deletar

See also: deletär

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English delete, probably by means of the Delete key on computer keyboards, from Latin dēleō. Doublet of delir and indelével.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lɨˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lɨˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.lɨˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧le‧tar

Verb

deletar (first-person singular present deleto, first-person singular preterite deletei, past participle deletado)

1. (computing, Brazil) delete (to remove a computer file)

   Synonyms: apagar, excluir

Usage notes

Frequently proscribed in favor of its synonyms due to being borrowed from English, even if ultimately from Latin.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deletar (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	deletar
Personal	deletar	deletares	deletar	deletarmos	deletardes	deletarem
Gerund
	deletando
Past participle
Masculine	deletado			deletados
Feminine	deletada			deletadas
Indicative
Present	deleto	deletas	deleta	deletamos	deletais	deletam
Imperfect	deletava	deletavas	deletava	deletávamos	deletáveis	deletavam
Preterite	deletei	deletaste	deletou	deletamos1, deletámos2	deletastes	deletaram
Pluperfect	deletara	deletaras	deletara	deletáramos	deletáreis	deletaram
Future	deletarei	deletarás	deletará	deletaremos	deletareis	deletarão
Conditional	deletaria	deletarias	deletaria	deletaríamos	deletaríeis	deletariam
Subjunctive
Present	delete	deletes	delete	deletemos	deleteis	deletem
Imperfect	deletasse	deletasses	deletasse	deletássemos	deletásseis	deletassem
Future	deletar	deletares	deletar	deletarmos	deletardes	deletarem
Imperative
Affirmative		deleta	delete	deletemos	deletai	deletem
Negative (não)		não deletes	não delete	não deletemos	não deleteis	não deletem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “deletar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “deletar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “deletar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025