deletar

See also: deletär

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English delete, probably by means of the Delete key on computer keyboards, from Latin dēleō. Doublet of delir and indelével.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.leˈta(ʁ)/ [de.leˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.leˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.leˈta(ʁ)/ [de.leˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.leˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lɨˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.lɨˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: de‧le‧tar

Verb

deletar (first-person singular present deleto, first-person singular preterite deletei, past participle deletado)

  1. (computing, Brazil) delete (to remove a computer file)
    Synonyms: apagar, excluir

Usage notes

Frequently proscribed in favor of its synonyms due to being borrowed from English, even if ultimately from Latin.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deletar (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 deletar
Personal deletar deletares deletar deletarmos deletardes deletarem
Gerund
deletando
Past participle
Masculine deletado deletados
Feminine deletada deletadas
Indicative
Present deleto deletas deleta deletamos deletais deletam
Imperfect deletava deletavas deletava deletávamos deletáveis deletavam
Preterite deletei deletaste deletou deletamos1, deletámos2 deletastes deletaram
Pluperfect deletara deletaras deletara deletáramos deletáreis deletaram
Future deletarei deletarás deletará deletaremos deletareis deletarão
Conditional deletaria deletarias deletaria deletaríamos deletaríeis deletariam
Subjunctive
Present delete deletes delete deletemos deleteis deletem
Imperfect deletasse deletasses deletasse deletássemos deletásseis deletassem
Future deletar deletares deletar deletarmos deletardes deletarem
Imperative
Affirmative deleta delete deletemos deletai deletem
Negative (não) não deletes não delete não deletemos não deleteis não deletem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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