frescar

Portuguese

Etymology

Apheresis of refrescar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛs.kɐʁ/ [ˈfɾɛs.kɐh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛs.kɐʁ/ [ˈfɾɛs.kɐh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛs.kɐɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛʃ.kɐʁ/ [ˈfɾɛʃ.kɐχかい]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛs.kaɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛʃ.kaɾ/

• Hyphenation: fres‧car

Verb

frescar (first-person singular present fresco, first-person singular preterite fresquei, past participle frescado)

1. (intransitive) to freshen up
2. (slang, derogatory) to be effeminate; fruity

Conjugation

    Conjugation of frescar (c-qu 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	frescar
Personal	frescar	frescares	frescar	frescarmos	frescardes	frescarem
Gerund
	frescando
Past participle
Masculine	frescado			frescados
Feminine	frescada			frescadas
Indicative
Present	fresco	frescas	fresca	frescamos	frescais	frescam
Imperfect	frescava	frescavas	frescava	frescávamos	frescáveis	frescavam
Preterite	fresquei	frescaste	frescou	frescamos1, frescámos2	frescastes	frescaram
Pluperfect	frescara	frescaras	frescara	frescáramos	frescáreis	frescaram
Future	frescarei	frescarás	frescará	frescaremos	frescareis	frescarão
Conditional	frescaria	frescarias	frescaria	frescaríamos	frescaríeis	frescariam
Subjunctive
Present	fresque	fresques	fresque	fresquemos	fresqueis	fresquem
Imperfect	frescasse	frescasses	frescasse	frescássemos	frescásseis	frescassem
Future	frescar	frescares	frescar	frescarmos	frescardes	frescarem
Imperative
Affirmative		fresca	fresque	fresquemos	frescai	fresquem
Negative (não)		não fresques	não fresque	não fresquemos	não fresqueis	não fresquem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.