velejar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vellejar (obsolete)

Etymology

From vela (“sail”) +‎ -ejar. Compare Italian veleggiare.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ve.leˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ve.leˈʒa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.lɨˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.lɨˈʒaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.lɨˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨ.lɨˈʒa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ve‧le‧jar

Verb

velejar (first-person singular present velejo, first-person singular preterite velejei, past participle velejado)

1. to sail

Conjugation

    Conjugation of velejar (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	velejar
Personal	velejar	velejares	velejar	velejarmos	velejardes	velejarem
Gerund
	velejando
Past participle
Masculine	velejado			velejados
Feminine	velejada			velejadas
Indicative
Present	velejo	velejas	veleja	velejamos	velejais	velejam
Imperfect	velejava	velejavas	velejava	velejávamos	velejáveis	velejavam
Preterite	velejei	velejaste	velejou	velejamos1, velejámos2	velejastes	velejaram
Pluperfect	velejara	velejaras	velejara	velejáramos	velejáreis	velejaram
Future	velejarei	velejarás	velejará	velejaremos	velejareis	velejarão
Conditional	velejaria	velejarias	velejaria	velejaríamos	velejaríeis	velejariam
Subjunctive
Present	veleje	velejes	veleje	velejemos	velejeis	velejem
Imperfect	velejasse	velejasses	velejasse	velejássemos	velejásseis	velejassem
Future	velejar	velejares	velejar	velejarmos	velejardes	velejarem
Imperative
Affirmative		veleja	veleje	velejemos	velejai	velejem
Negative (não)		não velejes	não veleje	não velejemos	não velejeis	não velejem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• vela

See also

• navegar