cacetear

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese cacete

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese cacetear

From cacete + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.se.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.se.teˈa(h)], /ka.se.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.se.t͡ʃiˈa(h)], (faster) /ka.seˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ka.seˈt͡ʃja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.se.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.se.teˈa(h)], /ka.se.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.se.t͡ʃiˈa(h)], (faster) /ka.seˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ka.seˈt͡ʃja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ka.se.teˈa(ɾ)/, /ka.se.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /ka.seˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ka.se.teˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.se.teˈa(χ)], /ka.se.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [ka.se.t͡ʃiˈa(χ)], (faster) /ka.seˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [ka.seˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ka.se.teˈa(ɻ)/, /ka.se.t͡ʃiˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /ka.seˈt͡ʃja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sɨˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sɨˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.sɨˈtja.ɾi/

Verb

cacetear (first-person singular present caceteio, first-person singular preterite caceteei, past participle caceteado)

1. (Brazil) to bore, annoy, harass

   Synonym: importunar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cacetear (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	cacetear
Personal	cacetear	caceteares	cacetear	cacetearmos	caceteardes	cacetearem
Gerund
	caceteando
Past participle
Masculine	caceteado			caceteados
Feminine	caceteada			caceteadas
Indicative
Present	caceteio	caceteias	caceteia	caceteamos	caceteais	caceteiam
Imperfect	caceteava	caceteavas	caceteava	caceteávamos	caceteáveis	caceteavam
Preterite	caceteei	caceteaste	caceteou	caceteamos1, caceteámos2	caceteastes	cacetearam
Pluperfect	caceteara	cacetearas	caceteara	caceteáramos	caceteáreis	cacetearam
Future	cacetearei	cacetearás	caceteará	cacetearemos	caceteareis	cacetearão
Conditional	cacetearia	cacetearias	cacetearia	cacetearíamos	cacetearíeis	caceteariam
Subjunctive
Present	caceteie	caceteies	caceteie	caceteemos	caceteeis	caceteiem
Imperfect	caceteasse	caceteasses	caceteasse	caceteássemos	caceteásseis	caceteassem
Future	cacetear	caceteares	cacetear	cacetearmos	caceteardes	cacetearem
Imperative
Affirmative		caceteia	caceteie	caceteemos	caceteai	caceteiem
Negative (não)		não caceteies	não caceteie	não caceteemos	não caceteeis	não caceteiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• caceteação

Further reading

• “cacetear”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cacetear”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2026
• “cacetear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026