fletir

Portuguese

Alternative forms

flectir (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flectere.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiʁ/ [ˈflɛ.t͡ʃih]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiʁ/ [ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈflɛ.tiɾ/

Hyphenation: fle‧tir

Verb

fletir (first-person singular present flito, third-person singular present flete, first-person singular preterite fleti, past participle fletido)

(transitive) to bend, flex
Synonyms: dobrar, flexionar
(figurative, intransitive) to yield, give in

Conjugation

Conjugation of fletir (i-e alternation in present singular) (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	fletir
Personal	fletir	fletires	fletir	fletirmos	fletirdes	fletirem
Gerund
	fletindo
Past participle
Masculine	fletido			fletidos
Feminine	fletida			fletidas
Indicative
Present	flito	fletes	flete	fletimos	fletis	fletem
Imperfect	fletia	fletias	fletia	fletíamos	fletíeis	fletiam
Preterite	fleti	fletiste	fletiu	fletimos	fletistes	fletiram
Pluperfect	fletira	fletiras	fletira	fletíramos	fletíreis	fletiram
Future	fletirei	fletirás	fletirá	fletiremos	fletireis	fletirão
Conditional	fletiria	fletirias	fletiria	fletiríamos	fletiríeis	fletiriam
Subjunctive
Present	flita	flitas	flita	flitamos	flitais	flitam
Imperfect	fletisse	fletisses	fletisse	fletíssemos	fletísseis	fletissem
Future	fletir	fletires	fletir	fletirmos	fletirdes	fletirem
Imperative
Affirmative		flete	flita	flitamos	fleti	flitam
Negative (não)		não flitas	não flita	não flitamos	não flitais	não flitam