encurtar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ curto +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kuʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kuhˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kuʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kuhˈta(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kuɾˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kuɾˈta(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kuʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.kuχˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kuʁˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kuχˈta(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.kuɻˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.kuɻˈta(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kuɾˈtaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.kuɾˈta.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: en‧cur‧tar

Verb

encurtar (first-person singular present encurto, first-person singular preterite encurtei, past participle encurtado)

  1. (transitive) to shorten (to make shorter)
  2. (intransitive) to shorten (to become shorter)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of encurtar (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 encurtar
Personal encurtar encurtares encurtar encurtarmos encurtardes encurtarem
Gerund
encurtando
Past participle
Masculine encurtado encurtados
Feminine encurtada encurtadas
Indicative
Present encurto encurtas encurta encurtamos encurtais encurtam
Imperfect encurtava encurtavas encurtava encurtávamos encurtáveis encurtavam
Preterite encurtei encurtaste encurtou encurtamos1, encurtámos2 encurtastes encurtaram
Pluperfect encurtara encurtaras encurtara encurtáramos encurtáreis encurtaram
Future encurtarei encurtarás encurtará encurtaremos encurtareis encurtarão
Conditional encurtaria encurtarias encurtaria encurtaríamos encurtaríeis encurtariam
Subjunctive
Present encurte encurtes encurte encurtemos encurteis encurtem
Imperfect encurtasse encurtasses encurtasse encurtássemos encurtásseis encurtassem
Future encurtar encurtares encurtar encurtarmos encurtardes encurtarem
Imperative
Affirmative encurta encurte encurtemos encurtai encurtem
Negative (não) não encurtes não encurte não encurtemos não encurteis não encurtem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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