pabular

English

Etymology

From pabulum +‎ -ar.

Adjective

pabular (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Edible; of or pertaining to food.
   • 1850, Southern literary messenger‎, Conservative Cookery:

     We shall however delight to follow our author in those pleasing meditations wherewith, under the ingenious fiction of Hortense, he introduces some of the most important subjects of pabular interest.

   • 1851, Edward Joseph Thackwell, Narrative of the Second Seikh war, in 1848-49, pages 82–83:

     It is a well-known fact in Indian warfare that the sepoy always fights and marches best on a full stomach. Therefore, the advisableness of this pabular preparation was unquestionable.

   • 1866, The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, volume 2, page 86:

     […] and as that species feeds indiscriminately on such varied trees as hazel, beech, and sallow, an extension of its pabular range is not surprising.

   • 2000, Rodney Dale, The Wordsworth Dictionary of Culinary & Menu Terms, back cover:

     This pabular vocabulary will be eagerly embraced by all those interested in and engaged in food and its preparation from whatever culture and tradition they may come.

Portuguese

Etymology

From pábulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pa.buˈla(ʁ)/ [pa.buˈla(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.buˈlaɾ/ [pɐ.βuˈlaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.buˈlaɾ/ [pɐ.βuˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɐ.buˈla.ɾi/ [pɐ.βuˈla.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: pa‧bu‧lar

Verb

pabular (first-person singular present pabulo, first-person singular preterite pabulei, past participle pabulado)

1. to be excessively proud of oneself; to brag, to boast
2. to despise, to demonstrate contempt towards

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pabular (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	pabular
Personal	pabular	pabulares	pabular	pabularmos	pabulardes	pabularem
Gerund
	pabulando
Past participle
Masculine	pabulado			pabulados
Feminine	pabulada			pabuladas
Indicative
Present	pabulo	pabulas	pabula	pabulamos	pabulais	pabulam
Imperfect	pabulava	pabulavas	pabulava	pabulávamos	pabuláveis	pabulavam
Preterite	pabulei	pabulaste	pabulou	pabulamos1, pabulámos2	pabulastes	pabularam
Pluperfect	pabulara	pabularas	pabulara	pabuláramos	pabuláreis	pabularam
Future	pabularei	pabularás	pabulará	pabularemos	pabulareis	pabularão
Conditional	pabularia	pabularias	pabularia	pabularíamos	pabularíeis	pabulariam
Subjunctive
Present	pabule	pabules	pabule	pabulemos	pabuleis	pabulem
Imperfect	pabulasse	pabulasses	pabulasse	pabulássemos	pabulásseis	pabulassem
Future	pabular	pabulares	pabular	pabularmos	pabulardes	pabularem
Imperative
Affirmative		pabula	pabule	pabulemos	pabulai	pabulem
Negative (não)		não pabules	não pabule	não pabulemos	não pabuleis	não pabulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• pabulagem

Further reading

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