lutar

English

Etymology

Blend of lute +‎ guitar

Noun

lutar (plural lutars)

1. (music) Synonym of lute guitar.

Anagrams

• ultra, ultra-

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lutar m

1. indefinite plural of lut

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• luitar (obsolete, dialectal)
• luctar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese luitar, from Latin luctārī. Compare Galician loitar, Spanish luchar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈtaɾ/

• Homophone: lotar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: lu‧tar

Verb

lutar (first-person singular present luto, first-person singular preterite lutei, past participle lutado)

1. (intransitive, or transitive with em or with no preposition (less common)) to fight (in) (participate in a conflict)

   Synonyms: combater (em), participar de, pelejar em

   Nosso exército ficou com medo de lutar.

   Our army was scared to fight.

   Meu irmão disse que lutaria na guerra.

   My brother said he would fight in the war.

   Hoje morreu o último veterano que lutou a batalha de Verdun.

   The last veteran who fought in the Battle of Verdun died today.

2. (intransitive, or transitive with com or contra) to fight against (participate in a conflict against an enemy)

   Synonyms: combater, brigar com, pelejar com

   Fiquei rindo das criancinhas lutando.

   I kept laughing at the little children fighting [one another].

   A legião deve lutar com os hunos ainda hoje.

   The legion should fight the Huns today.

   Deixe que os polacos lutem contra os invasores.

   Let the Polish fight the invaders.

3. (transitive with contra) to fight; to struggle against (try to stop something)

   Synonym: combater

   O candidato disse que lutara contra a corrupção.

   The candidate said he had fought corruption.

4. (intransitive, or transitive with por) to fight (for); to strive (for); to struggle (try to obtain something)

   Synonyms: esforçar-se, pelejar

   Ela lutou e lutou, mas nunca conseguiu uma vida melhor.

   She fought and fought, but never got a better life.

   Eles lutaram pelo fim da guerra.

   They fought for the war to end.

5. (intransitive, or transitive with contra) to struggle (against) (attempt to counteract a force)

   Synonym: resistir

   Não lutes, tomarás a vacina quer queira ou não.

   Don’t struggle, you will be vaccinated whether you like it or not.

   Se tentarem te assaltar, faça tudo que mandarem e não lute.

   If they try to rob you, do everything they tell you and don’t struggle.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lutar (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	lutar
Personal	lutar	lutares	lutar	lutarmos	lutardes	lutarem
Gerund
	lutando
Past participle
Masculine	lutado			lutados
Feminine	lutada			lutadas
Indicative
Present	luto	lutas	luta	lutamos	lutais	lutam
Imperfect	lutava	lutavas	lutava	lutávamos	lutáveis	lutavam
Preterite	lutei	lutaste	lutou	lutamos1, lutámos2	lutastes	lutaram
Pluperfect	lutara	lutaras	lutara	lutáramos	lutáreis	lutaram
Future	lutarei	lutarás	lutará	lutaremos	lutareis	lutarão
Conditional	lutaria	lutarias	lutaria	lutaríamos	lutaríeis	lutariam
Subjunctive
Present	lute	lutes	lute	lutemos	luteis	lutem
Imperfect	lutasse	lutasses	lutasse	lutássemos	lutásseis	lutassem
Future	lutar	lutares	lutar	lutarmos	lutardes	lutarem
Imperative
Affirmative		luta	lute	lutemos	lutai	lutem
Negative (não)		não lutes	não lute	não lutemos	não luteis	não lutem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Derived terms

• luta
• lutador

 

Swedish

Verb

lutar

1. present indicative of luta

Anagrams

• lurat

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈtaɾ/

Noun

lutar (nominative plural lutars)

1. otter

Declension

declension of lutar

	singular	plural
nominative	lutar	lutars
genitive	lutara	lutaras
dative	lutare	lutares
accusative	lutari	lutaris
vocative 1	o lutar!	o lutars!
predicative 2	lutaru	lutarus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only