ditongar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *dwi-

Proto-Hellenic *dwi-

Ancient Greek δι- (di-)

Ancient Greek φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai)

Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos)

Ancient Greek δῐ́φθογγος (dĭ́phthongos)

Portuguese ditongo

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese ditongar

From ditongo + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.tõˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.tõˈɡa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.tõˈɡaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.tõˈɡaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.tõˈɡa.ɾi/

Verb

ditongar (first-person singular present ditongo, first-person singular preterite ditonguei, past participle ditongado)

1. (ambitransitive, linguistics, phonetics) to diphthongize

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ditongar (g-gu alternation) (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	ditongar
Personal	ditongar	ditongares	ditongar	ditongarmos	ditongardes	ditongarem
Gerund
	ditongando
Past participle
Masculine	ditongado			ditongados
Feminine	ditongada			ditongadas
Indicative
Present	ditongo	ditongas	ditonga	ditongamos	ditongais	ditongam
Imperfect	ditongava	ditongavas	ditongava	ditongávamos	ditongáveis	ditongavam
Preterite	ditonguei	ditongaste	ditongou	ditongamos1, ditongámos2	ditongastes	ditongaram
Pluperfect	ditongara	ditongaras	ditongara	ditongáramos	ditongáreis	ditongaram
Future	ditongarei	ditongarás	ditongará	ditongaremos	ditongareis	ditongarão
Conditional	ditongaria	ditongarias	ditongaria	ditongaríamos	ditongaríeis	ditongariam
Subjunctive
Present	ditongue	ditongues	ditongue	ditonguemos	ditongueis	ditonguem
Imperfect	ditongasse	ditongasses	ditongasse	ditongássemos	ditongásseis	ditongassem
Future	ditongar	ditongares	ditongar	ditongarmos	ditongardes	ditongarem
Imperative
Affirmative		ditonga	ditongue	ditonguemos	ditongai	ditonguem
Negative (não)		não ditongues	não ditongue	não ditonguemos	não ditongueis	não ditonguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• ditongação

Further reading

• “ditongar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ditongar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “ditongar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “ditongar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026