flagrar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagrāre (“to burn, to blaze”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ʁ)/ [flaˈɡɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ʁ)/ [flaˈɡɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ʁ)/ [flaˈɡɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /flaˈɡɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈɡɾaɾ/ [flɐˈɣɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈɡɾaɾ/ [flɐˈɣɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐˈɡɾa.ɾi/ [flɐˈɣɾa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: fla‧grar

Verb

flagrar (first-person singular present flagro, first-person singular preterite flagrei, past participle flagrado)

1. (Brazil, transitive) to catch in the act (to catch someone doing something considered criminal or otherwise wrong)

   O criminoso foi flagrado saindo da casa roubada.

   The criminal was caught leaving the robbed house.

2. (intransitive) to burn, to blaze

   Synonyms: queimar, deflagrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flagrar (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	flagrar
Personal	flagrar	flagrares	flagrar	flagrarmos	flagrardes	flagrarem
Gerund
	flagrando
Past participle
Masculine	flagrado			flagrados
Feminine	flagrada			flagradas
Indicative
Present	flagro	flagras	flagra	flagramos	flagrais	flagram
Imperfect	flagrava	flagravas	flagrava	flagrávamos	flagráveis	flagravam
Preterite	flagrei	flagraste	flagrou	flagramos1, flagrámos2	flagrastes	flagraram
Pluperfect	flagrara	flagraras	flagrara	flagráramos	flagráreis	flagraram
Future	flagrarei	flagrarás	flagrará	flagraremos	flagrareis	flagrarão
Conditional	flagraria	flagrarias	flagraria	flagraríamos	flagraríeis	flagrariam
Subjunctive
Present	flagre	flagres	flagre	flagremos	flagreis	flagrem
Imperfect	flagrasse	flagrasses	flagrasse	flagrássemos	flagrásseis	flagrassem
Future	flagrar	flagrares	flagrar	flagrarmos	flagrardes	flagrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		flagra	flagre	flagremos	flagrai	flagrem
Negative (não)		não flagres	não flagre	não flagremos	não flagreis	não flagrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• flagrante
• flagra