coxear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ʃeˈa(ʁ)/ [ko.ʃeˈa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈʃja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: co‧xe‧ar

Verb

coxear (first-person singular present coxeio, first-person singular preterite coxeei, past participle coxeado)

1. (intransitive) to limp

   Synonym: mancar

2. (intransitive) to be defective
3. (intransitive) to falter, to hesitate

   Synonyms: claudicar, vacilar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of coxear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	coxear
Personal	coxear	coxeares	coxear	coxearmos	coxeardes	coxearem
Gerund
	coxeando
Past participle
Masculine	coxeado			coxeados
Feminine	coxeada			coxeadas
Indicative
Present	coxeio	coxeias	coxeia	coxeamos	coxeais	coxeiam
Imperfect	coxeava	coxeavas	coxeava	coxeávamos	coxeáveis	coxeavam
Preterite	coxeei	coxeaste	coxeou	coxeamos1, coxeámos2	coxeastes	coxearam
Pluperfect	coxeara	coxearas	coxeara	coxeáramos	coxeáreis	coxearam
Future	coxearei	coxearás	coxeará	coxearemos	coxeareis	coxearão
Conditional	coxearia	coxearias	coxearia	coxearíamos	coxearíeis	coxeariam
Subjunctive
Present	coxeie	coxeies	coxeie	coxeemos	coxeeis	coxeiem
Imperfect	coxeasse	coxeasses	coxeasse	coxeássemos	coxeásseis	coxeassem
Future	coxear	coxeares	coxear	coxearmos	coxeardes	coxearem
Imperative
Affirmative		coxeia	coxeie	coxeemos	coxeai	coxeiem
Negative (não)		não coxeies	não coxeie	não coxeemos	não coxeeis	não coxeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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