coaxar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coaxāre (“to croak”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.aˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ko.aˈʃa(h)], /ku.aˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kʊ.aˈʃa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kwaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kwaˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.aˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ko.aˈʃa(h)], /ku.aˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kʊ.aˈʃa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kwaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kwaˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.aˈʃa(ɾ)/, /ku.aˈʃa(ɾ)/ [kʊ.aˈʃa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kwaˈʃa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.aˈʃa(ʁ)/ [ko.aˈʃa(χ)], /ku.aˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kʊ.aˈʃa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kwaˈʃa(ʁ)/ [kwaˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.aˈʃa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kwɐˈʃa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧a‧xar

Verb

coaxar (first-person singular present coaxo, first-person singular preterite coaxei, past participle coaxado)

1. (intransitive) to ribbit or croak (make the sound of a frog or toad)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coaxar (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	coaxar
Personal	coaxar	coaxares	coaxar	coaxarmos	coaxardes	coaxarem
Gerund
	coaxando
Past participle
Masculine	coaxado			coaxados
Feminine	coaxada			coaxadas
Indicative
Present	coaxo	coaxas	coaxa	coaxamos	coaxais	coaxam
Imperfect	coaxava	coaxavas	coaxava	coaxávamos	coaxáveis	coaxavam
Preterite	coaxei	coaxaste	coaxou	coaxamos1, coaxámos2	coaxastes	coaxaram
Pluperfect	coaxara	coaxaras	coaxara	coaxáramos	coaxáreis	coaxaram
Future	coaxarei	coaxarás	coaxará	coaxaremos	coaxareis	coaxarão
Conditional	coaxaria	coaxarias	coaxaria	coaxaríamos	coaxaríeis	coaxariam
Subjunctive
Present	coaxe	coaxes	coaxe	coaxemos	coaxeis	coaxem
Imperfect	coaxasse	coaxasses	coaxasse	coaxássemos	coaxásseis	coaxassem
Future	coaxar	coaxares	coaxar	coaxarmos	coaxardes	coaxarem
Imperative
Affirmative		coaxa	coaxe	coaxemos	coaxai	coaxem
Negative (não)		não coaxes	não coaxe	não coaxemos	não coaxeis	não coaxem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.