pentear

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *pentẽar, peitẽar (“to comb”), from Latin pectināre (“to comb”), from pecten (“comb”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.teˈa(h)], /pẽ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pẽˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [pẽˈt͡ʃja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.teˈa(h)], /pẽ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.t͡ʃɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pẽˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [pẽˈt͡ʃja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pẽ.teˈa(ɾ)/, /pẽ.t͡ʃiˈa(ɾ)/ [pẽ.t͡ʃɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /pẽˈt͡ʃja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /pẽ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.teˈa(χ)], /pẽ.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/ [pẽ.t͡ʃɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /pẽˈt͡ʃja(ʁ)/ [pẽˈt͡ʃja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pẽ.teˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽˈtjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽˈtjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pẽˈtja.ɾi/

Verb

pentear (first-person singular present penteio, first-person singular preterite penteei, past participle penteado)

1. to comb

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pentear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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	pentear
Personal	pentear	penteares	pentear	pentearmos	penteardes	pentearem
Gerund
	penteando
Past participle
Masculine	penteado			penteados
Feminine	penteada			penteadas
Indicative
Present	penteio	penteias	penteia	penteamos	penteais	penteiam
Imperfect	penteava	penteavas	penteava	penteávamos	penteáveis	penteavam
Preterite	penteei	penteaste	penteou	penteamos1, penteámos2	penteastes	pentearam
Pluperfect	penteara	pentearas	penteara	penteáramos	penteáreis	pentearam
Future	pentearei	pentearás	penteará	pentearemos	penteareis	pentearão
Conditional	pentearia	pentearias	pentearia	pentearíamos	pentearíeis	penteariam
Subjunctive
Present	penteie	penteies	penteie	penteemos	penteeis	penteiem
Imperfect	penteasse	penteasses	penteasse	penteássemos	penteásseis	penteassem
Future	pentear	penteares	pentear	pentearmos	penteardes	pentearem
Imperative
Affirmative		penteia	penteie	penteemos	penteai	penteiem
Negative (não)		não penteies	não penteie	não penteemos	não penteeis	não penteiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• despentear
• despenteado

Related terms

• pente

Further reading

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