rezingar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

reguingar
resingar (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [he.zĩˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zĩˈɡa(ɾ)/ [he.zĩˈɡa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zĩˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χe.zĩˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.zĩˈɡa(ɻ)/ [he.zĩˈɡa(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zĩˈɡaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zĩˈɡa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: re‧zin‧gar

Verb

rezingar (first-person singular present rezingo, first-person singular preterite rezinguei, past participle rezingado)

to mutter, to complain, to bellyache
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Contas [Bills]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 139:
  Resmungava, resingava, numa afflicção, tentando espichar os recursos minguados, engasgava-se, engulia em secco.
  He moaned, grunted, afflicted, trying to stretch out his few resources, he choked, swallowed dry.

Conjugation

Conjugation of rezingar (g-gu alternation) (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	rezingar
Personal	rezingar	rezingares	rezingar	rezingarmos	rezingardes	rezingarem
Gerund
	rezingando
Past participle
Masculine	rezingado			rezingados
Feminine	rezingada			rezingadas
Indicative
Present	rezingo	rezingas	rezinga	rezingamos	rezingais	rezingam
Imperfect	rezingava	rezingavas	rezingava	rezingávamos	rezingáveis	rezingavam
Preterite	rezinguei	rezingaste	rezingou	rezingamos¹, rezingámos²	rezingastes	rezingaram
Pluperfect	rezingara	rezingaras	rezingara	rezingáramos	rezingáreis	rezingaram
Future	rezingarei	rezingarás	rezingará	rezingaremos	rezingareis	rezingarão
Conditional	rezingaria	rezingarias	rezingaria	rezingaríamos	rezingaríeis	rezingariam
Subjunctive
Present	rezingue	rezingues	rezingue	rezinguemos	rezingueis	rezinguem
Imperfect	rezingasse	rezingasses	rezingasse	rezingássemos	rezingásseis	rezingassem
Future	rezingar	rezingares	rezingar	rezingarmos	rezingardes	rezingarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rezinga	rezingue	rezinguemos	rezingai	rezinguem
Negative (não)		não rezingues	não rezingue	não rezinguemos	não rezingueis	não rezinguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

rezingão
rezingueiro