sengar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Kimbundu ku'senga +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈɡaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈɡaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈɡa.ɾi/

Verb

sengar (first-person singular present sengo, first-person singular preterite senguei, past participle sengado)

1. (transitive, Brazil) to sieve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sengar (g-gu alternation) (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	sengar
Personal	sengar	sengares	sengar	sengarmos	sengardes	sengarem
Gerund
	sengando
Past participle
Masculine	sengado			sengados
Feminine	sengada			sengadas
Indicative
Present	sengo	sengas	senga	sengamos	sengais	sengam
Imperfect	sengava	sengavas	sengava	sengávamos	sengáveis	sengavam
Preterite	senguei	sengaste	sengou	sengamos1, sengámos2	sengastes	sengaram
Pluperfect	sengara	sengaras	sengara	sengáramos	sengáreis	sengaram
Future	sengarei	sengarás	sengará	sengaremos	sengareis	sengarão
Conditional	sengaria	sengarias	sengaria	sengaríamos	sengaríeis	sengariam
Subjunctive
Present	sengue	sengues	sengue	senguemos	sengueis	senguem
Imperfect	sengasse	sengasses	sengasse	sengássemos	sengásseis	sengassem
Future	sengar	sengares	sengar	sengarmos	sengardes	sengarem
Imperative
Affirmative		senga	sengue	senguemos	sengai	senguem
Negative (não)		não sengues	não sengue	não senguemos	não sengueis	não senguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “sengar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024