arear

English

Etymology

See arrear (adverb).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Adverb

arear (comparative more arear, superlative most arear)

1. backward; in or to the rear; behindhand
   • 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Virgil's Gnat”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:

     Ne ever did her eyesight turn arear

Verb

arear (third-person singular simple present arears, present participle arearing, simple past and past participle areared)

1. To raise; to set up; to stir up.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “arear”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾja.ɾi/

• Homophone: ariar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: a‧re‧ar

Verb

arear (first-person singular present areio, first-person singular preterite areei, past participle areado)

1. (transitive) to sand (to abrade with sand or sandpaper)
2. (transitive) to sand (to cover with sand)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	arear
Personal	arear	areares	arear	arearmos	areardes	arearem
Gerund
	areando
Past participle
Masculine	areado			areados
Feminine	areada			areadas
Indicative
Present	areio	areias	areia	areamos	areais	areiam
Imperfect	areava	areavas	areava	areávamos	areáveis	areavam
Preterite	areei	areaste	areou	areamos1, areámos2	areastes	arearam
Pluperfect	areara	arearas	areara	areáramos	areáreis	arearam
Future	arearei	arearás	areará	arearemos	areareis	arearão
Conditional	arearia	arearias	arearia	arearíamos	arearíeis	areariam
Subjunctive
Present	areie	areies	areie	areemos	areeis	areiem
Imperfect	areasse	areasses	areasse	areássemos	areásseis	areassem
Future	arear	areares	arear	arearmos	areardes	arearem
Imperative
Affirmative		areia	areie	areemos	areai	areiem
Negative (não)		não areies	não areie	não areemos	não areeis	não areiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.