ensejar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnsidiāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈʒa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈʒa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈʒa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈʒa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.seˈʒa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈʒa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.seˈʒa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.seˈʒa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.seˈʒa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.sɨˈʒaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽ.sɨˈʒa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: en‧se‧jar

Verb

ensejar (first-person singular present ensejo, first-person singular preterite ensejei, past participle ensejado)

  1. to give rise to
  2. to await one's opportunity

Conjugation

Derived terms