frasear

Portuguese

Etymology

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Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis)der.

Late Latin phrasislbor.

Portuguese frase

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese frasear

From frase + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾa.ziˈa(ʁ)/ [fɾa.ziˈa(h)], (faster) /fɾaˈzja(ʁ)/ [fɾaˈzja(h)], /fɾa.zeˈa(ʁ)/ [fɾa.zeˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾa.ziˈa(ʁ)/ [fɾa.ziˈa(h)], (faster) /fɾaˈzja(ʁ)/ [fɾaˈzja(h)], /fɾa.zeˈa(ʁ)/ [fɾa.zeˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fɾa.ziˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /fɾaˈzja(ɾ)/, /fɾa.zeˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɾa.ziˈa(ʁ)/ [fɾa.ziˈa(χ)], (faster) /fɾaˈzja(ʁ)/ [fɾaˈzja(χ)], /fɾa.zeˈa(ʁ)/ [fɾa.zeˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /fɾa.ziˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /fɾaˈzja(ɻ)/, /fɾa.zeˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈzjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈzjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɐˈzja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fra‧se‧ar

Verb

frasear (first-person singular present fraseio, first-person singular preterite fraseei, past participle fraseado)

1. to phrase (to express by means of words)
2. (music) to phrase (to perform a passage with the correct phrasing)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frasear (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	frasear
Personal	frasear	fraseares	frasear	frasearmos	fraseardes	frasearem
Gerund
	fraseando
Past participle
Masculine	fraseado			fraseados
Feminine	fraseada			fraseadas
Indicative
Present	fraseio	fraseias	fraseia	fraseamos	fraseais	fraseiam
Imperfect	fraseava	fraseavas	fraseava	fraseávamos	fraseáveis	fraseavam
Preterite	fraseei	fraseaste	fraseou	fraseamos1, fraseámos2	fraseastes	frasearam
Pluperfect	fraseara	frasearas	fraseara	fraseáramos	fraseáreis	frasearam
Future	frasearei	frasearás	fraseará	frasearemos	fraseareis	frasearão
Conditional	frasearia	frasearias	frasearia	frasearíamos	frasearíeis	fraseariam
Subjunctive
Present	fraseie	fraseies	fraseie	fraseemos	fraseeis	fraseiem
Imperfect	fraseasse	fraseasses	fraseasse	fraseássemos	fraseásseis	fraseassem
Future	frasear	fraseares	frasear	frasearmos	fraseardes	frasearem
Imperative
Affirmative		fraseia	fraseie	fraseemos	fraseai	fraseiem
Negative (não)		não fraseies	não fraseie	não fraseemos	não fraseeis	não fraseiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis)der.

Late Latin phrasislbor.

Spanish frase

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish frasear

From frase + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾaseˈaɾ/ [fɾa.seˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fra‧se‧ar

Verb

frasear (first-person singular present fraseo, first-person singular preterite fraseé, past participle fraseado)

1. to phrase

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frasear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			frasear
gerund			fraseando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fraseado		fraseada
		plural		fraseados		fraseadas
		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	fraseo	fraseastú fraseásvos	frasea	fraseamos	fraseáis	frasean
	imperfect	fraseaba	fraseabas	fraseaba	fraseábamos	fraseabais	fraseaban
	preterite	fraseé	fraseaste	fraseó	fraseamos	fraseasteis	frasearon
	future	frasearé	frasearás	fraseará	frasearemos	frasearéis	frasearán
	conditional	frasearía	frasearías	frasearía	frasearíamos	frasearíais	frasearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	frasee	fraseestú fraseésvos2	frasee	fraseemos	fraseéis	fraseen
	imperfect (ra)	fraseara	frasearas	fraseara	fraseáramos	frasearais	frasearan
	imperfect (se)	frasease	fraseases	frasease	fraseásemos	fraseaseis	fraseasen
	future1	fraseare	fraseares	fraseare	fraseáremos	fraseareis	frasearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fraseatú fraseávos	frasee	fraseemos	frasead	fraseen
	negative		no frasees	no frasee	no fraseemos	no fraseéis	no fraseen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of frasear

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 frasear	dative	frasearme	frasearte	frasearle, frasearse	frasearnos	frasearos	frasearles, frasearse
	accusative	frasearme	frasearte	frasearlo, frasearla, frasearse	frasearnos	frasearos	frasearlos, frasearlas, frasearse
with gerund fraseando	dative	fraseándome	fraseándote	fraseándole, fraseándose	fraseándonos	fraseándoos	fraseándoles, fraseándose
	accusative	fraseándome	fraseándote	fraseándolo, fraseándola, fraseándose	fraseándonos	fraseándoos	fraseándolos, fraseándolas, fraseándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative frasea	dative	fraséame	fraséate	fraséale	fraséanos	not used	fraséales
	accusative	fraséame	fraséate	fraséalo, fraséala	fraséanos	not used	fraséalos, fraséalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative fraseá	dative	fraseame	fraseate	fraseale	fraseanos	not used	fraseales
	accusative	fraseame	fraseate	frasealo, fraseala	fraseanos	not used	frasealos, frasealas
with formal second-person singular imperative frasee	dative	fraséeme	not used	fraséele, fraséese	fraséenos	not used	fraséeles
	accusative	fraséeme	not used	fraséelo, fraséela, fraséese	fraséenos	not used	fraséelos, fraséelas
with first-person plural imperative fraseemos	dative	not used	fraseémoste	fraseémosle	fraseémonos	fraseémoos	fraseémosles
	accusative	not used	fraseémoste	fraseémoslo, fraseémosla	fraseémonos	fraseémoos	fraseémoslos, fraseémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative frasead	dative	fraseadme	not used	fraseadle	fraseadnos	fraseaos	fraseadles
	accusative	fraseadme	not used	fraseadlo, fraseadla	fraseadnos	fraseaos	fraseadlos, fraseadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fraseen	dative	fraséenme	not used	fraséenle	fraséennos	not used	fraséenles, fraséense
	accusative	fraséenme	not used	fraséenlo, fraséenla	fraséennos	not used	fraséenlos, fraséenlas, fraséense

Derived terms

• fraseo

Further reading

• “frasear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025