rotular

English

Etymology

From rotula +‎ -ar.

Adjective

rotular (comparative more rotular, superlative most rotular)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the rotula, or kneecap.

   rotular surface

   rotular groove

References

• “rotular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Etymology

From rótulo (“label”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [ho.tuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [ho.tuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁo.tuˈla(ɾ)/ [ho.tuˈla(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁo.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [χo.tuˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁo.tuˈla(ɻ)/ [ho.tuˈla(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.tuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.tuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁu.tuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ro‧tu‧lar

Verb

rotular (first-person singular present rotulo, first-person singular preterite rotulei, past participle rotulado)

1. (transitive) to label with an adhesive label
2. (figurative, transitive) to label (to categorise a person or thing)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rotular (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	rotular
Personal	rotular	rotulares	rotular	rotularmos	rotulardes	rotularem
Gerund
	rotulando
Past participle
Masculine	rotulado			rotulados
Feminine	rotulada			rotuladas
Indicative
Present	rotulo	rotulas	rotula	rotulamos	rotulais	rotulam
Imperfect	rotulava	rotulavas	rotulava	rotulávamos	rotuláveis	rotulavam
Preterite	rotulei	rotulaste	rotulou	rotulamos1, rotulámos2	rotulastes	rotularam
Pluperfect	rotulara	rotularas	rotulara	rotuláramos	rotuláreis	rotularam
Future	rotularei	rotularás	rotulará	rotularemos	rotulareis	rotularão
Conditional	rotularia	rotularias	rotularia	rotularíamos	rotularíeis	rotulariam
Subjunctive
Present	rotule	rotules	rotule	rotulemos	rotuleis	rotulem
Imperfect	rotulasse	rotulasses	rotulasse	rotulássemos	rotulásseis	rotulassem
Future	rotular	rotulares	rotular	rotularmos	rotulardes	rotularem
Imperative
Affirmative		rotula	rotule	rotulemos	rotulai	rotulem
Negative (não)		não rotules	não rotule	não rotulemos	não rotuleis	não rotulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• rolar
• rótulo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From rótulo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rotuˈlaɾ/ [ro.t̪uˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ro‧tu‧lar

Verb

rotular (first-person singular present rotulo, first-person singular preterite rotulé, past participle rotulado)

1. to entitle
2. to label, tag (especially with a rótulo)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rotular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rotular
gerund			rotulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rotulado		rotulada
		plural		rotulados		rotuladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rotulo	rotulastú rotulásvos	rotula	rotulamos	rotuláis	rotulan
	imperfect	rotulaba	rotulabas	rotulaba	rotulábamos	rotulabais	rotulaban
	preterite	rotulé	rotulaste	rotuló	rotulamos	rotulasteis	rotularon
	future	rotularé	rotularás	rotulará	rotularemos	rotularéis	rotularán
	conditional	rotularía	rotularías	rotularía	rotularíamos	rotularíais	rotularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rotule	rotulestú rotulésvos2	rotule	rotulemos	rotuléis	rotulen
	imperfect (ra)	rotulara	rotularas	rotulara	rotuláramos	rotularais	rotularan
	imperfect (se)	rotulase	rotulases	rotulase	rotulásemos	rotulaseis	rotulasen
	future1	rotulare	rotulares	rotulare	rotuláremos	rotulareis	rotularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rotulatú rotulávos	rotule	rotulemos	rotulad	rotulen
	negative		no rotules	no rotule	no rotulemos	no rotuléis	no rotulen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of rotular

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive rotular	dative	rotularme	rotularte	rotularle, rotularse	rotularnos	rotularos	rotularles, rotularse
	accusative	rotularme	rotularte	rotularlo, rotularla, rotularse	rotularnos	rotularos	rotularlos, rotularlas, rotularse
with gerund rotulando	dative	rotulándome	rotulándote	rotulándole, rotulándose	rotulándonos	rotulándoos	rotulándoles, rotulándose
	accusative	rotulándome	rotulándote	rotulándolo, rotulándola, rotulándose	rotulándonos	rotulándoos	rotulándolos, rotulándolas, rotulándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative rotula	dative	rotúlame	rotúlate	rotúlale	rotúlanos	not used	rotúlales
	accusative	rotúlame	rotúlate	rotúlalo, rotúlala	rotúlanos	not used	rotúlalos, rotúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative rotulá	dative	rotulame	rotulate	rotulale	rotulanos	not used	rotulales
	accusative	rotulame	rotulate	rotulalo, rotulala	rotulanos	not used	rotulalos, rotulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rotule	dative	rotúleme	not used	rotúlele, rotúlese	rotúlenos	not used	rotúleles
	accusative	rotúleme	not used	rotúlelo, rotúlela, rotúlese	rotúlenos	not used	rotúlelos, rotúlelas
with first-person plural imperative rotulemos	dative	not used	rotulémoste	rotulémosle	rotulémonos	rotulémoos	rotulémosles
	accusative	not used	rotulémoste	rotulémoslo, rotulémosla	rotulémonos	rotulémoos	rotulémoslos, rotulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rotulad	dative	rotuladme	not used	rotuladle	rotuladnos	rotulaos	rotuladles
	accusative	rotuladme	not used	rotuladlo, rotuladla	rotuladnos	rotulaos	rotuladlos, rotuladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rotulen	dative	rotúlenme	not used	rotúlenle	rotúlennos	not used	rotúlenles, rotúlense
	accusative	rotúlenme	not used	rotúlenlo, rotúlenla	rotúlennos	not used	rotúlenlos, rotúlenlas, rotúlense

Derived terms

• rotulación

Further reading

• “rotular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025