macetear

Portuguese

Etymology

From macete +‎ -ar. Doublet of macetar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.se.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ma.se.teˈa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.sɨˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.sɨˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.sɨˈtja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ma‧ce‧te‧ar

Verb

macetear (first-person singular present maceteio, first-person singular preterite maceteei, past participle maceteado)

1. (transitive) to hit with a mallet, to mallet
2. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to create or achieve (something) by trick or ruse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of macetear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	macetear
Personal	macetear	maceteares	macetear	macetearmos	maceteardes	macetearem
Gerund
	maceteando
Past participle
Masculine	maceteado			maceteados
Feminine	maceteada			maceteadas
Indicative
Present	maceteio	maceteias	maceteia	maceteamos	maceteais	maceteiam
Imperfect	maceteava	maceteavas	maceteava	maceteávamos	maceteáveis	maceteavam
Preterite	maceteei	maceteaste	maceteou	maceteamos1, maceteámos2	maceteastes	macetearam
Pluperfect	maceteara	macetearas	maceteara	maceteáramos	maceteáreis	macetearam
Future	macetearei	macetearás	maceteará	macetearemos	maceteareis	macetearão
Conditional	macetearia	macetearias	macetearia	macetearíamos	macetearíeis	maceteariam
Subjunctive
Present	maceteie	maceteies	maceteie	maceteemos	maceteeis	maceteiem
Imperfect	maceteasse	maceteasses	maceteasse	maceteássemos	maceteásseis	maceteassem
Future	macetear	maceteares	macetear	macetearmos	maceteardes	macetearem
Imperative
Affirmative		maceteia	maceteie	maceteemos	maceteai	maceteiem
Negative (não)		não maceteies	não maceteie	não maceteemos	não maceteeis	não maceteiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “macetear”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “macetear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024