cobiçar

Portuguese

Etymology

From cobiça (“greed”) +‎ -ar.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

cobiçar (first-person singular present indicative cobiço, past participle cobiçado)

  1. to covet
  2. to wish for
    Synonyms: desejar, ambicionar
  3. to aspire to

Conjugation
  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb cobiçar
Notes:[edit]
  • This is a regular verb of the -ar group.
  • The last letter ç is changed to c, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ça-, -ce- and -ço-.
  • Verbs with this conjugation include: alcançar, começar, laçar.
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 cobiçar
Personal cobiçar cobiçares cobiçar cobiçarmos cobiçardes cobiçarem
Gerund
cobiçando
Past participle
Masculine cobiçado cobiçados
Feminine cobiçada cobiçadas
Indicative
Present cobiço cobiças cobiça cobiçamos cobiçais cobiçam
Imperfect cobiçava cobiçavas cobiçava cobiçávamos cobiçáveis cobiçavam
Preterite cobicei cobiçaste cobiçou cobiçamos
cobiçámos		 cobiçastes cobiçaram
Pluperfect cobiçara cobiçaras cobiçara cobiçáramos cobiçáreis cobiçaram
Future cobiçarei cobiçarás cobiçará cobiçaremos cobiçareis cobiçarão
Conditional
cobiçaria cobiçarias cobiçaria cobiçaríamos cobiçaríeis cobiçariam
Subjunctive
Present cobice cobices cobice cobicemos cobiceis cobicem
Imperfect cobiçasse cobiçasses cobiçasse cobiçássemos cobiçásseis cobiçassem
Future cobiçar cobiçares cobiçar cobiçarmos cobiçardes cobiçarem
Imperative
Affirmative - cobiça cobice cobicemos cobiçai cobicem
Negative (não) - cobices cobice cobicemos cobiceis cobicem

References
  1. “cobiçar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. [em linha]. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003-2019.
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