bridar

Portuguese

Etymology

From brida +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈda(ʁ)/ [bɾiˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈda(ʁ)/ [bɾiˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈda(ʁ)/ [bɾiˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈdaɾ/ [bɾiˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈdaɾ/ [bɾiˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɾiˈda.ɾi/ [bɾiˈða.ɾi]

Verb

bridar (first-person singular present brido, first-person singular preterite bridei, past participle bridado)

1. (transitive) to bridle (a horse)

   Synonym: embridar

   Antonyms: desbridar, desembridar

2. (transitive, figurative) to control, to restrain, to repress

   Antonym: desbridar

3. (transitive, culinar) to wrap up in order to keep shape (while cooking)
4. (intransitive) to gallop

   Synonym: galopar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bridar (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	bridar
Personal	bridar	bridares	bridar	bridarmos	bridardes	bridarem
Gerund
	bridando
Past participle
Masculine	bridado			bridados
Feminine	bridada			bridadas
Indicative
Present	brido	bridas	brida	bridamos	bridais	bridam
Imperfect	bridava	bridavas	bridava	bridávamos	bridáveis	bridavam
Preterite	bridei	bridaste	bridou	bridamos1, bridámos2	bridastes	bridaram
Pluperfect	bridara	bridaras	bridara	bridáramos	bridáreis	bridaram
Future	bridarei	bridarás	bridará	bridaremos	bridareis	bridarão
Conditional	bridaria	bridarias	bridaria	bridaríamos	bridaríeis	bridariam
Subjunctive
Present	bride	brides	bride	bridemos	brideis	bridem
Imperfect	bridasse	bridasses	bridasse	bridássemos	bridásseis	bridassem
Future	bridar	bridares	bridar	bridarmos	bridardes	bridarem
Imperative
Affirmative		brida	bride	bridemos	bridai	bridem
Negative (não)		não brides	não bride	não bridemos	não brideis	não bridem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

References

• “bridar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “bridar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “bridar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “bridar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Spanish

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Etymology

From brida (“cable tie”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾiˈdaɾ/ [bɾiˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: bri‧dar

Verb

bridar (first-person singular present brido, first-person singular preterite bridé, past participle bridado)

1. to truss, tie with twine

   Synonym: embridar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of bridar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			bridar
gerund			bridando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		bridado		bridada
		plural		bridados		bridadas
		singular			plural
		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	brido	bridastú bridásvos	brida	bridamos	bridáis	bridan
	imperfect	bridaba	bridabas	bridaba	bridábamos	bridabais	bridaban
	preterite	bridé	bridaste	bridó	bridamos	bridasteis	bridaron
	future	bridaré	bridarás	bridará	bridaremos	bridaréis	bridarán
	conditional	bridaría	bridarías	bridaría	bridaríamos	bridaríais	bridarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	bride	bridestú bridésvos2	bride	bridemos	bridéis	briden
	imperfect (ra)	bridara	bridaras	bridara	bridáramos	bridarais	bridaran
	imperfect (se)	bridase	bridases	bridase	bridásemos	bridaseis	bridasen
	future1	bridare	bridares	bridare	bridáremos	bridareis	bridaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		bridatú bridávos	bride	bridemos	bridad	briden
	negative		no brides	no bride	no bridemos	no bridéis	no briden

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “bridar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024