azulejar

Portuguese

Etymology

From azulejo (“tile”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zu.lɨˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zu.lɨˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.zu.lɨˈʒa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧zu‧le‧jar

Verb

azulejar (first-person singular present azulejo, first-person singular preterite azulejei, past participle azulejado)

1. (transitive) to tile (to cover with tiles)

   Synonym: ladrilhar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of azulejar (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	azulejar
Personal	azulejar	azulejares	azulejar	azulejarmos	azulejardes	azulejarem
Gerund
	azulejando
Past participle
Masculine	azulejado			azulejados
Feminine	azulejada			azulejadas
Indicative
Present	azulejo	azulejas	azuleja	azulejamos	azulejais	azulejam
Imperfect	azulejava	azulejavas	azulejava	azulejávamos	azulejáveis	azulejavam
Preterite	azulejei	azulejaste	azulejou	azulejamos1, azulejámos2	azulejastes	azulejaram
Pluperfect	azulejara	azulejaras	azulejara	azulejáramos	azulejáreis	azulejaram
Future	azulejarei	azulejarás	azulejará	azulejaremos	azulejareis	azulejarão
Conditional	azulejaria	azulejarias	azulejaria	azulejaríamos	azulejaríeis	azulejariam
Subjunctive
Present	azuleje	azulejes	azuleje	azulejemos	azulejeis	azulejem
Imperfect	azulejasse	azulejasses	azulejasse	azulejássemos	azulejásseis	azulejassem
Future	azulejar	azulejares	azulejar	azulejarmos	azulejardes	azulejarem
Imperative
Affirmative		azuleja	azuleje	azulejemos	azulejai	azulejem
Negative (não)		não azulejes	não azuleje	não azulejemos	não azulejeis	não azulejem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• azulejador
• azulejaria
• azulejista

Further reading

• “azulejar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “azulejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-der.?

Classical Persian لاژورد (Lāžvard)

Classical Persian لَاجَوَرْد (lājaward)bor.

Arabic لَازُوَرْد (lāzuward)

Andalusian Arabic [Term?]bor.

Old Spanish azur

Spanish azul

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -culus

Spanish -ejo

Spanish azulejo

Spanish -ar

Spanish azulejar

From azulejo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aθuleˈxaɾ/ [a.θu.leˈxaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /asuleˈxaɾ/ [a.su.leˈxaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧zu‧le‧jar

Verb

azulejar (first-person singular present azulejo, first-person singular preterite azulejé, past participle azulejado)

1. (transitive) to tile (to cover with tiles)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of azulejar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			azulejar
gerund			azulejando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		azulejado		azulejada
		plural		azulejados		azulejadas
		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	azulejo	azulejastú azulejásvos	azuleja	azulejamos	azulejáis	azulejan
	imperfect	azulejaba	azulejabas	azulejaba	azulejábamos	azulejabais	azulejaban
	preterite	azulejé	azulejaste	azulejó	azulejamos	azulejasteis	azulejaron
	future	azulejaré	azulejarás	azulejará	azulejaremos	azulejaréis	azulejarán
	conditional	azulejaría	azulejarías	azulejaría	azulejaríamos	azulejaríais	azulejarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	azuleje	azulejestú azulejésvos2	azuleje	azulejemos	azulejéis	azulejen
	imperfect (ra)	azulejara	azulejaras	azulejara	azulejáramos	azulejarais	azulejaran
	imperfect (se)	azulejase	azulejases	azulejase	azulejásemos	azulejaseis	azulejasen
	future1	azulejare	azulejares	azulejare	azulejáremos	azulejareis	azulejaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		azulejatú azulejávos	azuleje	azulejemos	azulejad	azulejen
	negative		no azulejes	no azuleje	no azulejemos	no azulejéis	no azulejen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “azulejar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025