chular

Portuguese

Etymology

From chulo +‎ -ar.^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈla(ʁ)/ [ʃuˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈla(ʁ)/ [ʃuˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈla(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈlaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃuˈla.ɾi/

Hyphenation: chu‧lar

Verb

chular (first-person singular present chulo, first-person singular preterite chulei, past participle chulado) (colloquial)

to exploit
to scrounge, to sponge

Conjugation

Conjugation of chular (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	chular
Personal	chular	chulares	chular	chularmos	chulardes	chularem
Gerund
	chulando
Past participle
Masculine	chulado			chulados
Feminine	chulada			chuladas
Indicative
Present	chulo	chulas	chula	chulamos	chulais	chulam
Imperfect	chulava	chulavas	chulava	chulávamos	chuláveis	chulavam
Preterite	chulei	chulaste	chulou	chulamos¹, chulámos²	chulastes	chularam
Pluperfect	chulara	chularas	chulara	chuláramos	chuláreis	chularam
Future	chularei	chularás	chulará	chularemos	chulareis	chularão
Conditional	chularia	chularias	chularia	chularíamos	chularíeis	chulariam
Subjunctive
Present	chule	chules	chule	chulemos	chuleis	chulem
Imperfect	chulasse	chulasses	chulasse	chulássemos	chulásseis	chulassem
Future	chular	chulares	chular	chularmos	chulardes	chularem
Imperative
Affirmative		chula	chule	chulemos	chulai	chulem
Negative (não)		não chules	não chule	não chulemos	não chuleis	não chulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

^ “chular”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
^ “chular”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025