constranger

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin *cōnstrangere for Latin cōnstringere. Doublet of constringir.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõs.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(ʁ)/ [kõs.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõʃ.tɾɐ̃ˈʒe.ɾi/

Verb

constranger (first-person singular present constranjo, first-person singular preterite constrangi, past participle constrangido)

1. to embarrass
2. to constrain
3. to compel, oblige

Conjugation

    Conjugation of constranger (g-j 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	constranger
Personal	constranger	constrangeres	constranger	constrangermos	constrangerdes	constrangerem
Gerund
	constrangendo
Past participle
Masculine	constrangido			constrangidos
Feminine	constrangida			constrangidas
Indicative
Present	constranjo	constranges	constrange	constrangemos	constrangeis	constrangem
Imperfect	constrangia	constrangias	constrangia	constrangíamos	constrangíeis	constrangiam
Preterite	constrangi	constrangeste	constrangeu	constrangemos	constrangestes	constrangeram
Pluperfect	constrangera	constrangeras	constrangera	constrangêramos	constrangêreis	constrangeram
Future	constrangerei	constrangerás	constrangerá	constrangeremos	constrangereis	constrangerão
Conditional	constrangeria	constrangerias	constrangeria	constrangeríamos	constrangeríeis	constrangeriam
Subjunctive
Present	constranja	constranjas	constranja	constranjamos	constranjais	constranjam
Imperfect	constrangesse	constrangesses	constrangesse	constrangêssemos	constrangêsseis	constrangessem
Future	constranger	constrangeres	constranger	constrangermos	constrangerdes	constrangerem
Imperative
Affirmative		constrange	constranja	constranjamos	constrangei	constranjam
Negative (não)		não constranjas	não constranja	não constranjamos	não constranjais	não constranjam

Further reading

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