adular

Portuguese

Verb

adular (first-person singular present indicative adulo, past participle adulado)

(transitive) to flatter; to adulate (to compliment someone excessively)

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb adular

	Singular			Plural
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.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	adular
Personal	adular	adulares	adular	adularmos	adulardes	adularem
Gerund
	adulando
Past participle
Masculine	adulado			adulados
Feminine	adulada			aduladas
Indicative
Present	adulo	adulas	adula	adulamos	adulais	adulam
Imperfect	adulava	adulavas	adulava	adulávamos	aduláveis	adulavam
Preterite	adulei	adulaste	adulou	adulamos adulámos	adulastes	adularam
Pluperfect	adulara	adularas	adulara	aduláramos	aduláreis	adularam
Future	adularei	adularás	adulará	adularemos	adulareis	adularão
Conditional
	adularia	adularias	adularia	adularíamos	adularíeis	adulariam
Subjunctive
Present	adule	adules	adule	adulemos	aduleis	adulem
Imperfect	adulasse	adulasses	adulasse	adulássemos	adulásseis	adulassem
Future	adular	adulares	adular	adularmos	adulardes	adularem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	adula	adule	adulemos	adulai	adulem
Negative (não)	-	adules	adule	adulemos	aduleis	adulem

Synonyms

(to flatter): puxar saco, bajular

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin adūlor, adūlārī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aduˈlaɾ/, [aðuˈlaɾ]

Verb

adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulé, past participle adulado)

to flatter
Synonyms: alabar, halagar

Conjugation

Conjugation of adular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			adular
gerund			adulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adulado		adulada
		plural		adulados		aduladas
		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	adulo	adulas^tú adulás^{^vos}	adula	adulamos	aduláis	adulan
	imperfect	adulaba	adulabas	adulaba	adulábamos	adulabais	adulaban
	preterite	adulé	adulaste	aduló	adulamos	adulasteis	adularon
	future	adularé	adularás	adulará	adularemos	adularéis	adularán
	conditional	adularía	adularías	adularía	adularíamos	adularíais	adularían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adule	adules^{^tú} adulés^{^vos²}	adule	adulemos	aduléis	adulen
	imperfect (ra)	adulara	adularas	adulara	aduláramos	adularais	adularan
	imperfect (se)	adulase	adulases	adulase	adulásemos	adulaseis	adulasen
	future¹	adulare	adulares	adulare	aduláremos	adulareis	adularen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adula^{^tú} adulá^{^vos}	adule	adulemos	adulad	adulen
	negative		no adules	no adule	no adulemos	no aduléis	no adulen

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of adular^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive adular
	dative	adularme	adularte	adularle, adularse	adularnos	adularos	adularles, adularse
	accusative	adularme	adularte	adularlo, adularla, adularse	adularnos	adularos	adularlos, adularlas, adularse

with gerund adulando
	dative	adulándome	adulándote	adulándole, adulándose	adulándonos	adulándoos	adulándoles, adulándose
	accusative	adulándome	adulándote	adulándolo, adulándola, adulándose	adulándonos	adulándoos	adulándolos, adulándolas, adulándose

with informal second-person singular imperative adula
	dative	adúlame	adúlate	adúlale	adúlanos	not used	adúlales
	accusative	adúlame	adúlate	adúlalo, adúlala	adúlanos	not used	adúlalos, adúlalas

with formal second-person singular imperative adule
	dative	adúleme	not used	adúlele, adúlese	adúlenos	not used	adúleles
	accusative	adúleme	not used	adúlelo, adúlela, adúlese	adúlenos	not used	adúlelos, adúlelas

with first-person plural imperative adulemos
	dative	not used	adulémoste	adulémosle	adulémonos	adulémoos	adulémosles
	accusative	not used	adulémoste	adulémoslo, adulémosla	adulémonos	adulémoos	adulémoslos, adulémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative adulad
	dative	aduladme	not used	aduladle	aduladnos	adulaos	aduladles
	accusative	aduladme	not used	aduladlo, aduladla	aduladnos	adulaos	aduladlos, aduladlas

with formal second-person plural imperative adulen
	dative	adúlenme	not used	adúlenle	adúlennos	not used	adúlenles, adúlense
	accusative	adúlenme	not used	adúlenlo, adúlenla	adúlennos	not used	adúlenlos, adúlenlas, adúlense