deflorar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• desflorar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēflōrāre (“to deprive of flowers”), from dē (“from, away”) + flōs (“flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.floˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.floˈɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fluˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fluˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fluˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧flo‧rar

Verb

deflorar (first-person singular present defloro, first-person singular preterite deflorei, past participle deflorado)

1. (transitive) to deflower, to take away the sexual virginity

   Synonym: desvirginar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deflorar (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	deflorar
Personal	deflorar	deflorares	deflorar	deflorarmos	deflorardes	deflorarem
Gerund
	deflorando
Past participle
Masculine	deflorado			deflorados
Feminine	deflorada			defloradas
Indicative
Present	defloro	defloras	deflora	defloramos	deflorais	defloram
Imperfect	deflorava	defloravas	deflorava	deflorávamos	defloráveis	defloravam
Preterite	deflorei	defloraste	deflorou	defloramos1, deflorámos2	deflorastes	defloraram
Pluperfect	deflorara	defloraras	deflorara	defloráramos	defloráreis	defloraram
Future	deflorarei	deflorarás	deflorará	defloraremos	deflorareis	deflorarão
Conditional	defloraria	deflorarias	defloraria	defloraríamos	defloraríeis	deflorariam
Subjunctive
Present	deflore	deflores	deflore	defloremos	defloreis	deflorem
Imperfect	deflorasse	deflorasses	deflorasse	deflorássemos	deflorásseis	deflorassem
Future	deflorar	deflorares	deflorar	deflorarmos	deflorardes	deflorarem
Imperative
Affirmative		deflora	deflore	defloremos	deflorai	deflorem
Negative (não)		não deflores	não deflore	não defloremos	não defloreis	não deflorem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Alternative forms

• desflorar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēflōrāre, present active infinite of dēflōrō (“to deprive of flowers”), from dē (“from, away”) + flōs, flōris (“flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defloˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.floˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧flo‧rar

Verb

deflorar (first-person singular present defloro, first-person singular preterite defloré, past participle deflorado)

1. (transitive) to deflower, to take away the sexual virginity

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deflorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deflorar
gerund			deflorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deflorado		deflorada
		plural		deflorados		defloradas
		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	defloro	deflorastú deflorásvos	deflora	defloramos	defloráis	defloran
	imperfect	defloraba	deflorabas	defloraba	deflorábamos	deflorabais	defloraban
	preterite	defloré	defloraste	defloró	defloramos	deflorasteis	defloraron
	future	defloraré	deflorarás	deflorará	defloraremos	defloraréis	deflorarán
	conditional	defloraría	deflorarías	defloraría	defloraríamos	defloraríais	deflorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deflore	deflorestú deflorésvos2	deflore	defloremos	defloréis	defloren
	imperfect (ra)	deflorara	defloraras	deflorara	defloráramos	deflorarais	defloraran
	imperfect (se)	deflorase	deflorases	deflorase	deflorásemos	defloraseis	deflorasen
	future1	deflorare	deflorares	deflorare	defloráremos	deflorareis	defloraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		defloratú deflorávos	deflore	defloremos	deflorad	defloren
	negative		no deflores	no deflore	no defloremos	no defloréis	no defloren

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

    Selected combined forms of deflorar

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 deflorar
	dative	deflorarme	deflorarte	deflorarle, deflorarse	deflorarnos	defloraros	deflorarles, deflorarse
	accusative	deflorarme	deflorarte	deflorarlo, deflorarla, deflorarse	deflorarnos	defloraros	deflorarlos, deflorarlas, deflorarse
with gerund deflorando
	dative	deflorándome	deflorándote	deflorándole, deflorándose	deflorándonos	deflorándoos	deflorándoles, deflorándose
	accusative	deflorándome	deflorándote	deflorándolo, deflorándola, deflorándose	deflorándonos	deflorándoos	deflorándolos, deflorándolas, deflorándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative deflora
	dative	deflórame	deflórate	deflórale	deflóranos	not used	deflórales
	accusative	deflórame	deflórate	deflóralo, deflórala	deflóranos	not used	deflóralos, deflóralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative deflorá
	dative	deflorame	deflorate	deflorale	defloranos	not used	deflorales
	accusative	deflorame	deflorate	defloralo, deflorala	defloranos	not used	defloralos, defloralas
with formal second-person singular imperative deflore
	dative	deflóreme	not used	deflórele, deflórese	deflórenos	not used	deflóreles
	accusative	deflóreme	not used	deflórelo, deflórela, deflórese	deflórenos	not used	deflórelos, deflórelas
with first-person plural imperative defloremos
	dative	not used	deflorémoste	deflorémosle	deflorémonos	deflorémoos	deflorémosles
	accusative	not used	deflorémoste	deflorémoslo, deflorémosla	deflorémonos	deflorémoos	deflorémoslos, deflorémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deflorad
	dative	defloradme	not used	defloradle	defloradnos	defloraos	defloradles
	accusative	defloradme	not used	defloradlo, defloradla	defloradnos	defloraos	defloradlos, defloradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative defloren
	dative	deflórenme	not used	deflórenle	deflórennos	not used	deflórenles, deflórense
	accusative	deflórenme	not used	deflórenlo, deflórenla	deflórennos	not used	deflórenlos, deflórenlas, deflórense