refrear

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin refrēnāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [he.fɾeˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [he.fɾeˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾeˈa(ɾ)/ [he.fɾeˈa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾeˈa(ʁ)/ [χe.fɾeˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.fɾeˈa(ɻ)/ [he.fɾeˈa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾiˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ʁɨˈfɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾiˈaɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /ʁɨˈfɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɾiˈa.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /ʁɨˈfɾja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧fre‧ar

Verb

refrear (first-person singular present refreio, first-person singular preterite refreei, past participle refreado)

1. (transitive) to curb; to restrain (to prevent from progressing)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refrear (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	refrear
Personal	refrear	refreares	refrear	refrearmos	refreardes	refrearem
Gerund
	refreando
Past participle
Masculine	refreado			refreados
Feminine	refreada			refreadas
Indicative
Present	refreio	refreias	refreia	refreamos	refreais	refreiam
Imperfect	refreava	refreavas	refreava	refreávamos	refreáveis	refreavam
Preterite	refreei	refreaste	refreou	refreamos1, refreámos2	refreastes	refrearam
Pluperfect	refreara	refrearas	refreara	refreáramos	refreáreis	refrearam
Future	refrearei	refrearás	refreará	refrearemos	refreareis	refrearão
Conditional	refrearia	refrearias	refrearia	refrearíamos	refrearíeis	refreariam
Subjunctive
Present	refreie	refreies	refreie	refreemos	refreeis	refreiem
Imperfect	refreasse	refreasses	refreasse	refreássemos	refreásseis	refreassem
Future	refrear	refreares	refrear	refrearmos	refreardes	refrearem
Imperative
Affirmative		refreia	refreie	refreemos	refreai	refreiem
Negative (não)		não refreies	não refreie	não refreemos	não refreeis	não refreiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• frear
• freio

Further reading

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