balancear

Portuguese

Etymology

From balanço +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.lɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.lɐ̃.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ba.lɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [ba.lɐ̃ˈsja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ba.lɐ̃.siˈa(ɾ)/ [ba.lɐ̃.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ba.lɐ̃ˈsja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ba.lɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ [ba.lɐ̃.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ba.lɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/ [ba.lɐ̃ˈsja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ba.lɐ̃.siˈa(ɻ)/ [ba.lɐ̃.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ba.lɐ̃ˈsja(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.lɐ̃ˈsjaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɐ.lɐ̃ˈsja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: ba‧lan‧ce‧ar

Verb

balancear (first-person singular present balanceio, first-person singular preterite balanceei, past participle balanceado)

  1. (transitive) to balance (all senses)
    Synonyms: balançar, equilibrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balancear (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 balancear
Personal balancear balanceares balancear balancearmos balanceardes balancearem
Gerund
balanceando
Past participle
Masculine balanceado balanceados
Feminine balanceada balanceadas
Indicative
Present balanceio balanceias balanceia balanceamos balanceais balanceiam
Imperfect balanceava balanceavas balanceava balanceávamos balanceáveis balanceavam
Preterite balanceei balanceaste balanceou balanceamos1, balanceámos2 balanceastes balancearam
Pluperfect balanceara balancearas balanceara balanceáramos balanceáreis balancearam
Future balancearei balancearás balanceará balancearemos balanceareis balancearão
Conditional balancearia balancearias balancearia balancearíamos balancearíeis balanceariam
Subjunctive
Present balanceie balanceies balanceie balanceemos balanceeis balanceiem
Imperfect balanceasse balanceasses balanceasse balanceássemos balanceásseis balanceassem
Future balancear balanceares balancear balancearmos balanceardes balancearem
Imperative
Affirmative balanceia balanceie balanceemos balanceai balanceiem
Negative (não) não balanceies não balanceie não balanceemos não balanceeis não balanceiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From balanza +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /balanθeˈaɾ/ [ba.lãn̟.θeˈaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /balanseˈaɾ/ [ba.lãn.seˈaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ba‧lan‧ce‧ar

Verb

balancear (first-person singular present balanceo, first-person singular preterite balanceé, past participle balanceado)

  1. to balance
  2. (pronominal) to swing, to rock, to sway
  3. (pronominal) to roll (plane or ship)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balancear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive balancear
gerund balanceando
past participle masculine feminine
singular balanceado balanceada
plural balanceados balanceadas
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 balanceo balanceastú
balanceásvos 		balancea balanceamos balanceáis balancean
imperfect balanceaba balanceabas balanceaba balanceábamos balanceabais balanceaban
preterite balanceé balanceaste balanceó balanceamos balanceasteis balancearon
future balancearé balancearás balanceará balancearemos balancearéis balancearán
conditional balancearía balancearías balancearía balancearíamos balancearíais balancearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present balancee balanceestú
balanceésvos2 		balancee balanceemos balanceéis balanceen
imperfect
(ra) 		balanceara balancearas balanceara balanceáramos balancearais balancearan
imperfect
(se) 		balancease balanceases balancease balanceásemos balanceaseis balanceasen
future1 balanceare balanceares balanceare balanceáremos balanceareis balancearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative balanceatú
balanceávos 		balancee balanceemos balancead balanceen
negative no balancees no balancee no balanceemos no balanceéis no balanceen

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

    Selected combined forms of balancear

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 balancear dative balancearme balancearte balancearle, balancearse balancearnos balancearos balancearles, balancearse
accusative balancearme balancearte balancearlo, balancearla, balancearse balancearnos balancearos balancearlos, balancearlas, balancearse
with gerund balanceando dative balanceándome balanceándote balanceándole, balanceándose balanceándonos balanceándoos balanceándoles, balanceándose
accusative balanceándome balanceándote balanceándolo, balanceándola, balanceándose balanceándonos balanceándoos balanceándolos, balanceándolas, balanceándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative balancea dative balancéame balancéate balancéale balancéanos not used balancéales
accusative balancéame balancéate balancéalo, balancéala balancéanos not used balancéalos, balancéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative balanceá dative balanceame balanceate balanceale balanceanos not used balanceales
accusative balanceame balanceate balancealo, balanceala balanceanos not used balancealos, balancealas
with formal second-person singular imperative balancee dative balancéeme not used balancéele, balancéese balancéenos not used balancéeles
accusative balancéeme not used balancéelo, balancéela, balancéese balancéenos not used balancéelos, balancéelas
with first-person plural imperative balanceemos dative not used balanceémoste balanceémosle balanceémonos balanceémoos balanceémosles
accusative not used balanceémoste balanceémoslo, balanceémosla balanceémonos balanceémoos balanceémoslos, balanceémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative balancead dative balanceadme not used balanceadle balanceadnos balanceaos balanceadles
accusative balanceadme not used balanceadlo, balanceadla balanceadnos balanceaos balanceadlos, balanceadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative balanceen dative balancéenme not used balancéenle balancéennos not used balancéenles, balancéense
accusative balancéenme not used balancéenlo, balancéenla balancéennos not used balancéenlos, balancéenlas, balancéense

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