lutar

lutar

English

Etymology

Blend of lute +‎ guitar

Noun

lutar (plural lutars)

1. (music) Synonym of lute guitar.

Anagrams

• ultra, ultra-

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

lutar m

1. indefinite plural of lut

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Old Portuguese luitar, from Vulgar Latin luctāre, from Latin luctārī, present active infinitive of luctor (“struggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *lugsos, from *lewg-, *leug (“bend, twist”). Cognate with Galician loitar, Spanish luchar, Catalan lluitar, Occitan luchar, French lutter, Italian lottare, and Romanian lupta.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu.ˈtaɾ/

  Homophone: lotar

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lu.ˈta(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: lu‧tar

Verb

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

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

   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.

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

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

   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.

   Synonyms: combater, brigar com, pelejar com

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

   O candidato disse que lutara contra a corrupção.

   The candidate said he had fought corruption.

   Synonym: combater

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

   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.

   Synonyms: esforçar-se, pelejar

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

   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.

   Synonym: resistir

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb lutar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	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	lutamos lutámos	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)	-	lutes	lute	lutemos	luteis	lutem

Derived terms

• luta
• lutador

 

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Swedish

Verb

lutar

1. present tense of luta.

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈtaɾ/

Noun

lutar (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 some later, non-classical Volapük only