morsegar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

mossegar

Etymology

From Latin morsicāre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /moʁ.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [moh.seˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moɾ.seˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʁ.seˈɡa(ʁ)/ [moχ.seˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moɻ.seˈɡa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾ.sɨˈɡaɾ/ [muɾ.sɨˈɣaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muɾ.sɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [muɾ.sɨˈɣa.ɾi]

Verb

morsegar (first-person singular present morsego, first-person singular preterite morseguei, past participle morsegado)

(transitive) pull (something) using the teeth
(transitive) bite lightly and continuously; take small bites on; nibble

Conjugation

Conjugation of morsegar (g-gu alternation) (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	morsegar
Personal	morsegar	morsegares	morsegar	morsegarmos	morsegardes	morsegarem
Gerund
	morsegando
Past participle
Masculine	morsegado			morsegados
Feminine	morsegada			morsegadas
Indicative
Present	morsego	morsegas	morsega	morsegamos	morsegais	morsegam
Imperfect	morsegava	morsegavas	morsegava	morsegávamos	morsegáveis	morsegavam
Preterite	morseguei	morsegaste	morsegou	morsegamos¹, morsegámos²	morsegastes	morsegaram
Pluperfect	morsegara	morsegaras	morsegara	morsegáramos	morsegáreis	morsegaram
Future	morsegarei	morsegarás	morsegará	morsegaremos	morsegareis	morsegarão
Conditional	morsegaria	morsegarias	morsegaria	morsegaríamos	morsegaríeis	morsegariam
Subjunctive
Present	morsegue	morsegues	morsegue	morseguemos	morsegueis	morseguem
Imperfect	morsegasse	morsegasses	morsegasse	morsegássemos	morsegásseis	morsegassem
Future	morsegar	morsegares	morsegar	morsegarmos	morsegardes	morsegarem
Imperative
Affirmative		morsega	morsegue	morseguemos	morsegai	morseguem
Negative (não)		não morsegues	não morsegue	não morseguemos	não morsegueis	não morseguem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

“morsegar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
“morsegar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Venetan

Alternative forms

mosegar, musegar

Etymology

Inherited from Latin morsicāre.

Verb

morsegar

(transitive) to nibble, gnaw (at)
(transitive) to bite

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of morsegar (first conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	morsegar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		morsegando
past participle		morsegà
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	morsego	(te) morseghi	(el/ła) morsega	morseghémo, morsegòn	morseghé	(i/łe) morsega
imperfect	morsegava	(te) morsegavi	(el/ła) morsegava	morsegàvimo	morsegavi	(i/łe) morsegava
future	morsegarò	(te) morsegarè	(el/ła) morsegarà	morsegarémo	morsegarè	(i/łe) morsegarà
conditional	morsegarìa	(te) morsegarisi	(el/ła) morsegarìa	morsegarìsimo	morsegarisi	(i/łe) morsegarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	morseghe, morsega	(te) morseghi	(el/ła) morseghe, (el/ła) morsega	morseghémo, morsegone	morseghé	(i/łe) morseghe, (i/łe) morsega
imperfect	morsegase	(te) morsegasi	(el/ła) morsegase	morsegàsimo	morsegasi	(i/łe) morsegase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) morsega	(el/ła) morsega, (el/ła) morseghe	morseghémo	morseghé	(i/łe) morsega, (i/łe) morseghe

Related terms

morsegon