convulsar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin convulsus +‎ -ar, from Latin convellere (“to shake; to destroy”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.vuwˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.vuʊ̯ˈsa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vulˈsaɾ/ [kõ.vuɫˈsaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vulˈsaɾ/ [kõ.vuɫˈsaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.bulˈsaɾ/ [kõ.buɫˈsaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.vulˈsa.ɾi/ [kõ.vuɫˈsa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: con‧vul‧sar

Verb

convulsar (first-person singular present convulso, first-person singular preterite convulsei, past participle convulsado)

1. (intransitive) to seize (to have a seizure)

   Synonyms: convulsionar, convelir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of convulsar (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	convulsar
Personal	convulsar	convulsares	convulsar	convulsarmos	convulsardes	convulsarem
Gerund
	convulsando
Past participle
Masculine	convulsado			convulsados
Feminine	convulsada			convulsadas
Indicative
Present	convulso	convulsas	convulsa	convulsamos	convulsais	convulsam
Imperfect	convulsava	convulsavas	convulsava	convulsávamos	convulsáveis	convulsavam
Preterite	convulsei	convulsaste	convulsou	convulsamos1, convulsámos2	convulsastes	convulsaram
Pluperfect	convulsara	convulsaras	convulsara	convulsáramos	convulsáreis	convulsaram
Future	convulsarei	convulsarás	convulsará	convulsaremos	convulsareis	convulsarão
Conditional	convulsaria	convulsarias	convulsaria	convulsaríamos	convulsaríeis	convulsariam
Subjunctive
Present	convulse	convulses	convulse	convulsemos	convulseis	convulsem
Imperfect	convulsasse	convulsasses	convulsasse	convulsássemos	convulsásseis	convulsassem
Future	convulsar	convulsares	convulsar	convulsarmos	convulsardes	convulsarem
Imperative
Affirmative		convulsa	convulse	convulsemos	convulsai	convulsem
Negative (não)		não convulses	não convulse	não convulsemos	não convulseis	não convulsem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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