ziguezaguear
Portuguese
Etymology
From ziguezague + -ear.
Verb
ziguezaguear (first-person singular present ziguezagueio, first-person singular preterite ziguezagueei, past participle ziguezagueado)
- (intransitive) to zigzag (move in a zigzag manner)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ziguezaguear (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 | 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 |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Further reading
- “ziguezaguear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.