sortear

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /soʁ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [soh.teˈa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /soɾ.teˈa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /soʁ.teˈa(ʁ)/ [soχ.teˈa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soɻ.teˈa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /suɾˈtjaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /suɾˈtja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: sor‧te‧ar

Verb

sortear (first-person singular present sorteio, first-person singular preterite sorteei, past participle sorteado)

  1. to draw (to determine the result of a lottery)
  2. to choose an option randomly

Conjugation
    Conjugation of sortear (e becomes ei when stressed) (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 sortear
Personal sortear sorteares sortear sortearmos sorteardes sortearem
Gerund
sorteando
Past participle
Masculine sorteado sorteados
Feminine sorteada sorteadas
Indicative
Present sorteio sorteias sorteia sorteamos sorteais sorteiam
Imperfect sorteava sorteavas sorteava sorteávamos sorteáveis sorteavam
Preterite sorteei sorteaste sorteou sorteamos1, sorteámos2 sorteastes sortearam
Pluperfect sorteara sortearas sorteara sorteáramos sorteáreis sortearam
Future sortearei sortearás sorteará sortearemos sorteareis sortearão
Conditional sortearia sortearias sortearia sortearíamos sortearíeis sorteariam
Subjunctive
Present sorteie sorteies sorteie sorteemos sorteeis sorteiem
Imperfect sorteasse sorteasses sorteasse sorteássemos sorteásseis sorteassem
Future sortear sorteares sortear sortearmos sorteardes sortearem
Imperative
Affirmative sorteia sorteie sorteemos sorteai sorteiem
Negative (não) não sorteies não sorteie não sorteemos não sorteeis não sorteiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sortem. Compare English sort.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /soɾteˈaɾ/ [soɾ.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: sor‧te‧ar

Verb

sortear (first-person singular present sorteo, first-person singular preterite sorteé, past participle sorteado)

  1. to raffle, to raffle off, to draw lots
    Synonym: rifar
  2. to get around, to avoid, to come around (an obstacle or a danger), to circumvent
    Synonyms: esquivar, evitar

Conjugation
    Conjugation of sortear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive sortear
gerund sorteando
past participle masculine feminine
singular sorteado sorteada
plural sorteados sorteadas
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 sorteo sorteastú
sorteásvos		 sortea sorteamos sorteáis sortean
imperfect sorteaba sorteabas sorteaba sorteábamos sorteabais sorteaban
preterite sorteé sorteaste sorteó sorteamos sorteasteis sortearon
future sortearé sortearás sorteará sortearemos sortearéis sortearán
conditional sortearía sortearías sortearía sortearíamos sortearíais sortearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present sortee sorteestú
sorteésvos2		 sortee sorteemos sorteéis sorteen
imperfect
(ra)		 sorteara sortearas sorteara sorteáramos sortearais sortearan
imperfect
(se)		 sortease sorteases sortease sorteásemos sorteaseis sorteasen
future1 sorteare sorteares sorteare sorteáremos sorteareis sortearen
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative sorteatú
sorteávos		 sortee sorteemos sortead sorteen
negative no sortees no sortee no sorteemos no sorteéis no sorteen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sortear

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 sortear
dative sortearme sortearte sortearle, sortearse sortearnos sortearos sortearles, sortearse
accusative sortearme sortearte sortearlo, sortearla, sortearse sortearnos sortearos sortearlos, sortearlas, sortearse
with gerund sorteando
dative sorteándome sorteándote sorteándole, sorteándose sorteándonos sorteándoos sorteándoles, sorteándose
accusative sorteándome sorteándote sorteándolo, sorteándola, sorteándose sorteándonos sorteándoos sorteándolos, sorteándolas, sorteándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sortea
dative sortéame sortéate sortéale sortéanos not used sortéales
accusative sortéame sortéate sortéalo, sortéala sortéanos not used sortéalos, sortéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sorteá
dative sorteame sorteate sorteale sorteanos not used sorteales
accusative sorteame sorteate sortealo, sorteala sorteanos not used sortealos, sortealas
with formal second-person singular imperative sortee
dative sortéeme not used sortéele, sortéese sortéenos not used sortéeles
accusative sortéeme not used sortéelo, sortéela, sortéese sortéenos not used sortéelos, sortéelas
with first-person plural imperative sorteemos
dative not used sorteémoste sorteémosle sorteémonos sorteémoos sorteémosles
accusative not used sorteémoste sorteémoslo, sorteémosla sorteémonos sorteémoos sorteémoslos, sorteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sortead
dative sorteadme not used sorteadle sorteadnos sorteaos sorteadles
accusative sorteadme not used sorteadlo, sorteadla sorteadnos sorteaos sorteadlos, sorteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sorteen
dative sortéenme not used sortéenle sortéennos not used sortéenles, sortéense
accusative sortéenme not used sortéenlo, sortéenla sortéennos not used sortéenlos, sortéenlas, sortéense

Derived terms

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