jejuar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese jejũar, from Late Latin jejūnāre, alternative form of ieiūnāre, from Latin ieiūnus, from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ʒeˈʒwa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ʒeˈʒwa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ɾ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ʒeˈʒwa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒe.ʒuˈa(ɻ)/ [ʒe.ʒʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ʒeˈʒwa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈʒwaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈʒwaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒɨˈʒwa.ɾi/

Verb

jejuar (first-person singular present jejuo, first-person singular preterite jejuei, past participle jejuado)

1. to fast (to abstain from or eat very little food)
2. (figuratively) to avoid or abstain from something one enjoys

   Synonyms: evitar, privar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of jejuar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	jejuar
Personal	jejuar	jejuares	jejuar	jejuarmos	jejuardes	jejuarem
Gerund
	jejuando
Past participle
Masculine	jejuado			jejuados
Feminine	jejuada			jejuadas
Indicative
Present	jejuo	jejuas	jejua	jejuamos	jejuais	jejuam
Imperfect	jejuava	jejuavas	jejuava	jejuávamos	jejuáveis	jejuavam
Preterite	jejuei	jejuaste	jejuou	jejuamos1, jejuámos2	jejuastes	jejuaram
Pluperfect	jejuara	jejuaras	jejuara	jejuáramos	jejuáreis	jejuaram
Future	jejuarei	jejuarás	jejuará	jejuaremos	jejuareis	jejuarão
Conditional	jejuaria	jejuarias	jejuaria	jejuaríamos	jejuaríeis	jejuariam
Subjunctive
Present	jejue	jejues	jejue	jejuemos	jejueis	jejuem
Imperfect	jejuasse	jejuasses	jejuasse	jejuássemos	jejuásseis	jejuassem
Future	jejuar	jejuares	jejuar	jejuarmos	jejuardes	jejuarem
Imperative
Affirmative		jejua	jejue	jejuemos	jejuai	jejuem
Negative (não)		não jejues	não jejue	não jejuemos	não jejueis	não jejuem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• desjejum
• jejuador

 

Related terms

• jejum
• jejuno

 

Further reading

• “jejuar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024