congestionar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ɾ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒeʃ.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒeʃ.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒeʃ.t͡ʃjoˈna(ʁ)/ [kõ.ʒeʃ.t͡ʃjoˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃi.oˈna(ɻ)/ [kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.ʒes.t͡ʃjoˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒɨʃ.tjuˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒɨʃ.tjuˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.ʒɨʃ.tjuˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧ges‧ti‧o‧nar

Verb

congestionar (first-person singular present congestiono, first-person singular preterite congestionei, past participle congestionado)

1. to jam; to congest (to cause congestion or blockage)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of congestionar (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	congestionar
Personal	congestionar	congestionares	congestionar	congestionarmos	congestionardes	congestionarem
Gerund
	congestionando
Past participle
Masculine	congestionado			congestionados
Feminine	congestionada			congestionadas
Indicative
Present	congestiono	congestionas	congestiona	congestionamos	congestionais	congestionam
Imperfect	congestionava	congestionavas	congestionava	congestionávamos	congestionáveis	congestionavam
Preterite	congestionei	congestionaste	congestionou	congestionamos1, congestionámos2	congestionastes	congestionaram
Pluperfect	congestionara	congestionaras	congestionara	congestionáramos	congestionáreis	congestionaram
Future	congestionarei	congestionarás	congestionará	congestionaremos	congestionareis	congestionarão
Conditional	congestionaria	congestionarias	congestionaria	congestionaríamos	congestionaríeis	congestionariam
Subjunctive
Present	congestione	congestiones	congestione	congestionemos	congestioneis	congestionem
Imperfect	congestionasse	congestionasses	congestionasse	congestionássemos	congestionásseis	congestionassem
Future	congestionar	congestionares	congestionar	congestionarmos	congestionardes	congestionarem
Imperative
Affirmative		congestiona	congestione	congestionemos	congestionai	congestionem
Negative (não)		não congestiones	não congestione	não congestionemos	não congestioneis	não congestionem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From congestión +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konxestjoˈnaɾ/ [kõŋ.xes.t̪joˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧ges‧tio‧nar

Verb

congestionar (first-person singular present congestiono, first-person singular preterite congestioné, past participle congestionado)

1. (transitive) to congest, to produce congestion in
   • 2016 November 25, “La Habana recibirá el próximo lunes primeros vuelos regulares desde Estados Unidos”, in Granma‎^[1]:

     Quintana señaló que se han negociado horarios con las empresas estadounidenses para no continuar congestionando el tiempo pico del aeropuerto entre las 3:00 y las 10:00 p.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of congestionar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			congestionar
gerund			congestionando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		congestionado		congestionada
		plural		congestionados		congestionadas
		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	congestiono	congestionastú congestionásvos	congestiona	congestionamos	congestionáis	congestionan
	imperfect	congestionaba	congestionabas	congestionaba	congestionábamos	congestionabais	congestionaban
	preterite	congestioné	congestionaste	congestionó	congestionamos	congestionasteis	congestionaron
	future	congestionaré	congestionarás	congestionará	congestionaremos	congestionaréis	congestionarán
	conditional	congestionaría	congestionarías	congestionaría	congestionaríamos	congestionaríais	congestionarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	congestione	congestionestú congestionésvos2	congestione	congestionemos	congestionéis	congestionen
	imperfect (ra)	congestionara	congestionaras	congestionara	congestionáramos	congestionarais	congestionaran
	imperfect (se)	congestionase	congestionases	congestionase	congestionásemos	congestionaseis	congestionasen
	future1	congestionare	congestionares	congestionare	congestionáremos	congestionareis	congestionaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		congestionatú congestionávos	congestione	congestionemos	congestionad	congestionen
	negative		no congestiones	no congestione	no congestionemos	no congestionéis	no congestionen

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

    Selected combined forms of congestionar

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 congestionar	dative	congestionarme	congestionarte	congestionarle, congestionarse	congestionarnos	congestionaros	congestionarles, congestionarse
	accusative	congestionarme	congestionarte	congestionarlo, congestionarla, congestionarse	congestionarnos	congestionaros	congestionarlos, congestionarlas, congestionarse
with gerund congestionando	dative	congestionándome	congestionándote	congestionándole, congestionándose	congestionándonos	congestionándoos	congestionándoles, congestionándose
	accusative	congestionándome	congestionándote	congestionándolo, congestionándola, congestionándose	congestionándonos	congestionándoos	congestionándolos, congestionándolas, congestionándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative congestiona	dative	congestióname	congestiónate	congestiónale	congestiónanos	not used	congestiónales
	accusative	congestióname	congestiónate	congestiónalo, congestiónala	congestiónanos	not used	congestiónalos, congestiónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative congestioná	dative	congestioname	congestionate	congestionale	congestionanos	not used	congestionales
	accusative	congestioname	congestionate	congestionalo, congestionala	congestionanos	not used	congestionalos, congestionalas
with formal second-person singular imperative congestione	dative	congestióneme	not used	congestiónele, congestiónese	congestiónenos	not used	congestióneles
	accusative	congestióneme	not used	congestiónelo, congestiónela, congestiónese	congestiónenos	not used	congestiónelos, congestiónelas
with first-person plural imperative congestionemos	dative	not used	congestionémoste	congestionémosle	congestionémonos	congestionémoos	congestionémosles
	accusative	not used	congestionémoste	congestionémoslo, congestionémosla	congestionémonos	congestionémoos	congestionémoslos, congestionémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative congestionad	dative	congestionadme	not used	congestionadle	congestionadnos	congestionaos	congestionadles
	accusative	congestionadme	not used	congestionadlo, congestionadla	congestionadnos	congestionaos	congestionadlos, congestionadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative congestionen	dative	congestiónenme	not used	congestiónenle	congestiónennos	not used	congestiónenles, congestiónense
	accusative	congestiónenme	not used	congestiónenlo, congestiónenla	congestiónennos	not used	congestiónenlos, congestiónenlas, congestiónense

Derived terms

• congestionamiento

 

Further reading

• “congestionar”, 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