grassar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin grassor.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐˈsa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: gras‧sar

Verb

grassar (first-person singular present grasso, first-person singular preterite grassei, past participle grassado)

1. (intransitive) to spread
   1. (of a fire, disease etc.) to spread

      Synonyms: alastrar, espalhar, difundir, propagar

   2. to reproduce, to procreate

      Synonyms: reproduzir, procriar, espalhar, propagar

   3. to become more popular

      Synonyms: popularizar, espalhar, propagar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of grassar (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	grassar
Personal	grassar	grassares	grassar	grassarmos	grassardes	grassarem
Gerund
	grassando
Past participle
Masculine	grassado			grassados
Feminine	grassada			grassadas
Indicative
Present	grasso	grassas	grassa	grassamos	grassais	grassam
Imperfect	grassava	grassavas	grassava	grassávamos	grassáveis	grassavam
Preterite	grassei	grassaste	grassou	grassamos1, grassámos2	grassastes	grassaram
Pluperfect	grassara	grassaras	grassara	grassáramos	grassáreis	grassaram
Future	grassarei	grassarás	grassará	grassaremos	grassareis	grassarão
Conditional	grassaria	grassarias	grassaria	grassaríamos	grassaríeis	grassariam
Subjunctive
Present	grasse	grasses	grasse	grassemos	grasseis	grassem
Imperfect	grassasse	grassasses	grassasse	grassássemos	grassásseis	grassassem
Future	grassar	grassares	grassar	grassarmos	grassardes	grassarem
Imperative
Affirmative		grassa	grasse	grassemos	grassai	grassem
Negative (não)		não grasses	não grasse	não grassemos	não grasseis	não grassem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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