folegar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin follicāre (“to pant, to blow, to breathe”), from Latin follis (“bellows”). Compare Spanish holgar. Doublet of folgar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [fo.leˈɡa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [fo.leˈɡa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fo.leˈɡa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fo.leˈɡa(ʁ)/ [fo.leˈɡa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fo.leˈɡa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.lɨˈɡaɾ/ [fu.lɨˈɣaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.lɨˈɡaɾ/ [fu.lɨˈɣaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fu.lɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [fu.lɨˈɣa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: fo‧le‧gar

Verb

folegar (first-person singular present folego, first-person singular preterite foleguei, past participle folegado)

1. (obsolete) to breathe

   Synonym: respirar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of folegar (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	folegar
Personal	folegar	folegares	folegar	folegarmos	folegardes	folegarem
Gerund
	folegando
Past participle
Masculine	folegado			folegados
Feminine	folegada			folegadas
Indicative
Present	folego	folegas	folega	folegamos	folegais	folegam
Imperfect	folegava	folegavas	folegava	folegávamos	folegáveis	folegavam
Preterite	foleguei	folegaste	folegou	folegamos1, folegámos2	folegastes	folegaram
Pluperfect	folegara	folegaras	folegara	folegáramos	folegáreis	folegaram
Future	folegarei	folegarás	folegará	folegaremos	folegareis	folegarão
Conditional	folegaria	folegarias	folegaria	folegaríamos	folegaríeis	folegariam
Subjunctive
Present	folegue	folegues	folegue	foleguemos	folegueis	foleguem
Imperfect	folegasse	folegasses	folegasse	folegássemos	folegásseis	folegassem
Future	folegar	folegares	folegar	folegarmos	folegardes	folegarem
Imperative
Affirmative		folega	folegue	foleguemos	folegai	foleguem
Negative (não)		não folegues	não folegue	não foleguemos	não folegueis	não foleguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• fôlego

Related terms

• folgar