desabotoar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ abotoar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [de.za.bo.toˈa(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [de.za.bo.toˈa(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [de.za.bo.toˈa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.bo.toˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.bo.toˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.buˈtwaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ.βuˈtwaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.buˈtwaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ.βuˈtwaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.buˈtwa.ɾi/ [dɨ.zɐ.βuˈtwa.ɾi]

Verb

desabotoar (first-person singular present desabotoo, first-person singular preterite desabotoei, past participle desabotoado)

1. to unbutton

   Antonym: abotoar

2. (figuratively) to speak one's mind

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desabotoar (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	desabotoar
Personal	desabotoar	desabotoares	desabotoar	desabotoarmos	desabotoardes	desabotoarem
Gerund
	desabotoando
Past participle
Masculine	desabotoado			desabotoados
Feminine	desabotoada			desabotoadas
Indicative
Present	desabotoo, desabotôo1	desabotoas	desabotoa	desabotoamos	desabotoais	desabotoam
Imperfect	desabotoava	desabotoavas	desabotoava	desabotoávamos	desabotoáveis	desabotoavam
Preterite	desabotoei	desabotoaste	desabotoou	desabotoamos2, desabotoámos3	desabotoastes	desabotoaram
Pluperfect	desabotoara	desabotoaras	desabotoara	desabotoáramos	desabotoáreis	desabotoaram
Future	desabotoarei	desabotoarás	desabotoará	desabotoaremos	desabotoareis	desabotoarão
Conditional	desabotoaria	desabotoarias	desabotoaria	desabotoaríamos	desabotoaríeis	desabotoariam
Subjunctive
Present	desabotoe	desabotoes	desabotoe	desabotoemos	desabotoeis	desabotoem
Imperfect	desabotoasse	desabotoasses	desabotoasse	desabotoássemos	desabotoásseis	desabotoassem
Future	desabotoar	desabotoares	desabotoar	desabotoarmos	desabotoardes	desabotoarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desabotoa	desabotoe	desabotoemos	desabotoai	desabotoem
Negative (não)		não desabotoes	não desabotoe	não desabotoemos	não desabotoeis	não desabotoem

¹Superseded.
²Brazilian Portuguese.
³European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• desabotoamento

Further reading

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