alcatroar

Portuguese

Etymology

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Arabic القَطْرَان (al-qaṭrān)bor.

Portuguese alcatrão

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese alcatroar

From alcatrão (“tar”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.tɾoˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾoˈa(h)], /aw.ka.tɾuˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aw.kaˈtɾwa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.kaˈtɾwa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.tɾoˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾoˈa(h)], /aw.ka.tɾuˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /aw.kaˈtɾwa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.kaˈtɾwa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.tɾoˈa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾoˈa(ɾ)], /aw.ka.tɾuˈa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /aw.kaˈtɾwa(ɾ)/ [aʊ̯.kaˈtɾwa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.tɾoˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾoˈa(χ)], /aw.ka.tɾuˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /aw.kaˈtɾwa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.kaˈtɾwa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.tɾoˈa(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾoˈa(ɻ)], /aw.ka.tɾuˈa(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /aw.kaˈtɾwa(ɻ)/ [aʊ̯.kaˈtɾwa(ɻ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ka.tɾoˈa(ʁ)/ [aʊ̯.ka.tɾoˈa(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐ.tɾuˈaɾ/ [aɫ.kɐ.tɾuˈaɾ], (faster pronunciation) /al.kɐˈtɾwaɾ/ [aɫ.kɐˈtɾwaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐ.tɾuˈaɾ/ [aɫ.kɐ.tɾuˈaɾ], (faster pronunciation) /al.kɐˈtɾwaɾ/ [aɫ.kɐˈtɾwaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.kɐ.tɾuˈa.ɾi/ [aɫ.kɐ.tɾuˈa.ɾi], (faster pronunciation) /al.kɐˈtɾwa.ɾi/ [aɫ.kɐˈtɾwa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: al‧ca‧tro‧ar

Verb

alcatroar (first-person singular present alcatroo, first-person singular preterite alcatroei, past participle alcatroado)

1. (transitive) to tar (to coat with tar)

   Synonym: asfaltar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alcatroar (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	alcatroar
Personal	alcatroar	alcatroares	alcatroar	alcatroarmos	alcatroardes	alcatroarem
Gerund
	alcatroando
Past participle
Masculine	alcatroado			alcatroados
Feminine	alcatroada			alcatroadas
Indicative
Present	alcatroo, alcatrôo1,2	alcatroas	alcatroa	alcatroamos	alcatroais	alcatroam
Imperfect	alcatroava	alcatroavas	alcatroava	alcatroávamos	alcatroáveis	alcatroavam
Preterite	alcatroei	alcatroaste	alcatroou	alcatroamos1, alcatroámos3	alcatroastes	alcatroaram
Pluperfect	alcatroara	alcatroaras	alcatroara	alcatroáramos	alcatroáreis	alcatroaram
Future	alcatroarei	alcatroarás	alcatroará	alcatroaremos	alcatroareis	alcatroarão
Conditional	alcatroaria	alcatroarias	alcatroaria	alcatroaríamos	alcatroaríeis	alcatroariam
Subjunctive
Present	alcatroe	alcatroes	alcatroe	alcatroemos	alcatroeis	alcatroem
Imperfect	alcatroasse	alcatroasses	alcatroasse	alcatroássemos	alcatroásseis	alcatroassem
Future	alcatroar	alcatroares	alcatroar	alcatroarmos	alcatroardes	alcatroarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alcatroa	alcatroe	alcatroemos	alcatroai	alcatroem
Negative (não)		não alcatroes	não alcatroe	não alcatroemos	não alcatroeis	não alcatroem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²Superseded.
³European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• alcatroagem
• alcatroamento

Further reading

• “alcatroar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026