ziguezaguear

Portuguese

Etymology

From ziguezague +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(h)], /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡiˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡɪˈa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(ɾ)/, /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡiˈa(ɾ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡɪˈa(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡeˈa(χ)], /ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡiˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌzi.ɡi.za.ɡɪˈa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌzi.ɡe.za.ɡeˈa(ɻ)/, /ˌzi.ɡe.za.ɡiˈa(ɻ)/ [ˌzi.ɡe.za.ɡɪˈa(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /zi.ɡɨ.zɐˈɡjaɾ/ [zi.ɣɨ.zɐˈɣjaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /zi.ɡɨ.zɐˈɡja.ɾi/ [zi.ɣɨ.zɐˈɣja.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: zi‧gue‧za‧gue‧ar

Verb

ziguezaguear (first-person singular present ziguezagueio, first-person singular preterite ziguezagueei, past participle ziguezagueado)

  1. (intransitive) to zigzag (move in a zigzag manner)

Conjugation
    Conjugation of ziguezaguear (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 ziguezaguear
Personal ziguezaguear ziguezagueares ziguezaguear ziguezaguearmos ziguezagueardes ziguezaguearem
Gerund
ziguezagueando
Past participle
Masculine ziguezagueado ziguezagueados
Feminine ziguezagueada ziguezagueadas
Indicative
Present ziguezagueio ziguezagueias ziguezagueia ziguezagueamos ziguezagueais ziguezagueiam
Imperfect ziguezagueava ziguezagueavas ziguezagueava ziguezagueávamos ziguezagueáveis ziguezagueavam
Preterite ziguezagueei ziguezagueaste ziguezagueou ziguezagueamos1, ziguezagueámos2 ziguezagueastes ziguezaguearam
Pluperfect ziguezagueara ziguezaguearas ziguezagueara ziguezagueáramos ziguezagueáreis ziguezaguearam
Future ziguezaguearei ziguezaguearás ziguezagueará ziguezaguearemos ziguezagueareis ziguezaguearão
Conditional ziguezaguearia ziguezaguearias ziguezaguearia ziguezaguearíamos ziguezaguearíeis ziguezagueariam
Subjunctive
Present ziguezagueie ziguezagueies ziguezagueie ziguezagueemos ziguezagueeis ziguezagueiem
Imperfect ziguezagueasse ziguezagueasses ziguezagueasse ziguezagueássemos ziguezagueásseis ziguezagueassem
Future ziguezaguear ziguezagueares ziguezaguear ziguezaguearmos ziguezagueardes ziguezaguearem
Imperative
Affirmative ziguezagueia ziguezagueie ziguezagueemos ziguezagueai ziguezagueiem
Negative (não) não ziguezagueies não ziguezagueie não ziguezagueemos não ziguezagueeis não ziguezagueiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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