rojar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈʒaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈʒaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈʒa.ɾi/

Etymology 1

From arrojar.

Verb

rojar (first-person singular present rojo, first-person singular preterite rojei, past participle rojado)

1. (transitive) to throw away

   Synonyms: arremessar, arrojar

2. (transitive) to touch or caress slightly

   Synonym: roçar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rojar (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	rojar
Personal	rojar	rojares	rojar	rojarmos	rojardes	rojarem
Gerund
	rojando
Past participle
Masculine	rojado			rojados
Feminine	rojada			rojadas
Indicative
Present	rojo	rojas	roja	rojamos	rojais	rojam
Imperfect	rojava	rojavas	rojava	rojávamos	rojáveis	rojavam
Preterite	rojei	rojaste	rojou	rojamos1, rojámos2	rojastes	rojaram
Pluperfect	rojara	rojaras	rojara	rojáramos	rojáreis	rojaram
Future	rojarei	rojarás	rojará	rojaremos	rojareis	rojarão
Conditional	rojaria	rojarias	rojaria	rojaríamos	rojaríeis	rojariam
Subjunctive
Present	roje	rojes	roje	rojemos	rojeis	rojem
Imperfect	rojasse	rojasses	rojasse	rojássemos	rojásseis	rojassem
Future	rojar	rojares	rojar	rojarmos	rojardes	rojarem
Imperative
Affirmative		roja	roje	rojemos	rojai	rojem
Negative (não)		não rojes	não roje	não rojemos	não rojeis	não rojem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• arrojar, rojo, rojão

Etymology 2

Perhaps from rijar.

Verb

rojar (first-person singular present rojo, first-person singular preterite rojei, past participle rojado)

1. (cooking) to fry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rojar (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	rojar
Personal	rojar	rojares	rojar	rojarmos	rojardes	rojarem
Gerund
	rojando
Past participle
Masculine	rojado			rojados
Feminine	rojada			rojadas
Indicative
Present	rojo	rojas	roja	rojamos	rojais	rojam
Imperfect	rojava	rojavas	rojava	rojávamos	rojáveis	rojavam
Preterite	rojei	rojaste	rojou	rojamos1, rojámos2	rojastes	rojaram
Pluperfect	rojara	rojaras	rojara	rojáramos	rojáreis	rojaram
Future	rojarei	rojarás	rojará	rojaremos	rojareis	rojarão
Conditional	rojaria	rojarias	rojaria	rojaríamos	rojaríeis	rojariam
Subjunctive
Present	roje	rojes	roje	rojemos	rojeis	rojem
Imperfect	rojasse	rojasses	rojasse	rojássemos	rojásseis	rojassem
Future	rojar	rojares	rojar	rojarmos	rojardes	rojarem
Imperative
Affirmative		roja	roje	rojemos	rojai	rojem
Negative (não)		não rojes	não roje	não rojemos	não rojeis	não rojem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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