caular

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Kimbundu kaula.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kawˈla(ɾ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈla(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kawˈla(ʁ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈla(ɻ)/ [kaʊ̯ˈla(ɻ)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kawˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kawˈla.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: cau‧lar

Verb

caular (first-person singular present caulo, first-person singular preterite caulei, past participle caulado)

  1. (Angola, transitive) to buy a product without needing it, as a precaution against its presumed increase in price

Conjugation

    Conjugation of caular (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 caular
Personal caular caulares caular caularmos caulardes caularem
Gerund
caulando
Past participle
Masculine caulado caulados
Feminine caulada cauladas
Indicative
Present caulo caulas caula caulamos caulais caulam
Imperfect caulava caulavas caulava caulávamos cauláveis caulavam
Preterite caulei caulaste caulou caulamos1, caulámos2 caulastes caularam
Pluperfect caulara caularas caulara cauláramos cauláreis caularam
Future caularei caularás caulará caularemos caulareis caularão
Conditional caularia caularias caularia caularíamos caularíeis caulariam
Subjunctive
Present caule caules caule caulemos cauleis caulem
Imperfect caulasse caulasses caulasse caulássemos caulásseis caulassem
Future caular caulares caular caularmos caulardes caularem
Imperative
Affirmative caula caule caulemos caulai caulem
Negative (não) não caules não caule não caulemos não cauleis não caulem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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