ensebar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ sebo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈba(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈba(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈba(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈba(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈba(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈba(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈba(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈba(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈba(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈba(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈba(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈba(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈba(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈba(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈba(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈba(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨˈbaɾ/ [ẽ.sɨˈβaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨˈbaɾ/ [ẽ.sɨˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.sɨˈba.ɾi/ [ẽ.sɨˈβa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: en‧se‧bar

Verb

ensebar (first-person singular present ensebo, first-person singular preterite ensebei, past participle ensebado)

1. (transitive) to grease with tallow; grease
2. to soil

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ensebar (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	ensebar
Personal	ensebar	ensebares	ensebar	ensebarmos	ensebardes	ensebarem
Gerund
	ensebando
Past participle
Masculine	ensebado			ensebados
Feminine	ensebada			ensebadas
Indicative
Present	ensebo	ensebas	enseba	ensebamos	ensebais	ensebam
Imperfect	ensebava	ensebavas	ensebava	ensebávamos	ensebáveis	ensebavam
Preterite	ensebei	ensebaste	ensebou	ensebamos1, ensebámos2	ensebastes	ensebaram
Pluperfect	ensebara	ensebaras	ensebara	ensebáramos	ensebáreis	ensebaram
Future	ensebarei	ensebarás	ensebará	ensebaremos	ensebareis	ensebarão
Conditional	ensebaria	ensebarias	ensebaria	ensebaríamos	ensebaríeis	ensebariam
Subjunctive
Present	ensebe	ensebes	ensebe	ensebemos	ensebeis	ensebem
Imperfect	ensebasse	ensebasses	ensebasse	ensebássemos	ensebásseis	ensebassem
Future	ensebar	ensebares	ensebar	ensebarmos	ensebardes	ensebarem
Imperative
Affirmative		enseba	ensebe	ensebemos	ensebai	ensebem
Negative (não)		não ensebes	não ensebe	não ensebemos	não ensebeis	não ensebem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “ensebar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “ensebar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “ensebar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “ensebar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “ensebar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “ensebar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ sebo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enseˈbaɾ/ [ẽn.seˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧se‧bar

Verb

ensebar (first-person singular present ensebo, first-person singular preterite ensebé, past participle ensebado)

1. (transitive) to grease

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ensebar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ensebar
gerund			ensebando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ensebado		ensebada
		plural		ensebados		ensebadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ensebo	ensebastú ensebásvos	enseba	ensebamos	ensebáis	enseban
	imperfect	ensebaba	ensebabas	ensebaba	ensebábamos	ensebabais	ensebaban
	preterite	ensebé	ensebaste	ensebó	ensebamos	ensebasteis	ensebaron
	future	ensebaré	ensebarás	ensebará	ensebaremos	ensebaréis	ensebarán
	conditional	ensebaría	ensebarías	ensebaría	ensebaríamos	ensebaríais	ensebarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ensebe	ensebestú ensebésvos2	ensebe	ensebemos	ensebéis	enseben
	imperfect (ra)	ensebara	ensebaras	ensebara	ensebáramos	ensebarais	ensebaran
	imperfect (se)	ensebase	ensebases	ensebase	ensebásemos	ensebaseis	ensebasen
	future1	ensebare	ensebares	ensebare	ensebáremos	ensebareis	ensebaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ensebatú ensebávos	ensebe	ensebemos	ensebad	enseben
	negative		no ensebes	no ensebe	no ensebemos	no ensebéis	no enseben

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ensebar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive ensebar
	dative	ensebarme	ensebarte	ensebarle, ensebarse	ensebarnos	ensebaros	ensebarles, ensebarse
	accusative	ensebarme	ensebarte	ensebarlo, ensebarla, ensebarse	ensebarnos	ensebaros	ensebarlos, ensebarlas, ensebarse
with gerund ensebando
	dative	ensebándome	ensebándote	ensebándole, ensebándose	ensebándonos	ensebándoos	ensebándoles, ensebándose
	accusative	ensebándome	ensebándote	ensebándolo, ensebándola, ensebándose	ensebándonos	ensebándoos	ensebándolos, ensebándolas, ensebándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enseba
	dative	ensébame	ensébate	ensébale	ensébanos	not used	ensébales
	accusative	ensébame	ensébate	ensébalo, ensébala	ensébanos	not used	ensébalos, ensébalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ensebá
	dative	ensebame	ensebate	ensebale	ensebanos	not used	ensebales
	accusative	ensebame	ensebate	ensebalo, ensebala	ensebanos	not used	ensebalos, ensebalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ensebe
	dative	ensébeme	not used	ensébele, ensébese	ensébenos	not used	ensébeles
	accusative	ensébeme	not used	ensébelo, ensébela, ensébese	ensébenos	not used	ensébelos, ensébelas
with first-person plural imperative ensebemos
	dative	not used	ensebémoste	ensebémosle	ensebémonos	ensebémoos	ensebémosles
	accusative	not used	ensebémoste	ensebémoslo, ensebémosla	ensebémonos	ensebémoos	ensebémoslos, ensebémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ensebad
	dative	ensebadme	not used	ensebadle	ensebadnos	ensebaos	ensebadles
	accusative	ensebadme	not used	ensebadlo, ensebadla	ensebadnos	ensebaos	ensebadlos, ensebadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enseben
	dative	ensébenme	not used	ensébenle	ensébennos	not used	ensébenles, ensébense
	accusative	ensébenme	not used	ensébenlo, ensébenla	ensébennos	not used	ensébenlos, ensébenlas, ensébense

Further reading

• “ensebar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014