priorar

Portuguese

Etymology

From prior (“prior”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾɪ.oˈɾa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾjoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾjoˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾɪ.oˈɾa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾjoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾjoˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pɾi.oˈɾa(ɾ)/ [pɾɪ.oˈɾa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾjoˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pɾi.oˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾɪ.oˈɾa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾjoˈɾa(ʁ)/ [pɾjoˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɾi.oˈɾa(ɻ)/ [pɾɪ.oˈɾa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /pɾjoˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.uˈɾaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /pɾjuˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.uˈɾaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /pɾjuˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.uˈɾa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /pɾjuˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pri‧o‧rar

Verb

priorar (first-person singular present prioro, first-person singular preterite priorei, past participle priorado)

1. (transitive) to serve as prior of (a religious community).

Conjugation

    Conjugation of priorar (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	priorar
Personal	priorar	priorares	priorar	priorarmos	priorardes	priorarem
Gerund
	priorando
Past participle
Masculine	priorado			priorados
Feminine	priorada			prioradas
Indicative
Present	prioro	prioras	priora	prioramos	priorais	prioram
Imperfect	priorava	prioravas	priorava	priorávamos	prioráveis	prioravam
Preterite	priorei	prioraste	priorou	prioramos1, priorámos2	priorastes	prioraram
Pluperfect	priorara	prioraras	priorara	prioráramos	prioráreis	prioraram
Future	priorarei	priorarás	priorará	prioraremos	priorareis	priorarão
Conditional	prioraria	priorarias	prioraria	prioraríamos	prioraríeis	priorariam
Subjunctive
Present	priore	priores	priore	prioremos	prioreis	priorem
Imperfect	priorasse	priorasses	priorasse	priorássemos	priorásseis	priorassem
Future	priorar	priorares	priorar	priorarmos	priorardes	priorarem
Imperative
Affirmative		priora	priore	prioremos	priorai	priorem
Negative (não)		não priores	não priore	não prioremos	não prioreis	não priorem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “priorar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “priorar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025