aluar

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ lua +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.luˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ʁ)/ [aˈlwa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.luˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ʁ)/ [aˈlwa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.luˈa(ɾ)/ [a.lʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.luˈa(ʁ)/ [a.lʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ʁ)/ [aˈlwa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.luˈa(ɻ)/ [a.lʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /aˈlwa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlwaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlwaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈlwa.ɾi/

Verb

aluar (first-person singular present aluo, first-person singular preterite aluei, past participle aluado)

1. (transitive, nautical) to roach
2. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to become lunatic
3. (transitive, takes a reflexive pronoun) to be in heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aluar (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	aluar
Personal	aluar	aluares	aluar	aluarmos	aluardes	aluarem
Gerund
	aluando
Past participle
Masculine	aluado			aluados
Feminine	aluada			aluadas
Indicative
Present	aluo	aluas	alua	aluamos	aluais	aluam
Imperfect	aluava	aluavas	aluava	aluávamos	aluáveis	aluavam
Preterite	aluei	aluaste	aluou	aluamos1, aluámos2	aluastes	aluaram
Pluperfect	aluara	aluaras	aluara	aluáramos	aluáreis	aluaram
Future	aluarei	aluarás	aluará	aluaremos	aluareis	aluarão
Conditional	aluaria	aluarias	aluaria	aluaríamos	aluaríeis	aluariam
Subjunctive
Present	alue	alues	alue	aluemos	alueis	aluem
Imperfect	aluasse	aluasses	aluasse	aluássemos	aluásseis	aluassem
Future	aluar	aluares	aluar	aluarmos	aluardes	aluarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alua	alue	aluemos	aluai	aluem
Negative (não)		não alues	não alue	não aluemos	não alueis	não aluem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “aluar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “aluar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “aluar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.