balancear
Portuguese
Verb
balancear (first-person singular present balanceio, first-person singular preterite balanceei, past participle balanceado)
- (transitive) to balance (all senses)
Conjugation
Conjugation of balancear (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 | balancear | |||||
Personal | balancear | balanceares | balancear | balancearmos | balanceardes | balancearem |
Gerund | ||||||
balanceando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | balanceado | balanceados | ||||
Feminine | balanceada | balanceadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | balanceio | balanceias | balanceia | balanceamos | balanceais | balanceiam |
Imperfect | balanceava | balanceavas | balanceava | balanceávamos | balanceáveis | balanceavam |
Preterite | balanceei | balanceaste | balanceou | balanceamos1, balanceámos2 | balanceastes | balancearam |
Pluperfect | balanceara | balancearas | balanceara | balanceáramos | balanceáreis | balancearam |
Future | balancearei | balancearás | balanceará | balancearemos | balanceareis | balancearão |
Conditional | ||||||
balancearia | balancearias | balancearia | balancearíamos | balancearíeis | balanceariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | balanceie | balanceies | balanceie | balanceemos | balanceeis | balanceiem |
Imperfect | balanceasse | balanceasses | balanceasse | balanceássemos | balanceásseis | balanceassem |
Future | balancear | balanceares | balancear | balancearmos | balanceardes | balancearem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | balanceia | balanceie | balanceemos | balanceai | balanceiem | |
Negative (não) | não balanceies | não balanceie | não balanceemos | não balanceeis | não balanceiem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- balanço
Spanish
Etymology
balanza + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /balanθeˈaɾ/ [ba.lãn̟.θeˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /balanseˈaɾ/ [ba.lãn.seˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ba‧lan‧ce‧ar
Verb
balancear (first-person singular present balanceo, first-person singular preterite balanceé, past participle balanceado)
- to balance
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to swing, to rock, to sway
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to roll (plane or ship)
Conjugation
Conjugation of balancear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | balancear | ||||||
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gerund | balanceando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | balanceado | balanceada | |||||
plural | balanceados | balanceadas | |||||
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 | balanceo | balanceastú balanceásvos | balancea | balanceamos | balanceáis | balancean | |
imperfect | balanceaba | balanceabas | balanceaba | balanceábamos | balanceabais | balanceaban | |
preterite | balanceé | balanceaste | balanceó | balanceamos | balanceasteis | balancearon | |
future | balancearé | balancearás | balanceará | balancearemos | balancearéis | balancearán | |
conditional | balancearía | balancearías | balancearía | balancearíamos | balancearíais | balancearían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | balancee | balanceestú balanceésvos2 | balancee | balanceemos | balanceéis | balanceen | |
imperfect (ra) | balanceara | balancearas | balanceara | balanceáramos | balancearais | balancearan | |
imperfect (se) | balancease | balanceases | balancease | balanceásemos | balanceaseis | balanceasen | |
future1 | balanceare | balanceares | balanceare | balanceáremos | balanceareis | balancearen | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | balanceatú balanceávos | balancee | balanceemos | balancead | balanceen | ||
negative | no balancees | no balancee | no balanceemos | no balanceéis | no balanceen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of balancear
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 balancear | |||||||
dative | balancearme | balancearte | balancearle, balancearse | balancearnos | balancearos | balancearles, balancearse | |
accusative | balancearme | balancearte | balancearlo, balancearla, balancearse | balancearnos | balancearos | balancearlos, balancearlas, balancearse | |
with gerund balanceando | |||||||
dative | balanceándome | balanceándote | balanceándole, balanceándose | balanceándonos | balanceándoos | balanceándoles, balanceándose | |
accusative | balanceándome | balanceándote | balanceándolo, balanceándola, balanceándose | balanceándonos | balanceándoos | balanceándolos, balanceándolas, balanceándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative balancea | |||||||
dative | balancéame | balancéate | balancéale | balancéanos | not used | balancéales | |
accusative | balancéame | balancéate | balancéalo, balancéala | balancéanos | not used | balancéalos, balancéalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative balanceá | |||||||
dative | balanceame | balanceate | balanceale | balanceanos | not used | balanceales | |
accusative | balanceame | balanceate | balancealo, balanceala | balanceanos | not used | balancealos, balancealas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative balancee | |||||||
dative | balancéeme | not used | balancéele, balancéese | balancéenos | not used | balancéeles | |
accusative | balancéeme | not used | balancéelo, balancéela, balancéese | balancéenos | not used | balancéelos, balancéelas | |
with first-person plural imperative balanceemos | |||||||
dative | not used | balanceémoste | balanceémosle | balanceémonos | balanceémoos | balanceémosles | |
accusative | not used | balanceémoste | balanceémoslo, balanceémosla | balanceémonos | balanceémoos | balanceémoslos, balanceémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative balancead | |||||||
dative | balanceadme | not used | balanceadle | balanceadnos | balanceaos | balanceadles | |
accusative | balanceadme | not used | balanceadlo, balanceadla | balanceadnos | balanceaos | balanceadlos, balanceadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative balanceen | |||||||
dative | balancéenme | not used | balancéenle | balancéennos | not used | balancéenles, balancéense | |
accusative | balancéenme | not used | balancéenlo, balancéenla | balancéennos | not used | balancéenlos, balancéenlas, balancéense |
Derived terms
- balanceo
Further reading
- “balancear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014