tapar o sol com a peneira

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Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “to cover the sun with the sieve”. Perhaps after Arabic غَطَّى الشَّمْسَ بِالْغِرْبالِ (ḡaṭṭā š-šamsa bi-l-ḡirbāli), whence Maltese għatta x-xemx bl-għarbiel (“to try to conceal something that is bound to come out”).

Verb

tapar o sol com a peneira (first-person singular present tapo o sol com a peneira, first-person singular preterite tapei o sol com a peneira, past participle tapado o sol com a peneira)

  1. (idiomatic) to ignore or reject an unpleasant fact
  2. (idiomatic) to try to solve a problem in an ineffective way

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tapar o sol com a peneira (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 tapar o sol com a peneira
Personal tapar o sol com a peneira tapares o sol com a peneira tapar o sol com a peneira taparmos o sol com a peneira tapardes o sol com a peneira taparem o sol com a peneira
Gerund
tapando o sol com a peneira
Past participle
Masculine tapado o sol com a peneira tapados o sol com a peneira
Feminine tapada o sol com a peneira tapadas o sol com a peneira
Indicative
Present tapo o sol com a peneira tapas o sol com a peneira tapa o sol com a peneira tapamos o sol com a peneira tapais o sol com a peneira tapam o sol com a peneira
Imperfect tapava o sol com a peneira tapavas o sol com a peneira tapava o sol com a peneira tapávamos o sol com a peneira tapáveis o sol com a peneira tapavam o sol com a peneira
Preterite tapei o sol com a peneira tapaste o sol com a peneira tapou o sol com a peneira tapamos o sol com a peneira1, tapámos o sol com a peneira2 tapastes o sol com a peneira taparam o sol com a peneira
Pluperfect tapara o sol com a peneira taparas o sol com a peneira tapara o sol com a peneira tapáramos o sol com a peneira tapáreis o sol com a peneira taparam o sol com a peneira
Future taparei o sol com a peneira taparás o sol com a peneira tapará o sol com a peneira taparemos o sol com a peneira tapareis o sol com a peneira taparão o sol com a peneira
Conditional taparia o sol com a peneira taparias o sol com a peneira taparia o sol com a peneira taparíamos o sol com a peneira taparíeis o sol com a peneira tapariam o sol com a peneira
Subjunctive
Present tape o sol com a peneira tapes o sol com a peneira tape o sol com a peneira tapemos o sol com a peneira tapeis o sol com a peneira tapem o sol com a peneira
Imperfect tapasse o sol com a peneira tapasses o sol com a peneira tapasse o sol com a peneira tapássemos o sol com a peneira tapásseis o sol com a peneira tapassem o sol com a peneira
Future tapar o sol com a peneira tapares o sol com a peneira tapar o sol com a peneira taparmos o sol com a peneira tapardes o sol com a peneira taparem o sol com a peneira
Imperative
Affirmative tapa o sol com a peneira tape o sol com a peneira tapemos o sol com a peneira tapai o sol com a peneira tapem o sol com a peneira
Negative (não) não tapes o sol com a peneira não tape o sol com a peneira não tapemos o sol com a peneira não tapeis o sol com a peneira não tapem o sol com a peneira

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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