vadear

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish vadear.[1]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Homophone: vadiar (Portugal, some Brazilian pronunciations)
  • Hyphenation: va‧de‧ar

Verb

vadear (first-person singular present vadeio, first-person singular preterite vadeei, past participle vadeado)

  1. to ford; to wade (to walk through a body of water)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vadear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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 vadear
Personal vadear vadeares vadear vadearmos vadeardes vadearem
Gerund
vadeando
Past participle
Masculine vadeado vadeados
Feminine vadeada vadeadas
Indicative
Present vadeio vadeias vadeia vadeamos vadeais vadeiam
Imperfect vadeava vadeavas vadeava vadeávamos vadeáveis vadeavam
Preterite vadeei vadeaste vadeou vadeamos1, vadeámos2 vadeastes vadearam
Pluperfect vadeara vadearas vadeara vadeáramos vadeáreis vadearam
Future vadearei vadearás vadeará vadearemos vadeareis vadearão
Conditional vadearia vadearias vadearia vadearíamos vadearíeis vadeariam
Subjunctive
Present vadeie vadeies vadeie vadeemos vadeeis vadeiem
Imperfect vadeasse vadeasses vadeasse vadeássemos vadeásseis vadeassem
Future vadear vadeares vadear vadearmos vadeardes vadearem
Imperative
Affirmative vadeia vadeie vadeemos vadeai vadeiem
Negative (não) não vadeies não vadeie não vadeemos não vadeeis não vadeiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “vadear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From vado +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /badeˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: va‧de‧ar

Verb

vadear (first-person singular present vadeo, first-person singular preterite vadeé, past participle vadeado)

  1. (transitive) to ford
  2. (transitive) to wade, to wade across

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vadear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive vadear
gerund vadeando
past participle masculine feminine
singular vadeado vadeada
plural vadeados vadeadas
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 vadeo vadeastú
vadeásvos 		vadea vadeamos vadeáis vadean
imperfect vadeaba vadeabas vadeaba vadeábamos vadeabais vadeaban
preterite vadeé vadeaste vadeó vadeamos vadeasteis vadearon
future vadearé vadearás vadeará vadearemos vadearéis vadearán
conditional vadearía vadearías vadearía vadearíamos vadearíais vadearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present vadee vadeestú
vadeésvos2 		vadee vadeemos vadeéis vadeen
imperfect
(ra) 		vadeara vadearas vadeara vadeáramos vadearais vadearan
imperfect
(se) 		vadease vadeases vadease vadeásemos vadeaseis vadeasen
future1 vadeare vadeares vadeare vadeáremos vadeareis vadearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative vadeatú
vadeávos 		vadee vadeemos vadead vadeen
negative no vadees no vadee no vadeemos no vadeéis no vadeen

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

    Selected combined forms of vadear

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 vadear
dative vadearme vadearte vadearle, vadearse vadearnos vadearos vadearles, vadearse
accusative vadearme vadearte vadearlo, vadearla, vadearse vadearnos vadearos vadearlos, vadearlas, vadearse
with gerund vadeando
dative vadeándome vadeándote vadeándole, vadeándose vadeándonos vadeándoos vadeándoles, vadeándose
accusative vadeándome vadeándote vadeándolo, vadeándola, vadeándose vadeándonos vadeándoos vadeándolos, vadeándolas, vadeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vadea
dative vadéame vadéate vadéale vadéanos not used vadéales
accusative vadéame vadéate vadéalo, vadéala vadéanos not used vadéalos, vadéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vadeá
dative vadeame vadeate vadeale vadeanos not used vadeales
accusative vadeame vadeate vadealo, vadeala vadeanos not used vadealos, vadealas
with formal second-person singular imperative vadee
dative vadéeme not used vadéele, vadéese vadéenos not used vadéeles
accusative vadéeme not used vadéelo, vadéela, vadéese vadéenos not used vadéelos, vadéelas
with first-person plural imperative vadeemos
dative not used vadeémoste vadeémosle vadeémonos vadeémoos vadeémosles
accusative not used vadeémoste vadeémoslo, vadeémosla vadeémonos vadeémoos vadeémoslos, vadeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative vadead
dative vadeadme not used vadeadle vadeadnos vadeaos vadeadles
accusative vadeadme not used vadeadlo, vadeadla vadeadnos vadeaos vadeadlos, vadeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative vadeen
dative vadéenme not used vadéenle vadéennos not used vadéenles, vadéense
accusative vadéenme not used vadéenlo, vadéenla vadéennos not used vadéenlos, vadéenlas, vadéense

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: vadear

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