malandrar

Portuguese

FWOTD – 7 September 2017

Etymology

From malandro + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(ʁ)/ [ma.lɐ̃ˈdɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.lɐ̃ˈdɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.lɐ̃ˈdɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.lɐ̃ˈdɾa.ɾi/

Verb

malandrar (first-person singular present malandro, first-person singular preterite malandrei, past participle malandrado)

1. (intransitive) to get by by taking advantage of other people
   • 1995, Veja, page 82:

     “Tem muito maluco que tenta virar PM mas não consegue. No desemprego, vira a casaca e passa a malandrar. […] ”

     “There are lots of fellas who try to become military policemen but don’t get the job. Unemployed, they change sides and start committing petty crime. […] ”

2. (intransitive) to idle (to spend time not doing anything productive)

   Synonyms: vadiar, vagabundear, mandriar

   • 1972, Manuel Rodrigues de Melo, Terras de Camundá, page 103:

     Não via os filhos de Pedro Cardoso, desempregados, malandrando, comendo e dormindo, […]

     He hadn’t seen Pedro Cardoso’s children, [who were] unemployed, idling, eating and sleeping, […]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of malandrar (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	malandrar
Personal	malandrar	malandrares	malandrar	malandrarmos	malandrardes	malandrarem
Gerund
	malandrando
Past participle
Masculine	malandrado			malandrados
Feminine	malandrada			malandradas
Indicative
Present	malandro	malandras	malandra	malandramos	malandrais	malandram
Imperfect	malandrava	malandravas	malandrava	malandrávamos	malandráveis	malandravam
Preterite	malandrei	malandraste	malandrou	malandramos1, malandrámos2	malandrastes	malandraram
Pluperfect	malandrara	malandraras	malandrara	malandráramos	malandráreis	malandraram
Future	malandrarei	malandrarás	malandrará	malandraremos	malandrareis	malandrarão
Conditional	malandraria	malandrarias	malandraria	malandraríamos	malandraríeis	malandrariam
Subjunctive
Present	malandre	malandres	malandre	malandremos	malandreis	malandrem
Imperfect	malandrasse	malandrasses	malandrasse	malandrássemos	malandrásseis	malandrassem
Future	malandrar	malandrares	malandrar	malandrarmos	malandrardes	malandrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		malandra	malandre	malandremos	malandrai	malandrem
Negative (não)		não malandres	não malandre	não malandremos	não malandreis	não malandrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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