balbuciar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin balbūtīre, from balbus. Compare French balbutier.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /baw.bu.siˈa(ʁ)/ [baʊ̯.bu.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /baw.buˈsja(ʁ)/ [baʊ̯.buˈsja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /baw.bu.siˈa(ɾ)/ [baʊ̯.bu.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /baw.buˈsja(ɾ)/ [baʊ̯.buˈsja(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /baw.bu.siˈa(ʁ)/ [baʊ̯.bu.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /baw.buˈsja(ʁ)/ [baʊ̯.buˈsja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /baw.bu.siˈa(ɻ)/ [baʊ̯.bu.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /baw.buˈsja(ɻ)/ [baʊ̯.buˈsja(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /bal.buˈsjaɾ/ [baɫ.βuˈsjaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bal.buˈsja.ɾi/ [baɫ.βuˈsja.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: bal‧bu‧ci‧ar

Verb

balbuciar (first-person singular present balbucio, first-person singular preterite balbuciei, past participle balbuciado)

  1. (intransitive) babble (to utter words indistinctly)
  2. (intransitive) babble (to talk much)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of balbuciar (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 balbuciar
Personal balbuciar balbuciares balbuciar balbuciarmos balbuciardes balbuciarem
Gerund
balbuciando
Past participle
Masculine balbuciado balbuciados
Feminine balbuciada balbuciadas
Indicative
Present balbucio balbucias balbucia balbuciamos balbuciais balbuciam
Imperfect balbuciava balbuciavas balbuciava balbuciávamos balbuciáveis balbuciavam
Preterite balbuciei balbuciaste balbuciou balbuciamos1, balbuciámos2 balbuciastes balbuciaram
Pluperfect balbuciara balbuciaras balbuciara balbuciáramos balbuciáreis balbuciaram
Future balbuciarei balbuciarás balbuciará balbuciaremos balbuciareis balbuciarão
Conditional balbuciaria balbuciarias balbuciaria balbuciaríamos balbuciaríeis balbuciariam
Subjunctive
Present balbucie balbucies balbucie balbuciemos balbucieis balbuciem
Imperfect balbuciasse balbuciasses balbuciasse balbuciássemos balbuciásseis balbuciassem
Future balbuciar balbuciares balbuciar balbuciarmos balbuciardes balbuciarem
Imperative
Affirmative balbucia balbucie balbuciemos balbuciai balbuciem
Negative (não) não balbucies não balbucie não balbuciemos não balbucieis não balbuciem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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