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adular
adular
Portuguese
Verb
adular (first-person singular present indicative adulo, past participle adulado)
- to flatter
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb adular
Spanish
Verb
adular (first-person singular present adulo, first-person singular preterite adulé, past participle adulado)
- to flatter
Conjugation
| infinitive | adular | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | adulando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | adulado | adulada | |||||
| plural | adulados | aduladas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | adulo | adulastú adulásvos |
adula | adulamos | aduláis | adulan | |
| imperfect | adulaba | adulabas | adulaba | adulábamos | adulabais | adulaban | |
| preterite | adulé | adulaste | aduló | adulamos | adulasteis | adularon | |
| future | adularé | adularás | adulará | adularemos | adularéis | adularán | |
| conditional | adularía | adularías | adularía | adularíamos | adularíais | adularían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | adule | adulestú adulésvos1 |
adule | adulemos | aduléis | adulen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
adulara | adularas | adulara | aduláramos | adularais | adularan | |
| imperfect (se) |
adulase | adulases | adulase | adulásemos | adulaseis | adulasen | |
| future | adulare | adulares | adulare | aduláremos | adulareis | adularen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | adulatú adulávos |
adule | adulemos | adulad | adulen | ||
| negative | no adules | no adule | no adulemos | no aduléis | no adulen | ||
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive adular | |||||||
| dative | adularme | adularte, adularle | adularle, adularse | adularnos | adularos, adularles | adularles, adularse | |
| accusative | adularme | adularte, adularlo, adularla | adularlo, adularla, adularse | adularnos | adularos, adularlos, adularlas | adularlos, adularlas, adularse | |
| with gerund adulando | |||||||
| dative | adulándome | adulándote, adulándole | adulándole, adulándose | adulándonos | adulándoos, adulándoles | adulándoles, adulándose | |
| accusative | adulándome | adulándote, adulándolo, adulándola | adulándolo, adulándola, adulándose | adulándonos | adulándoos, adulándolos, adulándolas | adulándolos, adulándolas, adulándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative adula | |||||||
| dative | adúlame | adúlate, adúlale | adúlale | adúlanos | adúlaos, adúlales | adúlales | |
| accusative | adúlame | adúlate, adúlalo, adúlala | adúlalo, adúlala | adúlanos | adúlaos, adúlalos, adúlalas | adúlalos, adúlalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative adule | |||||||
| dative | adúleme | adúlete, adúlele | adúlele, adúlese | adúlenos | adúleles | adúleles, adúlese | |
| accusative | adúleme | adúlete, adúlelo, adúlela | adúlelo, adúlela, adúlese | adúlenos | adúlelos, adúlelas | adúlelos, adúlelas, adúlese | |
| with first-person plural imperative adulemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | adulémosle | adulémosle | adulémonos | adulémosles | adulémosles | |
| accusative | not used | adulémoslo, adulémosla | adulémoslo, adulémosla | adulémonos | adulémoslos, adulémoslas | adulémoslos, adulémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative adulad | |||||||
| dative | aduladme | aduladle | aduladle | aduladnos | adulaos, aduladles | aduladles | |
| accusative | aduladme | aduladlo, aduladla | aduladlo, aduladla | aduladnos | adulaos, aduladlos, aduladlas | aduladlos, aduladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative adulen | |||||||
| dative | adúlenme | adúlente, adúlenle | adúlenle, adúlense | adúlenos | adúlenles | adúlenles, adúlense | |
| accusative | adúlenme | adúlente, adúlenlo, adúlenla | adúlenlo, adúlenla, adúlense | adúlenos | adúlenlos, adúlenlas | adúlenlos, adúlenlas, adúlense | |