lisonjear
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- lisonjar
Etymology
From lisonja + -ear.
Verb
lisonjear (first-person singular present lisonjeio, first-person singular preterite lisonjeei, past participle lisonjeado)
- to flatter
- to butter up
Conjugation
Conjugation of lisonjear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | lisonjear | |||||
Personal | lisonjear | lisonjeares | lisonjear | lisonjearmos | lisonjeardes | lisonjearem |
Gerund | ||||||
lisonjeando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | lisonjeado | lisonjeados | ||||
Feminine | lisonjeada | lisonjeadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | lisonjeio | lisonjeias | lisonjeia | lisonjeamos | lisonjeais | lisonjeiam |
Imperfect | lisonjeava | lisonjeavas | lisonjeava | lisonjeávamos | lisonjeáveis | lisonjeavam |
Preterite | lisonjeei | lisonjeaste | lisonjeou | lisonjeamos1, lisonjeámos2 | lisonjeastes | lisonjearam |
Pluperfect | lisonjeara | lisonjearas | lisonjeara | lisonjeáramos | lisonjeáreis | lisonjearam |
Future | lisonjearei | lisonjearás | lisonjeará | lisonjearemos | lisonjeareis | lisonjearão |
Conditional | ||||||
lisonjearia | lisonjearias | lisonjearia | lisonjearíamos | lisonjearíeis | lisonjeariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | lisonjeie | lisonjeies | lisonjeie | lisonjeemos | lisonjeeis | lisonjeiem |
Imperfect | lisonjeasse | lisonjeasses | lisonjeasse | lisonjeássemos | lisonjeásseis | lisonjeassem |
Future | lisonjear | lisonjeares | lisonjear | lisonjearmos | lisonjeardes | lisonjearem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | lisonjeia | lisonjeie | lisonjeemos | lisonjeai | lisonjeiem | |
Negative (não) | não lisonjeies | não lisonjeie | não lisonjeemos | não lisonjeeis | não lisonjeiem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
lisonja + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lisonxeˈaɾ/ [li.sõŋ.xeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: li‧son‧je‧ar
Verb
lisonjear (first-person singular present lisonjeo, first-person singular preterite lisonjeé, past participle lisonjeado)
- to flatter; to wheedle; to fawn
- to delight; to please
- to pay compliments to
Conjugation
Conjugation of lisonjear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | lisonjear | ||||||
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gerund | lisonjeando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lisonjeado | lisonjeada | |||||
plural | lisonjeados | lisonjeadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lisonjeo | lisonjeastú lisonjeásvos | lisonjea | lisonjeamos | lisonjeáis | lisonjean | |
imperfect | lisonjeaba | lisonjeabas | lisonjeaba | lisonjeábamos | lisonjeabais | lisonjeaban | |
preterite | lisonjeé | lisonjeaste | lisonjeó | lisonjeamos | lisonjeasteis | lisonjearon | |
future | lisonjearé | lisonjearás | lisonjeará | lisonjearemos | lisonjearéis | lisonjearán | |
conditional | lisonjearía | lisonjearías | lisonjearía | lisonjearíamos | lisonjearíais | lisonjearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lisonjee | lisonjeestú lisonjeésvos2 | lisonjee | lisonjeemos | lisonjeéis | lisonjeen | |
imperfect (ra) | lisonjeara | lisonjearas | lisonjeara | lisonjeáramos | lisonjearais | lisonjearan | |
imperfect (se) | lisonjease | lisonjeases | lisonjease | lisonjeásemos | lisonjeaseis | lisonjeasen | |
future1 | lisonjeare | lisonjeares | lisonjeare | lisonjeáremos | lisonjeareis | lisonjearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | lisonjeatú lisonjeávos | lisonjee | lisonjeemos | lisonjead | lisonjeen | ||
negative | no lisonjees | no lisonjee | no lisonjeemos | no lisonjeéis | no lisonjeen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of lisonjear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive lisonjear | |||||||
dative | lisonjearme | lisonjearte | lisonjearle, lisonjearse | lisonjearnos | lisonjearos | lisonjearles, lisonjearse | |
accusative | lisonjearme | lisonjearte | lisonjearlo, lisonjearla, lisonjearse | lisonjearnos | lisonjearos | lisonjearlos, lisonjearlas, lisonjearse | |
with gerund lisonjeando | |||||||
dative | lisonjeándome | lisonjeándote | lisonjeándole, lisonjeándose | lisonjeándonos | lisonjeándoos | lisonjeándoles, lisonjeándose | |
accusative | lisonjeándome | lisonjeándote | lisonjeándolo, lisonjeándola, lisonjeándose | lisonjeándonos | lisonjeándoos | lisonjeándolos, lisonjeándolas, lisonjeándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lisonjea | |||||||
dative | lisonjéame | lisonjéate | lisonjéale | lisonjéanos | not used | lisonjéales | |
accusative | lisonjéame | lisonjéate | lisonjéalo, lisonjéala | lisonjéanos | not used | lisonjéalos, lisonjéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lisonjeá | |||||||
dative | lisonjeame | lisonjeate | lisonjeale | lisonjeanos | not used | lisonjeales | |
accusative | lisonjeame | lisonjeate | lisonjealo, lisonjeala | lisonjeanos | not used | lisonjealos, lisonjealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative lisonjee | |||||||
dative | lisonjéeme | not used | lisonjéele, lisonjéese | lisonjéenos | not used | lisonjéeles | |
accusative | lisonjéeme | not used | lisonjéelo, lisonjéela, lisonjéese | lisonjéenos | not used | lisonjéelos, lisonjéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative lisonjeemos | |||||||
dative | not used | lisonjeémoste | lisonjeémosle | lisonjeémonos | lisonjeémoos | lisonjeémosles | |
accusative | not used | lisonjeémoste | lisonjeémoslo, lisonjeémosla | lisonjeémonos | lisonjeémoos | lisonjeémoslos, lisonjeémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative lisonjead | |||||||
dative | lisonjeadme | not used | lisonjeadle | lisonjeadnos | lisonjeaos | lisonjeadles | |
accusative | lisonjeadme | not used | lisonjeadlo, lisonjeadla | lisonjeadnos | lisonjeaos | lisonjeadlos, lisonjeadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative lisonjeen | |||||||
dative | lisonjéenme | not used | lisonjéenle | lisonjéennos | not used | lisonjéenles, lisonjéense | |
accusative | lisonjéenme | not used | lisonjéenlo, lisonjéenla | lisonjéennos | not used | lisonjéenlos, lisonjéenlas, lisonjéense |
Related terms
- lisonja
- lisonjeador
Further reading
- “lisonjear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014