dedurar

Portuguese

Etymology

Haplology of earlier dedo-durar, ultimately from dedo-duro +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.duˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.duˈɾa(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.duˈɾaɾ/ [dɨ.ðuˈɾaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.duˈɾaɾ/ [dɨ.ðuˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.duˈɾa.ɾi/ [dɨ.ðuˈɾa.ɾi]

Verb

dedurar (first-person singular present deduro, first-person singular preterite dedurei, past participle dedurado)

1. (Brazil, colloquial) to grass; to snitch (to inform on)

   Synonyms: delatar, alcaguetar, caguetar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dedurar (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	dedurar
Personal	dedurar	dedurares	dedurar	dedurarmos	dedurardes	dedurarem
Gerund
	dedurando
Past participle
Masculine	dedurado			dedurados
Feminine	dedurada			deduradas
Indicative
Present	deduro	deduras	dedura	deduramos	dedurais	deduram
Imperfect	dedurava	deduravas	dedurava	dedurávamos	deduráveis	deduravam
Preterite	dedurei	deduraste	dedurou	deduramos1, dedurámos2	dedurastes	deduraram
Pluperfect	dedurara	deduraras	dedurara	deduráramos	deduráreis	deduraram
Future	dedurarei	dedurarás	dedurará	deduraremos	dedurareis	dedurarão
Conditional	deduraria	dedurarias	deduraria	deduraríamos	deduraríeis	dedurariam
Subjunctive
Present	dedure	dedures	dedure	deduremos	dedureis	dedurem
Imperfect	dedurasse	dedurasses	dedurasse	dedurássemos	dedurásseis	dedurassem
Future	dedurar	dedurares	dedurar	dedurarmos	dedurardes	dedurarem
Imperative
Affirmative		dedura	dedure	deduremos	dedurai	dedurem
Negative (não)		não dedures	não dedure	não deduremos	não dedureis	não dedurem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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