empoeirar

Portuguese

Etymology

From em- +‎ poeira +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pu.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pʊ.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pwe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pwe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pu.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pʊ.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pwe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pwe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.po.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.po.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pu.e(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.pʊ.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pwe(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.pwe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pu.e(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.pʊ.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pwe(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.pwe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.po.e(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.po.e(j)ˈɾa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.pu.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pʊ.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(χ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.pwe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.pwe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.pu.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pʊ.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(χ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.pwe(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.pwe(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.po.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.po.e(j)ˈɾa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.po.e(j)ˈɾa(ɻ)/ [ẽ.po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.po.e(j)ˈɾa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.po.e(ɪ̯)ˈɾa(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pwɐjˈɾaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pwejˈɾaɾ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pwejˈɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pweˈɾa.ɾi/

Verb

empoeirar (first-person singular present empoeiro, first-person singular preterite empoeirei, past participle empoeirado)

to dust up
(reflexive) to become dusty

Conjugation

Conjugation of empoeirar (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	empoeirar
Personal	empoeirar	empoeirares	empoeirar	empoeirarmos	empoeirardes	empoeirarem
Gerund
	empoeirando
Past participle
Masculine	empoeirado			empoeirados
Feminine	empoeirada			empoeiradas
Indicative
Present	empoeiro	empoeiras	empoeira	empoeiramos	empoeirais	empoeiram
Imperfect	empoeirava	empoeiravas	empoeirava	empoeirávamos	empoeiráveis	empoeiravam
Preterite	empoeirei	empoeiraste	empoeirou	empoeiramos¹, empoeirámos²	empoeirastes	empoeiraram
Pluperfect	empoeirara	empoeiraras	empoeirara	empoeiráramos	empoeiráreis	empoeiraram
Future	empoeirarei	empoeirarás	empoeirará	empoeiraremos	empoeirareis	empoeirarão
Conditional	empoeiraria	empoeirarias	empoeiraria	empoeiraríamos	empoeiraríeis	empoeirariam
Subjunctive
Present	empoeire	empoeires	empoeire	empoeiremos	empoeireis	empoeirem
Imperfect	empoeirasse	empoeirasses	empoeirasse	empoeirássemos	empoeirásseis	empoeirassem
Future	empoeirar	empoeirares	empoeirar	empoeirarmos	empoeirardes	empoeirarem
Imperative
Affirmative		empoeira	empoeire	empoeiremos	empoeirai	empoeirem
Negative (não)		não empoeires	não empoeire	não empoeiremos	não empoeireis	não empoeirem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

desempoeirar