jejuar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese jejũar, from Late Latin jejūnāre, alternative form of ieiūnāre, from Latin ieiūnus, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ʒeˈʒwa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ɾ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ʒeˈʒwa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ɻ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɨˈʒwaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʒɨˈʒwa.ɾi/

Verb

jejuar (first-person singular present jejuo, first-person singular preterite jejuei, past participle jejuado)

  1. to fast (to abstain from or eat very little food)
  2. (figuratively) to avoid or abstain from something one enjoys
    Synonyms: evitar, privar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jejuar (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 jejuar
Personal jejuar jejuares jejuar jejuarmos jejuardes jejuarem
Gerund
jejuando
Past participle
Masculine jejuado jejuados
Feminine jejuada jejuadas
Indicative
Present jejuo jejuas jejua jejuamos jejuais jejuam
Imperfect jejuava jejuavas jejuava jejuávamos jejuáveis jejuavam
Preterite jejuei jejuaste jejuou jejuamos1, jejuámos2 jejuastes jejuaram
Pluperfect jejuara jejuaras jejuara jejuáramos jejuáreis jejuaram
Future jejuarei jejuarás jejuará jejuaremos jejuareis jejuarão
Conditional jejuaria jejuarias jejuaria jejuaríamos jejuaríeis jejuariam
Subjunctive
Present jejue jejues jejue jejuemos jejueis jejuem
Imperfect jejuasse jejuasses jejuasse jejuássemos jejuásseis jejuassem
Future jejuar jejuares jejuar jejuarmos jejuardes jejuarem
Imperative
Affirmative jejua jejue jejuemos jejuai jejuem
Negative (não) não jejues não jejue não jejuemos não jejueis não jejuem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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