

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to use

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin ausāre, frequentative from Latin audēre. Compare Spanish osar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈza(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈza(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈza(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈza(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /o(w)ˈzaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /owˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /oˈza.ɾi/

Hyphenation: ou‧sar

Verb

ousar (first-person singular present ouso, first-person singular preterite ousei, past participle ousado)

to dare
Jamais ousaria fazer uma coisa dessas! ― I’d never dare do something like that!

Conjugation

Conjugation of ousar (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	ousar
Personal	ousar	ousares	ousar	ousarmos	ousardes	ousarem
Gerund
	ousando
Past participle
Masculine	ousado			ousados
Feminine	ousada			ousadas
Indicative
Present	ouso	ousas	ousa	ousamos	ousais	ousam
Imperfect	ousava	ousavas	ousava	ousávamos	ousáveis	ousavam
Preterite	ousei	ousaste	ousou	ousamos¹, ousámos²	ousastes	ousaram
Pluperfect	ousara	ousaras	ousara	ousáramos	ousáreis	ousaram
Future	ousarei	ousarás	ousará	ousaremos	ousareis	ousarão
Conditional	ousaria	ousarias	ousaria	ousaríamos	ousaríeis	ousariam
Subjunctive
Present	ouse	ouses	ouse	ousemos	ouseis	ousem
Imperfect	ousasse	ousasses	ousasse	ousássemos	ousásseis	ousassem
Future	ousar	ousares	ousar	ousarmos	ousardes	ousarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ousa	ouse	ousemos	ousai	ousem
Negative (não)		não ouses	não ouse	não ousemos	não ouseis	não ousem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

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