colapsar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.la.piˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.la.piˈsa(h)], /ko.lapˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.lapˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.la.piˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.la.piˈsa(h)], /ko.lapˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.lapˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.la.piˈsa(ɾ)/, /ko.lapˈsa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.la.piˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.la.piˈsa(χ)], /ko.lapˈsa(ʁ)/ [ko.lapˈsa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.lapˈsa(ɻ)/, /ko.la.piˈsa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.lɐˈpsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.lɐˈpsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.lɐˈpsa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧lap‧sar

Verb

colapsar (first-person singular present colapso, first-person singular preterite colapsei, past participle colapsado)

1. to collapse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colapsar (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	colapsar
Personal	colapsar	colapsares	colapsar	colapsarmos	colapsardes	colapsarem
Gerund
	colapsando
Past participle
Masculine	colapsado			colapsados
Feminine	colapsada			colapsadas
Indicative
Present	colapso	colapsas	colapsa	colapsamos	colapsais	colapsam
Imperfect	colapsava	colapsavas	colapsava	colapsávamos	colapsáveis	colapsavam
Preterite	colapsei	colapsaste	colapsou	colapsamos1, colapsámos2	colapsastes	colapsaram
Pluperfect	colapsara	colapsaras	colapsara	colapsáramos	colapsáreis	colapsaram
Future	colapsarei	colapsarás	colapsará	colapsaremos	colapsareis	colapsarão
Conditional	colapsaria	colapsarias	colapsaria	colapsaríamos	colapsaríeis	colapsariam
Subjunctive
Present	colapse	colapses	colapse	colapsemos	colapseis	colapsem
Imperfect	colapsasse	colapsasses	colapsasse	colapsássemos	colapsásseis	colapsassem
Future	colapsar	colapsares	colapsar	colapsarmos	colapsardes	colapsarem
Imperative
Affirmative		colapsa	colapse	colapsemos	colapsai	colapsem
Negative (não)		não colapses	não colapse	não colapsemos	não colapseis	não colapsem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “colapsar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “colapsar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin collābor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolabˈsaɾ/ [ko.laβ̞ˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: co‧lap‧sar

Verb

colapsar (first-person singular present colapso, first-person singular preterite colapsé, past participle colapsado)

1. (transitive) to cause to collapse
2. (intransitive) to collapse

Conjugation

    Conjugation of colapsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			colapsar
gerund			colapsando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		colapsado		colapsada
		plural		colapsados		colapsadas
		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	colapso	colapsastú colapsásvos	colapsa	colapsamos	colapsáis	colapsan
	imperfect	colapsaba	colapsabas	colapsaba	colapsábamos	colapsabais	colapsaban
	preterite	colapsé	colapsaste	colapsó	colapsamos	colapsasteis	colapsaron
	future	colapsaré	colapsarás	colapsará	colapsaremos	colapsaréis	colapsarán
	conditional	colapsaría	colapsarías	colapsaría	colapsaríamos	colapsaríais	colapsarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	colapse	colapsestú colapsésvos2	colapse	colapsemos	colapséis	colapsen
	imperfect (ra)	colapsara	colapsaras	colapsara	colapsáramos	colapsarais	colapsaran
	imperfect (se)	colapsase	colapsases	colapsase	colapsásemos	colapsaseis	colapsasen
	future1	colapsare	colapsares	colapsare	colapsáremos	colapsareis	colapsaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		colapsatú colapsávos	colapse	colapsemos	colapsad	colapsen
	negative		no colapses	no colapse	no colapsemos	no colapséis	no colapsen

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

    Selected combined forms of colapsar

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 colapsar	dative	colapsarme	colapsarte	colapsarle, colapsarse	colapsarnos	colapsaros	colapsarles, colapsarse
	accusative	colapsarme	colapsarte	colapsarlo, colapsarla, colapsarse	colapsarnos	colapsaros	colapsarlos, colapsarlas, colapsarse
with gerund colapsando	dative	colapsándome	colapsándote	colapsándole, colapsándose	colapsándonos	colapsándoos	colapsándoles, colapsándose
	accusative	colapsándome	colapsándote	colapsándolo, colapsándola, colapsándose	colapsándonos	colapsándoos	colapsándolos, colapsándolas, colapsándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative colapsa	dative	colápsame	colápsate	colápsale	colápsanos	not used	colápsales
	accusative	colápsame	colápsate	colápsalo, colápsala	colápsanos	not used	colápsalos, colápsalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative colapsá	dative	colapsame	colapsate	colapsale	colapsanos	not used	colapsales
	accusative	colapsame	colapsate	colapsalo, colapsala	colapsanos	not used	colapsalos, colapsalas
with formal second-person singular imperative colapse	dative	colápseme	not used	colápsele, colápsese	colápsenos	not used	colápseles
	accusative	colápseme	not used	colápselo, colápsela, colápsese	colápsenos	not used	colápselos, colápselas
with first-person plural imperative colapsemos	dative	not used	colapsémoste	colapsémosle	colapsémonos	colapsémoos	colapsémosles
	accusative	not used	colapsémoste	colapsémoslo, colapsémosla	colapsémonos	colapsémoos	colapsémoslos, colapsémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative colapsad	dative	colapsadme	not used	colapsadle	colapsadnos	colapsaos	colapsadles
	accusative	colapsadme	not used	colapsadlo, colapsadla	colapsadnos	colapsaos	colapsadlos, colapsadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative colapsen	dative	colápsenme	not used	colápsenle	colápsennos	not used	colápsenles, colápsense
	accusative	colápsenme	not used	colápsenlo, colápsenla	colápsennos	not used	colápsenlos, colápsenlas, colápsense

Related terms

• colapso

Further reading

• “colapsar”, 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