entediar

Portuguese

Etymology

From en- +‎ tédio (“boredom”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.te.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.te.d͡ʒɪˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽ.teˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [ẽ.teˈd͡ʒja(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.te.d͡ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.te.d͡ʒɪˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩ.teˈd͡ʒja(ʁ)/ [ĩ.teˈd͡ʒja(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tɨˈdjaɾ/ [ẽ.tɨˈðjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tɨˈdjaɾ/ [ẽ.tɨˈðjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tɨˈdja.ɾi/ [ẽ.tɨˈðja.ɾi]

Verb

entediar (first-person singular present entedio, first-person singular preterite entediei, past participle entediado)

1. to bore (to cause boredom)

   Synonym: desinteressar

   Antonyms: cativar, interessar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of entediar (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	entediar
Personal	entediar	entediares	entediar	entediarmos	entediardes	entediarem
Gerund
	entediando
Past participle
Masculine	entediado			entediados
Feminine	entediada			entediadas
Indicative
Present	entedio	entedias	entedia	entediamos	entediais	entediam
Imperfect	entediava	entediavas	entediava	entediávamos	entediáveis	entediavam
Preterite	entediei	entediaste	entediou	entediamos1, entediámos2	entediastes	entediaram
Pluperfect	entediara	entediaras	entediara	entediáramos	entediáreis	entediaram
Future	entediarei	entediarás	entediará	entediaremos	entediareis	entediarão
Conditional	entediaria	entediarias	entediaria	entediaríamos	entediaríeis	entediariam
Subjunctive
Present	entedie	entedies	entedie	entediemos	entedieis	entediem
Imperfect	entediasse	entediasses	entediasse	entediássemos	entediásseis	entediassem
Future	entediar	entediares	entediar	entediarmos	entediardes	entediarem
Imperative
Affirmative		entedia	entedie	entediemos	entediai	entediem
Negative (não)		não entedies	não entedie	não entediemos	não entedieis	não entediem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• entediado
• entediante
• tédio
• tedioso

Further reading

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