churrascar

Portuguese

Etymology

From churrasco +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃu.hasˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁasˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃu.hasˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁasˈka(ɾ)/ [ʃu.hasˈka(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁaʃˈka(ʁ)/ [ʃu.χaʃˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁasˈka(ɻ)/ [ʃu.hasˈka(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃu.ʁɐʃˈkaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃu.ʁɐʃˈka.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: chur‧ras‧car

Verb

churrascar (first-person singular present churrasco, first-person singular preterite churrasquei, past participle churrascado)

1. (transitive) to barbecue; to grill

   Synonyms: churrasquear, grelhar

2. (Internet slang, reflexive) to commit suicide

   Synonym: suicidar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of churrascar (c-qu alternation) (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	churrascar
Personal	churrascar	churrascares	churrascar	churrascarmos	churrascardes	churrascarem
Gerund
	churrascando
Past participle
Masculine	churrascado			churrascados
Feminine	churrascada			churrascadas
Indicative
Present	churrasco	churrascas	churrasca	churrascamos	churrascais	churrascam
Imperfect	churrascava	churrascavas	churrascava	churrascávamos	churrascáveis	churrascavam
Preterite	churrasquei	churrascaste	churrascou	churrascamos1, churrascámos2	churrascastes	churrascaram
Pluperfect	churrascara	churrascaras	churrascara	churrascáramos	churrascáreis	churrascaram
Future	churrascarei	churrascarás	churrascará	churrascaremos	churrascareis	churrascarão
Conditional	churrascaria	churrascarias	churrascaria	churrascaríamos	churrascaríeis	churrascariam
Subjunctive
Present	churrasque	churrasques	churrasque	churrasquemos	churrasqueis	churrasquem
Imperfect	churrascasse	churrascasses	churrascasse	churrascássemos	churrascásseis	churrascassem
Future	churrascar	churrascares	churrascar	churrascarmos	churrascardes	churrascarem
Imperative
Affirmative		churrasca	churrasque	churrasquemos	churrascai	churrasquem
Negative (não)		não churrasques	não churrasque	não churrasquemos	não churrasqueis	não churrasquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “churrascar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

Spanish

Etymology

churrasco +‎ -ar.

Verb

churrascar (first-person singular present churrasco, first-person singular preterite churrasqué, past participle churrascado)

1. to fry, to toast, to grill

   Synonym: churruscar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of churrascar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			churrascar
gerund			churrascando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		churrascado		churrascada
		plural		churrascados		churrascadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	churrasco	churrascastú churrascásvos	churrasca	churrascamos	churrascáis	churrascan
	imperfect	churrascaba	churrascabas	churrascaba	churrascábamos	churrascabais	churrascaban
	preterite	churrasqué	churrascaste	churrascó	churrascamos	churrascasteis	churrascaron
	future	churrascaré	churrascarás	churrascará	churrascaremos	churrascaréis	churrascarán
	conditional	churrascaría	churrascarías	churrascaría	churrascaríamos	churrascaríais	churrascarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	churrasque	churrasquestú churrasquésvos2	churrasque	churrasquemos	churrasquéis	churrasquen
	imperfect (ra)	churrascara	churrascaras	churrascara	churrascáramos	churrascarais	churrascaran
	imperfect (se)	churrascase	churrascases	churrascase	churrascásemos	churrascaseis	churrascasen
	future1	churrascare	churrascares	churrascare	churrascáremos	churrascareis	churrascaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		churrascatú churrascávos	churrasque	churrasquemos	churrascad	churrasquen
	negative		no churrasques	no churrasque	no churrasquemos	no churrasquéis	no churrasquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of churrascar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive churrascar	dative	churrascarme	churrascarte	churrascarle, churrascarse	churrascarnos	churrascaros	churrascarles, churrascarse
	accusative	churrascarme	churrascarte	churrascarlo, churrascarla, churrascarse	churrascarnos	churrascaros	churrascarlos, churrascarlas, churrascarse
with gerund churrascando	dative	churrascándome	churrascándote	churrascándole, churrascándose	churrascándonos	churrascándoos	churrascándoles, churrascándose
	accusative	churrascándome	churrascándote	churrascándolo, churrascándola, churrascándose	churrascándonos	churrascándoos	churrascándolos, churrascándolas, churrascándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative churrasca	dative	churráscame	churráscate	churráscale	churráscanos	not used	churráscales
	accusative	churráscame	churráscate	churráscalo, churráscala	churráscanos	not used	churráscalos, churráscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative churrascá	dative	churrascame	churrascate	churrascale	churrascanos	not used	churrascales
	accusative	churrascame	churrascate	churrascalo, churrascala	churrascanos	not used	churrascalos, churrascalas
with formal second-person singular imperative churrasque	dative	churrásqueme	not used	churrásquele, churrásquese	churrásquenos	not used	churrásqueles
	accusative	churrásqueme	not used	churrásquelo, churrásquela, churrásquese	churrásquenos	not used	churrásquelos, churrásquelas
with first-person plural imperative churrasquemos	dative	not used	churrasquémoste	churrasquémosle	churrasquémonos	churrasquémoos	churrasquémosles
	accusative	not used	churrasquémoste	churrasquémoslo, churrasquémosla	churrasquémonos	churrasquémoos	churrasquémoslos, churrasquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative churrascad	dative	churrascadme	not used	churrascadle	churrascadnos	churrascaos	churrascadles
	accusative	churrascadme	not used	churrascadlo, churrascadla	churrascadnos	churrascaos	churrascadlos, churrascadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative churrasquen	dative	churrásquenme	not used	churrásquenle	churrásquennos	not used	churrásquenles, churrásquense
	accusative	churrásquenme	not used	churrásquenlo, churrásquenla	churrásquennos	not used	churrásquenlos, churrásquenlas, churrásquense

Related terms

• churrasco
• churro

Further reading

• “churrascar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10