flambar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French flamber.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐ̃ˈbaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐ̃ˈbaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐ̃ˈba.ɾi/

Verb

flambar (first-person singular present flambo, first-person singular preterite flambei, past participle flambado)

1. (cooking) to flambée
   • 2011, 22:16 from the start, in Rio, spoken by Waiter #2 (Carlos Saldanha):

     Coraçãozinho de galinha, flambado!

     Lil' chicken hearts, flambéed!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flambar (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	flambar
Personal	flambar	flambares	flambar	flambarmos	flambardes	flambarem
Gerund
	flambando
Past participle
Masculine	flambado			flambados
Feminine	flambada			flambadas
Indicative
Present	flambo	flambas	flamba	flambamos	flambais	flambam
Imperfect	flambava	flambavas	flambava	flambávamos	flambáveis	flambavam
Preterite	flambei	flambaste	flambou	flambamos1, flambámos2	flambastes	flambaram
Pluperfect	flambara	flambaras	flambara	flambáramos	flambáreis	flambaram
Future	flambarei	flambarás	flambará	flambaremos	flambareis	flambarão
Conditional	flambaria	flambarias	flambaria	flambaríamos	flambaríeis	flambariam
Subjunctive
Present	flambe	flambes	flambe	flambemos	flambeis	flambem
Imperfect	flambasse	flambasses	flambasse	flambássemos	flambásseis	flambassem
Future	flambar	flambares	flambar	flambarmos	flambardes	flambarem
Imperative
Affirmative		flamba	flambe	flambemos	flambai	flambem
Negative (não)		não flambes	não flambe	não flambemos	não flambeis	não flambem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

See also

• flambê

Further reading

• “flambar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “flambar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “flambar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025