flamejar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• flamarejar

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *flammizāre, from Latin flamma. Derivable from flama (“flame”) +‎ -ejar (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

flamejar (first-person singular present flamejo, first-person singular preterite flamegí, past participle flamejat)

1. (intransitive) to blaze, to flare

   Synonyms: flamarejar, blandar

2. (intransitive, figurative) (of a flag, etc.) to flutter

   Synonyms: flamar, onejar

3. (transitive, cooking) to flambé

Derived terms

• flameig
• flamejant
• flamejat

Further reading

• “flamejar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Italic *flagmā

Latin flammalbor.

Portuguese flama

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izō

Old Galician-Portuguese -ejar

Portuguese -ejar

Portuguese flamejar

From flama + -ejar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fla.meˈʒa(ʁ)/ [fla.meˈʒa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐ.mɨˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐ.mɨˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /flɐ.mɨˈʒa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fla‧me‧jar

Verb

flamejar (first-person singular present flamejo, first-person singular preterite flamejei, past participle flamejado)

1. (intransitive) to burn in flames

   Synonyms: chamejar, queimar, arder

2. (intransitive, figuratively) to shine

   Synonyms: brilhar, resplandecer

3. (cooking) to quickly pass through a flame after bathing in alcoholic liquid

Conjugation

    Conjugation of flamejar (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	flamejar
Personal	flamejar	flamejares	flamejar	flamejarmos	flamejardes	flamejarem
Gerund
	flamejando
Past participle
Masculine	flamejado			flamejados
Feminine	flamejada			flamejadas
Indicative
Present	flamejo	flamejas	flameja	flamejamos	flamejais	flamejam
Imperfect	flamejava	flamejavas	flamejava	flamejávamos	flamejáveis	flamejavam
Preterite	flamejei	flamejaste	flamejou	flamejamos1, flamejámos2	flamejastes	flamejaram
Pluperfect	flamejara	flamejaras	flamejara	flamejáramos	flamejáreis	flamejaram
Future	flamejarei	flamejarás	flamejará	flamejaremos	flamejareis	flamejarão
Conditional	flamejaria	flamejarias	flamejaria	flamejaríamos	flamejaríeis	flamejariam
Subjunctive
Present	flameje	flamejes	flameje	flamejemos	flamejeis	flamejem
Imperfect	flamejasse	flamejasses	flamejasse	flamejássemos	flamejásseis	flamejassem
Future	flamejar	flamejares	flamejar	flamejarmos	flamejardes	flamejarem
Imperative
Affirmative		flameja	flameje	flamejemos	flamejai	flamejem
Negative (não)		não flamejes	não flameje	não flamejemos	não flamejeis	não flamejem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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