lagartear

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin lacerta

Vulgar Latin *lacartum

Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto

Portuguese lagarto

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Portuguese -ear

Portuguese lagartear

From lagarto (“lizard”) + -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaʁ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [la.ɡah.teˈa(h)], /la.ɡaʁ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [la.ɡah.t͡ʃiˈa(h)], (faster) /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [la.ɡahˈt͡ʃja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaʁ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [la.ɡah.teˈa(h)], /la.ɡaʁ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [la.ɡah.t͡ʃiˈa(h)], (faster) /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [la.ɡahˈt͡ʃja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaɾ.teˈa(ɾ)/, /la.ɡaɾ.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /la.ɡaɾˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaʁ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [la.ɡaχ.teˈa(χ)], /la.ɡaʁ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [la.ɡaχ.t͡ʃiˈa(χ)], (faster) /la.ɡaʁˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [la.ɡaχˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /la.ɡaɻ.teˈa(ɻ)/, /la.ɡaɻ.t͡ʃiˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /la.ɡaɻˈt͡ʃja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ɡɐɾˈtjaɾ/ [lɐ.ɣɐɾˈtjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ɡɐɾˈtjaɾ/ [lɐ.ɣɐɾˈtjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ.ɡɐɾˈtja.ɾi/

Verb

lagartear (first-person singular present lagarteio, first-person singular preterite lagarteei, past participle lagarteado)

1. (intransitive) to bask (to sprawl and rest in a sunny spot)

   O gato estava lagarteando na pedra.

   The cat was basking on the rock.

2. (intransitive) to crack in a zigzag pattern

   O chão seco lagarteou.

   The dry ground cracked in a zigzag pattern.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lagartear (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	lagartear
Personal	lagartear	lagarteares	lagartear	lagartearmos	lagarteardes	lagartearem
Gerund
	lagarteando
Past participle
Masculine	lagarteado			lagarteados
Feminine	lagarteada			lagarteadas
Indicative
Present	lagarteio	lagarteias	lagarteia	lagarteamos	lagarteais	lagarteiam
Imperfect	lagarteava	lagarteavas	lagarteava	lagarteávamos	lagarteáveis	lagarteavam
Preterite	lagarteei	lagarteaste	lagarteou	lagarteamos1, lagarteámos2	lagarteastes	lagartearam
Pluperfect	lagarteara	lagartearas	lagarteara	lagarteáramos	lagarteáreis	lagartearam
Future	lagartearei	lagartearás	lagarteará	lagartearemos	lagarteareis	lagartearão
Conditional	lagartearia	lagartearias	lagartearia	lagartearíamos	lagartearíeis	lagarteariam
Subjunctive
Present	lagarteie	lagarteies	lagarteie	lagarteemos	lagarteeis	lagarteiem
Imperfect	lagarteasse	lagarteasses	lagarteasse	lagarteássemos	lagarteásseis	lagarteassem
Future	lagartear	lagarteares	lagartear	lagartearmos	lagarteardes	lagartearem
Imperative
Affirmative		lagarteia	lagarteie	lagarteemos	lagarteai	lagarteiem
Negative (não)		não lagarteies	não lagarteie	não lagarteemos	não lagarteeis	não lagarteiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “lagartear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɡaɾteˈaɾ/ [la.ɣ̞aɾ.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧gar‧te‧ar

Verb

lagartear (first-person singular present lagarteo, first-person singular preterite lagarteé, past participle lagarteado)

1. to bask
2. to hunt lizards

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lagartear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lagartear
gerund			lagarteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lagarteado		lagarteada
		plural		lagarteados		lagarteadas
		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	lagarteo	lagarteastú lagarteásvos	lagartea	lagarteamos	lagarteáis	lagartean
	imperfect	lagarteaba	lagarteabas	lagarteaba	lagarteábamos	lagarteabais	lagarteaban
	preterite	lagarteé	lagarteaste	lagarteó	lagarteamos	lagarteasteis	lagartearon
	future	lagartearé	lagartearás	lagarteará	lagartearemos	lagartearéis	lagartearán
	conditional	lagartearía	lagartearías	lagartearía	lagartearíamos	lagartearíais	lagartearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lagartee	lagarteestú lagarteésvos2	lagartee	lagarteemos	lagarteéis	lagarteen
	imperfect (ra)	lagarteara	lagartearas	lagarteara	lagarteáramos	lagartearais	lagartearan
	imperfect (se)	lagartease	lagarteases	lagartease	lagarteásemos	lagarteaseis	lagarteasen
	future1	lagarteare	lagarteares	lagarteare	lagarteáremos	lagarteareis	lagartearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lagarteatú lagarteávos	lagartee	lagarteemos	lagartead	lagarteen
	negative		no lagartees	no lagartee	no lagarteemos	no lagarteéis	no lagarteen

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

Further reading

• “lagartear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010