embasar

Portuguese

Etymology

From em- +‎ base (“base; basis”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baˈza(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baˈza(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈza(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈza(ʁ)/ [ẽ.baˈza(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈza(ʁ)/ [ĩ.baˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.baˈza(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.baˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐˈzaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.bɐˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: em‧ba‧sar

Verb

embasar (first-person singular present embaso, first-person singular preterite embasei, past participle embasado)

1. (transitive, architecture) to build (a building’s) foundation
2. (transitive) to base [with direct object ‘an opinion, idea, procedure, etc.’ and em ‘on someone/something’]

   Ele embasou a teoria nas suas observações. ― He based the theory on his observations.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of embasar (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	embasar
Personal	embasar	embasares	embasar	embasarmos	embasardes	embasarem
Gerund
	embasando
Past participle
Masculine	embasado			embasados
Feminine	embasada			embasadas
Indicative
Present	embaso	embasas	embasa	embasamos	embasais	embasam
Imperfect	embasava	embasavas	embasava	embasávamos	embasáveis	embasavam
Preterite	embasei	embasaste	embasou	embasamos1, embasámos2	embasastes	embasaram
Pluperfect	embasara	embasaras	embasara	embasáramos	embasáreis	embasaram
Future	embasarei	embasarás	embasará	embasaremos	embasareis	embasarão
Conditional	embasaria	embasarias	embasaria	embasaríamos	embasaríeis	embasariam
Subjunctive
Present	embase	embases	embase	embasemos	embaseis	embasem
Imperfect	embasasse	embasasses	embasasse	embasássemos	embasásseis	embasassem
Future	embasar	embasares	embasar	embasarmos	embasardes	embasarem
Imperative
Affirmative		embasa	embase	embasemos	embasai	embasem
Negative (não)		não embases	não embase	não embasemos	não embaseis	não embasem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• base
• embasado
• embasamento

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

embasar

1. only used in se ... embasar, syntactic variant of embasarse