sequestrar

See also: seqüestrar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

seqüestrar (Brazil, pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kwesˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [se.kwesˈtɾa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /se.kwesˈtɾa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.kweʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [se.kweʃˈtɾa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kwesˈtɾa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɨʃˈtɾaɾ/, /sɨ.kwɨʃˈtɾaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɨʃˈtɾa.ɾi/, /sɨ.kwɨʃˈtɾa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: se‧ques‧trar

Verb

sequestrar (first-person singular present sequestro, first-person singular preterite sequestrei, past participle sequestrado)

(transitive) to kidnap; to abduct (to seize and detain a person unlawfully)
Synonyms: raptar, (Brazil) abduzir

Conjugation

Conjugation of sequestrar (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	sequestrar
Personal	sequestrar	sequestrares	sequestrar	sequestrarmos	sequestrardes	sequestrarem
Gerund
	sequestrando
Past participle
Masculine	sequestrado			sequestrados
Feminine	sequestrada			sequestradas
Indicative
Present	sequestro	sequestras	sequestra	sequestramos	sequestrais	sequestram
Imperfect	sequestrava	sequestravas	sequestrava	sequestrávamos	sequestráveis	sequestravam
Preterite	sequestrei	sequestraste	sequestrou	sequestramos¹, sequestrámos²	sequestrastes	sequestraram
Pluperfect	sequestrara	sequestraras	sequestrara	sequestráramos	sequestráreis	sequestraram
Future	sequestrarei	sequestrarás	sequestrará	sequestraremos	sequestrareis	sequestrarão
Conditional	sequestraria	sequestrarias	sequestraria	sequestraríamos	sequestraríeis	sequestrariam
Subjunctive
Present	sequestre	sequestres	sequestre	sequestremos	sequestreis	sequestrem
Imperfect	sequestrasse	sequestrasses	sequestrasse	sequestrássemos	sequestrásseis	sequestrassem
Future	sequestrar	sequestrares	sequestrar	sequestrarmos	sequestrardes	sequestrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sequestra	sequestre	sequestremos	sequestrai	sequestrem
Negative (não)		não sequestres	não sequestre	não sequestremos	não sequestreis	não sequestrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

sequestro

Spanish

Verb

sequestrar (first-person singular present sequestro, first-person singular preterite sequestré, past participle sequestrado)

misspelling of secuestrar

Conjugation

Conjugation of sequestrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			sequestrar
gerund			sequestrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sequestrado		sequestrada
		plural		sequestrados		sequestradas
		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	sequestro	sequestras^{^tú} sequestrás^{^vos}	sequestra	sequestramos	sequestráis	sequestran
	imperfect	sequestraba	sequestrabas	sequestraba	sequestrábamos	sequestrabais	sequestraban
	preterite	sequestré	sequestraste	sequestró	sequestramos	sequestrasteis	sequestraron
	future	sequestraré	sequestrarás	sequestrará	sequestraremos	sequestraréis	sequestrarán
	conditional	sequestraría	sequestrarías	sequestraría	sequestraríamos	sequestraríais	sequestrarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sequestre	sequestres^{^tú} sequestrés^{^vos²}	sequestre	sequestremos	sequestréis	sequestren
	imperfect (ra)	sequestrara	sequestraras	sequestrara	sequestráramos	sequestrarais	sequestraran
	imperfect (se)	sequestrase	sequestrases	sequestrase	sequestrásemos	sequestraseis	sequestrasen
	future¹	sequestrare	sequestrares	sequestrare	sequestráremos	sequestrareis	sequestraren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sequestra^{^tú} sequestrá^{^vos}	sequestre	sequestremos	sequestrad	sequestren
	negative		no sequestres	no sequestre	no sequestremos	no sequestréis	no sequestren

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

Selected combined forms of sequestrar

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 sequestrar	dative	sequestrarme	sequestrarte	sequestrarle, sequestrarse	sequestrarnos	sequestraros	sequestrarles, sequestrarse
with infinitive sequestrar	accusative	sequestrarme	sequestrarte	sequestrarlo, sequestrarla, sequestrarse	sequestrarnos	sequestraros	sequestrarlos, sequestrarlas, sequestrarse

with gerund sequestrando	dative	sequestrándome	sequestrándote	sequestrándole, sequestrándose	sequestrándonos	sequestrándoos	sequestrándoles, sequestrándose
with gerund sequestrando	accusative	sequestrándome	sequestrándote	sequestrándolo, sequestrándola, sequestrándose	sequestrándonos	sequestrándoos	sequestrándolos, sequestrándolas, sequestrándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative sequestra	dative	sequéstrame	sequéstrate	sequéstrale	sequéstranos	not used	sequéstrales
	accusative	sequéstrame	sequéstrate	sequéstralo, sequéstrala	sequéstranos	not used	sequéstralos, sequéstralas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative sequestrá	dative	sequestrame	sequestrate	sequestrale	sequestranos	not used	sequestrales
	accusative	sequestrame	sequestrate	sequestralo, sequestrala	sequestranos	not used	sequestralos, sequestralas

with formal second-person singular imperative sequestre	dative	sequéstreme	not used	sequéstrele, sequéstrese	sequéstrenos	not used	sequéstreles
with formal second-person singular imperative sequestre	accusative	sequéstreme	not used	sequéstrelo, sequéstrela, sequéstrese	sequéstrenos	not used	sequéstrelos, sequéstrelas

with first-person plural imperative sequestremos	dative	not used	sequestrémoste	sequestrémosle	sequestrémonos	sequestrémoos	sequestrémosles
with first-person plural imperative sequestremos	accusative	not used	sequestrémoste	sequestrémoslo, sequestrémosla	sequestrémonos	sequestrémoos	sequestrémoslos, sequestrémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative sequestrad	dative	sequestradme	not used	sequestradle	sequestradnos	sequestraos	sequestradles
with informal second-person plural imperative sequestrad	accusative	sequestradme	not used	sequestradlo, sequestradla	sequestradnos	sequestraos	sequestradlos, sequestradlas

with formal second-person plural imperative sequestren	dative	sequéstrenme	not used	sequéstrenle	sequéstrennos	not used	sequéstrenles, sequéstrense
with formal second-person plural imperative sequestren	accusative	sequéstrenme	not used	sequéstrenlo, sequéstrenla	sequéstrennos	not used	sequéstrenlos, sequéstrenlas, sequéstrense