enjoar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese enojar (“to anger”), borrowed from Old Occitan enojar, from Vulgar Latin inodiāre (“make hateful”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒoˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒoˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒʊˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʒwa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒʊˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʒwa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒoˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒoˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒʊˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʒwa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒʊˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʒwa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.ʒʊˈa(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.ʒʊˈa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒoˈa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒoˈa(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒʊˈa(χ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʒwa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒʊˈa(χ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʒwa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʒwaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʒwaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈʒwa.ɾi/

Verb

enjoar (first-person singular present enjoo, first-person singular preterite enjoei, past participle enjoado)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to get or cause someone to get disgusted or nauseated

   Ele enjoa quando vê esse tipo de gororoba.

   He gets nauseated when he sees that kind of slop.

   Esse cheiro me enjoa.

   That smell nauseates me.

2. (intransitive, figuratively, followed by de) to stop finding something or someone interesting, amusing, entertaining or in any other way pleasant, to stop liking

   A criança enjoou do brinquedo.

   The child is not amused by the toy anymore.

   Enjoei deste filme.

   I do not find this film interesting anymore.

3. (intransitive) to suffer from or get seasickness

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enjoar (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	enjoar
Personal	enjoar	enjoares	enjoar	enjoarmos	enjoardes	enjoarem
Gerund
	enjoando
Past participle
Masculine	enjoado			enjoados
Feminine	enjoada			enjoadas
Indicative
Present	enjoo, enjôo1	enjoas	enjoa	enjoamos	enjoais	enjoam
Imperfect	enjoava	enjoavas	enjoava	enjoávamos	enjoáveis	enjoavam
Preterite	enjoei	enjoaste	enjoou	enjoamos2, enjoámos3	enjoastes	enjoaram
Pluperfect	enjoara	enjoaras	enjoara	enjoáramos	enjoáreis	enjoaram
Future	enjoarei	enjoarás	enjoará	enjoaremos	enjoareis	enjoarão
Conditional	enjoaria	enjoarias	enjoaria	enjoaríamos	enjoaríeis	enjoariam
Subjunctive
Present	enjoe	enjoes	enjoe	enjoemos	enjoeis	enjoem
Imperfect	enjoasse	enjoasses	enjoasse	enjoássemos	enjoásseis	enjoassem
Future	enjoar	enjoares	enjoar	enjoarmos	enjoardes	enjoarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enjoa	enjoe	enjoemos	enjoai	enjoem
Negative (não)		não enjoes	não enjoe	não enjoemos	não enjoeis	não enjoem

¹Superseded.
²Brazilian Portuguese.
³European Portuguese.

Related terms

• enjoo
• enjoativo

Further reading

• “enjoar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “enjoar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.