lanchar

Portuguese

Etymology

From lanche (“snack”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [lɐ̃ˈʃa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃tˈʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐ̃ˈʃa.ɾi/

• Audio (South Brazil); [lɜ̃ɰ̃ˈʃaɹ̥˔]:

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• Hyphenation: lan‧char

Verb

lanchar (first-person singular present lancho, first-person singular preterite lanchei, past participle lanchado)

1. to have the afternoon tea, or high tea (one of Portuguese formal meals, typically around 5 p.m.)

   Synonym: merendar

2. to have a snack (food eaten between meals)

   Synonym: merendar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lanchar (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	lanchar
Personal	lanchar	lanchares	lanchar	lancharmos	lanchardes	lancharem
Gerund
	lanchando
Past participle
Masculine	lanchado			lanchados
Feminine	lanchada			lanchadas
Indicative
Present	lancho	lanchas	lancha	lanchamos	lanchais	lancham
Imperfect	lanchava	lanchavas	lanchava	lanchávamos	lancháveis	lanchavam
Preterite	lanchei	lanchaste	lanchou	lanchamos1, lanchámos2	lanchastes	lancharam
Pluperfect	lanchara	lancharas	lanchara	lancháramos	lancháreis	lancharam
Future	lancharei	lancharás	lanchará	lancharemos	lanchareis	lancharão
Conditional	lancharia	lancharias	lancharia	lancharíamos	lancharíeis	lanchariam
Subjunctive
Present	lanche	lanches	lanche	lanchemos	lancheis	lanchem
Imperfect	lanchasse	lanchasses	lanchasse	lanchássemos	lanchásseis	lanchassem
Future	lanchar	lanchares	lanchar	lancharmos	lanchardes	lancharem
Imperative
Affirmative		lancha	lanche	lanchemos	lanchai	lanchem
Negative (não)		não lanches	não lanche	não lanchemos	não lancheis	não lanchem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• lanche

Further reading

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