gamar

See also: gamar-se

Portuguese

Etymology

From gama +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈma(ʁ)/ [ɡaˈma(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈmaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈmaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈma.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ga‧mar

Verb

gamar (first-person singular present gamo, first-person singular preterite gamei, past participle gamado)

1. (colloquial, Portugal) to pinch (to steal, usually of something almost trivial or inconsequential)

   Synonym: roubar

2. (intransitive, colloquial, Brazil) to fall in love [with em ‘with someone’]

   Synonym: apaixonar-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gamar (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	gamar
Personal	gamar	gamares	gamar	gamarmos	gamardes	gamarem
Gerund
	gamando
Past participle
Masculine	gamado			gamados
Feminine	gamada			gamadas
Indicative
Present	gamo	gamas	gama	gamamos	gamais	gamam
Imperfect	gamava	gamavas	gamava	gamávamos	gamáveis	gamavam
Preterite	gamei	gamaste	gamou	gamamos1, gamámos2	gamastes	gamaram
Pluperfect	gamara	gamaras	gamara	gamáramos	gamáreis	gamaram
Future	gamarei	gamarás	gamará	gamaremos	gamareis	gamarão
Conditional	gamaria	gamarias	gamaria	gamaríamos	gamaríeis	gamariam
Subjunctive
Present	game	games	game	gamemos	gameis	gamem
Imperfect	gamasse	gamasses	gamasse	gamássemos	gamásseis	gamassem
Future	gamar	gamares	gamar	gamarmos	gamardes	gamarem
Imperative
Affirmative		gama	game	gamemos	gamai	gamem
Negative (não)		não games	não game	não gamemos	não gameis	não gamem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• gamanço

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

gamar

1. indefinite plural of gam

Anagrams

• magar, magra