engessar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Italic *en

Proto-Italic *en-

Latin in-

Old Galician-Portuguese en-

Portuguese en-

Portuguese gesso

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese engessar

From en- + gesso (“plaster”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒeˈsa(h)], /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒeˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒeˈsa(h)], /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒeˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ɾ)/, /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒeˈsa(χ)], /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒeˈsa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): (careful) /ẽ.ʒeˈsa(ɻ)/, /ĩ.ʒeˈsa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʒɨˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʒɨˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.ʒɨˈsa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: en‧ges‧sar

Verb

engessar (first-person singular present engesso, first-person singular preterite engessei, past participle engessado)

1. (transitive) to plaster (walls, broken limbs etc.)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engessar (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	engessar
Personal	engessar	engessares	engessar	engessarmos	engessardes	engessarem
Gerund
	engessando
Past participle
Masculine	engessado			engessados
Feminine	engessada			engessadas
Indicative
Present	engesso	engessas	engessa	engessamos	engessais	engessam
Imperfect	engessava	engessavas	engessava	engessávamos	engessáveis	engessavam
Preterite	engessei	engessaste	engessou	engessamos1, engessámos2	engessastes	engessaram
Pluperfect	engessara	engessaras	engessara	engessáramos	engessáreis	engessaram
Future	engessarei	engessarás	engessará	engessaremos	engessareis	engessarão
Conditional	engessaria	engessarias	engessaria	engessaríamos	engessaríeis	engessariam
Subjunctive
Present	engesse	engesses	engesse	engessemos	engesseis	engessem
Imperfect	engessasse	engessasses	engessasse	engessássemos	engessásseis	engessassem
Future	engessar	engessares	engessar	engessarmos	engessardes	engessarem
Imperative
Affirmative		engessa	engesse	engessemos	engessai	engessem
Negative (não)		não engesses	não engesse	não engessemos	não engesseis	não engessem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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