adubar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *addūbāre, from Frankish *dubban (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.duˈba(ʁ)/ [a.duˈba(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.duˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈβaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.duˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.ðuˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.duˈba.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðuˈβa.ɾi]

Verb

adubar (first-person singular present adubo, first-person singular preterite adubei, past participle adubado) (transitive)

1. to fertilize
2. to season (especially with something fatty)
3. to tan, to prepare (hides)
4. (figurative) to add, to augment
5. (figurative, archaic) to adorn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adubar (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	adubar
Personal	adubar	adubares	adubar	adubarmos	adubardes	adubarem
Gerund
	adubando
Past participle
Masculine	adubado			adubados
Feminine	adubada			adubadas
Indicative
Present	adubo	adubas	aduba	adubamos	adubais	adubam
Imperfect	adubava	adubavas	adubava	adubávamos	adubáveis	adubavam
Preterite	adubei	adubaste	adubou	adubamos1, adubámos2	adubastes	adubaram
Pluperfect	adubara	adubaras	adubara	adubáramos	adubáreis	adubaram
Future	adubarei	adubarás	adubará	adubaremos	adubareis	adubarão
Conditional	adubaria	adubarias	adubaria	adubaríamos	adubaríeis	adubariam
Subjunctive
Present	adube	adubes	adube	adubemos	adubeis	adubem
Imperfect	adubasse	adubasses	adubasse	adubássemos	adubásseis	adubassem
Future	adubar	adubares	adubar	adubarmos	adubardes	adubarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aduba	adube	adubemos	adubai	adubem
Negative (não)		não adubes	não adube	não adubemos	não adubeis	não adubem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

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