enjoar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese enojar (“to anger”), borrowed from Old Occitan enojar, from Vulgar Latin inodiāre (“make hateful”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒoˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒoˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒʊˈa(h)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʒwa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒʊˈa(h)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʒwa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ɾ)/ [ẽ.ʒʊˈa(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.ʒʊˈa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒoˈa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒoˈa(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ʒʊˈa(χ)], (careful pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ẽˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ẽˈʒwa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒuˈa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ʒʊˈa(χ)], (natural pronunciation, faster pronunciation) /ĩˈʒwa(ʁ)/ [ĩˈʒwa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ʒoˈa(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ʒoˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˈʒwaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˈʒwa.ɾi/
Verb
enjoar (first-person singular present enjoo, first-person singular preterite enjoei, past participle enjoado)
- (intransitive, transitive) to get or cause someone to get disgusted or nauseated
- Ele enjoa quando vê esse tipo de gororoba.
- He gets nauseated when he sees that kind of slop.
- Esse cheiro me enjoa.
- That smell nauseates me.
- (intransitive, figuratively, followed by de) to stop finding something or someone interesting, amusing, entertaining or in any other way pleasant, to stop liking
- A criança enjoou do brinquedo.
- The child is not amused by the toy anymore.
- Enjoei deste filme.
- I do not find this film interesting anymore.
- (intransitive) to suffer from or get seasickness
Conjugation
1Superseded.
2Brazilian Portuguese.
3European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “enjoar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “enjoar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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