-ejar

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨˈʒaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɨˈʒa.ɾi/

Suffix

-ejar (verb-forming suffix, first-person singular present -ejo, first-person singular preterite -ejei, past participle -ejado)

-le (forms verbs with the frequentative aspect)
Synonym: -ear

‎gota (“drop”) + ‎-ejar → ‎gotejar (“to drip”)
forms verbs meaning “to use, apply or perform [the suffixed noun]”
‎vela (“sail”) + ‎-ejar → ‎velejar (“to sail”)

Usage notes

The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:

⟨-ição⟩ (being part of a hiatus in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-(i)cion-⟩
⟨-ção⟩, ⟨-são⟩ (in feminine nouns, including plurals) → ⟨-cion-⟩, ⟨-sion-⟩
⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-on-⟩
⟨-ã(o)-⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-(i)an-⟩, ⟨-am-⟩, or ⟨-(i)on-⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
⟨-m⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-n-⟩
⟨-z⟩ (in some nouns from Latin, including plurals) → ⟨-c(i)-⟩
⟨-dade⟩ (as a noun suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-t-⟩

Conjugation

Conjugation of -ejar (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	-ejar
Personal	-ejar	-ejares	-ejar	-ejarmos	-ejardes	-ejarem
Gerund
	-ejando
Past participle
Masculine	-ejado			-ejados
Feminine	-ejada			-ejadas
Indicative
Present	-ejo	-ejas	-eja	-ejamos	-ejais	-ejam
Imperfect	-ejava	-ejavas	-ejava	-ejávamos	-ejáveis	-ejavam
Preterite	-ejei	-ejaste	-ejou	-ejamos¹, -ejámos²	-ejastes	-ejaram
Pluperfect	-ejara	-ejaras	-ejara	-ejáramos	-ejáreis	-ejaram
Future	-ejarei	-ejarás	-ejará	-ejaremos	-ejareis	-ejarão
Conditional	-ejaria	-ejarias	-ejaria	-ejaríamos	-ejaríeis	-ejariam
Subjunctive
Present	-eje	-ejes	-eje	-ejemos	-ejeis	-ejem
Imperfect	-ejasse	-ejasses	-ejasse	-ejássemos	-ejásseis	-ejassem
Future	-ejar	-ejares	-ejar	-ejarmos	-ejardes	-ejarem
Imperative
Affirmative		-eja	-eje	-ejemos	-ejai	-ejem
Negative (não)		não -ejes	não -eje	não -ejemos	não -ejeis	não -ejem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms