fletir

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flectere.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiʁ/ [ˈflɛ.t͡ʃih]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiʁ/ [ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈflɛ.t͡ʃiɻ/

  • Hyphenation: fle‧tir

Verb

fletir (first-person singular present flito, third-person singular present flete, first-person singular preterite fleti, past participle fletido)

  1. (transitive) to bend, flex
    Synonyms: dobrar, flexionar
  2. (figurative, intransitive) to yield, give in

Conjugation
    Conjugation of fletir (i-e alternation in present singular) (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 fletir
Personal fletir fletires fletir fletirmos fletirdes fletirem
Gerund
fletindo
Past participle
Masculine fletido fletidos
Feminine fletida fletidas
Indicative
Present flito fletes flete fletimos fletis fletem
Imperfect fletia fletias fletia fletíamos fletíeis fletiam
Preterite fleti fletiste fletiu fletimos fletistes fletiram
Pluperfect fletira fletiras fletira fletíramos fletíreis fletiram
Future fletirei fletirás fletirá fletiremos fletireis fletirão
Conditional fletiria fletirias fletiria fletiríamos fletiríeis fletiriam
Subjunctive
Present flita flitas flita flitamos flitais flitam
Imperfect fletisse fletisses fletisse fletíssemos fletísseis fletissem
Future fletir fletires fletir fletirmos fletirdes fletirem
Imperative
Affirmative flete flita flitamos fleti flitam
Negative (não) não flitas não flita não flitamos não flitais não flitam

Further reading
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