engajar
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English engage, French engager, German engagieren.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
engajar (present tense engajas, past tense engajis, future tense engajos, imperative engajez, conditional engajus)
- (transitive) to engage, hire (someone)
- (transitive, military) to enlist (someone)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of engajar
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | engajar | engajir | engajor | ||||
tense | engajas | engajis | engajos | ||||
conditional | engajus | ||||||
imperative | engajez | ||||||
adjective active participle | engajanta | engajinta | engajonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | engajante | engajinte | engajonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | engajanto | engajinto | engajonto | |||
plural | engajanti | engajinti | engajonti | ||||
adjective passive participle | engajata | engajita | engajota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | engajate | engajite | engajote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | engajato | engajito | engajoto | |||
plural | engajati | engajiti | engajoti |
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French engager.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡaˈʒa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡaˈʒa(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: en‧ga‧jar
Verb edit
engajar (first-person singular present engajo, first-person singular preterite engajei, past participle engajado)
- (transitive) to engage (to hold the attention of)
- (transitive) to engage (to enter into conflict with)
- (transitive) to engage (to arrange to employ or use)
- (transitive) to engage (to gain someone’s support)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of engajar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References edit
- ^ “engajar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “engajar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.