vassourar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vassoirar

Etymology

From vassoura +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.so(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [va.so(ʊ̯)ˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.so(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [va.so(ʊ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /va.so(w)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [va.so(ʊ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /va.so(w)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [va.so(ʊ̯)ˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.so(w)ˈɾa(ɻ)/ [va.so(ʊ̯)ˈɾa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.so(w)ˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.so(w)ˈɾaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.sowˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.soˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

vassourar (first-person singular present vassouro, first-person singular preterite vassourei, past participle vassourado)

1. (transitive) to sweep with a broom
2. (intransitive) to sweep up

   Synonym: varrer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vassourar (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	vassourar
Personal	vassourar	vassourares	vassourar	vassourarmos	vassourardes	vassourarem
Gerund
	vassourando
Past participle
Masculine	vassourado			vassourados
Feminine	vassourada			vassouradas
Indicative
Present	vassouro	vassouras	vassoura	vassouramos	vassourais	vassouram
Imperfect	vassourava	vassouravas	vassourava	vassourávamos	vassouráveis	vassouravam
Preterite	vassourei	vassouraste	vassourou	vassouramos1, vassourámos2	vassourastes	vassouraram
Pluperfect	vassourara	vassouraras	vassourara	vassouráramos	vassouráreis	vassouraram
Future	vassourarei	vassourarás	vassourará	vassouraremos	vassourareis	vassourarão
Conditional	vassouraria	vassourarias	vassouraria	vassouraríamos	vassouraríeis	vassourariam
Subjunctive
Present	vassoure	vassoures	vassoure	vassouremos	vassoureis	vassourem
Imperfect	vassourasse	vassourasses	vassourasse	vassourássemos	vassourásseis	vassourassem
Future	vassourar	vassourares	vassourar	vassourarmos	vassourardes	vassourarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vassoura	vassoure	vassouremos	vassourai	vassourem
Negative (não)		não vassoures	não vassoure	não vassouremos	não vassoureis	não vassourem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “vassourar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024