judiar

Portuguese

Etymology

From judeu (“Jew”) +‎ -ar, or, according to few sources, from judio (“Jew”) +‎ -ar or even Judas (one of the original Apostles of Jesus) and the -ar suffix.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [ʒu.d͡ʒɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒuˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [ʒuˈd͡ʒja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [ʒu.d͡ʒɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒuˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [ʒuˈd͡ʒja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒu.d͡ʒiˈa(ɾ)/ [ʒu.d͡ʒɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒuˈd͡ʒja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒu.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [ʒu.d͡ʒɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒuˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [ʒuˈd͡ʒja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒu.d͡ʒiˈa(ɻ)/ [ʒu.d͡ʒɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒuˈd͡ʒja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈdjaɾ/ [ʒuˈðjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈdjaɾ/ [ʒuˈðjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒuˈdja.ɾi/ [ʒuˈðja.ɾi]

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -a(ʁ), (Portugal) -aɾ
• Hyphenation: ju‧di‧ar

Verb

judiar (first-person singular present judio, first-person singular preterite judiei, past participle judiado)

1. to Judaize

   Synonym: judaizar

2. (sometimes proscribed) to mistreat; to torment

   Synonyms: atormentar, maltratar

3. (sometimes proscribed) to mock; to make fun of

   Synonyms: zombar, gozar, escarnecer

4. (Portugal) to haggle (argue for a better deal) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Usage notes

Some caution against the use of the term (in senses 2 and 3), claiming that it is anti-Semitic due to its derivation from judeu or from evaluating that it implies Jewish people are behind different types of abuse. However, most — even critics of its usage — concede that a more likely origin is the abuse that Jewish people have undergone throughout history and that the implication is not "to treat like a Jew would" but "to treat like the Jews were".

Conjugation

    Conjugation of judiar (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	judiar
Personal	judiar	judiares	judiar	judiarmos	judiardes	judiarem
Gerund
	judiando
Past participle
Masculine	judiado			judiados
Feminine	judiada			judiadas
Indicative
Present	judio	judias	judia	judiamos	judiais	judiam
Imperfect	judiava	judiavas	judiava	judiávamos	judiáveis	judiavam
Preterite	judiei	judiaste	judiou	judiamos1, judiámos2	judiastes	judiaram
Pluperfect	judiara	judiaras	judiara	judiáramos	judiáreis	judiaram
Future	judiarei	judiarás	judiará	judiaremos	judiareis	judiarão
Conditional	judiaria	judiarias	judiaria	judiaríamos	judiaríeis	judiariam
Subjunctive
Present	judie	judies	judie	judiemos	judieis	judiem
Imperfect	judiasse	judiasses	judiasse	judiássemos	judiásseis	judiassem
Future	judiar	judiares	judiar	judiarmos	judiardes	judiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		judia	judie	judiemos	judiai	judiem
Negative (não)		não judies	não judie	não judiemos	não judieis	não judiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• judiação

Related terms

• judaísmo

Further reading

• “judiar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “judiar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “judiar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
• “judiar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “judiar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “judiar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “judiar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025