ziguezaguear

Portuguese

Etymology

From ziguezague +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(h)], /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡiˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡɪˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(h)], /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡiˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡɪˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(ɾ)/, /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡiˈa(ɾ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡɪˈa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(χ)], /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡiˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡɪˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌzi.ɡe.za.ɡeˈa(ɻ)/, /ˌzi.ɡe.za.ɡiˈa(ɻ)/ [ˌzi.ɡe.za.ɡɪˈa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zi.ɡɨ.zɐˈɡjaɾ/ [zi.ɣɨ.zɐˈɣjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /zi.ɡɨ.zɐˈɡjaɾ/ [zi.ɣɨ.zɐˈɣjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /zi.ɡɨ.zɐˈɡja.ɾi/ [zi.ɣɨ.zɐˈɣja.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: zi‧gue‧za‧gue‧ar

Verb

ziguezaguear (first-person singular present ziguezagueio, first-person singular preterite ziguezagueei, past participle ziguezagueado)

1. (intransitive) to zigzag (move in a zigzag manner)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ziguezaguear (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	ziguezaguear
Personal	ziguezaguear	ziguezagueares	ziguezaguear	ziguezaguearmos	ziguezagueardes	ziguezaguearem
Gerund
	ziguezagueando
Past participle
Masculine	ziguezagueado			ziguezagueados
Feminine	ziguezagueada			ziguezagueadas
Indicative
Present	ziguezagueio	ziguezagueias	ziguezagueia	ziguezagueamos	ziguezagueais	ziguezagueiam
Imperfect	ziguezagueava	ziguezagueavas	ziguezagueava	ziguezagueávamos	ziguezagueáveis	ziguezagueavam
Preterite	ziguezagueei	ziguezagueaste	ziguezagueou	ziguezagueamos1, ziguezagueámos2	ziguezagueastes	ziguezaguearam
Pluperfect	ziguezagueara	ziguezaguearas	ziguezagueara	ziguezagueáramos	ziguezagueáreis	ziguezaguearam
Future	ziguezaguearei	ziguezaguearás	ziguezagueará	ziguezaguearemos	ziguezagueareis	ziguezaguearão
Conditional	ziguezaguearia	ziguezaguearias	ziguezaguearia	ziguezaguearíamos	ziguezaguearíeis	ziguezagueariam
Subjunctive
Present	ziguezagueie	ziguezagueies	ziguezagueie	ziguezagueemos	ziguezagueeis	ziguezagueiem
Imperfect	ziguezagueasse	ziguezagueasses	ziguezagueasse	ziguezagueássemos	ziguezagueásseis	ziguezagueassem
Future	ziguezaguear	ziguezagueares	ziguezaguear	ziguezaguearmos	ziguezagueardes	ziguezaguearem
Imperative
Affirmative		ziguezagueia	ziguezagueie	ziguezagueemos	ziguezagueai	ziguezagueiem
Negative (não)		não ziguezagueies	não ziguezagueie	não ziguezagueemos	não ziguezagueeis	não ziguezagueiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “ziguezaguear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025