zelar
See also: želář
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom zelo (“zeal”) + -ar, or from Late Latin zēlāre, from Ancient Greek ζήλος (zḗlos, “zeal; jealousy”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ze‧lar
Verb
editzelar (first-person singular present zelo, first-person singular preterite zelei, past participle zelado)
- to devotedly take care of something
- O leitor zela seus livros.
- The reader takes care of his book.
- to ensure that something takes place or exists
- Synonym: garantir
- Zelo pela boa educação.
- I ensure that there is politeness.
- A polícia zela pela ordem.
- The police ensures order.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of zelar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | zelar | |||||
Personal | zelar | zelares | zelar | zelarmos | zelardes | zelarem |
Gerund | ||||||
zelando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | zelado | zelados | ||||
Feminine | zelada | zeladas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | zelo | zelas | zela | zelamos | zelais | zelam |
Imperfect | zelava | zelavas | zelava | zelávamos | zeláveis | zelavam |
Preterite | zelei | zelaste | zelou | zelamos1, zelámos2 | zelastes | zelaram |
Pluperfect | zelara | zelaras | zelara | zeláramos | zeláreis | zelaram |
Future | zelarei | zelarás | zelará | zelaremos | zelareis | zelarão |
Conditional | zelaria | zelarias | zelaria | zelaríamos | zelaríeis | zelariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | zele | zeles | zele | zelemos | zeleis | zelem |
Imperfect | zelasse | zelasses | zelasse | zelássemos | zelásseis | zelassem |
Future | zelar | zelares | zelar | zelarmos | zelardes | zelarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | zela | zele | zelemos | zelai | zelem | |
Negative (não) | não zeles | não zele | não zelemos | não zeleis | não zelem |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Related terms
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editzelar n (plural zelare)
Declension
editCategories:
- Portuguese verbs suffixed with -ar
- Portuguese terms derived from Late Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese verbs
- Portuguese verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Romanian terms suffixed with -ar
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns