coibir

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • cohibir (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cohibēre (“to confine”). Compare English cohibit.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.iˈbi(ʁ)/ [ko.iˈbi(h)], /kojˈbi(ʁ)/ [koɪ̯ˈbi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.iˈbi(ɾ)/, /kojˈbi(ɾ)/ [koɪ̯ˈbi(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.iˈbi(ʁ)/ [ko.iˈbi(χ)], /kojˈbi(ʁ)/ [koɪ̯ˈbi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.iˈbi(ɻ)/, /kojˈbi(ɻ)/ [koɪ̯ˈbi(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.iˈbiɾ/ [ku.iˈβiɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.iˈbi.ɾi/ [ku.iˈβi.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: co‧i‧bir

Verb

coibir (first-person singular present coíbo, first-person singular preterite coibi, past participle coibido)

  1. (transitive) to restrain, to curb, to inhibit (to control or keep in check)
    Synonyms: conter, deter
    A Lei Maria da Penha foi criada em 2006 no Brasil com o intuito de coibir a violência contra a mulher.
    The Maria da Penha Law was created in 2006 in Brazil with the aim of curbing violence against women.
  2. (transitive) to stop, to halt, to cease (to cause to discontinue)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coibir (i becomes í 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 coibir
Personal coibir coibires coibir coibirmos coibirdes coibirem
Gerund
coibindo
Past participle
Masculine coibido coibidos
Feminine coibida coibidas
Indicative
Present coíbo coíbes coíbe coibimos coibis coíbem
Imperfect coibia coibias coibia coibíamos coibíeis coibiam
Preterite coibi coibiste coibiu coibimos coibistes coibiram
Pluperfect coibira coibiras coibira coibíramos coibíreis coibiram
Future coibirei coibirás coibirá coibiremos coibireis coibirão
Conditional coibiria coibirias coibiria coibiríamos coibiríeis coibiriam
Subjunctive
Present coíba coíbas coíba coibamos coibais coíbam
Imperfect coibisse coibisses coibisse coibíssemos coibísseis coibissem
Future coibir coibires coibir coibirmos coibirdes coibirem
Imperative
Affirmative coíbe coíba coibamos coibi coíbam
Negative (não) não coíbas não coíba não coibamos não coibais não coíbam

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