mosquetear

Portuguese

Etymology

From mosquete +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mos.ke.teˈa(ʁ)/ [mos.ke.teˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mos.ke.teˈa(ʁ)/ [mos.ke.teˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mos.ke.teˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʃ.ke.teˈa(ʁ)/ [moʃ.ke.teˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mos.ke.teˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃ.kɨˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃ.kɨˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃ.kɨˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: mos‧que‧te‧ar

Verb

mosquetear (first-person singular present mosqueteio, first-person singular preterite mosqueteei, past participle mosqueteado)

1. to shoot a musket

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mosquetear (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	mosquetear
Personal	mosquetear	mosqueteares	mosquetear	mosquetearmos	mosqueteardes	mosquetearem
Gerund
	mosqueteando
Past participle
Masculine	mosqueteado			mosqueteados
Feminine	mosqueteada			mosqueteadas
Indicative
Present	mosqueteio	mosqueteias	mosqueteia	mosqueteamos	mosqueteais	mosqueteiam
Imperfect	mosqueteava	mosqueteavas	mosqueteava	mosqueteávamos	mosqueteáveis	mosqueteavam
Preterite	mosqueteei	mosqueteaste	mosqueteou	mosqueteamos1, mosqueteámos2	mosqueteastes	mosquetearam
Pluperfect	mosqueteara	mosquetearas	mosqueteara	mosqueteáramos	mosqueteáreis	mosquetearam
Future	mosquetearei	mosquetearás	mosqueteará	mosquetearemos	mosqueteareis	mosquetearão
Conditional	mosquetearia	mosquetearias	mosquetearia	mosquetearíamos	mosquetearíeis	mosqueteariam
Subjunctive
Present	mosqueteie	mosqueteies	mosqueteie	mosqueteemos	mosqueteeis	mosqueteiem
Imperfect	mosqueteasse	mosqueteasses	mosqueteasse	mosqueteássemos	mosqueteásseis	mosqueteassem
Future	mosquetear	mosqueteares	mosquetear	mosquetearmos	mosqueteardes	mosquetearem
Imperative
Affirmative		mosqueteia	mosqueteie	mosqueteemos	mosqueteai	mosqueteiem
Negative (não)		não mosqueteies	não mosqueteie	não mosqueteemos	não mosqueteeis	não mosqueteiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “mosquetear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024